Thanks to Tim Holtz's Facebook lives, I've used my sprays more often lately, but I still find it difficult to use sprays. I used Distress Oxide and Distress Spray Stains this time. I started with a little water, so that the sprays blend nicely and the Distress Oxide Spray reacts immediately. I applied 2 layers of spray.
For this week, I was still captivated by Tim Holtz's Facebook Live about the Distress Paints from last week, as well as Distress Weathered Wood, the color that I rediscovered due to the lack of the new Distress color. I started with Collage Paper Typeset and some scraps from old book paper to pattern paper and other tissue paper. I applied this with Soft Matte Gel. This is for me the best glue for collaging and adhering other things, it's really very versatile.
After a coat of White and Clear Gesso, I applied some texture with Texture Paste and the Crate stencil. When it was dry, it was time to apply color. I only used two colors for the background, black and Weathered Wood Distress Paint. By using a light and a dark color, you get a lot of variations in between. I rarely use extreme almost opposite colors, and never liked light colors, but have completely changed my mind.
I colored the brothers with Distress Crayon Antique Linen and Stormy Sky, and Tattered Rose Distress Marker. Such a shame that these Distress Markers are discontinued.
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The Tim Holtz Q&A Facebook lives are great for dusting off techniques and products that you haven't done or used in a long time. Last Saturday it was about Distress Paint, and the Marble Paint technique is so fun and I hadn't done it for ages. I used Distress Paint Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Weathered Wood and Vintage Photo, and for some shimmer I added Metallique Paint Rustic Brown and Stormy Ocean to the mix. Unfortunately I don't have any dabbers and not the flip tops yet, so getting it on the craftsheet was bit of a challenge.
I ended up applying two coats, and when the paint was dry, I was using Distress Ink Ground Espresso along the edges to darken them. The other times I used the Minc with foil, I noticed that there was also foil sticking in places was no Distress Resist Spray, but it adhered around the Distress Ink drips here and there. As part of "What if" I run the card through the Minc with Rose Gold Foil without adding anything that should stick to the foil. And to my surprise, the foil stuck to lots of places on the card, much more than I expected, actually a bit too much.
With the Paper Rose Hub Stencil, and the Emboss It Dabber, I applied some texture with Distress Embossing Glaze Walnut Stain, but the foil still dominated. With Washi Tape I managed to remove / reduce the foil in some places.
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