Cards with Crayons

Some time ago I was asked to make two brightly coloured birthday cards - So I decided to use the my Tim Holtz Distress Crayons.

I chose to use set one as this has a lively collection of colour - Picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, twisted citron, mermaid lagoon and peacock feathers. I also used several Tim Holtz Layering Stencils. 

I applied a layer of white Gesso over the surface of my white card and allowed this to air dry. Then I scribbled with the crayons randomly over the gesso, working small areas of each colour. I placed each stencil where the pattern was required and rubbed some colour off using a damp cloth. 

Once this was dry, I trimmed each piece to fit my card blanks and mounted them onto black mount. I cut greetings and an image using dies and more black card. 

Dies by Memory Box and Crafters Companion.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Summer of Creative Chemistry - 103 - day 4

Day 4 in Creative Chemistry 103 (Online Card Classes) was a busy one using Distress Crayons. Having tried these out recently on behalf of Papermaze - it was good lo learn some new techniques and to compare them with Gelatos. 

Day 4 - Distress Crayons 

Here is what I made:

In more detail:

1. Distress Crayon Smudge

Distress Crayons - Set 1 Brights
Texture PasteLayering Stencil - 002Collage Medium - Matte
#8 Manila Tag

2. Distress Crayon Gesso Fresco

Distress Crayons - Set 1 Brights & Vintage Photo
Layering Stencils - 008, 018 & THMM103

Gesso

#8 Manila Tag

3. Distress Crayon Textured Resist

Distress Crayons - Picket Fence
Layering Stencils - 049Distress Ink pads - Iced spruce, twisted citron, mustard seed, salty ocean, wild honey, scattered, rips persimmon

#8 Manila Tag

4. Distress Crayon Watercolour Resist

Distress Crayons - Set 3 & peacock feathers
Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Framelits Die Set - Tag Collection

water-colour paper
Stampers Anonymous mini blueprints CMS150Distress Ink pads - walnut stain & frayed burlap

5. Distress Crayon Blended Background

Distress Crayons - Set 1
Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Framelits Die Set - Tag Collection

water-colour paper

6. Distress Crayon Layered Colouring

Rubber stamps - Non Sequitur - Old Fashioned Romance
Distress Crayons - Set 1 & 3
Collage Medium - Crazing
 #8 Manila Tag

Another fun day in the arty chemistry lab - back with Alcohol inks tomorrow.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Summer of Creative Chemistry - 103 - Day 3

Today at the Creative Chemistry lab we have had lots of exciting mediums and textures to play with and getting our hands really mucky! Not only have we made the five technique tags, but three extra assignment swatch sampler tags to refer to in future when selecting the best mediums to use for a project.

Here are my results:

Day 3 - Distress Collage Mediums & Textures

1. Distressed Layered Collage

 

Distress Crayons - vintage photo & rusty hinge

Collage Medium - Matte
Paper - Basic Grey - Curio

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Framelits Die Set - Tag Collection

2. Texture Paste Colouring

Distress stains - evergreen bough

Distress Ink pads -walnut stain, forest moss, twisted citron, peacock feather
Distress Paint  - Victorian velvet

Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - 002 & THMM106

#8 Manila Tag

3. Texture Paste Embossing

Distress stains - tumbled glass

Distress Ink pads - faded jeans & salty ocean
Embossing Powder - Silver
Texture Paste

Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - 050

#8 Manila Tag

4. Texture Paste Resist

Paper - Basic Grey - Curio

Distress Ink pad - picket fence
Texture Paste - Transparent Gloss

Layering Stencils - 42 tiles

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Framelits Die Set - Tag Collection

5. Distress Grit-Paste Grunge

Copy of old sepia photo from my heritage collectionDistress Grit-Paste

Distress Crayons - vintage photo & walnut stain

#8 Tag - Kraft

Assignment Swatch Tags

Distress Collage Medium Sampler 
Looking at the effects of three different types of collage medium on the same background.

 

Paper - Simple Stories - Bloom and Grow

 Top to bottom
Collage Medium - MatteCollage Medium - Vintage
Collage Medium - Crazing & Distress Crayon - hickory smoke
#8 Manila Tag

 Distress Grit-Paste SamplerColouring grit paste with different distress medium. all in walnut stain

Top to bottomDistress ink pad

Distress stain

Distress Paint

Distress CrayonsLayering Stencil - 003Distress Grit-Paste

#8 Tag - Kraft

 Texture Paste SamplerEffects of colouring over three different Ranger Texture pastes.

 Texture Paste top to bottom
Opaque matte
Transparent matte
Transparent gloss
Distress Ink - twisted citron, evergreen bough & mowed lawn
Layering Stencil - 044
#8 Manila Tag

Great day crafting and now off to see what's in store for tomorrow - working with Distress Crayons.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x