painted paste & parts...

make that painted translucent embossing paste & art parts...

this is long, you might want to get comfy...

I'll show you how I made this...

cut a #8 manila tag to 5 1/2 inches, then spread translucent embossing paste over the tag, with a palette knife...

do not cover the whole tag...I like to leave some of the sides un-pasted...is that a word?

while the paste is wet, mist the script background (from set LCS038 live & make art) with water & press the unmounted stamp into the wet paste...

set the tag aside to dry & clean the stamp before the paste dries...

an old toothbrush is a handy cleaning tool...

wow...that was quick...

the tag is already dry...

the magic of the internet...

you'll see in the photo below that the paste has now magically changed to clear...

I chose these distress paint colors...

wild honey, rusty hinge, broken china, salty ocean & peeled paint...

remember...always shake the paints before using...

you'll see that my foam is dirty...

I've been using this guy for a while with paints...it's cool that the paints do not dry crunchy, so I'll just keep using this one...

I used the same foam for this whole tag...

when you use small amounts of the distress paint, the foam dries quickly...

I usually tap in onto a paper towel just to make sure most of the paint is gone...

plan B...you could use one foam for each color, then rinse them out, dry & use later...

dispense a small amount of salty ocean onto the craft sheet & pick up with the blending tool...

tap, twist & turn the blending tool over the dry paste in 3 areas...

the tag looks like this...

then do the same thing with wild honey...

now we have this...

dry...

next use rusty hinge & dry...

getting better...

can you see how different the paint looks over the paste & over the un-pasted tag areas?

and finally add peeled paint & dry...

use cornflower blue archival with the normandy lace unmounted stamp & press a section of the stamp onto 3 areas of the background & dry...

this stamp with tiny text is a great background filler...

I LOVE it for art journal pages...

the more layers, the better it looks...

 use watering can archival (on a blending tool) to stencil striped borders...
dry...

use the honeycomb stencil with fern green archival  (on a blending tool) to add the honeycomb in 3 areas & dry...

it still needed more in the background, so I used the same stamp as before, but this time with watering can archival...

you'll see the stamping I added in the lower left corner, top left & a bit on the right side about the middle...

one more layer...

dispense a small amount of broken china paint onto the craft sheet, pick up with detail water brush & tap over the tag to create tiny paint dots...

flood the brush with water to clean/remove the paint...

paint the art parts flower with a small amount of rusty hinge paint, spreading the paint with your finger & dry...

this creates a chalky effect...

use orange blossom archival with the ornate dots background & stamp over the flower & dry...

to create the other components...

paint the art parts stem/leaves with peeled paint, dry & use fern green on the New York label to stamp over the stem/leaves...

***a different way to use the label***

*the graphics are really cool*

paint the art parts banner with rusty hinge, and use jet black archival to stamp a portion of this sentiment...add some pen stitching detail...

***fun not to use the whole stamp***

IGNORE the art parts word ART...lol...

in the end it was too light for the background, so I painted right over it with black soot distress paint...

ah...much better!

to create the small orange-ish flower...

use matte Glue N Seal to glue dictionary paper to clearly for art, then stencil the flower using orange blossom archival...

cut out the flower, add the flower center color with the scattered straw distress marker & heat to soften the CFA, then shape...

the mini black star & the flower center are from Blossom Bucket...

trim off one side of the trimmings ruffle...

mist with water...then paint with the broken china paint, dry, then stamp over the trim with watering can archival, using the polka dot border (LCS034 seriously art)...

assemble like this...

add 2 screw eyes to accent the stem & draw some dashes leading to the star...

lots of layers...

lots of dimension in the background...

painted paste & parts is a fun technique...

I think this textured background will be fun on a larger scale...

maybe a mixed media canvas...

and speaking of fun...

YIPPEE...we just had a change in the Stampers Anonymous convention schedule, so I had a free Saturday pop up...

I chatted with Amy over the weekend & we added my new "mixed media tag art journal" class to the schedule for The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington, Illinois, on Saturday October 19th.

it's a 9 hour art marathon (1 hour for lunch & SHOPPING) ...and we'll use all of the newest products from this past CHA...plus LOTS of distress inks, paints, stains, markers, embossing pastes, stencils, archivals, Blossom Bucket & so much more, to create this...

I hope to see you there!

that's it...

back to packing for the next stop on my art adventure...

I'm headed to Everything Scrapbooks & Stamps in Lake Worth Florida. we have 2 fun...all day art journal workshops scheduled...

I can not wait to...

make art (in Florida!)!

wendy

ps...I hope you're inspired to try something new...

got any ideas?

talk to us...audience participation is good!