Saturday 7 April 2012

Send in the Clown

Todays tutorial features the circus set.
Both the Circus and Sideshow sets work quite well together, as the samples below show.
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Before I continue, the new Evil Elixir workshop invites start to go out today, you have 30 days if you wish to register, details can be found HERE.

Ok on to the tutorial, I wanted to make a tag that resembled part of vintage circus poster that had been torn from the wall… well that was the idea anyway :)
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circus (Small)

1. Tear a tag shape with your hands, I am using 300 gsm card.
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2. This next step is an option if you have the materials and equipment.
Print a design of your choice onto paper using a laser printer, or have it printed at a print shop where they generally use laser.
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3. Spray the printed side of the image with a generous coat of Americana gloss sealer.
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4. Immediately after spraying,  place the paper printed side down on top of your tag.
Burnish the back of the image with you fingers for approx 10 to 20 seconds.
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5. Remove the paper and hey presto!!
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The image will have transferred onto the card.
I do have videos and tutorials on this image transfer technique which can be found HERE in the tutorials area.
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6. Blend some old paper distress ink over the background.
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7. Now scrunch the card in to a ball a couple of times..Yikes!!
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8. unfold the creased card and run it through a big shot between the two plates on top of the multi surface platform with both tabs down.
This will flatten the card but retain the creases.
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If you want the card even flatter lay a piece of Grunge paper on top also.
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9. Pick up just a small amount of Frayed Burlap onto a blending tool and lightly (LIGHTLY) skim the surface, just picking up the peaks of the creases.
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9. Stamp the text with Frayed Burlap and the ellyflump with Faded Jeans.
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10. Stamp the circus poster with Fired Brick.
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11. For the clown and extra stars,  I first applied fired brick to the stamp and then patted it a few times with Aged Mahogany before stamping.
The word Circus was stamped with Black Soot.
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12. Finally I blended Frayed Burlap around the torn edges and added a ribbon.
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13. for the ribbon, I applied Faded Jeans and fired brick distress stains, sprayed with water and scrunched up into a little ball and dried with a heat tool.
Once dry I stamped the small stars on with Sepia Archival ink.
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4 comments:

  1. Like all the sample Circus tags! Thanks for the tutorial on today's tag. I learned some tips and tricks. :)

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  2. Wow! beautiful tags! Love your stamps.

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  3. Ooooo this looks fun I may even get over my phobia of clowns cos i love the elephant!

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