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

Monday, August 20, 2018

Distress Spray Stain


Today's card features Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain on nearly all the elements. You can see by the different shades on this card that I started with several different paper colors (white, cream, manila) and applied more or less to achieve different tones.The background (manila) has a heavier layer and looks vintage and stained while the the tag is lightly spritzed white paper and looks totally different! Click here to check out the Distress Stains Cropstop currently has in stock!


 To create the background I:
The front panel is another take on Coloring Gesso with Distress Crayons (picture tutorial here)
  • I added White Gesso through the  Floral Stencil (Tim Holtz) using the Dina Wakley Pallet Knife
  • Then I removed the stencil and washed it
  • I heat set my panel and then laid the stencil back over it adding Distress Crayons (Spun Sugar/Festive Berries/Twisted Citron/Pine Needles)
  • I removed the stencil and spritzed over the panel with Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain
  • I cut it into 3/4 inch strips and distressed the edges before adhering them to a piece of cardstock and adding a lace border punched with the Eyelet Lace border punch (Martha Stewart)


To finish of the card I:

  • Die cut flowers using the Tattered Florals (Tim Holtz)
    • Added Spun Sugar/Festive Berries Distress Crayon to the flowers, and rubbed it in with a slightly damp finger
    •  lightly prayed the flowers with  Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain and crumpled them to give them a more distressed look
  • created a 3D rose using the 3D flower die from Sizzix, spritzed it heavily with Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain and added a large pearl to the center before gluing it to the center of my large daisy
  • die cut a swirl from the Romantic Vines die set (Spellbinders), and some foliage from Tim Holtz's Fall Foliage die set


 I would love to see the ways you use Distress Stains so stop by the current link party and showoff any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies Cropstop carries in the store.

Monday, July 16, 2018

Coloring Gesso


Today I'm sharing a fun new technique I learned for coloring over top of white gesso! It's super easy, a little messy, and lots of fun!


Here are the steps I used to create the pretty panel on my card:
  1. Lay a stencil over a piece of black card stock (I used the Watercolor stencil from Tim Holtz)
  2. Apply White Gesso (Art Basics) over your entire panel
  3. Remove stencil and wash the gesso off
  4. Allow your gesso to dry (or help it along with a heat gun)
  5. Once the gesso is dry, apply your choice of colors using Distress Crayons (Ranger) ~~ [I used Tumbled Glass - Mermaid Lagoon - Shaded Lilac]
  6. Rub the colors in with your finger - apply more in areas you see need it
  7. Remove your stencil and - wa-la - a colorful-textured background!


To create my card I:


I would love to see your take on this fun technique, so after you've finished creating - stop by the CURRENT CHALLENGE and link up!! Hope to see you there!

Monday, May 14, 2018

Clear Gesso


Hello friends! I'm fairly new to the mixed media art world, so I'm having a lot of fun experimenting with different products and discovering techniques to use in my card making. Today I want to share a card I created with Clear Gesso as the base, so let's get started.....


To create my background I:
  • painted a piece of card stock with a layer of Clear Gesso (Art Basics)
  • once dry, I used sponge daubers to apply Broken China Distress Oxide (Ranger) to the center
  • next I, spritzed the ink with some water
  • using a small paintbrush, I spread the ink around my card stock to form a pretty background and let it dry
The wonderful thing about Clear Gesso is that it doesn't change the color of your paper at all, but it gives you a surface that's slightly textured and holds the paints, inks, watercolors you apply so they won't soak into your paper right away. Regular card stock will soak up the color, dry quickly, and pill after too many applications of water. Here's a photo of white card stock without the gesso to show you the difference in the above technique:


You'll notice:
  1. The color didn't spread nearly as far - the center is dark/the edges are light - uneven color
  2. The color isn't as vibrant as it soaked into the paper
  3. The paper has a bit of "pill" to it
  4. It doesn't look like watercolor like the above panel does

To create my panel I:
  • stamped flowers, stems, and "sentiment" from the Blossom stamp set (Tim Holtz) in Tuxedo Black ink Tsukineko)
  • colored the stems with Touch Five Markers
  • using a Splatter Brush (Ranger) I applied some diluted (with water) Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide (Ranger)
  • glued my flowers (below) over top and fussy cut around one to create a popped out image
 

For the flowers I:
  • painted a piece of card stock with a layer of Clear Gesso (Art Basics)
  • stamped a flower from Blossom (Tim Holtz) in Versamark Watermark ink and added black embossing powder
  • applied some Spun Sugar Distress Crayon (Tim Holtz) to the petals and painted with water and a small paintbrush (since I was cutting these out I didn't worry about staying in the lines)
  • applied Picked Raspberry Distress Crayon (Tim Holtz) to the petals and repeated the wet paintbrush step
  • applied Spiced Marmalade Distress Crayon (Tim Holtz) to the centers and painted it with water
  • using just water and a clean paintbrush I removed some of the ink from the centers of my flowers
    • This is possible because of the Clear Gesso -- the ink is longer drying and can be moved around and removed for some time - I tried this same technique on regular white card stock without gesso and it didn't work!

To finished off my card I:

Now it's your turn....stop by our CURRENT LINK PARTY and showoff any projects that include a few products from companies Cropstop carries in the store! I'll look forward to seeing your work appear in the gallery!