Thursday, September 22, 2011

Rusty Suitcase Version 2

Here's an altered suitcase class which ran last month.

It's got all my favourite colours and stamping and I had some fun stamping adventures along the way... I wrote down steps so you can try too!

Stamping Adventure 1: Fuzzy Background print

1.  Stamp with Archival ink on the back of a Hambly Screen Print (the slightly shimmery kind)
2. and after waiting a while, buff it off with a dry tissue.
- the image will become fainter and fuzzy plus all the excess ink gives the whole paper a brownish tinge.

Stamping Adventure 2: Embossing + Gesso

1. Emboss images on the surface with gold embossing ink.
2. Paint a thin layer of white gesso over everything
3. Use a cloth to rub off the gesso so the images show through
4. Stain everything with Distress ink

A big thank you to all who attended the Rusty Suitcase Version 2 class!  I am really glad to hear so many of you had fun (despite all the stamping and 'scrubbing' we had to do).

6 comments:

  1. this is one beautiful and drop that gorgeous suitcase! very vintage and so lovely! Love love love love love love the whole thing!

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  2. love it !!!!!! a totally super duper awesome project .... love every little piece of it .. hugz x

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  3. that is beautiful!! *cough*cough*... make one for me. LOL.

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  4. love this, Sharon! what a great project!

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  5. WOW, this is beyond amazing. I LOVE it, Sharon!!!

    XO
    Cindy

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