Sunday, March 8, 2015

Stencils and Distress Paints - STAMPlorations Stencil Blog Hop Day 1



I told you all that you were in for a one-woman-whirlwind of stencil madness. I've had so much fun playing around with my new STAMPlorations ARTplorations stencils! I've already done a little embossing paste and stencils showcase on my last blog post, and for the next three days I'll be showcasing different mediums that will work with your stencils.

And it's not just me! Over at STAMP-town, we're having a 3-day hop with AMAZING prizes and awesome technique tutorials.



And today's medium is:
DISTRESS PAINTS! 

My DPs are actually a recently acquired product (after my mental willpower to NOT buy more stamping supplies failed me - thanks Pinot Grigio...) And I'm still learning, but I'm happy to show you some basics. 

The first thing I did was dobbed some DPs on my card stock (Broken China, Spiced Marmalade, Picket Fence) 


Now here's how Distress Paints differ from other paints (if you don't know already): They are water reactive. 

So I spritzed a heavy dose of water on them and....


Runny fabulous goodness! I love how these colors mixed together.

Next, I took my Brackets ARTplorations Stencil and used a sponge to add some Distress Paint through the cracks. 

 

I wanted to add a little more texture to the card, so I embossed some funky, graphic shapes with a silver embossing powder. 


The arrows and the sentiment are from the  VIGNETTE - Chevron and Arrows set. 


And that's my card! 

I'm sending it on over to the following challenges: 
Seize the Birthday - Masculine toppings (option)
The Challenge - Thanks for the colors and sketch

As for YOU - Go start the hop so you can win some cool schtuff!

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.


Prizes:
SIX (6) winners (2 winners per day) will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.

THREE (3) winners will each win a $15 gift certificate. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog.

+ surprise prizes

Yeah. That's a lot of free stuff you could have. 

I'll leave you with one last smile - a couple of snapshots from my vacation so far. 

On the boardwalk in Park Point, Duluth MN



How do you know you're in Duluth, MN? 
When the public beaches look like this:



Yes! Those are snowmountains on the beach! But hey - it was a balmy 38 degrees today, so we were happy!

67 comments:

  1. Great card, love the stencil work. Snoooooooooooooooowy beaches or what!!! Jo x

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  2. Lots of DP fun on this one, Becca - great idea! I love my stencils but haven't used them with paints before. Definitely one to try :) Stay warm on the beach!

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  3. Well, this is just artsy wonderful, Becca! Colours, stencils, embossing paste, mixed with a heavy helping of your creativity = recipe for amazing! Snow mountains...gahhhhh!!! Love the photo of you and your guy...sweetness!
    Hugs~c

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  4. Wow...what an awesome background! Love this ♥

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  5. Becca, your blog posts always make me smile! You have such a way with words! I am in awe of your stencil creativity! I think I need to study this and give it a try myself - I am still timid of working with stencils. I'm bookmarking this post so I can come back and try this (yes I mean CASE it LOL!). I don't have distress paints but I have some Dylusions sprays that I think might work well for the first step. Looks like you and BF are having fun on vacation! I'm going to check out the rest of this hop - thank you!

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  6. Isn't it great when we can blame wine for making us spend on stamping stuff:) Love this background look!!! So cool how the water reacted with the paints to create another fab card. We are having a balmy +2C today!! Let's get our shorts and t-shirts out:) Love the beach look and I wonder what card you could make inspired by your photos?

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  7. Nice use of the paints -- love the angled watermark too ;)

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  8. The paints for the BG and then the stencil... Looks amazing :)

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  9. Gorgeous card!! The distress paint background looks amazing!! I love the design and the stencil work!! And beautiful pictures, too!! Enjoy your trip!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  10. Love the Distress Paint background! Snowy beaches - OMG!

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  11. looooove! i have so many art supplies that i never use. i really need to get inky sometime soon ;) and brrr! beautiful where you are but tooooo cold for this so cal girl ;)

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  12. Great photos of vacation - although it looks a bit chilly too!
    Love the way you did the background with the stencil - and thanks so much for the tutorial! Fantastic and very pretty card.
    Lynn

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  13. Hope you are enjoying your trip despite the weather.
    You have been having fun with your stencils, fab tute and card. :)

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  14. Brave you to go to the Beach when it looks like that!! LOVE your distress background. I did not realize that Distress Daubers were water reactive. I am going to have to try this technique!!

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  15. Wonderful card. Lovely colors, and the bracket stenciling in the white really makes it pop.

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  16. Wow..the bg looks superb and stencils make it look even more WOW !

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  17. Loved the stenciling Becca! the card is so colorful and lively! :)
    Cheers!
    Suchi xx

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  18. I'm a beer girl myself, and apparently I don't need to drink to splurge on new products. No excuse, just greedy. Anyway, back to the hop...HAPPY card. Used me fave color so I'm totally stoked. Love the stencil over the painted background. Next time you want a vacay...I'm open for business in Northern California. Sadly, we have no snow mountains on our beaches. **sigh**

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  19. your card is stunning!!! the background work is perfect and love the colors!!! that photo of the beach with snow is gorgeous!!!! how pretty!!!

