DecoArt, Stampendous, & Princeton Artish Brush Co: Perfect together!

I'm so excited to be participating in this week's collaborative blog hop with DecoArt , Stampendous,  Princeton Brushes, and inspired by Willow Wolfe. Artists from around the world are joining together to show you what you can do with stamps and acrylic paint!

There will be prizes! DecoArt is sending three sets of their Media Fluid Acrylics. Princeton Brushes, through Willow Wolfe, is supplying a Select Brush Set and a Catalyst Wedge. Stampendous is giving away a Stampendous Creative Palette!

How can you win? Simply hop to each blog and leave a comment! Three winners from the states will win the fabulous package. BUT because we have so many international players this time, DecoArt has agreed to mail out three nice sample packages to international commenters as well.

I'm the last stop on the hop!  You should have arrived here from Jessa Plant's blog.

Here's my card! 

Cowgirl Boots was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. The image panel was set aside while I worked on the background. 

Americana Bleached Sand Acrylic paint was sponged over 140 lb. Mixed Media cardstock by Strathmore to create a neutral off-white base. I pulled out my new DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics from DecoArt's new Mixed Media Program to use on this project. Titanium White, Blue Green Light, and Cobalt Teal Hue Media Fluid Acrylic paints were mixed on a palette, dry-brushed over the Bleached Sand background, and allowed to dry. Burnt Sienna Media Fluid Acrylic paint, also from the new line, was watered down and brushed over the aqua/turquoise-ish layer.

Americana Bleached Sand Acrylic paint was sponged over a scrap of 140 lb. Mixed Media cardstock, then dry-brushed with Burnt Sienna Media Fluid Acrylic paint. Watered Burnt Umber Media Fluid Acrylic paint was brushed over the Burnt Sienna layer, then a bit of watered Payne's Gray Media Fluid Acrylic paint, was brushed over it to deepen the color a tad. One-Step Crackle was brushed on and left to do its thing. I was delighted to discover that this combination yielded a wonderful cracked-leather look, which you can see in the following close-up photo!

Metallic Gold Media Fluid Acrylic paint was sponged around both painted pieces of cardstock. A Doodlebug Frills fringed border was sponged with Old Paper Distress ink and the card front was assembled.

More textures were needed, so I searched my stash and found very old natural-colored Twill tape, a horseshoe charm, and a buckle die, which I used to die-cut thin cardboard. The buckle and the metal charm were painted with Metallic Gold Media Fluid Acrylic paint. These pieces were added to the card front, which was adhered to the card.

Thanks for visiting today!

In case you missed anything and/or want to revisit, here's today's blog hop list!

Stampendous's blog

Claudia Neubacher (Vienna, Austria) 

Kristine Reynolds (California, USA)

Iliane de Fockert (Elly) (Niedersachsen, Germany)

Julia Stratford-Wright (near London, UK)

Julie Robertson (UK)

Asia King (Oxford, England)

Jessa Plant (Arizona, USA)

Kathi Rerek (New Jersey, USA)

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