Love Heart Trio - Valentine Postcard

I sent several Valentine postcards like this one this year.  I started by creating the hearts. I used three different distress inks and the wrinkle-free distress technique on watercolor paper, then cut out the hearts.

The base of the postcard is bristol vellum paper covered with vintage sheet music and book text.  After stamping the sentiment on white tissue paper, I adhered it to the background and sponged distress ink around the edges.  The hearts were adhered with gel medium and outlined with Gelatos and a black Stabilo All Pencil.

The final step was to spatter on some white acrylic paint.  Some pieces just need that extra little touch of white all over to pull everything together.  On this last one, I also sponged on additional distress ink through a piece of punchinella.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Thanks for dropping in.

Men in Groups - ATC

This is my second artist trading card for the Library Card Catalog swap.  The book title is Men in Groups, by Lionel Tiger.  Doesn't that sound like the name of a bad guy on a soap opera?

I used a bold color combination of peacock feathers and seedless preserves and Tim Holtz's wrinkle free distress technique to create the background.  The manly trio from Artistic Outpost was stamped on vanilla cardstock and trimmed closely before being adhered.  I added a strip of vintage book text along the bottom in order to fill in the composition.

Old Man Winter has hit the Midwest this weekend so I'm more than happy to stay indoors and make art!  Thanks for dropping by and keeping me company.

Supplies:
Library card catalog card; seedless preserves, peacock feathers and black soot distress ink; focal image from Artistic Outpost; black Ranger Archival ink; very vanilla cardstock from Stampin' Up; old paper Distress Paint; ocean Derwent Tinted Charcoal pencil; black Adirondack acrylic paint dabber; punchinella.