Showing posts with label distress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label distress. Show all posts

Monday, June 26, 2017

Rainy Day {ArtJournaling}

This week's class was all about layering up water soluble products and how they'll continually react .. each time they get wet again. It's a fun and unpredictable process that leads to some great free journaling.

My finished sample :



Here's the video, some closeups & the supply list









Canson Watercolor Paper
Liquitex Gesso
1" Simply Simmons Wash Brush
Blick Artists' Gesso
Palette Knife
Ranger Heat It Tool
Stabilo Marks All
Pilot G2 Pen 10mm
Lyra Watercolor Crayons
1 Inch Masking Tape

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Oh So Precious {Scrapki 12x12}

There's a new challenge @ Scrapki-wyzwaniowo -- What do you hold "Precious"?

This past Christmas my sister flew to Vegas and spent a week with us. The time she spent with Gabe is oh so precious.


I picked up a piece of Dreamer from Finn by 7 Dots Studio and got to work! I started by using a nice thick gesso by Blick through the UmWowStudio Checker Board Mask. I love having the smaller white squares both mimic and contrast the larger colored squares of the paper. After the gesso was dry I stamped a couple Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps  (Bingo Card and Spinning Circle) around to build up the background.


I mounted my photos on some watercolor paper and layered up behind them a paper doily, some stickers from the Dreamer collection, and Lace, Silk and Sheer ribbons by May Arts.



My lettering consists of my Dymo Label Maker and some of the awesome alphas from Domestic Goddess. I used my machine to sew black thread around the layout and stamped my Arrow design from Viva Las VegaStamps!.


A closeup shot of the left photo. This sticker from Dreamer has been popped up with a pop dot. I also put a couple of super old BasicGrey rubons on the actual photos. At the top you can see a heart circle sticker.. I used a Lyra Watercolor Crayon to make the heart stand out.


And this final shot is to show off this resin embellishment! For details on this technique you'll want to stop by the Amazing Crafting Products blog and visit Cat Kerr on THIS POST. She pours some Casting resin onto an embossing folder, lets it cure and then has a super cool plastic version of the folder. I chose the Bingo folder by Tim Holtz to compliment the VLVS! Bingo stamp. It's been covered in black distress paint and wiped clean. A few small black sequins finish off this baby.

Figure out what's super precious to you and enter the Scrapki Challenge!

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Xmas Cards RIBBONISTA Style

hi hi hi!!
(Looking for the Paper Haus hop?? click here!)

Welcome to my stop on the May Art's RIBBONISTA Christmas Card Hop!!!



As a GIVEAWAY today just COMMENT on the blogs and one winner will get THREE SPOOLS o' RIBBON from the Christmas Section!

On the hop today:
And for my card I've worked on a Winter Door greeting!!


The card base is straight up Canson watercolor paper. The Door is a pair of chipboard pieces from UmWowStudio (Vintage Door w/ Keyhole). It's been covered in gesso, heated with a heat gun and distressed with a SUPER old Walnut Stain distress pad.


The wreath is made of May Arts White Leaves (BY series), Prima Flowers, cheesecloth, miniature pinecones and miniature jingle bells. To keep the wreath secured I stapled it together in a couple places, which proved for great adhesive spots!


Here you can see the beautiful depth created with all the texture. Be sure to visit the beautiful cards by other Ribbonistas, and make your way back to May Arts!