Saturday, 6 June 2009

Sunday Postcard "Bathing Beauties


The theme at Sunday Postcard is "Bathing Beauties". I made a piece with lots of texture, the idea being the feel of a sandy/rocky beach. The texture was created with PVA glue and tissue, embosing powder and texture paste. It was coloured with |Steward Gill Alchemy and Byzanthium paints and a bit of additional drawing with water colour crayons. The lovely bit of lace I received as an "extra" with a recent swap.

22 comments:

Ozstuff said...

A lovely bit of lace it is! The textured background is wonderful and I love the way you have reflected the bead colour in the lace to your background. Great postcard.

Sandy said...

OMG Astrid this is really beautiful. Fantastic structure. I love it.

Mandy Chilvers said...

sorry about that astrid. i dont know why wordpress spams some and not others.

great postcard. love the textured background!

Anonymous said...

Schitterend Astrid! Prachtige achtergrond.

Anne (cornucopia) said...

The background is great, and she's very lovely looking!

Judy said...

Fantastic background, Astrid, love all the textures, shows off your image so well!
JudyNZ

Martina said...

That´s great, Astrid.
The structure-background is wonderful created.

Yvonne said...

Wow, Wow! What a beautiful piece! That background is soooo perfect.

Ellen said...

mooi al die kleurtjes en textures

Rika said...

Prachtige kaart en een supermooie achtergrond!

Astrid Maclean said...
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Anonymous said...

Fabulous!!!

Anonymous said...

Great postcard; super textured background and lovely image.

Bettie said...

Great card, Astrid. Wonderful background!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous postcard. What a fabulous background

Louise (KardKrazy) said...

Astrid, your background is very effective....especially with the B&W image against it. Gorgeous work!

Kris Dickinson said...

What a wondeful piece and an amazing bg Astrid!

DMG said...

The textures and colors you've used are absolutely gorgeius!

José said...

Great background! Looks really beachy. Beautiful card.

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous background and I love the lace. Great postcard!

Julia said...

The colors , the texture , everything so beautiful! Great card!

Terri Kahrs said...

Fabulous texture! Your "beauty" is stunning, Astrid!

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