One a Day in May - Day 25 - More ACEOs

I've been staining boards for the siding on my house since I got home from work so I just managed to squeeze in two more ACEOs from the backgrounds I made yesterday.

Secrets, ACEO

Dragons, ACEO

It's silly, I know, but I seem to need sleep!  It sure interferes with getting things done.

Digital printing on handmade paper

My friend's daughter had a baby so I used my new digital grounds and mediums to create some artwork for her little grandson.  I love the Golden Digital Grounds.  I used the Digital Ground for Non-Porous Surfaces on the steam locomotive piece I did here.  For this project I used the one for porous surfaces since I was using my handmade papers.

I first prepared the papers by brushing on digital ground and letting it dry.  Then I printed my photos onto the prepared pure stinging nettle paper using a regular inkjet printer.  I glued more handmade paper (a mixed fibre and recycled paper blend) onto the 6x6 cradled boards with matte medium and then glued the photos onto the papered boards after the ink on the photos had dried.  I finished both pieces with  Golden Gel Topcoat  in a semi-gloss finish with a UV protector.  The lighter paper was good for printing the photo but next time I think I would use a darker paper for the background.

I'm looking forward to mounting some of my flower photographs using these same techniques.  I'm trying to take some of my flower photos with a light background so that more of the handmade paper shows through in the printing.  Lots of fun to come!