Tissue paper and pastels handmade card

I started with white cardstock that I marbleized with gold spray paint. I decided instead of a color wash I would glue tissue paper with glitter on to the cardstock using gel medium.

Using soft pastels I added color to the tissue paper.

I applied mod-podge to the tissue paper to seal the pastel; when I did the pastels blended together.  The painting looked muddy after that. In order to add contrast, I painted some mixed medium paper with gesso that I had colored with light blue acrylic paint, then I put the cardstock with the tissue on top of it and pressed down lightly. The gesso covered only the raised parts of the tissue paper.

I cut the cardstock up into pieces and made two simple cards that can have more added to them later, to make father’s day cards or thank you cards.