Distress Crayon Colored Image And French Knot Frame Card

Hello! Welcome to another challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. Our theme for this challenge is All Creatures Great And Small +/Or Spotted Paper. 

I printed the image on Strathmore Watercolor paper using my Canon PIXMA TS9521C. The printer settings I used are Photo Printer on Glossy Photo Paper to hopefully limit the bleeding when I color the image. There is some ink bleeding but very minimal.

The color medium I chose for this project is the Tim Holtz Distress Crayons. It has been a long time since I last used this medium. What prompted me to use it is seeing the Tim Holtz Distress Pearlescent Crayons at my local craft store. I was very tempted to purchase a set but decided to hold back and use my old Distress Crayons just to have a feel for it again.

I don't have luck with direct to paper use of these crayons. I usually end up with smudges since I have a hard time blending out the concentrated pigment once it is on the paper. Somehow it has its purpose with adding texture to the coloring but if I am not going for this look, then it has this harsh look. What usually works for me is to pick the pigment from the crayon with a water brush.

Working on the card panel, I cut a yellow cardstock into 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I die cut a printed tissue paper from Cosmo Cricket using an Ellen Hutson fringe die from the Never Ending Fringe die set. I trimmed the colored panel, then adhered it to the center of the yellow cardstock panel. I adhered the fringed die cuts around the colored panel to frame it. I had to trim off about a 1/4" from some of the fringe die cuts to create a slimmer trim for the fringe die cuts. 

I added holes around the colored frame using the straight die from the Altenew String Art Rectangles die set. I reinforced the holes by poking a piercer through it. I did french knots through each hole using a glittered DMC floss. After I have covered all the holes with french knots, I went back and did a running stitch through the holes to add a stitched frame to the colored image. 

My sentiment is from Hero Arts. I heat embossed this on a green vellum using white embossing powder. I die cut this using a die from the Lawn Fawn Fancy Folded Banners die set. I adhered this with a clear foam tape on the back of the banner. 

This panel was adhered to a top folding A2 notecard.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to see what you created at the challenge blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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