Friday 6 April 2012

It's all in Black & White

Here is the first step by step, the title of this post will become obvious at the end I promise.
This first tutorial is a very simple rust technique using one of the stamps from the Tempting textures set.

Tempting Textures (Small)

Here are the results.
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1. Paint a thin layer of Americana Burnt Sienna onto a non stick craft sheet using a square brush.
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2.Using the rust stamp in you hand, rather than an acrylic block.  Pick up the Burnt Sienna from the craft sheet and stamp the tag turning the stamp in different directions to avoid uniformity.
rust (Medium)

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3. Next blend Distress ink, walnut stain over the entire tag, you can also use Vintage photo for a less intense effect, have a play!
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4. Stamp some cogs and rust runs from the Steampunk Accessories set with Walnut Stain.

Steampunk accesories (Medium)
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5. Stamp elements from the Letting off Steam set in Ranger Black Archival Ink.
Letting of Steam (Medium)
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6. Blend Distress ink in Black Soot around the edge of the tag.
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7.place the tag in the Heavy Duty Embossing folder by Courture Creations and emboss.
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After embossing.
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8. Using the side of a pencil, highlight the edges of the embossed card subtlety to mimic worn rust.
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9. The cogs were die cut from the Tim holtz on the edge steampunk die, cut into three and given the same treatment.
These were then stuck to the back of the tag using Glue and seal Matte.
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Ok this bit was just for fun! 
As a challenge I wanted to make a tag using only Black Ink and resists.
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Sets Used
Letting of Steam (Medium)Steampunk accesories (Medium)Tempting Textures (Small)

1. This is one of Lindsay Masons new stamps. I have stamped it with Ranger Black Archival.
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2. Next brush over the stamped text with Ranger Glue and seal Matte to mask it.
Huge Thanks to Lindsay mason for the glue technique x
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3.Paint a thin layer of Americana Titanium White onto a non stick craft sheet using a square brush.
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4. Using the grunge stamp in you hand or on an acrylic block,  pick up the Titanium White from the craft sheet and stamp the tag,  turning the stamp in different directions to avoid uniformity.
stamp the Large Steampunk clock from the letting off Steam set in the top left hand corner with Glue & Seal Matte.

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5. Have a bowl of water handy in which to place your stamps. Place them stamp side down in the water, this will stop the acrylic paint from drying on them, you can scrub them clean easily with a nail brush.

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6. Now blend Distress Black Soot over the entire tag, you will notice that the Black Soot turns the white paint a subtle shade of Grey whereas the glue resists the ink more and remains bright!…
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Quite a cool background!
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7. Paint a thin layer of Americana Titanium White onto a non stick craft sheet, using a square brush.
Stamp the power meter and steam engine technical drawings with the Titanium White.
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8. Finally Stamp the cogs and steampunk text stamp with Black Archival…
One tag…One colour Ink!
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More to come tomorrow!
Andy.

11 comments:

  1. OMGoodness! LOVE your new sets. The "rust" tag is amazing and the b+w technique is wow. TFS these projects and techniques, Andy! Is there anywhere here in the U.S. that I can buy your stamps? Regards, Gabby :)

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  2. this is fabulous ! ove both tags !!!! Thanks for the tutorial !

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  3. Thanks, unfortunately I do not know of anywhere in the US.... it's so annoying Gabby.

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  4. Oh my - I've only just discovered you - where have you been all my life :-) ... love these tags and the stamps are to die for!

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  5. I have GOT to try the black and white technique, just love that tag.

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  6. These are wonderful! I love the texture of the first tag & I must try the B&W resist technique - it's very cool.

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  7. Two great tags and the techniques are very effective Andy !! Thanks for the tutes !

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  8. I so NEED these stamps too Andy. Great tags and I love your paint techniques.
    Have a great Easter, hugs,
    Erika.

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  9. It looks so technical in black and white. Really great. Thanks for the tuto and Happy Easter (:o)

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  10. Oh, this is VERY good Andy. I love that b/w technique. I'm gonna have to try that soon.

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