Heres my first attempt at an easel card, with a bit of gesso fun and quite a bit of stamping. I added an extra fold to a 6x6 kraft card to create the easel part then stamped each section with a different design.
I cut a square shape out of floral cardstock and a plaque out of another patterned card. The floral square had wildflowers stamped in black and then heat embossed with clear gloss powder, the paper flowers were stamped with a map design, inked and layered up with a button in the middle. I then inked around the edges of the square beacause I have some kind of addiction and have to distress everything (damn that Holtz man!).
I've tried with the gesso again but still not doing great with it. A thin layer was spread over the top right corner of the square and left for a while, I then spritzed a script stamp with water and stamped into the gesso but it didn't really leave a clear impression, maybe the gesso hadn't dried enough. Then I inked up a butterfly stamp with turquoise ink and stamped over the gesso again, this seemed to work better being a simpler stamp.
The little plaque was stamped with a ticket design, with brown ink topped with clear gloss embossing powder, and again, inked around the edges.
To make the stopper for the easle card I cut a strip of the floral paper, I
inked around it and stamped with a tall daisy stamp. Added a strip of lace and a sentiment to make the actual stopper part of it to hold up the top part of the card.
and here it is, I really had fun making this andexperimenting with gesso, even if I'm still not very good with it.
P.S. Still not Melt Pot delivered :(
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