Saturday, May 10, 2014

Saturday Step by Step - Peeled Paste

Hi everyone. Jenny here with a tutorial for you as part of our regular Frilly and Funkie Saturday Step by Step feature. As so many of us are 'visual learners' I've got plenty of photos to share and by the end you should be able to recreate the backgrounds for both of these cards (oh yes, you're getting two for the price of one today!!!)



Let's make a start. Use a piece of Cut n Dry foam to apply white gesso to a large damask stamp and repeat stamp to create a background resist pattern. Dry thoroughly. Repeat with another piece of card.
Add Tattered Rose, Shabby Shutters, Old Paper and Scattered Straw Distress Inks to your craft mat, spritz with water and dab your first piece of stamped card onto this mixture. Allow the ink to run together in places and dry with your heat gun. Continue to dip and dry your card into the remaining ink until it is all mopped up. Repeat with your second piece of stamped card.
Blend Tattered Rose Ink over both backgrounds to cover any white areas and dry thoroughly.
Mix some White Embossing Paste with Shabby Shutters Distress Paint into a smooth paste.
Apply the paste through a trellis style stencil in a strip down one side of the first piece of card.
Take your second piece of card, place it on top of the stencil and smooth down to transfer some of the paste onto it.
Peel the card away to reveal a patterned surface to both cards. Remove and clean the stencil.
Apply silver embossing powder to a few areas of the stencilled paste on the first piece of card.
Now apply gold embossing powder and Distress embossing powder (this one's Antique Linen) to some of the other stencilled areas.
Finally add some Distress Glitter (mine is a mix of three colours) to any remaining uncovered stencilled areas. Heat the paste and powder, allowing them to dry, bubble and harden.
Repeat this process on the second piece of stencilled card, using paler colours (I used Frosted Crystal, opaque white and Ranger Snowflake Tinsel embossing powder).
Add die cut trellis pieces and some leaf stems over the paste areas. The silver foil trellis was embossed and the stem was cut from glossy card covered in alcohol inks (colours below). The patterned trellis was cut from the floral paper in the Tim Holtz Menagerie collection and covered in Crackle Accents. The stem was cut from Kraft Coredinations card. You can shape the leaves with a ball tool for added dimension.
To finish add more leaves, some shabby flowers (I made mine but you can use bought ones if time is limited) and stamp a sentiment in Jet Black Archival ink; Wendy Vecchi has some inspiring and thoughtful ones within her stamp collections. Here are a few close up shots to finish.





Hope you've enjoyed today's tutorial and feel inspired to give the ideas a go. Try using your favourite colours and mix in the embossing powders you have in your stash; adding different types and sizes adds to the texture. You'll find links below to the products I used for reference purposes while The Funkie Junkie Boutique is closed temporarily.

Have a great weekend,
Jenny xxx


30 comments:

  1. Wow!! This is awesome Jenny! Love the look of these cards and will definitely try that technique. Absolutely gorgeous!! ox

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  2. Stunning! Am in love with those colours and a fab technique!!

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  3. Beautiful Jenny!
    ... it's always great to SEE how it's done...
    groetjes Sabine

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  4. Such gorgeous cards...I've definitely going to try these techniques all together on one project...what a wonderful end result!!

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  5. That is wonderful! What a great technique, I am going to have to try it! Thanks Jenny. Love the way you have used the flowers, leaves etc too. Nikki x

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  6. Brilliant technique Jenny, love the finished cards. Mo x

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  7. Fabulous technique and I love the finished projects.....wonderful step by step Jenny....hugs Annie x

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  8. Oooooh, Jenny, what wonderful texturing here! Great techniques and fabulous composition have lead to your stunning cards - great work! Chris xxx

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  9. Stunning, beautiful colours... some of my favourites! love all the texture and flowers!
    Suzi B x

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  10. Absolutely marvelous, thanks for sharing your wonderful talent x

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  11. Amazing! I never thought of putting embossing powder into the paste. A great tutorial and lovely inspiration. I always wonder how you layer them so beautifully:)

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  12. Beautiful! Thanks for the step-by-step tutorial. Love it!

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  13. I love these cards and the background is stunning! Thanks for sharing the how-to!

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  14. What great techniques Jenny and the results are stunning, will definitely give these a go. Thanks so much for sharing the techniques, your step by step is excellent! Anne xx

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  15. Oh, Jenny, these cards are stunning! I have a house that MUST be cleaned today; having this tutorial ready to try will be the best motivation to getting my work completed. Thanks for sharing!

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  16. Oh my goodness. My mouth is wide opened!

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  17. Wow, will have to give the EP on the paste a go, both cards are stunning. Thanks for the tutorial. Jane x

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  18. Gorgeous, Jenny - the colours are just lovely, perfect for spring, and the technique is fab. Glorious flowers too - a huge wow on these two wonderful cards.
    Alison x

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  19. Wonderful, thank you for sharing your techniques!

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  20. A beautiful creation, thank you for sharing all the techniques

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  21. Thank you for this step by step tutorial -great techniques- fantastic creations!
    XxRuth

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  22. Gorgeous cards, Loved the tutorial & fabulous techniques, I adore the background & flowers... Thank you so much for sharing... Hugs May x x

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  23. What a gorgeous technique! Thanks for the wonderful step by step...I am going to give this a try!

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  24. Wow, Jenny, I'm speechless and drooling! What a sensational technique and I love the color palettes you chose. Absolutely gorgeous result and a wonderful tutorial! Thanks so much for giving our visitors such a valuable SXS!

    Hugs,
    Linda

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  25. This looks fabulous Jenny and thanks for such a great tutorial. Just what I needed to get the ole mojo kick started again!!
    x catherine

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  26. What a fabulous tutorial and such a lovely piece of creativity. Can't wait to have a go! Hugs barb x

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  27. Indeed these are two breathtaking beauties! I just love your flowers and those backgrounds are spectacular! Thank you for sharing such a great tutorial! Hugs!

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  28. This is completely amazing, Jenny! I truly can't wait to give this a try. You have completely inspired me!! BEAUTIFUL!!
    Hugs,
    Nancy

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