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  20. Your background is fantastic and love the strong, bold use of colour. Adore how you have added the subtle silver highlights too. Lou x

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  21. Becca I love your wonderfull colorfull amazing Background with the stenceling on it.... thanks for giving an idea how tu use the DP´s ...
    CU hellerlittle

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  22. Awesome, Becca! Love how you created the background, fabulously messy! 😀 x

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  23. I love the distress paints and need to get some NOW! :*) You are such an enabler. Love your card and thanks for the step by step of how you did it. What a great photo of you and your honey; snowy beach and all!!

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  24. Gorgeous colors on your card and thank you for the tutorial, I don't have those DI colors, but I just bought some gelatos, I must try this with those, :D

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  25. So wonderful Becca! Love seeing your wonderful art. Thanks so much for the detailed how-to!~kim

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  26. so, when I see you whipping up astounding cards like this one - well, it makes me think "I want to be like Becca when I grow up"!!! This card has so much dimension, character, depth and texture!! So excellently done and I have not used DO before so thanks for the tips!!!

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    1. I meant DP for distress paints not DO - whoops!!!

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  27. Great card! Love the stencils and inks!

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  28. Becca, that is really cool what you have created but I have a question. Can you do a reverse stencil so the open part is not stenciled but you get the other image?

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  29. Very cool card! Love your painty background! Your images are fabulous! Xx

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  30. Brrrrr!! Nice photos tho!!! LOOOVE seeing how u used those paints -- GLORIOUS result!!!!

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  31. Love this Becca...must see if I have enough DP's to try this myself! Great photos, would love to see those beaches! Carol x

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  32. Fantastic! Wonderful background and I love what you did with the sketch and colors.

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  33. Love the colours. Great technique. Hugz

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  34. Fun background, I don't know, if I can create something like you did!

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  35. So many different ways you have used stencils. I have never used the distress paints; must be time to try them since they work so well with stencils. Terrific card.

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  36. Love all the different elements you added here. Fabulous finish. What a great addition the glitter is. Just super duper. Thanks for sharing it with us at Just us Girls.
    Have now subscribed by email so I don't miss out on your creations. I don't get here often enough lol

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  37. Your background turned out great Becca!! Terrific card!

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  38. Love your vacation photos, just so beautiful. Love the snow mountains on the beach. And your card...wow, just stunning and I did learn something too. Can't wait to give that a try. Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Challenge.

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  39. Such fun messy painting and great way to use your stencil. TFS Becca.

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  40. Your cards are always so unique Becca and each as great as the next. The stenciling looks like another fun tool, wonderful textures and depth and love those shimmer funky graphics too!!! Beautiful photography of snowy beach:)

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  41. Great use of DP, thank you for detailed instruction. It looks so massy but it turned out great. I love the silver embossing powder for more texture.

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  42. Great work with the paints Becca, love the colours you used! Fabulous stencil pattern, love the white on top of the vibrant background!! Excellent creation! hugs :)

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  43. gorgeous card, love all that inky fun!
    AWESOME pics!

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  44. What a fabulous effect you have achieved. Love the colors you chose. Great inky card.

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  45. Fun and Fabulous tutorial! Will be giving it a go. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  46. WOW! I haven't tried the paints (I will need to get me some Pinot Grigio) but this looks so neat. And the embossing on top just gives it the perfect OOMPH. 38 sounds like it's almost spring!

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  47. That's FAB! Thanks for showing how! I just got some DPs so will have to give it a try.

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  48. Fabulous background. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  49. Awesome card and perfect masculine one too! thanks for the instructions on your technique. And thank you for joining us at Seize the Birthday!

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  50. I love how you showed us how you achieved this background Becca - lovely bright colour combo and the smooched wet distress paint is really cool.

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  51. Love your card Becca, the background is so grungy and cool xx

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  52. Awesome stencilling, Becca. LOVE the look!
    hugs Asha

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  53. Oh wow....this design is just fabulous...! The colouring is also amazing! Love, love, love this one! ;-)

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  54. Love how you worked the distress paints!

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  55. lovely holiday picture Becca
    and you seems busy making lovely cards for Stamplorations...I miss you hehe :)
    thanks for the tutorial and thats great distress paints reaction lovely idea..
    and lovely card as always Becca..

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  56. Nice to see how this card was made. TFS!

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  57. Absolutely stunning! Love it! Great colour combo. Thanks for playing along with Seize the Birthday!

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  58. Great created panel! Thanks for showing how you accomplished it on your guy card!
    Thanks for joining us this week at Just Us Girls!

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  59. Wow, Becca, this is gorgeous! Love the painted background--luscious colors together! So glad you played The Challenge!

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  60. I love this! You're going to start me on a stencil buying frenzy missy!!
    ♥ Samantha
    Designs by Sammy

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  61. You got such a neat look with the paint & stencil, Becca! Looks like a fun vacation--snow & all!

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  62. Stunning card - love the way the paints ran together!!

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  63. That Pinot Grigio - such an enabler. That background is amazing!! Fabulous colors and textures! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls!

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  64. I adore your distress background, Becca! I am so glad you shared the steps; I would really love to give it a go! Thanks for sharing this wonderful card with us at The Challenge!

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  65. I like how you did the distress background with the paints. I have not tried them yet.

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