Embroidered Collage

 This was so easy and worked out so well! 

I started with a soft rubber squeegee applicator and made vertical streaks with liquid acrylics, some transparent and some blue.  Then I dabbed in just a few touches of green and magenta with a paper towel.  The papers took the paint differently, as I had intended, but the whole thing was a little too bright and still kind of choppy.  It was going to overwhelm the elements I wanted to place on it.

My hand happened to brush over a bottle of titan buff, which I hadn't tried yet, so I dripped out a little and rubbed it in.  It seemed to work, so I kept going.  I was kind of afraid that it was going to run everything together too much, but instead I got just the right level of blending.

It reminds me of the backgrounds that I see in the magazines and I'm absolutely thrilled that I created it.  Next I'll be adding the lace...