Thoughts....in lines and colors: Anniversary

Hello friends!

Today I am posting this card which took longer than usual time for me to design. I was inspired by Simon Says Stamp's- Monday Challenge- No ordinary paper this week. I had purchased a plastic paper pack from the Rubber Cafe booth from my recent visit to the Scrapbook Expo. I wanted to use this plastic paper instead of regular card-stock as a crafting surface for the challenge but I was not sure how. My mind went through many ideas. Finally, I thought of using texture paste as that is the one of the few, non-paper things that stick over plastic. I have not used other kind of plastic/acetate products before but I believe Crafter's companion's acetate. Hot off the press' acetate and Judikins embossable window plastic should work too.

I used stencils- Penny Black;'s Luster and DCWV's Arrows & Moroccan with white texture paste to create roses and chevron patterns in phase-wise manner, letting one image dry out completely before adding another image in orientation I want. After all the images were completely dry, I painted the texture paste with pearlescent watercolors to keep the flowers light and shiny. I had to go over with watercolors a couple of times as the paste seems to absorb and fade the colors. I was not happy with the brightness of colors so finally, I decided to use peerless watercolors to brighten up the flowers. I was not sure how bright they would turn out after drying. As you can see, they turned out a bit brighter than I expected. I guess I should have used peerless colors from the start.

I used black patterned paper from DCVW's Everlasting Love stack behind the plastic and as the back panel of this vertical card. 'Forever' is from the same designer paper stack. I embossed flourishes and scrolls in gold on the black paper to add interest. Lastly, I decorated it with pearls and metallic twine.
This will make a pretty wedding or anniversary gift.

Enjoy!