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Marshia, thank you for this challenge. I've been wanting to try out this technique for a very long time. Seeing the cool cards posted to your challenge was just the push that I needed.
Bandana Technique Challenge: http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=22&thread_id=3269331 [twopeasinabucket.com]
CARD:
4 1/2“ x 6 1/4”
Carnival 80-lb. Vellum, New Forest Green
Bazzill cardstock–white mat
FOCAL PIECE:
140-lb. hot-press watercolor paper
Stamp Zia Watercolor Sprays and an artificial fern for masking
Hero Arts Rubber Stamp
ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink Pad, Charcoal (heat set)
Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber, Snow Cap
Uni-ball Signo Broad White Pigment Pen
Winton & Newton Artists' Workable Fixative
Recollections Pearl Stickers
On the Discussion Thread (linked above), Sophikins posted this link to a tutorial for this technique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0V1ixBydxc. [youtube.com] I loved the look the artist got by using acrylic paint and a stylus so I tried it out, and it works great.
I had sprayed the background piece a very long time ago so I don't remember the colors I used. The piece was in the shape of a house so I had to be a bit creative when trimming the image. I used a quilters' ruler to trim it and Perfect Layers to trim the mat.
I tried stamping on the background with a few different blacks. I got the best image with the CBFC Ink Pad. They didn't sell a black when I bought mine so I used Charcoal.
I used the Uni-ball Signo White Pigment Pen on the lines and the acrylic paint applied with a stylus on the dots. I love the way the stylus releases the paint so that subsequent dots are progressively smaller until you reink the stylus.
I forgot that you have to heat set CBFC ink to make it permanent. By the time I had put on the white and cut everything down, I noticed the white looking dirty. When I rubbed the charcoal ink with a white cloth, it was coming off! I had to clean it off the white areas with a skewer covered by a baby wipe. Then I heat set it and went over all the white parts with the Signo Pen to brighten them up again. An hour later, I could still rub off a bit of ink so I sprayed the whole thing with the fixative.
TFL.
Daria
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