Showing posts with label Tri-colour Brayering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tri-colour Brayering. Show all posts

Sunday, February 9, 2014

EGGSHELL MOSAIC

Using eggshells as a mosaic technique is another style that has been around for many years.  This technique works well in mixed media when used on solid chipboard shapes or as a background.  I found when playing with this technique that it makes a difference to the overall look of the finished product what colour your base that you stick your eggshells to is.... plain chipboard doesn't look so good but a white base or a black base makes a huge difference.  I used alcohol inks to colour the eggshells when they had dried and found spraying a bit of water on the eggshells before using the alcohol inks on them helped the alcohol ink to disperse and blend.  A good coating of Glossy Accents or Dimensional Magic just finishes it off with a wonderful glossy surface and protects the eggshells as well as the alcohol ink colours.
 
"Odonata"...
 
"Fracture, fragment"...

"Through this door"...

"Party-girl"...

"Flight of a bird"...

 
These last two are from my previous class  -  Tri-colour Brayering. 
Rock Star is on plain paper and Math Geek is done on gloss paper.
 
"Rock Star"...
 
"Math geek"...
 

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

TRI-COLOUR BRAYERING (& MASKING)

We have tackled the trickiness of brayering before in a cover class but that was using white embossing as a resist.   Once again we are using embossing as a resist but it's black this time and it goes hand in hand with good old masking.  It's surprising the amount of stampers who don't use masking as a technique more often as it gives a really good effect!   I also love how different the brayering looks when done on gloss card stock compared to plain white card stock. 
 
"Be seen"... (a zetti-style atc, love the colours of this one!  It's on gloss card.)
 
"Always know"... (this one is on plain card stock.  When you're unsure of
what colours to use, it's always fool-proof to stick with 3 colours that are next to
each other on the colour wheel - this one is Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade and
Scattered Straw - in other words, red, orange and yellow!)

 
"Gate Keeper"... (gloss card, much lighter colours this time - Stormy Sky, Shaded Lilac
and Scattered Straw.)
 
"With wild abandon"... (plain card stock - Evergreen Bough, Tumbled Glass and Iced Spruce.)
 
 
More to come......  (next time I post I'll be a Nan!!!  My
son and daughter-in-law are expecting a baby girl TOMORROW!!!!!!)