I was inspired to do this piece by a recent trip to the Getty Villa, built to replicate a Roman villa by John Paul Getty to house his collection of antiquities. It is a wonderful space to spend time with ancient art. One of the rooms in the Villa is called the basilica, which, in … More Coloring with White
Creative Chemistry 103 had us combining Opaque Texture Paste with Distress Crayons again but this time we used a stencil. I love the rich look and feel this combination of materials and mediums.
Creative Chemistry 103 showed us a really great way to use Transparent Gloss Texture Paste. I used some Halloween themed paper from Tim Holtz and the Shattered Layered Stencil to create the web.
What do you get when you put texture paste and gold embossing powder together? See below. 🙂 Opaque Matte Texture Paste Embossing Powder Layering Stencil Distress Ink
Today in Creative Chemistry 103 we apply paint and remove it through a stencil. This is my neon-Halloween! Distress Paint Stencil
Distress Spray Stain Layering Stencils Distress Micro-Glaze Distress Ink
For this Creative Chemistry project we applied a selection of alcohol ink colors to Alcohol Ink Cardstock with the Ranger ink applicator tool to cover the card. We then put a stencil on top of the card and applied Blending Solution. We removed the stencil and when the card was dry we stamped images on top with Archival Ink. The faded layer helps … More Creative Chemistry 102: Faded Layers
In Creative Chemistry 102, we explored one of the great things about alcohol inks – that you can color almost any surface with them! For this tag I used the monochrome ink (Candied Apple, Pine Needles and Vintage Photo Distress Inks) technique with a lovely Christmas sweater stencil. Tim Holtz Idea-ology line has this great product, tinsel twine, … More Creative Chemistry 102: Tinted Tinsel
Today’s Creative Chemistry 102, had us apply a selection of colors of Distress Ink to a stencil. After misting the ink on the stencil with water, we put the stencil on the tag and pressed down to transfer the ink to the tag. We removed the stencil and then dried the ink with some heat. It looks like … More Creative Chemistry 102: Ink Monoprint
Similar to yesterday in Creative Chemistry 102, we combined stencils with stamping but with an addition. After inking up the background of the tag and applying the stencil, instead of stamping a pattern through the stencil, we used Distress Markers to sketch through the stencil to give certain parts more emphasis. On top of that, we stamped an additional … More Creative Chemistry 102: Stencil Sketching
