Acrylic Paint Backgrounds- Tracy Evans

Hi Everyone, I was watching a Tracy Evans video which had a Gesso Resist background and thought I would play a little.

My first card was inspired by the gesso resist but other than the colour and the gesso is very different to Tracy's, the second is a brayered background and Tracy's Hare stamp.

Card 1 I brayered gesso over the card then brayered the yellow and a turquoise acrylic paint. I then used one of Tracy's stamps to stamp the background using a MISTI and re stamped and fussy cut the butterfly wing and the postage stamps after pre colouring with pencils.

Card 2 - I brayered pink and blue on a piece of 110lb white card and then using the MISTI stamped the Hare. I re stamped the Hare on another piece of card coloured it with pencils and fussy cut it out and stuck it to the acrylic paint brayered card. I love the colours on this one.

Card Recipe
Stamps: AALL and Create - Tracy Evans
Paper: 110Lb White, Black
Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturn, Gray
Accessories: MISTI, Acrylic Paints, Brayer
Techniques: Brayering, Fussy cutting, Pencil colouring

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta - Sparkly Butterflies

Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta with a Gelliprint background, butterflies and some really sparkly acrylic paint. I hope you head over and checkout how I made this card.

See all that beautiful sparkle and shine ✨✨✨

Stamps used

Leaf Branch Trio 
 [0793.O]

Mariëtte Butterfly 
 [0804.I] 

Criss-Cross Texture 
 [0829.J] 

Have a Beautiful Day... Every day! 
 [07.1017.F] 

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: Deli paper, Black, 110lb White
Ink: Versafine Clair- Gray, Navy
Accessories: Art Alchemy Sparks, Art Alchemy Opal Magic.
Techniques: Gelli plate, Acrylic paint

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone I'm over at Magenta with this card, I hope you drop by and check out how I made it 😀

Here is a close up of the stamping and stenciling.

Stamps and Stencils used

TM322 Tumbled Ash Leaves 
 [TM322] 

Cherry Blossom Chickadee 
 [03.127.P]

Maple Leaf Large 
 [0802.L] 

Script 
 [07.916.O]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb white
Ink: Versamark ink
Accessories: Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder, Coloured Pencils, Acrylic paint, Posca White Acrylic Paint Pen.
Techniques: Geli printing. Pencil Colouring

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta with some of their New release stamps and some Gelli printing on copy paper, I'm loving my Gelli plate at the moment so you may see way too many Gelli prints.

Stamps used


Mandala Dreams
 [14.679.Q]

 
Words to Live by
 [07.1047.J] 

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb white, Copy paper
Ink: Versafine Clair navy
Accessories: Clear embossing powder, acrylic paint, Gelli plate
Techniques: Gelli plate printing, heat embossing

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta playing with some Shrink Plastic. Come and see how these pretty little card ornaments are made. Also check out your stash you might have some Shrink Plastic that your have never used 😏

Stamps used


Delicate Leaves
 [0784.Q]


Bloom Crescent
 [09.256.P]


Dragonfly Dreams
 [0776.P]


Best Wishes to a Special Friend...
 [07.1055.H]



Wishing you... Happy Birthday
 [07.1034.I]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: Mixed Media, 110lb white
Ink: Ranger Archival, Stazon Black, Versafine Clair Morning Mist
Accessories: Ranger Shrink Plastic, Brayer Heat tool, Acrylic Paints
Techniques: Brayering, Shrink Plastic, Alcohol Markers

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone I'm over at Magenta and have a few cards to show which have been made out of this background which I created using my brayer, acrylic paints, stencil and some stamps.
I hope you head over to take a look.

Stamps and stencils used.

Texture with Circles
 [41.060.I]

 
 Circles & Dots
 [41.061.H]


Script
 [07.916.O]


Old Script
 [24.012.J]

Numbers Abstract - Large
 [0774.J]


Flower Mandala - Medium
 [0778.L]


Fall Ash Leaves
 [0799.L]

TM318 Zen Flower - Extra Large
 [TM318]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb white
Ink: Ranger archival
Accessories: Acrylic paint, Brayer
Techniques: Stencilling, Brayering, stamping

Brayered background

I've been meaning to try this technique by Leandra Franich for a while and now I think I'm hooked.

Using a light touch with the brayer covered in acrylic paint rotate the card to cover from each direction you add swatches of colour. You just keep layering colour on top of colour. If you have too many dark areas you can always use white or a lighter colour to tone it down.
I stamped my poppies with Versafine Clair Nocturne, coloured them with Posca Acrylic pens and then re stamped the image. The other images were stamped using Ranger archival inks.

This is what my background looked like before I cut some for my card. I also added some scribbles of oil pastels, you cans see the subtle outline under the acrylic paint.

I'm entering this for
Craft Stampers Take it Make it challenge January
Moving along with the times - something new (Poppy stamp)
Through the Purple haze - anything goes

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: Mixed Media, 110lb White, Black
Ink: Versafine Clair (Nocturne), Ranger Archival
Accessories: Paper Artsy Fresco acrylic paints, Posca fine tip pens, brayer
Techniques: Brayered background, Acrylic paints

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

 Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta with some of their new release stamps and stencils. My technique this week is watercolour background and bleach to remove the colour, I followed the instructions of my teammate Carole Dion, if you have never visited Carole's blog you would be amazed at her artistry and creativity.

I used mixed media paper and found it held on to more of the colour than I wanted so I'm going to try with watercolour next.

TM309 Rows of Diamonds [TM309]

Magnolia Branch [09.259.O]

 

Old Script [24.012.J]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb white, Mixed Media, Black
Ink: Ranger Archival, Distress oxide
Accessories:, Magenta stencil, Neocolor watercolour crayons, Tombow pens, Bleach, Art Alchemy acrylic paint
Techniques: Stencilling, Bleach colour removal