Cold and Frosty Journal Page by Katy
Step 1: Layer various elements onto a piece of watercolour paper (I use watercolour paper as it can take a lot of liquid). I added a doily, some die cuts, crumpled tissue paper and crochet lace. The stamping on this layer won't show but I use it as a guide to my final layout. I secured the elements with gel medium.
Step 2: At this stage I wanted a bit more texture so I added a torn strip of gauze. When the glue is dry, paint over the whole page with gesso - you may need two or three coats. Allow to dry. Use gesso for this to provide a 'key' for the sprays to follow.
Step 3: Place a snowflake mask over the page and spray with Distress Stain Sprays in Faded Jeans and Broken China, finishing with a dash of Brushed Pewter. These are the sprays I favour but you could use any spray inks for this in colours of your choice. Remove the mask and dry. My mask was only 6x6 so I actually sprayed my page in two halves.
Step 5: Highlight some the raised areas with Treasure Gold or other gilding wax to make them pop from the background.
Step 6: To complete the page I added some stamped snowflakes (Winter Wonderland set) and some metal charms. I tore the edges of the photo and swiped them with white paint to soften and blend them into the background. The photo is tucked underneath the sequin waste. A layered chipboard snowflake and a few gems finish the page.
TOP TIPS!!!
- You will probably need to heat set both the spray inks and the stamping on top of the gesso to ensure it dries properly.
- If you used this technique to create a canvas instead of a journal page you could use much more chunky elements at step one such as metal shapes, chipboard pieces or found materials like seed pods or twigs. However I would be adding the page to my journal so I wanted it to be relatively flat.
-Don't worry about adding coloured elements to the first layer because you'll be covering the whole thing with gesso which will make everything white.
-At Step Three I put my page between two pieces of copy paper and put a heavy weight onto it for an hour or so. This helped to flatten the page which buckled slightly when I heat set the spray ink.
Hope you've enjoyed my tut and I wish you a Happy New Year!
Katy xxx
To find the stamps I have used, here's the Rubber Dance web shop: www.rubberdance.com
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