G is for Gold

Sneaking under the wire for the ABC Christmas Challenge "G for Gold" with this card:

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I was at a friend's house and she had a product called "gold watercolour ground" - it's meant to be used like gesso as a basis for painting on top of, but I just painted it on a piece of mixed media cs and decided it was gorgeous as is.

I die cut it into a panel with a stitched rectangle die and then die cut a partial circle out of it with a stitched circle die.

I also die cut a branch and a sentiment out of copper shimmer cs, and a bird out of three layers of mixed media cs. I put glue on the top bird and patted gilding flakes all over it and then burnished off the excess.

To keep the metallic theme, I used a cream shimmer cs for the card base.

ABC Christmas Challenge "G for Gold"

 

Supplies:
Paper - mixed media cs, bronze and cream shimme
Size - A2
Accessories - gold, watercolour ground, gilding flakes, TH bird die, Sizzix branch die, Lil Inkers stitched rectangle and circle dies, "be merry" die