Index Card A Day (ICAD) - Day 8
Hello, everyone! I am back with my eighth index card (ICAD). Yes, I've fallen behind a bit, but that's okay. For this card, I wanted to collage with leftover bookpage and a chevron stamp. Chevron because I like the shape, collage because this is something I almost never do...and while I admire those who seemingly are able to lay down papers and make it look Mah-velous dahling, this is a thing I struggle with. So what better way to practice than on an index card! I prepped the card by gessojng the paper several times with regular Liquitex gesso and Art Basics heavy gesso. No matter how many times I layered it on, I still couldn't really hide the blue lines on the index card! I was really getting frustrated too, because gesso can cover just about anything. The blue and pink ink just kept bleeding through no matter how many layers I used. Oh well. Moving on! While the gesso dried, I pulled out my bookpage scrap bag and ...