Hello Krafty Friends!
Krafty Girl Danielle C. here today
to share a tip to match the color of your texturing medium, embossing paste
with a selected Krafty Kolours Hybrid Ink .
with a selected Krafty Kolours Hybrid Ink .
I tested different paste/gel medium that I had in my stash:
Including Glass beads gel and white opaque flakes texture gel,
and got very satisfying results with all.
and got very satisfying results with all.
I would like to draw your attention to the following difference between paste and gel:
paste, will dry opaque; whereas gel will dry clear
both are nice, depending on the effect you want to create.
both are nice, depending on the effect you want to create.
I suggest to prepare small quantities of the mix at a time (ie. one tablespoon), as it keeps well in a small container, protected with a plastic wrap, but will dry with time.
to obtain desired intensity, add as many drops of ink as needed,
to make the texture even more interesting,
I add glitter, mini glass beads, flakes etc.
Now a fun way to create a different look on your projects.
Before I add paste to give texture,
I like to create a background by brushing ink using the same stencil I will use to add texture on my project. It gives an interesting dimention.
Below, I brushed Bubbly Blue, and Stormy Sky very lightly in some areas,
before selecting the shapes I wanted to emphasize.
To make sure I don't spread paste where not needed,
I use post-it to limit the area I want to apply paste.
Another tip to add an interesting detail is to mix two shades of inks for mapping, and a very contrasting one for embossing. as seen on the image at the right, with the little gingerbread house where I used Charming Chartreuse and Stormy Sky inks with Lot's o' Dots stencil to create the base of the stencil work, then, I added the texture paste on selected shapes.
A piece of advice: soon after you finished stenciling,
clean your stencils rapidly, it will save you the difficult process of trying to remove the dried medium.
Below other examples of projects on which I made my own colored paste, and
used the above techiques.
Hope you try your own recipes, and come show us on the Krafty Friends Facebook page!
Happy Krafting!
Before I add paste to give texture,
I like to create a background by brushing ink using the same stencil I will use to add texture on my project. It gives an interesting dimention.
Below, I brushed Bubbly Blue, and Stormy Sky very lightly in some areas,
before selecting the shapes I wanted to emphasize.
To make sure I don't spread paste where not needed,
I use post-it to limit the area I want to apply paste.
Another tip to add an interesting detail is to mix two shades of inks for mapping, and a very contrasting one for embossing. as seen on the image at the right, with the little gingerbread house where I used Charming Chartreuse and Stormy Sky inks with Lot's o' Dots stencil to create the base of the stencil work, then, I added the texture paste on selected shapes.
A piece of advice: soon after you finished stenciling,
clean your stencils rapidly, it will save you the difficult process of trying to remove the dried medium.
Below other examples of projects on which I made my own colored paste, and
used the above techiques.
Hope you try your own recipes, and come show us on the Krafty Friends Facebook page!
Happy Krafting!
Some great tips. Thanks for sharing.
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