One Little Craft Tag Challenge #118

On a watercolor tag, create a background using the Salt/Watercolor Texture Technique using inexpensive crayola watercolors.  Let dry.  Stamp image (B-Line) on white tissue paper with Archival Ink Jet Black  and adhere to tag.   Let dry.Stamp sentiment with Amy Tangerine letters with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Embellish with deco tape.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #23

On a manila tag, create a background with pink acrylic paint and the Acrylic Paint Smooshing Technique and let.  Stamp circles with the with an Ink Blender repeated.  Let it dry.  On a piece of kraft cardstock white wash with gesso and let dry.  Stamp the image (Dina Wakley) with Archival Ink Jet Black on the kraft paper.  Dot with the dot of life with white Molotow Pen.  Adhere deco tape to the tag and embellish with bakers twine bow.  

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #167

Cover a tag with decorative tissue paper and let dry.  Layer deco tape, fabric tape, and glitter tape and place on the tag.  Adhere the stickers to the tag.

Sometime You Need a Camera's Perspective

I was struggling with this journal page. To me it seemed to need something, but what I could not figure out. So I snapped a picture thinking I would use it to illustrate the blog how-to. When I went to crop the picture. Low and behold I like the page. Go figure. 

It's actually a pretty simple page.  The background was me experimenting. I have done this technique with acrylic paint and plain rubbing alcohol but never thought to use alcohol inks until now. 

Ingredients

Acrylic paint 

     Golden Hansa Yellow Light

     Golden Naphthol Red Light 
Alcohol Ink (I used Adirondacks Sunset Orange)

Water

Brush

Stencil (I used The Crafters Warehouse Ribcage)

Painters Tape 

Gesso

Paper for Heart (I used a popcorn bag)

Glue stick

Black Pen (I used Pitt Artist Pen in black with brush nib)

Gelato - Black 

Scrap Paper for Heart mask 

Scissors

Deco Tape (I think this tape is recollections from Michaels)

Steps

1.  With paint brush and clean water, wet down page. 

2.  Thin yellow paint with water and wash over page. The acrylic paint needs to be very watery for the alcohol to displace the paint. 

3.  Drop orange alcohol ink in random spots. It like magic and cool to watch. Let dry. 

4. Using paper mask of heart and red paint create burst. Let dry. 

5.  Tape stencil down using painters tape. Dab gesso through stencil with foam brush. Let dry

6. Cut out striped heart. Glue in place. Outline with pitt pen and gelato. 

7.  Apply deco tape.