Trust Your Heart-Mixed Media

I haven't played with heat embossed in quite some time, so i had great fun doing this.

why haven't i played with heat embossing? i have no idea, its fab and really adds to a project, must remember it in future!!

i created my back ground with distress inks in a yellow,orange,red and purple

i used a sponge and a circular motion from the edges in to the middle, 

building the colour up as i went.

i then stamped and embossed my image straight onto the background and embossed using a purple embossing powder, its amazing watching the powder change.

i coloured in some of the detail from the stamp using the red distress ink and water and a very small paintbrush.

next i splattered all over with just plain water, it gives this fab water droplet affect .

i stencilled in the right hand side sunbeam detail with the stencil and the yellow distress ink, its subtle but adds to the overall affect.

i cut out my circle and coloured and splattered in the same way and mounted in using 3d foam pads

i chose and added my title and mounted also with the 3d foam pads so it has some height to it in the center detail.

i finished by mounting it onto a white cardstock to form the border.

 these are the stamp and stencil used in this project.