Indigo Blu - Miracle

Hi all, just popping on to enter the challenge over at Indigo Blu which is backgrounds.  I did a painted canvas hanging.  The other day next door to mums the garden was full of large poppies, while I was there it really haled and rained really really hard, when I came out they were still there braving the weather (ok so it's not like they can walk away lol) but to me it was a miracle they were still standing tall.  I have a few pics of the process and shall give you a quick look at how I got there.  All I have used is in the recipe at the bottom :-)

I wanted the background ( all painted) to almost be misty with

only the poppy in the front, sort of a surreal look :-)

I stamped on acetate and cut out the poppy leaving an edge 

so the poppy looks slightly wicked at the sides. 

Before I added the colours I used white to start with as

the red I have is translucent so it will pop more on white.

The background started with tissue paper which I stamped

randomly and then used modpodge to stick it to the canvas.  I wanted

lots of texture so all the ripples are there on purpose :-)

The background was painted with Fresco paint, then I used

a brayer with white over the top to highlight the ripples and

give a muted feeling so the poppy would pop out.  I then

used the mask I made and painted it white before adding the colour

through the mask.

Some closer pics :-)

Right I'm off, hope your all having a fantastic day.  It's been raining here but it is really muggy, guess it's better then cold and windy lol.
Hugs Kezzy xxxxx

Recipe
Stamps - Indigo Blu (dinkie vintage flourish, wild meadow, script background, itsy bitsy background, poppy meadow)
Paint - Paperartsy Fresco paint - snowflake, pumpkin soup, smoked paprika, hey pesto, beach hut, zesty zing, little black dress.
Archival jet black and sap green ink pads
Stazon black ink pad
Canvas board
Tissue paper
Mod podge
Acetate