Something Wicked

It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week my teammates and I are making mixed media projects.  I've created my Halloween card with a 5" x 7" Gel Press, a 2" Speedball Braye, Haystack, Yellow Submarine, and Autumn Fire Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints by PaperArtsy, Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko, the Time Flies Stencil by Visible Image, and sentiments from the Raven Clear Stamp Set #49 by Olga Heldwein for AALL and Create.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Time Flies Stencil by Visible Image

Haystack, Yellow Submarine, and Autumn Fire Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints by PaperArtsy

5" x 7" Gel Press

2" Speedball Brayer

Raven Clear Stamp Set #49 by Olga Heldwein for AALL and Create

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Elegant Witch Mat Pad by Martha Stewart for EK Success (from 2011)

Raven and Carrot Cake Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Low-Tack Tape

Pouncy Tool

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Misti Stamping Platform by My Pretty Petunia

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of Carrot Cake cardstock to 7" x 10". Score at 5" and fold to form a 7" x 5" card. Set aside.
2. Add drops of Haystack Chalk Acrylic Paint to a 5" x 7" Gel Press, then spread the paint to a thin layer with the 2" Speedball Brayer. 
3. Place a piece of print patterned cardstock was placed facedown onto the gel press, smooth the back of the cardstpcl to transfer the paint, then remove the cardstock from the press.
4. Repeat this process with Yellow Submarine, and Autumn Fire Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints until happy with the blending and coverage. 
5. Heat set the print, though it was mostly dry as Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints air dry super quickly. 
6. Place the print onto the STAY-tion secured with magnets.
7. Use low-tack tape to adhere the Time Flies Stencil to the print. Be sure to cover the "Time Flies" words and the small ravens on the stencil with the tape. Add magnets to further secure the stencil to the print.
8. Spong Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the print. 
9. Remove and clean the stencil.
10. Heat set the panel.
11. Use magnets to secure the stenciled, painted panel to the base of a stamping platform.
12. Place the sentiments from the Raven Clear Stamp Set #49 facedown onto the print.
13. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamps, lift, ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp.
14. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary for a good impression.*
15. Heat set the panel.
16. Use a pouncy tool or a steel wool pad to add Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink speckles to the image panel to up the grunge factor. Heat set.
17. Trim the image panel slightly.
18. Use a Distressing Tool or the blade of a pair of scissors to distress the edge of the painted panel.
19. Trim a piece of Raven cardstock .25" larger than the image panel.
20. Mat the image panel with the Raven cardstock.
21. Adhere the matted image panel to the reserved Carrot Cake card.

Notes:

• Usually VersaFine Clair is fabulous for stamping fine line images and tiny sentiments like these. I think that the unevenness of the painted background created a less-than-perfect result, though in the past I've had fabulous results. Therefore, it was probably user error. With the user being me. Alas. Alack. Perfection is overrated.

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