APC Week 9: Bright & Bold and Subtle

Tonight I'm playing along with Claudine at Claudine's Art Corner, where this week the challenge is to alter two playing cards that are Bright & Bold and Subtle.

For those of you playing along with AEDM, I apologize I haven't been around today.  I'm sure some of you are aware of my current situation, where I can't get on the internet with my computer, but have borrowed a laptop and a temporary WiFi connection from my friend and neighbor.  Today I got really sick from something I ate yesterday.  I spent most of last night and today in bed.  However, with all that down time, I had a bit of an epiphany.  As I mentioned earlier, I can't load my copy of PhotoShop on my friend's laptop, but that doesn't mean I can't load photos onto MY computer, then transfer them to CD, then to my friend's laptop.  DUH!!  How simple can it be?  Why didn't I think of this sooner, rather than stressing over something that was so simple!  So, tonight I have finally finished these two APCs and can even share step out photos. 

I tried to keep the bright colors and the subtle colors the same.  For one card, I used metallic paint, while I used some of my handmade shimmering mists on the other.  I chose the card with the most gesso on it for the subtle card, because I know my mists have a tendency to look subtle on gesso when they dry.

I sprayed my mists on the first card, then set it aside to allow it to dry.

While the first card was drying, I painted the second card.

By the time I had the paint put away and the paint brush cleaned, the mists were dry, and I could stamp a background image.  This is a borrowed stamp.  You can tell because I don't use this foam stuff on mine.  I prefer a repositionable glue that I have called Wacky Tac that I paint directly on the rubber.

I got decent coverage, at least.  Now I needed to set this aside to dry before I add my focal image.

For my second card, I got out a set of clear stamps.  You have NO idea how much I dislike clear stamps.  They don't stick to anything, at least I can't get them to.  I also chose some gifted tissue tape.

Once stamped, I used my new white pen sent to me by Claudine, to add circles to two of the "flowers."  Even though the paint was completely dry, I still scratched through the paint and gesso with the pen.  I worried I had damaged, it, but I now believe it is fine.

Here are my completed Fantasy Flowers, my entry for Bright and Bold.

I fussy cut the focal image on my Subtle playing card and glued it in place.  I couldn't think of an appropriate phrase, so left it as is.

Here are both Week 9's altered cards together.

This is Day 5 of AEDM, 

 

and I altered two playing cards.