Good Saturday morning. My project today was made for the Splitcoaststampers Mix-Ability challenge. The weekly challenge is to use mixed medium on your project. You can find a more detailed explanation of about mixed medium here. The theme this week was to create a project with tulips and to use at least three medium.
I decided to try an experiment and create a scene on a weathered crackle paint background. You can check out my Weathered Distressed Wood tutorial if you would like to see step by step photos of how I created this background.
Here’s what I came up with.
I started by applying a few coats of white crackle paint on a 5.25” x 4.00” piece of cardboard and heat dried in between coats. I then used a Color Box stylus and foam tip to apply blue distress ink in the sky area and green ink on the ground area. I was able to sponge the ink on and then used a circular motion to blend and smooth it out. I especially like how the white crackle still showed through the blue in some areas. I then used the mini fern image from my Kittie Kits Outdoor Master and green ink to apply texture to the grass area and dark pink ink to create a floral background.
My next step was to mask off the landscape with scrap paper and stamp the tree from the Impression Obsession Solid Tree set using dark brown ink. The image was very faint so I used a dark brown Copic marker to fill in most of the tree. I stamped the leaves on with dark green ink which again only created faint images so I filled in with a dark green Copic marker. When I was finished with the scene I marked off 1/2” sections and used my ruler, paper piercer and leaf tool to score out the wood plank lines and sanded off the chunks of peeled up paper and paint with a sanding block. I used a mini applicator and dark brown ink to fill in the distressed spots to add more definition to the seams between the boards. Did that make sense?
Here’s a closer view of the distressed wood and tree.
I cut the tiny tulips from the Tulip set using white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers. Although it is really hard to see in the photos I applied a bit of shading to the tulips using a mini applicator and a bit of pink, orange and lavender PanPastel. I lightly formed the tulip heads with my stylus and molding pad. I cut the Grass Border sections and the Fresh Cut Grass sections and attached them to the scene with ATG adhesive. I cut several pieces of foliage using the Leaves and Stems set. I tucked the tulips and leaves in between the grass and attached with glossy accents. I ended up covering up much of the grassy floral background. If I had this to do over I would have only applied one layer of grass and tulips so more of the background scene would show. But with that said I still like how my experiment turned out. Who knew you could stamp and color on top of crackle paint.
Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Card Size: 5.50” x 4.25”
Awesome job on this challenge Kittie. Love the outcome.
Beautiful card Kittie. I have never tried using crackle paint on anything but it looks great on several of your cards. Didnt realize you could stamp on it either. Thanks for the tips.
Amazing! I’m definitively going to try crackle paint.
Kittie this card is a work of art! I went back and re-read your weathered wood tutorial. I’ve ordered a lot of chipboard and will be using your “weathered” wood technique with some shabby designs I want to make. Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous technique, it’s so appreciated. I know a lot of work goes into making tutorials and I thank you so much for sharing your time with us. I see I’ve got to make a purchase for some “fresh” crackle paint. I think mine literally kicked the bucket . .. LOL . . . no amount of water could revive mine.
Very pretty card Kittie, successful experiment, love it. Thank you, Nicole
Splendid! This is a masterpiece and it looks very authentic. Hope you have a great week-end and TFS.
Wow very beautiful
hugs Linda
Wonderful result of your experiment….it is sooooo pretty. Know you are happy it turned out well as that was a lot of work!!! LOL!
Jan
WoW!!!! Kittie, this work of art card is jaw dropping gorgeous!!!! I did not know we could stamp on top of crackle paint. Thank you very much for sharing this amazing art card and all the techniques you used and what you learned and how you would do things differently. I think the flower border in the back does show nicely but, I can see what you are saying. Maybe there will be more art cards using those stamps. I know I need the impression obsession tree set, I like that it has the swings with it. Yes, your instructions for the board background make sense. As I was reading at the beginning of the post, I kept thinking how did she do that background. When I got to that part I thought ahaaa, now I know and I will use that technique. This beautiful art card has lifted my sagging creative spirit, thank you for the amazing creative inspiration. This card and tutorial were just what I needed today.
Jacquelene L
Canada
Good Afternoon, Kittie, what a stunning project, it is wonderful, and love the idea of coloring on the crackle wood. Something new to me. I looks gorgeous. Another technique for me to learn. thank you for keeping me learning and inspired everyday…..LOL
Hi Kitti. I always look forward to your posts. You did a fantastic job with this mixed media card; just love it.
Very impressive. I love your weathered wood technique. the layers of die cut tulips add a distinct 3D feeling to the piece. Well done.
KIttie, this is soooooooooo wonderful…you’ve done it again, you’ve outdone yourself….I love how the grass & flowers are in layers and the painting on the fence…. man oh man, you are so talented…..truly amazing, my friend… Thank you for sharing your creativity….