Hello, friends! It's Walter on the blog with you today. Do you like trying different techniques? I do. I like to experiment with different techniques to create and see where it takes me. Sometimes they work out and sometimes . . . well . . . I'm glad that it's only paper since it didn't work out! Our theme for the Topflight Design Team this week is "mixed media", and I wanted to try something different. I've always loved cyanotype images - those beautiful blue & white pictures that are so bright and rich in color. I don't know the first thing about actually trying to create a real one. It got me to thinking of how I might replicate one using stamping. I played around a bit and found a faux version that I really like. I used it in creating today's mixed media card and will walk you through it.
The first thing that I tried was painting an A2 card panel with a navy acrylic paint. I really didn't like the way it looked and the white pigment ink that I used to stamp just didn't settle onto the paint all that well. It then dawned on me - blue tissue paper! I have some for filling gift bags but also save any that comes as packaging with orders. I took a small piece and tried stamping on it with the white pigment ink. It looked much better than my prior attempt! I cut a piece down to an A2 size and used double-sided tape to adhere it to a white card panel.
I then used a foam brush to apply Lavinia Snow White Acrylic Chalk Paint to the bottom of my card panel (in a landscape position) to create a snow-covered ground. I applied two coats to make sure that I had good coverage. I then applied some Tim Holtz Rock Candy Clear Glitter over the white panel to add a little sparkle.
The panel was ready for stamping as soon as the paint & glitter was dry. I aligned my panel & Indigo Blu Festive Village stamp in my Misti, inked the stamp with white pigment ink, and stamped. I removed it and dried it with my heat tool on low. I then put the panel back in my Misti, aligned the stamp to the left of where I already stamped, and stamped it again with white pigment ink. The scene looked great! I adhered the panel to my A2 card base.
Next up was creating my sentiment. I grabbed a scrap of white cardstock and added a layer of PaperArtsy Blue Smoke Fresco Acrylic Chalk Paint with a sponge brush. I then went over that layer with some of the Lavinia Snow White Acrylic Chalk Paint using a sponge brush. I made sure to press the sponge hard enough to mix with the blue and lighten it up. Once dry, I aligned PaperArtsy Stencil PS073 and stenciled the words Let it Snow and two snowflakes using Chipped Saphire Distress Oxide ink.
As a final touch, I mixed a drop of the Snow White paint with a little water and added splatter to the sentiment strip. I also added a few clear gems to it and then cut it down to size. Some foam tape was added to the back and I centered it towards the top of the panel.
I am thrilled with how well this turned out! It really does resemble a cyanotype print. What do you think - does it look like one to you? Do you think you'll give this a try? Let me know in the comments! Here are a couple of closeups for you:
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