Oriental acetate

On CBC, Jackie has challenged us to use acetate on our cards. I've been scratching my head since the challenge was launched on Sunday, trying to think of something where the clear acetate would be effective.

Then today's Tanda Teaser asked for an Oriental theme and the two things came together to make this...



The dragonfly (one of the stamps I got in Sheila's fund-raising bags for Ellie Wiseman's Trust Fund - thank you Sheila!) is stamped on acetate with Stazon and the wings are coloured on the back with alcohol markers. I used a bit of gold paint on the body section and then backed with a piece of black card to make it properly opaque. The Chinese character means beauty which I thought went well with a delicate dragonfly image.

The dragonfly is raised on tiny foam pads and the wings are angled up away from the body so you can see through them, not sure how well that shows on the picture. I sponged on three shades of green ink to make the graduated background on the rectangular panel.

Supplies: dragonfly (RubbaDubbaDoo), beauty (unknown maker), silhouette blooms I (Cornish Heritage Farms), Adirondack Willow, Ranger Distress Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters, sponge, Brilliance Graphite Black, Stazon Jet Black, Versamark, gold lustre powder, gold gel pen, acetate sheet, foam sticky pads

Thanks for taking a look - hope your day has had its fair share of beauty.