Friday Focus - Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Paints (part two)

Hi everyone and welcome! It's Jenny here with the second part of the latest Friday Focus - this is where we take the opportunity to shine a spotlight on a particular product or range currently in stock at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. For the next week Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Paints will have the special extra 15% discount applied so if you're already a fan or want to try them out now is the time to give it a go! There are smaller 1oz bottles as well as the larger 2oz tubes if you are just trying them out.

As a lover of all things painty I was excited to try these paints for the first time and find out what made them different from those I use regularly. And since there are lots of card-makers out there who may feel paints are just for canvases I decided to create two cards and experiment with a few techniques. Today I'll share the first second of those and show you how it came together - here's the first tutorial if you missed it last week.

The second card I created has more of a journal style feel to it, a bit more abstract and 'arty'. Here's how it came together (if you click on each photo you'll get a closer look at them).

I started by swiping an uneven layer of Vintage Distress Collage Medium over a piece of white card using a spatula.

Once dry I repeated the process with Blushing Heavy Body Paint.

To get more texture into the design I mixed Ruby Heavy Body Paint with some water and swiped it over the top with an old brush (to get the distinct bristle marks).

For a touch of drama I used the same Ruby paint, this time undiluted and in larger amounts, applying it with a smaller brush. The heavy body nature of this paint means it keeps it's dimension when dry.

I used the group of smaller blooms from the Abstract Blooms stamp set with the Evergreen Heavy Body Paint (picked up directly from my craft mat) and stamped them randomly over the background.

To brighten the design I repeated this process with the Lime Heavy Body Paint.

I added lines by dragging my spatula through Umber Heavy Body Paint and pressing it on to the card edge side down.

To finish the background I blended Old Paper Distress Ink over the card. The ink was resisted on the areas covered in paint and Collage Medium to give an uneven look. The card was then cut so that one part would fit a square card blank. The extra piece was added as one of the layers on my first card (from last week).

To finish I stamped one of the heads from the Homage To Frida stamp set on thin tissue with black archival ink and added it to the background with Matte Distress Collage Medium. Stitching around the edge with black cotton created an uneven border. Then adding a row of white lace flowers and the words bloom and grow (stamped onto white card) created the horizon line, balanced by adding white details to the head dress with a Dyan Reavley paint pen.

Here are a couple of close ups to show the details;

That's it for this week and the second part of the Friday Focus on Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Paints. I hope you feel inspired to give them a go (if you haven't already) and remember, the extra 15% discount will be applied through August 17th.

Make sure you join us here at Frilly and Funkie for a new Saturday step by step. For now have a great creative weekend! Jenny xxx

Friday Focus - Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Paints (part one)

Hi everyone and welcome! It's Jenny here with the latest Friday Focus - this is where we take the opportunity to shine a spotlight on a particular product or range currently in stock at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. For the next two weeks Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Paints will have the special extra 15% discount applied so if you're already a fan or want to try them out now is the time to give it a go! There are smaller 1oz bottles as well as the larger 2oz tubes if you are just trying them out.

As a lover of all things painty I was excited to try these paints for the first time and find out what made them different from those I use regularly. And since there are lots of card-makers out there who may feel paints are just for canvases I decided to create two cards and experiment with a few techniques. Today I'll share the first of those and show you how it came together - you'll have to tune in next Friday for the second card/tutorial!

Here's the first card I created - it may look complicated at first glance but you're about to find out that it was easy and fun to do! And if you click on each photo you'll get a closer look at them.

The initial layer was created in the same way as a recent journal cover (instructions/pictures here). Briefly, this comprised taking a piece of black card, randomly brushing White Gesso over, adding pieces of sewing pattern with Matte Distress Collage Medium and adding a little more White Gesso. I stamped blooms over this with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink (drying with a heat gun) then painted them in with Ruby and Evergreen Heavy Body Paint, loving the fact that this paint is so opaque that you only need one layer! Plus, since Distress Inks are water reactive, that dark grey colour disappeared into the paint!!

I stamped one of the ladies from the Homage to Frida set on thick white card using the same ink as before and painted her. Now I'm no portrait artist so I took Blushing paint, added some White to it and went over the lines across the face. By adding a slightly darker shade (less white) around the edges and on her cheeks it gave the face a little more dimension, and a little Blushing on it's own worked a treat for her lips.

I mixed Umber and Elephant to create the hair colour, then went back to Ruby and Evergreen to colour the flowers, dress and earrings. They don't take long to dry and I suggest making sure each section is dry before you start the next to prevent blurring the lines.

To add highlights I added a quick C shaped swirl of the Blushing shade over the flowers.

The Lime shade was perfect for adding highlights to the leaves and for finishing the earrings. If this all looks a bit technical and 'arty' bear in mind I didn't try to be careful or accurate with any of this because the stamping that came next hides a multitude of sins!

Here's that stamping stage - I find adding paint to sponge one of the easiest ways to apply a controlled layer of paint to stamps, using it in the same way you would an ink pad. Using the Umber shade I stamped the same flowers over the original ones, deliberately offsetting them from the originals for that 50's look. I did the same with the face stamp, again offsetting it from the painted version.

To finish the background I applied White paint through the Jumbled Numbers stencil using a stencil brush.

Here's that finished stamped face. I tore away the edges before blending Old Paper over (the paint will resist the ink) and adding Walnut Stain to the edges.

To finish I added the floral/stencilled background to a card blank and stitched around the edges. Then it was a case of grabbing lace trims, paper offcuts (including some from next week's card!) and layering them all under the face. The sentiment was stamped with black archival ink onto white card and added on top.

Here are a couple of close ups to show how I piled up the layers;

That's it for this week and the first part of the Friday Focus on Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Paints. I hope you feel inspired to give them a go (if you haven't already)  and remember, the extra 15% discount will be applied through August 17th.

I'll be back next Friday with the second helping of inspiration so I hope you can join me for that. For now have a great creative weekend! Jenny xxx