When putting together the ALSB pages for the month, I thought it would be splendid to add some of the fern images to the Dark Blue paper, but figured I'd have to find a way to make the ink pop. Enter: Gesso. It's the gesso we made together in the "Creative Concoctions Workshop" at the 2012 Retreat. Fun stuff!
Honestly, I'm a little wiped out from writing LOTS of instructions lately, so I'm going to take the more visual route to expand upon the technique article included in the latest edition of the Scrap Rap Magazine (see page 11). Kay and I snuck back into the studio again with the camera and let 'er go.
Click here to watch the video on YouTube.
And a look at the finished layout:
If you need some supplies, here are a few quick links:
Club Scrap Lite Kit
Peridot Ink
Ink Applicator
Spring Chorus Unmounted Stamps
Gelatos
Thanks for stopping by . . .
Tricia
Editor's note: links removed for Spring Chorus Stencil due to unavailability 6/13/13 jmh**
I just love this page, so many awesome details and the video is perfect! Thanks for sharing your process Tricia!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool altered page!
ReplyDeleteThis is great fun!! Guess I am going to have to make some more gesso. I had to be different and made PURPLE gesso at retreat! BWT - like the new intro music.
ReplyDeleteFabulous techniques and page. Love it.
ReplyDeletevery cool Tricia, love the page!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to get my kit! And I still need to mix my RIAB gesso~ better get to it!
ReplyDeletewhat a fun page, tricia! so many techniques, love it! love using that gesso we made - smells like baby powder. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a neat technique and one that I want to try. Since I don't have gesso, would white acrylic craft paint work instead?
ReplyDeleteAlso, for those of us that are new and couldn't have attended retreat would it be possible to find out how to make the gesso?
Thanks
Hi, Colleen! Yes . . . white acrylic paint will also work well with this technique. The gesso is fun to make. We have a set of recipe cards available for all of the "concoctions" we made during the weekend, including alcohol ink, colored mist, gesso, stamp cleaner, etc. Here is the link: https://shop.clubscrap.com/creative-concoctions-recipe-cards-p12350.php
DeleteLove techniques like this one - thank you so much.
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What a beautiful technique. Since I elected to "wait" for my Lite Kit :-(, I'll have to try this with a different stencil.
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