Making Art! Challenge #2!

Ok! Here we are again! I posted the new Making Art! Challenge on Wednesday for the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo! group, and the theme this week is...use a chipboard flower with the pigment ink resist technique.  The technique can be found at Wendy's blog post of 4-30-2009, where she did it on manila cardstock, same technique applies for chipboard though.  She has other posts related to the same technique, I just didn't have time to go thru all of them, and the blogger search wasn't working the way I had hoped.
Now, I must tell you, I've had "issues" in the past with this technique, as I think most have.  It seems that the white pigment ink wants to "disappear", unless you make sure your ink pad is nice and juicy before you use it. AND, that the ink is DRY before applying distress inks. Like..."let it sit on a radiator overnight" dry. Kidding about that part.  (I hereby absolve myself from any fires that may result from that last comment.)  I'm just sayin'...it's gotta be good and DRY. Ok, point made.

I've had some of these chipboard pieces for AGES. Everything but the flower itself is Maya Road. Best chipboard I've ever used. So...I thought it was high time I start using it and doing a little "stash bustin'".

All stamps are Studio 490, of course. (When I refer to Studio 490 or Wendy, they're the same thing) The colors of distress inks I used were: Brushed Cord, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Spiced Marm. A little pen stitching with the trust Sakura black glaze pen. 
Now, here's the good part...the button on the flower, you may think, oh, that's one of Tim's buttons. Well...it is and it isn't. lol! I made a mold of his button with mold 'n pour, and used Pearl UTEE. Close enough for me! I also made the little pearl drops on the brackets, by just dropping some UTEE on my craft sheet.
So, there you have it! Thanks for checking me out (my blog, I mean), now...you...
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