Showing posts with label Distress Stains. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 3, 2017

Saturday Step by Step - Salvaged


Hello friends and welcome, Zoe here and I'm delighted to be hosting this Saturday step by step. A year ago today my dear husband and I arrived in Copenhagen to begin our new adventure by the sea. I thought it was very fitting to create a card using Tim Holtz new Sea Life stamp set.
Here's how...

 (click on each set of images for a closer look)

Step 1: Pick up picket fence distress paint with a brayer and roll onto background stamps from the Etcetera stamp set by Tim Holtz.
Step 2: Stamp onto distress mixed media heavystock and set aside to dry.
Step 3: Squeeze stormy sky and frayed burlap distress stains onto a non stick craft sheet. Spritz the heavystock with water and pull through the stains. Dry with a heat tool.
Step 4: Blend vintage photo distress ink into the edges.


Step 5: Randomly stamp background stamps from the Etcetera set with watering can archival ink by Wendy Vecchi.
Step 6: Die cut numbers from the stencil numbers thinlits die set by Tim Holtz.
Step 7: Stitch the edges of the background with a sewing machine.
Step 8: Swipe the edges of the background and the stitching with potting soil archival ink by Wendy Vecchi.


Step 9: Die cut 4 x frames from mixed media heavystock and 1x from classic kraft stock with the stitched rectangles thinlits die set.
Step 10: Stick the frames on top of each other and adhere with collage matte medium, mounting the black frame on the very top.
Step 11: Using a sanding grip, sand the top of the frame exposing the kraft core.
Step 12: Blend in vintage photo distress ink.


Step 13: Adhere the frame over the background and a piece of black clasic kraft stock under the die cut numbers to make them pop.


Step 14: Using the new Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, (yes I have used others and yes this is by far the best and easiest I have used) I LOVE IT!
Step 15: Position your stamp on top of the heavystock and press the lid down.
Step 16: Open the lid and ink up the stamp and close the lid again to stamp.
Step 17: Remove your perfectly placed, perfectly stamped image! No fuss, no waste!



Step 18: Scribble rusty hinge distress marker onto a non stick craft sheet, spritz with water and pick up with a paintbrush to watercolour.
Step 19: Repeat the previous step using faded jeans distress marker to watercolour other parts of the octopus.
Step 20: Scribble some more faded jeans distress marker onto a craft sheet and spritz generously with water, pick up with a brush and create a wash for the background.
Step 21: One final spritz of water over the heavystock surface and blend with a brush.


Step 22: Stamp and fussy cut an octopus and use as a mask. Ink a background stamp from the Etcetera stamp set by Tim Holtz and stamp over the background, making sure the mask doesn't move.
Step 23:  Remove the mask. (I usually use mask sheets by Tim Holtz and then store them on the top of the stamp set, but I can't lay my hands on them so I used scrap paper.)
Step 24: Edge with potting soil archival ink.
Step 25: Mount the octopus onto a gold deco sheet and then onto black classic kraft stock.
 

Step 26: Mount over the die cut frame with 3D foam. Now it's ready for embellishments...


Step 27: Alter an idea-ology adornment index clip by dabbing on mushroom alcohol ink and then potting soil archival ink. Add a number remnant rub from the special delivery set.


Step 28: Alter an idea-ology quote chip by dabbing on mushroom alcohol ink. Run a sanding grip lightly over the top to further age and scratch. Edge with potting soil archival ink. Adhere with collage matte medium.


I hope you have enjoyed the step by step. Be sure to pop over and take a look at the current 'Something Old' challenge.

Have a great weekend.
Zoe



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Friday, August 5, 2016

Friday Focus - Ranger Color-of-the-Month from 2015

Hi! Suzz here. I am here sharing the Friday Focus which is....  Ranger Color-of-the-Month from 2015. For the next two weeks there will be an additional 15% discount on Ranger Color-of-the-Month from 2015 products, so now is a great time to go shopping!  Just click here for all the bargains.

I have to admit that I bought every new ink pad and various combinations of the different products sprays, markers, and stains.  I am a bit of a color fanatic. I love the different color combinations and I have many ink pads to reflect that!

I like to make color swatches and put them on strips of white cardstock. You then have a series of color swatches that you can pull out when you want inspiration.  I cut a series of inchies (1" x 1") squares from white cardstock. I then smeared the ink pad over the squares until they are saturated with the ink.  Then the fun begins as you can take those different colors and mix and match them to create different color combinations.   Once you have a color combination you like you attach it to a strip of white cardstock to create your own chip sample.  You can also punch a hole in the corner and put them on a ring to create your own color sample book to use as inspiration.


Here are a few different ways I used  some of the color combos I created:   


My first play with the colors involved smearing three colors in a repeating pattern on an acrylic block. I spritzed it with water and placed the cardstock on it to pick up the stripes of color.  Then I stamped an drew the images over the surface and came back and added more colors with a waterbrush.


After that project I moved onto some bold colors with a stencil.  I wanted to show how easy it is to pull together a group of bold colors.  I sponged the various colors over the stencil and hen came back and blended them together.  I love how the vibrant colors make the stencil image pop.


A few tips on how to blend the colors:
  • Start with the lightest colors first and work your way up to the darkest color.  These are all strong colors but I went in the following order: Carved Pumpkin, Lucky Clover, Wilted Violet and Blueprint Sketch. 
  • Randomly apply patches of color with very little overlap between the colors. 
  • After all colors are applied and most areas are covered in color use the lightest color to blend all the colors together.

You can take this to shabby or distressed easily. I took this sample and softened it with a coat of white wash (Mix of a little white acrylic paint spritzed with water) on the right side and distressed it with the Ground espresso along the edge and added water spot around all the edges.

I also created a plaid combo using a color combo strip:


I thought these colors would be fun for a Holiday card.

For my last color combo I played with a few different colors and created a variety of backgrounds.
Here is the color combination and how it looked with water, a craft mat, an acrylic block and just playing around.



I hope I have inspired you to try out a new color combination using the Ranger Colors of the Month and now is the time to stock up and re-stock while there is the extra 15% discount at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!


Suzz

P.S.  Here is one photo of all my different color swatches using the 2015 colors!
  







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