In the March issue of Craft Stamper, Anneke De Clerck shared a fabulous tutorial. She showed us how to layer paints over black cardstock, creating a fabulous effect full of depth and interest.
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Anneke says:
“For this project I worked on black cardstock and used a layered background technique. Textured cardstock works well for this technique. I love how the texture came through while adding the first layer of white paint.
When it comes to building layers I learnt a lot from the talented Dina Wakley. According to Dina, layering is just a matter of control. It’s important to know the properties of different mediums to avoid bleeding and the frustration that comes with it. I solved that problem by sticking to one single medium, acrylic paint.
I started layering by first building a foundation layer: a wash of white paint, covering most of the background. For the next layer I created green and blue paint drips and added vintage book text and stencilling. Finally I added the top layers of a focal flower image, doodling, stitches and embellishments”
MATERIALS LIST
Stamps Anneke used...
Other materials...
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1 Die cut a tag from black textured cardstock. Rub a wash of acrylic paint onto tag with fingers. | 2 Apply green paint to top of tag. Spray with water and let the paint drip. Repeat with teal paint. |
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3 Adhere torn strips of vintage book text to the tag with matte gel medium. | 4 Add white stencilling randomly by sponging white paint through the Lattice Work stencil. |
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5 Create light blue circles, pink squares and orange organic shapes by sponging through stencils. | 6 Stamp small circles and text using black ink. Add accents with black and white pens. |
To finish the project: I stamped the flower on the tag using black ink. I made a second print on a scrap of paper, coloured with acrylic paint and added black accents with a pen. I cut out the flower, adhered to the tag and curled the petals. I found matching ribbon in my stash. Finally I embellished with a small blue flower charm and cross-stitches.
This project was first published in the March 2016 issue of Craft Stamper.
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