Experimenting with Enamel Accents

This month I have been reviewing one of the newest products to arrive on the shelves of the Papermaze store for the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog - Enamel Accents by Ranger. Well… not ‘totally’ new - black and white enamel accents were introduced in 2010. Please follow the link over to the blog and see what I found out about what the are, the colours available, how, where and when to use them. They are great fun to use on many projects.

Have fun experimenting with the Enamel Accents,
and don't forget to share what you make.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Summer of Creative chemistry - 102 - Day 2

Back again with day 2 in the Tim Holtz Summer of Creative Chemistry - with  On Line Card Classes - & Creative Chemistry 102.

Here are the seven techniques tried out on day two using Layering Stencils.

With a bit more detail for each tag and a little information without giving too much away!

1. Mixed-Media Layering Technique

Distress Paint - picket fence

Distress Ink - salty ocean, blueprint, stormy sky

Distress Stains - faded jeans, tumbled glass

Re-inker with mica - Shaded lilac

Layering Stencils - 6, 28, 39, 50

Manila Tag #8

2. Embossing With Stencils Technique

Layering Stencils - 25

Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Framelits Tag Collection

3. Embossing Through Stencils Technique

Distress Ink - worn lipstick, aged mahogany

Layering Stencils - 36

Manila Tag #8

Clear Embossing Powder

4. Stencil Stamping Technique

Distress Ink - bundled sage, iced spruce, gathered twigs

Distress Stains - pumice stone

Layering Stencils - 3

Manila Tag #8

Versafine Ink Pad - onyx black

Stampers Anonymous Stamp - THJ002 - Butterfly Melange

5. Stencil Sketching Technique

Distress Ink - spiced marmalade

Distress Stains - dried marigold

Distress Markers - wild honey, spiced marmalade, fossilized amber, ripe persimmon

Layering Stencils - 103

Manila Tag #8

Versafine Ink Pad - onyx black

Stampers Anonymous Stamp - THJ002 - Butterfly Melange

6. Ink Monoprint Technique

Distress Ink - picked raspberry, mustard seed, mowed lawn, peacock feathers

Layering Stencils - 16

Manila Tag #8

7. Paint Monoprint Technique

Distress Paint - cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon, peacock feathers, carved pumpkin, spiced marmalade

Distress Ink - twisted citron, peeled paint, squeezed lemonade, gathered twigs

Layering Stencils - 6, 13, 39, 41,44, 106

Manila Tag #8

Another successful 'Distressing' day!

Back with more another time.

Thank for looking

Lynn x

Summer of Creative Chemistry - 102 - Day 1

Having fun with the next series of classes in the Tim Holtz Summer of Creative Chemistry - with  On Line Card Classes - & Creative Chemistry 102. I am a week behind, but have been busy with a retreat last weekend and plenty of other things going on with family and friends - more of all that later.

Here are the six techniques tried out on day one using Distress Paints.

With  a bit more detail for each tag and a little information without giving too much away!

1. Distress Paint Marbelling Technique

Distress Paint - salty ocean, seedless preserve, mustard seed, mowed lawn, picked raspberry

Distress Ink - peacock feathers, mustard seen and picked raspberry

Ranger Manila Tag #8

2. Coloured Crackle Technique

Distress paint - mowed lawn, forest moss, bundled sage, peeled paint, evergreen bough, festive berries, mustard seed and brushed corduroy. 

Top leaf - Distress Ink - Forest Moss

Bottom leaf - Distress Stain - stormy sky and peeled paint

Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy

Kraft Tag #8

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Die  - Tattered Leaves

Grungeboard

3. Altered Surface Technique

Jig saw pieces with glossy surface

Distress Paint - broken china, squeezed lemonade and abandoned coral

Kraft Tag #8

4. Eroded Metal Technique

Distress Paint - peeled paint, antiqued bronze, peeled paint, broken china evergreen bough, salty ocean

Manila Tag #8

5. Stamping Resist Technique

Distress Paint - brushed corduroy and antique linen

Distress Ink - dusty concord, wild honey, broken china, twisted citron and squeezed lemonade

Manila Tag #8

Carabelle Studio Art Stamp XXL - Négatif et Papillons

6. Industrial Technique

Distress Paint - black soot

Sizzix Tim holtz Alterations Tag Collection Dies

Metal Foil Tape

Couture Creations Texture Plate - Extra Confetti

Have enjoyed playing with paint and look forward to the next class.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Spray Stain from Distress Stains - Tutorial

Ever thought it would be good to be able to spray with your stains? Especially when you only need a small amount of spray stain.

That's what I have been doing using tiny spray bottles and some careful decanting of a few milliliters of Distress Stain as I needed each colour.

What you need:
* Some small spray bottles - the sort you use for travelling.
   I purchased some which hold just 5ml which is plenty.
* Printed charts of the Distress Stain colours downloaded from the Ranger.
* Rubber golves (optional)
* Kitchen roll and / or baby wipes
* Wipe clean surface
* Clear sticky tape
* White self-adhesive spot labels
* Scissors
* Small shape punch
* Small plastic beads

Choose the colour stain you want to be able to spray.

Select the appropriate colours, from the colour chart and using the window on the under-side of the punch make sure you punch out the colour needed including all the wording.

 Using clear tape sitck the punched shape to the tiny spray bottle.

To enable you to identify the colour from the top of the bottle. Add a self -adhesive spot sticker to the top of the lid of the spray bottle. Use white where possible to give a clear indication of the shade of the stain.

Give the bottle a good shake, remove the lid and dab colour onto the label.

 Using some old scissors gently prize the stopper from the stain - just lift it slightly - not all the way otherwise the stain may splash and make a mess where it's not wanted...

 ... then gently remove the stopper all the way from the bottle with your gloved hand. Set aside on some kitchen paper

Now with the two bottles close together, slowly pour a few mililitres of stain into the new bottle to about 1cm from the top...

... leaving room for the tube as this will displace some of the stain. (Pop in a small plastic bead here for the pigment stains.)

Replace the spray mechanism and the lid onto the spray bottle

Replace the stopper and lid onto the stain bottle.

Now you have a stain and a spray stain.

Here are a selection of those I have already made up to use.

Have fun!

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Me & My Girls

This is what I made with this month's Papermaze Crop Kit. The page was designed by Vanessa and was a great excuse to try the new Ranger Distress Paints by creating a water colour effect.The paint colours were perfect for this photo of Emily, Catherine and me taken on their 21st birthday.

The Background was created with the paint and water and left to dry. The circle was hand drawn with a few dots of Liquid Pearls added here and there.

I cut my five flowers on the Cricut with the Flower Shoppe cart, a random selection of flowers in different sizes until I had enough. These were all cut from white Bazzill. they were then inked with the same colour as one of the paints, but in Distress Ink, and spritzed with water, screwed up, dried out and opened out again. Then they were layered up and a clear dew drop added to the centre. The smaller flowers are spiral flowers which were also cut on the Cricut, and coloured in the same way. Some were cut from a piece of Basic Grey Kissing Booth Lip Lock paper. The leaves were cut from two shades of green Bazzill with Memory Box and Marianne dies.

I inked the Prima butterfly which started off a beige colour. I used my wired twine to made spirals and tucked them in amongst the flowers. The mutli-coloured strips of patterned papers are cut from a sheet of Pink Paisley paper, She Art collection - Soar. The photo mount is cut from Marigold paper from the Ambrosia collection by Bo Bunny.

My title was had written and 'GIRLS' was cut with the Alphalicious cartridge on the Cricut.

Here is Vanessa's original layout:

 

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x