What technique is this?

Hi!
    Today I'm very excited to share what I made. It's for a challenge at CASology and Simon Wednesday Challenge After five attempts at trying out this technique in different layouts like random starbursts first, which I didn't quite like, I came up with a floral design which I was happy about.

Here's another pic. from a different angle

Supplies used:

Colour for flowers & swirls - Crylin Acrylic Paint-Pearl Dew 

Pearls - Coloured- Melissa Frances, White- Coture Creations.

Stamps - Swirls- FireCracker Designs-Sitting Pretty

                  Yellow flowers- An assorted flower stamp set 

                  Sentiment - Thanks-Studio G

                                         Wishing you...-Crafter's Companion-Summer Stories

To make the starburst / flowers, I placed a small blobs of paint on the card and covered them with cling wrap. Then, starting from the center, I scratched the paint outwards, using a popsicle stick. The cling wrap was gently peeled off and the pearl center was added to the starburst. While the flower was completed by stamping the tiny flower in yellow in the center then adding the pearl.

For the swirls, three different stamps of the same stamp set were used. Paint was applied to the required portions then stamped. The yellow flowers were also stamped with paint and a pearl added.

Here's a closer pic to show the effect. 

What is this technique called ? I would call it the scratch technique. 

Thanks for visiting.

Leanne

I'm entering both cards into challenges at...

http://casology.blogspot.com - paint

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - pearls