Go in the Direction of Your Heart for Friends with Flair

Hey all, popping in betwixt the de-Christmasing and cleaning to share a card for Friends with Flair.

The background was made with Gelatos that I rubbed on dry and then went back over with a wet brush to blend, four colors there.

Once that was dry I used some gold acrylic paint and a Crafter's Workshop stencil to add the map.  I used a pretty dry brush with a light hand and brushed it on towards the right of the card so you get the build up of the paint against the stencil edge, adds some nice texture.

The sentiment was colored with a Faber Castell PITT marker and stamped and I used the same marker to color in the compass headings (from the stencil) at the top of the card.

It's a little hard to see, but I stamped the sentiment a second time to fussy cut one of the hearts which was colored red with some Liquid Glass on top and then adhered over our home - in Virginia.




OK, short and sweet.  Back to cleaning......  (the girls are watching Mary Poppins.  I felt a little bad plopping them down in front of the TV, but really, it's Mary Poppins....that's culture.)

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Strathmore - Mixed Media paper; Avery Elle - Cherry cardstock
Stamps:  Unity - Direction of Your Heart Itty Bitty
Other:  The Crafter's Workshop - Small USA Map stencil; Faber-Castell - Gelatos, PITT Metallic Gold Marker; Liquitex - Gold Paint; CTMH - Liquid Glass; Tombow - Mono Adhesive