Cottage Cutz - Eiffel Tower, Lamp and Poodle

A couple of weekends ago I played around with my Gelli Plate and acrylics.  It was messy but fun and this was one of the backgrounds I created.  I experimented with using stamps and stencils on the plate and also once the paper was dry.

The die cut is Eiffel Tower, Lamp and Poodle from Cottage Cutz.  With the Eiffel Tower die I cut 2, one black and one yellow, and slightly offset the yellow one underneath to make it a bit more interesting.  Using Black Soot Distress ink I took a couple of stencils to add to the background  The tag is from the die set Ellison Tags Scallops and not sure what stamp I used on the top of the Distress inked background.

This is not my normal type of card but I must admit I had fun assembling it.  Now if I can just remember where I put the diamond shaped stamp - the joys of getting old !!  

Distress Ink on Foliage

This is a plain and simple card where I picked a fern out of the garden and inked it up with Peeled Paint Distress Ink.  I picked up the fern placing it on a scrap piece of paper and lay the green and white leaf design paper on top of the fern gently pressing down.

I have tried the same technique with a feather and other leaves but it ended up a bit messy.  I think the fern gave the effect I was looking for and it also has given me an idea to use it on the Gelli plate.