Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Antique painting


My card tonight is a collage using many different techniques to give an old world feel. The photo was taken in the Louvre in Paris on holidays. I coated it with a gel medium and placed it face down on my card stock. After about 24 hours I peeled off the back of the photo to reveal the painting. I like the antique effect it gives the image where parts of the photo were missing. The other elements I used in the collage are:
• butterfly napkin
• Hero Arts stamp “Italian Poem”
• sewing pattern
• grunge board flourish rubbed with copper metallic paint
To further age the card I used sandpaper on parts and added a sepia colour wash.

3 comments:

  1. Very artsy Judy! This one deserves a frame of its own!

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  2. Wonderfully Done Judy!! Yes I agree it need to be mounted and framed!

    Shell~Alaska♥

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  3. That is so beautiful!! What a neat idea. Do you have to use a special card stock?

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