Mixed Media Great Impressions

 

Impressions and  Castings

 

“Oh Happy Day”…yes indeedy! I finally got to spend time to play creatively with some mix media! Yay! I have been working making some stamped impressions by stamping an inked stamp into a very thin layer of molding paste --my kind of simple fun.  And if that wasn’t enough I tried using a rubber stamp (not on a wooden block) as a cast and filled with hot glue.  After filling I chilled it for a few minutes in the refrigerator; once cool I eased the piece out of the rubber stamp.  The hot glue casting results were somewhat foggy on top and white on the backside. But overall I was happy with the results I achieved.

The fun part is that I used the same stamp for both techniques and wanted to combine the pieces on one card. The card background is scrap paper that I used under my stamped impressions work. I used an embossing folder similar to my stamp to fill the bottom corner and inked with cracked pistachio distress ink. 

Other supplies:  Dreamweaver Embossing Paste-metallic gold and stamped with Ranger Archival ink-black. For hot glue casting I dusted off my old glue gun and glue sticks from another era, Sharpie markers and for accents Inka Gold-silver.

Special thanks to Artsy Inkers as well as Splitcoaststampers for providing inspiration thru challenges and and tutorial information.