Group of Cardmakers - Acrylic Painting on Coloured Cardstock

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are getting ready for your New Year celebrations.

Our Group of Cardmakers technique for this month is Andy Skinners acrylic paint on coloured card. Andy used White on his card but any colour works well. 

Sorry about all the Christmas cards but when I tried this technique out it became my go to for finishing my Christmas card stash, I had so much fun I couldn't stop. I used Gesso for the white on my cards and acrylic paint and Posca Paint pens for the other colours.

My First card is the Tim Holtz Snowman

My Second card is a Penny Black stamp and BetterPress Sentiment

Penny Black stamp Acrylic Paint and Paint Pens

I also borrowed this stamp and I'm not sure which one it is.

We hope you will try this technique  with us, it's so addictive 😀

Card Recipe
Stamps: 
Paper: 110lb white, 65lb coloured card stock
Ink:  Versafine Clair
Accessories: Gesso, Posca Pens, Acrylic paint, Stamp Positioner
Techniques: Painting on Colour paper with Acrylic paint

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta - Grungy Mixed Media Christmas Card

Hi everyone, it's been a while since I pulled out my mixed media products so I decided it was time for a Grungy Mixed Media Christmas Card. I hope you head over to Magenta to find out how I made this card.

Stamps and Stencils used

Have your self a Merry little Christmas

07.1065.N

Holly

02.325.W

Wishing you a Merry Christmas

07.1022.I

Ornament stencil

TM135

Stars Stencil

TM328

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110Lb White, Coated Card Tag. Rice Paper
Ink: Versafine Clair
Accessories: Stencils, Light Modeling paste, Gesso, Finetec watercolours, Glossy accents
Techniques: Stenciling, Stamping Watercolouring

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta with a couple of salted paper bags for cards 😏

Stamps and Stencils used

Lines 
 [35.064.J]

Delphinium 
 [0729.P]

Floral Silhouette 
 [42.067.M]

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

 

Happy Birthday 
 [07.1028.D]  

TM300 Diamonds & Dots 
 [TM300]

Good Friends help you... 
 [07.1036.L]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb White, Paper bag
Ink: Versamark, Distress Oxide
Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Stencil, Gesso
Techniques: Watercolour - Salt technique, Stenciling, Heat Embossing, Gesso

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta with some stenciling and stamping, I hope you come on over and check out how I made these cards.

Stamps and Stencils used

Thistle 
 [0721.K] 

 

 MC94 Mandala Quad 
 [MC94] 

 

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

 

 

Fall Leaf Twig 
 [0798.M] 

 

Thinking of you - Large 
 [07.983.I]

 

TM305 Floral Garland 
 [TM305]

 

Onion Stems 
 [14.677.K] 

 

Create (English) 
 [07.948.I] 

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb White, Black
Ink: Versafine Claire Nocturn, Distress Oxide
Accessories: Stencils, Stamp Positioner, Gesso
Techniques: Stamping, Stenciling, coloured pencils

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone it's Tuesday and I'm over at Magenta playing with Gesso,  Distress oxide sprays and some new  Finetec watercolours I just bought.
 I hope you have some time to drop bye and check out how I made this card.

Here's a close up of the texture and sparkle.

Stamps and Stencils used




Wild Thistle
 [0794.O]

Texture with Circles
 [41.060.I]


Distressed Background Text
 [48.003.N]


TM219 Alpha and Number Duo - Set of 2
 [TM219]

TM324 Intersections
 [TM324]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: Designer paper, 110lb white, Navy
Ink: Ranger archival, Distress oxide
Accessories:Gesso, Stencils, Blending brushes, MISTI, Finetec metallic watercolours, Lyra coloured Pencils
Techniques: Gesso, stamp layering,

Using Gesso in your card making

Hi everyone, I recently received a request from Michelle of I Card Everyone on my retreat blog post asking for some details on using Gesso so here they are.

This was my sample card for the technique at the retreat.

Gesso is a primer used on surfaces to allow paint to "stick". By painting a surface (wood, metal, plastic, washi tape etc) with gesso you can use watercolours or acrylic inks on them as it did with my washi tape card here, it also acts as a resist as you can see above.
Gesso comes in clear, white, and black. It can be water down to mute background colours, and is the perfect way to use up old designer paper on your backgrounds and not have the bold colours show through.

Gesso Resist using stamps.
Use a sponge to cover the stamp with gesso and then stamp the card stock. Remember to clean your stamp immediately or the gesso will dry in the crevices and be very difficult to get out. 

Let the gesso dry and either spray ink or blend the colour over the surface, use a baby wipe to remove the colour off the gesso. My stamp had some black ink on it which was picked up by the gesso. Oops. I don't clean my stamps very often 😊
 

Gesso through a stencil
I use a thicker consistency gesso (Liquitex) which has a little more body, it's perfect for both stamping and stencilling. It hold it's shape and and doesn't seep under the stencil too quickly.

Below is a card I did a few years ago using gesso to mute the background colour, and you can also check out my post this week over at Magenta where I stamped an image and covered a piece of dictionary page with gesso.



I hope you picked up some tips and get to use your gesso in the future.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: Mixed media
Ink:
Accessories: Liquitex Gesso, stencils
Techniques: Gesso