Thus begins Technique Book #22. Years ago we used shaving foam to create a marbled background (a great technique to re-visit by the way). This technique is also using shaving foam but it is used in conjunction with Distress Oxide Inks. I stumbled across this technique while trawling YouTube video's and had a play around with it to get it to work on the smaller size of ATC's, rather than on a card front. The application of Distress Oxide to a small acrylic block, then a small swipe of shaving foam, then swipe that across your white card stock results in a messy, grungy style of colour application. The addition of embossing in a couple of colours through the centre that has been left white helps to tie it all together. I love how many ways you can use embossing powder, as a focus or feature, or as part of the background.
This is my cover. It's 20cm x 15cm (or 8" x 6").
The tree and owl are die-cuts, the skull design across the
bottom is a stamp and the net stuff up the top is some
Halloween fabric that I bought when it was on
clearance last year in November.
"Terrors"...
(Both the bird & fence are
embossed with Black UTEE)
"Dead Fish"...
(The silver up the top is another fabric.
Check the dance section at your local
fabric store for what can be used on
ATC's and cards!)
"Scenic Route"...
(Tree, deer, rabbit & eagle
are all die-cuts. The gold ones
are cut from a gold metallic paper pad
from K-Mart!)
"Feel the rain"...
(The 3 branches are all embossed with
Black UTEE.)
"Sparkle"...
(Gold leaf shape is also die-cut from the same
metallic paper from K-Mart.)
Finally, another sample from my previous class, Enamel Backgrounds.
"Tangled"...
(The bat up the top is made from some chopped up bits of
black glue stick that have been put into a silicon bat mould,
then heated. Because the mould is silicon, the heat-gun doesn't
affect it and the glue dries quickly. It's been rubbed over
with silver and gold metallic paint to bring out the details.)
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