Art Journal: Distressed Paint Technique
Welcome everyone!!! I’m working in my Dylusions Small Flip Journal today and playing around with a distressed layered paint technique using petroleum jelly. There’s nothing better to me than old furniture with layers and layers of paint that are gems of time gone by!
I started with some torn pages from a book and glued them in place on my page. Next step is to cover the entire page with Gel Medium to “even the field” so all papers have the same texture and finish.
I added some petroleum jelly with my finger on areas that I wanted to preserve and then covered the page with one paint color at a time using a brayer. Once the paint layer was dry, I wiped the page clean with a baby wipe and paper towel then continued on with another coat of petroleum jelly and paint. The petroleum jelly acts as a resist to the paint.
This technique allows you to use a variety of colors without them getting muddy because each color is used separately.
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Throwback Thursday – Fabulous Projects You Might Have Missed!
Welcome to another edition of Throwback Thursday—a trip back in time! For each throwback, we’ll be spotlighting fantastic cards and projects using products from previous releases. The new stuff is always SO fun, but think about all of those great products you’ve collected and set aside. They are STILL AWESOME! And we want to inspire you with fantastic inspiration from our creative archives.
Soon, we’ll be releasing another batch of fresh and inspiring products (can’t wait!), but in the meantime, let’s take a look back at a collection that debuted last year. You might remember some pretty spectacular products from last year’s Best Days collection. Let’s take a look at some inspiring cards created with goodies from our Best Days release!
First up is this gorgeous project from Amanda Korotkova:
Amanda’s stunning design comes together with the gorgeous Even More Spring Flowers stamp set and dies from our Best Days release. She white heat embossed the flowers, colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and then used the coordinating dies to cut out the beautiful flowers and leaves. The sentiment from the Big Thanks Words stamp set finishes her design perfectly. You can see Amanda’s original post HERE, and you can see how she created this glorious creation on YouTube HERE.
Amanda’s supplies
Next, let’s throw it back to this super cute design from Nichol Spohr:
The Picture Book Walrus and Croc were released with our Best Days products, and Nichol used them both on this delightful design. The You Da Best die and sentiment from the Emphatic stamp set give this card a whole lot of whimsy! Nichol shows you how she created this adorable design HERE on YouTube. You can find her original blog post HERE.
Nichol’s supplies
And let’s not forget this beautiful project from Leigh Houston:
Leigh’s pretty design has me longing for spring with bright pops of color! She used the Blooming Circle die with saturated colors of felt. I love how she designed the card to have the die going off the edges. It really gives it a whole lot of energy! You can find Leigh’s original blog post HERE. You’ll love her smart tips for die cutting felt.
Leigh’s supplies
And finally this adorable baby card from Karen Janet Reategui:
There’s nothing cuter than a baby card created with our Oh Baby stamp set and Oh Baby Words die. Karen Janet’s color choices are so sweet and happy in pretty blues and yellows. You can check out Karen Janet’s original blog post HERE.
Karen Janet’s supplies
Did you know that we have inspiration galleries on our website showcasing project ideas for all of our releases and card kits? It’s a veritable treasure-trove of terrific ideas just waiting to inspire you, and you are invited to share your projects, too! You can find all of the Simon release galleries HERE and galleries for our monthly card kits can be found HERE. Scroll through today, and maybe you’ll find one of YOUR projects linked there!
Thanks for throwing it back with us and checking out these cool projects from four talented ladies!
Doodling with Debby: Blended Distress Oxide Background
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today and thanks to the always inspiring Debby Hughes for being our guest in the latest edition of Doodling with Debby, a monthly blog series on our blog! Read on, watch the video, and enjoy!
Hi, it’s Debby here and today for my Doodling With Debby feature for Simon Says Stamp I’m being inspired by the fabulous Kristina Werner and her Distress Oxide
I started with the three
I use baby wipes to clean my glass mat of excess ink and prevent it from being blended into the wrong section, and I also use baby wipes to clean my brush when moving from darker to lighter colours. I rub the brush head over a baby wipe several times and then rub it over a dry tissue to remove any moisture and then I’m set to go again. If I’d left the remains of the black soot on the brush as I worked more Evergreen Bough into the transition then the Black Soot would likely have overpowered the Evergreen Bough but with the clean brush I was able to apply more of the Evergreen Bough to blend the transition and even the colour out as I wanted it to be. I repeated the cleaning process to remove the Evergreen Bough ink before turning to the Old Paper ink to work the colours over those transition areas. And once I’d finished giving a good coating of the Old Paper to the top of the panel, I was happy with the overall blending of colours from one to another.
I planned on using the Center Cut Heart background stamp from Simon Says Stamp, and white heat embossing the design over the ink blended background. Having lined up the stamp on the panel in the Misti, I then made sure the panel was fully dry before stamping. The moisture from the Distress Oxides could easily cause embossing powder to stick everywhere, and so I dried the panel thoroughly with a heat tool before treating it with an anti-static powder bag. This will again help prevent embossing powder randomly sticking everywhere. I stamped the image in clear embossing ink from Simon Says Stamp; this is a clear sticky ink that the embossing powder will easily stick to. I made sure to press down firmly over the whole of the image to get a good impression. Having said that I didn’t actually use the whole of the image. The Center Cut Heart background stamp has a central heart area which can be removed, and I chose to stamp the image without the center heart as I have plans to die cut this area afterward. Having stamped the image, I sprinkled white embossing powder from Simon Says Stamp over the sticky ink and then heat set it with a pre-heated heat tool. I let the embossing powder cool and then trimmed the panel to be just slightly smaller than an A2 card base.
Now, let’s return to that center heart area. A recently released Deco Heart die coordinates with this stamp set. There are two dies in the set one which will cut out just the heart area and one which will cut out a matching decorative pattern. You could cut the pattern from the open area of the stamped design. However, I chose to cut the whole area out with one die and then die cut the decorative die from white card to add to the middle of the heart window. I added foam adhesive to the back of the ink-blended panel and mounted it onto a white A2 card cut and scored from Neenah Solar White card in the 110lb weight. I added little dots of Gina K Connect glue over the back of the decorative die cut and then dabbed any excess glue off on a scrap piece of card before adding it in the heart window. I love how on the white card base the white decorative die cut adds a lovely tone on tone detail and elegance.
I am still in love with simple skinny strips for a sentiment banner, and so I chose the Simple Sentiments 02 set from CZ Design and Simon Says Stamp for the greeting. I often like to use a dark grey card for a sentiment strip, but with the Black Soot Distress Oxide ink in this blend, I felt that a black sentiment strip would work better. I treated a piece of Black card with an anti-static powder bag and then stamped the Birthday Wishes greeting in clear embossing ink before sprinkling with white embossing powder and heat setting. I trimmed the sentiment to a skinny banner with a scalpel and ruler and then added foam adhesive to the back and used a T-square ruler to ensure I added it on straight to the card.
I can’t finish a card without a little sparkle, and so I chose some opalescent sequins from the Butterfly Kisses sequin pack and a few clear sequins from the Girl’s Best Friend pack both from Simon Says Stamp and kept them in place with Gina K Connect Glue.Thanks for joining me today, and I’ll see you next time for Doodling With Debby.
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