Marbled Background Technique

 

So we're into the second week of our Valentine Challenge, and last week I used the Rose Stencil to create a glittered motif on an acrylic Candy Box.  This week, I'm using the same stencil but in a completely different way...to create a background effect on my Cardstock.                                                                                     Now I did get a little carried away with Techniques on this card, but once I started I couldn't help myself!  So when I do this Background technique again, I will probably simplify the main image!

And now the Recipe...

I used Tim Holtz Distress stains, "Tumbled Glass" and "Forest Moss" and dabbed the entire stencil itself.  I spritzed it with water to make the distress stain a little more liquid, then carefully "dropped" the stencil, ink side down onto the cardstock.  I tried Glossy paper and Watercolour Paper as well, but I liked the regular cardstock best.  After the ink dried, I placed the stencil back over the image and with a stencil brush coloured the leaves using Tsukineko "Bamboo Leaves".  Then (and this is where I got carried away), I used the Original Embossing Paste and pasted just the petals of the rose.  But I didn't stop there, no sir-ee!  I texturized the paste with the flat plane of my palette knife.  I really like making the petals a different texture than the stem as it creates extra dimension.  Again, I probably should have stopped, but I have coloured the rose before in yellow, and it was so pretty, so I used a Dauber to add Tsukineko "Canteloupe" ink and then a Stencil brush to add some Tsukineko " Terra Cotta" to the petals for extra depth (I warned you that I got carried away, sigh).

The card took about 10 minutes from start of adding the distress inks to the end of Inking of the paste, if you don't count the hour (o.k. so I cheated and started inking after only about half an hour, I was excited!!) in between for the paste to dry, so this technique is VERY fast.  If I hadn't pasted and coloured the Rose at all, the image would have taken about 2 minutes flat...and it was cool with the just the marbled background alone!  A step by step tutorial will be posted shortly on my Store website, Cherish the Thought if you would like more details.

So now I expect that you have had a week to think about what you're going to create, what with all the inspiration you've garnered from the Design Team (weren't their projects last week all totally different, I LOVE that!) so now you're ready to play with your stencils, and our Valentine theme and post your creation to your blog, but don't forget to add your name to Mr Linky so you can officially enter our contest!  Check out the Blogs of the other entrants too, you can get to them from Mr Linky as well.

And if your heading to CHA at the end of the month, be sure to check out the DreamWeaver Booth #863, as Lynell has lots of new stencil designs, and the samples on display will blow your mind!

Next week...Same Stencil, New Technique!  See you then...