WF17 3M Mixed Media Shabby Chic

This is for Sarah's challenge:
Texture medium - whipped spackle
Color - Distress ink and Avery Elle Pigment inks
Embellishment - ribbon, lace and vellum butterfly with pearls

I was really happy with how my background turned out. I first stenciled with Distress inks (two pinks, one mint green and a little tea dye), then I immediately stenciled over top with the whipped spackle. It looks white until it starts drying, then it is clear that the ink mixes with the spackle.

I used both masking and stamp kissing on my stamped oval. Flower is Purple Onion, Fern is Rubber Stampede and sentiment is I Brake for Stamps. Avery Elle inks Pixie, Kraft, Truffle and Mint to Be.

I used antique linen distress ink on the scalloped oval (Gina K applemint color) and oval to make it more shabby. The photo does wash out the main image a little. I will need to try to get a better photo. The stamp I kissed to was the Hero Arts Italian poetry background.

I would have started out with ivory cardstock had I known what direction it would take in style.