Tutorial: Acrylic Resist Technique

Today's post has a lot of photos.  I wanted to show you detailed steps to make duplicating the process easier.  This is another card that I made using the Acrylic Resist technique.

 The supplies are a white pieces of cardstock (papers for finishing the card later as well), a background stamp and accent stamp, acrylic paint and applicator, coordinating ink pads, Paper towel, wet wipes, adhesive and other embellishments for finishing.  Heat gun is optional, but I use it as I am NOT patient.

 Start by applying the paint liberally to your stamp (don't worry, it will wash off when you're done).

 All coated and ready to stamp with

 Stamp onto your cardstock.

 This is what mine looked like when I was done stamping the background.

 As I said, I'm not patient, so either let your image dry naturally or help the process with a heat gun.

 Using two different lavender colors Versa Color, I stamped the image from Elements of Style

 Wipe excess with paper towel.

 Your image will look similar to this.

 Now wiped the entire pieces of paper with a wet wipe and smear, blend the ink into the cardstock and off of your painted image.

 Here is the finished piece.  Trim as desired and create away!

 Here is a look at the card I made with the piece created in this tutorial.

 The striped paper is left over from the scrapbook page I made the other day.

 The purple and black pieces are extras from the wedding invitations that I'm making for my sister.

 Black satin 5/8" ribbon and a sentiment from Well Scripted finish the card.

 Here is a close up of the acrylic resist piece.

Thanks for stopping by!  If you try this technique, please let me know and send me a photo!

Happy crafting!

Faux Silk Technique Challenge at SCS: For you Greeting Card

This card was made for the TLC332 challenge over at SCS.  The challenge was to use the Faux Silk technique.  To do this, you use tissue paper as the stamping medium.  I originally tried to use the SC340 Sketch challenge as well, but made some significant changes, so I'm not sure it it still counts!  :0)

 The flowers and bird with sentiment were stamped onto white tissue paper.  I set the images with a heat gun.

 I mounted each stamped image onto white cardstock for more stability in manipulating them, and then I distressed the images with a lighter brown than the Chocolate Chip I used in stamping.

 I used my Nestabilities for the scallop circle and the circle with the bird and sentiment.

 The colors are Pear Pizazz, Chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze.

 Here is an up close look at the bird and sentiment.

One more final look.

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy Stamping!

Shabby Chic Bliss Greeting Card: Acrylic Resist Technique

 For my last day of the long weekend, I decided to try a technique that is new to me:  Acrylic Resist.   SCS has a tutorial on this technique and I followed it to begin with and then improvised on a few things for myself.

 I started with plain white cardstock and used white paint from Making Memories on my argyle background stamp from Inkadinkado.  I used my heat gun to dry the paint.

 Then I used Real Red craft ink with the flourish from Bliss and stamped over the argyle.  Once I'd filled the pattern as I wanted, I began to rub off the ink from the paint using a paper towel and then a wet wipe.  By using the wet wipe, it moved the "pink" into the background in varying degrees.  I used my heat gun to dry each layer as a went.

 Then I used the flourish in Chocolate Chip for the central image and also used Chocolate Chip for the sentiment from Shot and Sweet.

 I inked the edges of the paper, and then used my scissors to distress the edges.

 The paper roses are from the $1 bin at the craft store. I added three of them to the top corner and each additional corner received a pearl.

The base of my card is Pink Pirouette, and the image is mounted to a layer of Chocolate Chip.

Thanks for looking!

Shades of Blue Challenge Greeting Card

Hello!  Today's card is for a challenge over at Less is More to use shades of blue.

After playing with multiple shades of blue and staining my fingers to match, I finally decided on a base of Brilliant Blue, Images and border circles in Baja Breeze, Brilliant Blue, and Night of Navy (shown in the photo from left to right).

 I stamped the sentiment in Brilliant Blue and punched it in a large oval. and continued the embossing onto the punch to continue the flow.

 The stamped images measure 1 1/4" circle and the border circles measure 1 1/2"

 Here is a close up of the sentiment.

Thanks for looking!

Blissful Happiness Greeting Card: Shabby Chic

Today's card uses two stamp sets from Stampin Up!:  Bliss, and Heard from the Heart.

 I used a base of Pretty in Pink, then a layer of Very Vanilla, Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink and another layer of Very Vanilla.  The three layers that have punched borders each measure 2 x 4"

 I punched the three smaller layers with a border punch and then placed them on top of each other.  I accented each layer with a pearl to match those that are placed on the Pretty in Pink ribbon separating the flourish from the sentiment. 

This isn't a typical color combination for me, but I'm happy with the results.

Have a wonderful and SAFE holiday!

Single 12x12 Scrapbook Page: Lovely Lavendar

I decided it's been way too long since I've made a scrapbook page, so today you get a simple single page.  I used the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder from Stampin Up! for the texture on the mats.

 I've had the floral and the striped paper for a number of years and never used them.  Today was their day.

 Here is a close up of one of the mats.  It's Perfect Plum

 This mat is in Very Vanilla

 The flowers are from Oriental Trading Company--I've had these for years as well.

The border punch I used for the strip in the center is new to me.  That means that his layout works for the Something Old, Something New challenge over at SCS.

Thanks for looking!  

Birthday Butterflies Greeting Card

I'm still on a butterfly kick!  Oh well, I'll continue to go with it until something elese inspires me.  :o)

Today's card is made with more of items I stamped and used from Norma's stash.  The embossing folder, the punches and the stamps used on this card are from her!  THANKS NORMA!

 I used Brocade Blue as the base for this card, and then a layer of Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla and accents in Pumpkin Pie. 

 I used a direct to paper technique to accent the embossed edges of the paper.

 I popped the sentiment up with dimensionals

 added pearls into the circles formed by the embossing folder

 used double layers of the butterflies for added dimension

 and ran the top layer of each butterfly through an embossing folder for added texture.

Here is one final look at the card.

Thanks for looking!

Butterfly Friends Greeting Card: Embedded Embossing Technique

 Here is today's card. 

My wonderful friend Norma and I got to create yesterday and I used her stamps and punches to create the elements of this card.

I used a new color combo (to me).  The base is Purely Pomegranate, the green layer is Pear Pizazz, the light pink butterflies are Pink Pirouette, the dark butterfly is stamped in Purely Pomegranate and the sentiment is stamped in Chocolate Chip.

 I accented each butterfly with two flat back pearls and stamped the one butterfly from Punch Potpourri  in Purely Pomegranate ink.

 The sentiment is stamped in Chocolate Chip and is from Simple Sayings by Stampin Up

 Here is a close up of the stamped butterfly.

 After adhering the butterflies in the pattern I wanted, I ran the piece of green paper (Pear Pizazz) through my Cuttlebug for the embedded embossed look.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!