LINE DRAWN BOTANICALS

 It can be challenging working on the smaller size of ATCs, which are 2.5"x 3.5" (or 63.5mm x 90mm). Some techniques transfer well to the miniature size, but others do not. This technique works really well as you are only working with a hand-drawn image and then filling in the negative space with a single watercolour. By using only one colour for the negative space in the background, your eye is immediately drawn to the image, and you can keep this drawing quite simple but still have it look very effective. 

"Potential side effects"


"Keep life simple"


"... and breathe"


"Nature"

"Focus on the good"

"Bloom and grow"


These are what made me try out this particular technique on
ATCs, but I can no longer find the video I saw. I first
created these on this larger size, which I believe would work
really well on a card. 
I knew I should have saved the video so I could link it here.
Apologies to the creator for not linking it, I do love your technique!

EMBOSSING GLAZE STENCILS

 This is more of a mixed-media style of technique than I've created in quite a while. It combines gesso, heat embossing, stencils with texture paste, Ranger Distress Glaze embossing powders, ink colours and die-cuts as the focal point. You can leave out certain parts or add other elements to change up the look, but I love the multi-layered effect when you combine everything together. The Distress embossing glazes have also been used to colour the layered insect dies. This works so well because of the translucent nature of the glazes, which means you can layer as well as be more precise if you want specific colours in a certain area. 

"Tiny perhaps"


"Passion"

"From the soul"

"Exist to be happy"

"Curious"

"Brave wings"

(the wording has been stamped on acetate

and then heated slightly to warp it, yes,

it's supposed to look like that. 😏 )



Finally, a 5.5"x 4.5" card I made using the same technique

for the front panel but this time using black texture paste
instead of the white one I've used in the above samples.