Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Creating and Using Acrylic Skins-Part 2



Hello!
So glad you could stop by to see the tag I created with the acrylic skin.  If you missed yesterday’s post you can find the beginning info on acrylic skins here.

 Here is today's tag-


And a close-up:


The entire background is stamped and colored with blended distress inks. The branches are stenciled with pre-colored Golden's Light Molding Paste that is for highly textured work and is to hold stiff peaks. I made by mixing distress ink with the paste on my craft sheet. After covering the branches with molding paste as usual I added texture to the leaves with a plastic serrated knife.

The bird  a piece of the acrylic skin I shared yesterday and cut with a Memory Box die.  The eye is added with enamel accents.  I did not attach white paper to the back of the bird which makes the translucent parts not as clear as the background sightly shows through.

Supplies: Acrylic skin-see original post;  Memory Box Die-bird; Stencil by Heidi Swapp; Ranger distress inks and archival ink, Stamps-STAMPlorations-mini mixed media backgrounds; Stamping Up-bark background.

Craft Stamper’s Take It, Make It Challenge  This month’s challenge is to use any featured technique from a 2014 Craft Stamper magazine.   I chose to try the technique to use acrylic paints and medium to create acrylic skins for use in mixed media/stamped crafts.  The technique tutorial “Skinny Love” is created by Trish Latimer. It is the featured cover photo on the August 2014 magazine and the tutorial feature begins on page 38.

Thanks for stopping in...hope your weekend includes some creative fun!
…Jan                                                                                                                    

13 comments:

  1. Great tag, loving the bird! I'm off on a holiday on Monday so I might plaster my craft sheet with some acrylics and see what happened when I get back ;) xx

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  2. Wow! Amazed by the texture and more so of how you created it! Off to check the tutorial

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  3. Another fabulous creation ..... thanks for joining in with the Take It Make It challenge .... good luck! Linda xx

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  4. Great example of a beautiful technique! Thanks so much for joining us at the Take It Make It Challenge.

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  5. Great tag the bird is fabulous, love the colour. Thanks for joining us at the Take It Make It Challenge. Elizabeth x

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  6. Another beautiful make with the skin!
    Thanks for joining us at the Take it Make it challenge xxx

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  7. Such a cute little birdie! Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper Blog Challenge this month! xxx

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  8. Love all the detail on this, Jan! Thanks so much for playing along with Craft Stamper Take It Make It :)

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  9. What an awesome tag! I love all the texture and dimension. Thanks so much for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  10. Great tag.,Thanks for joining the August Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  11. Awesome tag! Love all the texture! Thanks for joining us in this month's Mixed Media Monthly Challenge "Stencils and Pastes"!

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  12. Love your tag! The pretty bluebird against the woodgrain is a real standout! Thanks for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

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  13. I'm blown away by what you can do with the acrylic skin you made. So freakin cool. And the texture on those stenciled leaves - genius.

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