'Seeds and Beads'

Morning everyone, I'm delighted to be sharing my first post as a DT member for the ATP Exchange. Our first challenge is hosted by Sue and is an 'Anything Goes' theme. So what did I decide to make.

I took a piece of mount board about 8x8 and covered it with a piece of cotton. I then used the Clarity Seed Head stencil with Prima Bloom sprays in the following colours, iris, lime wedge, glistening waves and tea stain. I sprayed waves across to create layers of colour. They have a lovely shimmery effect. I also took some prints off the stencil that I will use for other projects.

I replaced the stencil after cleaning it and then used the lovely fine text stamp from the new Sara Naumann eclectica 11 set and archival inks in aquamarine, potting soil, blue violet and magenta hue.
I've used Golden glass bead gel before in areas on canvas but wanted to see what the effect would be on a larger area. If spread in thin layer you can still see all the colours and text through it.

I had also tried the technique on some Claudine Hellmuth canvas when experimenting and so I cut off a piece that I frayed to match a section on the bottom left. I stamped the text from Stuff to Say with potting soil and repeat stamped onto acetate and clear embossed it.

I used a little renaissance treasure gold just on the seed heads to add some definition and a gilding pen around the edge. Not the easiest to photo with glass beads and acetate but hopefully you can see the effect.
Please pop across here and see what fabulous makes my talented team mates have created and hopefully will inspire you.  As always thanks so much for stopping by.