I went with masculine colour distress inks; Rusty Hinge for the balloon; Pumice Stone and Old Paper for the majority of the background and Hickory Smoke for the key. I also added Vintage photo all round the edge.
Pumice Stone on the hand; Old Paper around; Vintage Photo around the edge. |
Rusty Hinge surrounded by Old Paper and Pumice Stone blended together. |
Pumice Stone on the compass surrounded by Old Paper with Vintage Photo around the edge. You can see where the colour has been lifted from the letters. |
The only area that I wasn't happy with. I was careless with the Hickory Smoke and used my bleach pen instead of water at first to try and lift the excess colour at the top! |
I really like this contrast. |
I like the halo effect around the white balloon, but I'm not keen on using the rest of the image.
Here you can really see the contrast between the stark white of the decoupaged element and the softer effect created by lifting the colour from the letters using the water brush.
I am not certain that I am going to use the decoupage elements yet, as the bottom left corner looks a little bare. I may die cut some cogs to add interest to that section, but I'm still not sure about so much stark contrast between the foreground and background. Once again; please watch this space!
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