OK, doable. I had this plaque (top surface 4" by 6") left over from a Compendium of Curiosities Challenge way back in December of 2014.
First step was to prep the plaque. I gessoed it. When dry, applied some texture paste to the top. Twenty-four hours later, I brushed a wash of four colors of Distress Paints on the plaque:
While all these steps were drying, I took some of the leaves and branches and sprayed them with Distress Spray stains, and overstamped them with leaf patterns from an old (circa 2000) Stamping’ Up! set I had in three colors of Distress Inks:
I took a piece corrugated card from Idea-ology “Textured Surfaces” and painted it with a wash of four Distress Paints:
Products used in this project were:
- Stamps: Stamping’ Up! “Autumn” set
- Inks: Distress Spray Stains “Festive Berries”, “Fossilized Amber” and “Tarnished Brass”; Distress Inks “Vintage Photo”, “Ground Espresso”, and “Hickory Smoke”; Distress Paints “Ground Espresso”, “Fossilized Amber”, “Carved Pumpkin” and “Crushed Olive”
- Papers: miscellaneous scrap die cuts; Idea-ology “Textured Surfaces”; Die Cut With a View “The Fall Stack” (CP-002-00372)
- Embellishments: Spare Parts “Burlap Flowers” (#879981); Offray “Simply Sheer” medium brown (946190); Bits & Pieces squint gold
- Media: Liquitex Acrylic Gesso; Ranger Texture Paste, Multi Medium Matte, Collage Glue Stick, Glossy Accents; Scor-tape 1/8”