TISSUE PAPER STAMPING

The class this fortnight is called Tissue Paper Stamping and it's a way to create a perfectly stamped image on a very textured, pre-coloured background.  I used these Stampotique stamps as they really need to be stamped onto a smooth surface to get all the detail in them but by using tissue paper to stamp onto first, then tearing out the image and gluing it down to your textured background, they show up as if they were stamped on smooth card stock.   I have then coloured them using watercolour crayons and an aqua brush and a little Twinkling H2O's as well.  The backgrounds for this class is made using gesso on plain card stock and the texture is created by using a palette knife to make marks into the gesso after it has been applied.   I used the Ranger Distress Paints to colour the gesso... I must admit I wasn't going to get sucked into the whole "I have to have the whole range of Distress Paints" thing, but after buying a few of them that idea flew right out that window and over the horizon!  Love them!!!

 

 "Medicated"...

"Make-up"...

 

"Take a number"...

 

I'll have more Tissue Paper Stamping atc's when I next update my blog. 

Finally, here is an atc from my previous Splatter Brush Background technique.

 

"Iced vodka latte"...

 

Splatter Brush Background

The technique this fortnight makes use of the Noodle Brush we used a little while ago in another class but this time we'll be using it to apply gesso as a base on watercolour paper.  Distress Stains are then applied over the top of the dried gesso brush marks with the gesso making a resist so the Distress Stains don't soak into the watercolour paper.  You can also add more colour after the Stains have dried by applying the Stains colour directly with the Noodle Brush.  The Noodle Brush is also known as a Silicon Pastry Brush and as the "noodles" are quite separate, you get good definition of the marks as opposed to how it would look if you just brushed on gesso or stains with a paint brush.  I tried this with several types of paints as well and found them all a bit too thick whereas the Stains being more liquid, it was easier for the noodles to stay separate than clump together.  Some samples follow with the colours of Distress Stains in brackets.

 

"Family Skeleton"... (Seedless Preserve, Broken China & Salty Ocean)



 

"Sleep"... (Dusty Concord and Gathered Twigs. 

That shimmery bit of goodness down the left

hand side is Angelina Film that has been heated

and attached with double-sided tape!)

 

"Luminosity"... (Evergreen Bough, Chipped Sapphire & Barn Door)

 

"Forbidden"... (Tumbled Glass, Rusty Hinge & Wild Honey)

 

"Go for Baroque"... (Picked Raspberry, Scattered Straw, Black Soot & Rusty Hinge)

 

Finally, these are the last few samples from the previous class - Marble Rolling.  Loved how easy this class was and how quick you can make loads of different backgrounds for your stash!

 

"Do Nothing"...

 

"Spellbound"...

 

"Studly"...

"Temptation"... (this one also incorporates

a black glue border from the

previous Glue Embellishment class)