Warm and Worn

In the last blog post I talked about using sandpaper. I think these 3 cards show that worn and old look you can get from sandpaper.

MidWest
Supplies used: Magazine clippings, cancelled stamps, brads and rubber stamps. Then sanded down to look slightly worn.


Travel
Supplies used: Magazine clipping used for base and sanded to again look worn. Stickers (stamps and coins) and then metal brads.


Girl
Used: Magazine clipping for base that was sanded. Beads sewn on base. Rubber stamp watercolored and pressed watercolor paper. I wanted kind of a fuzzy underwater look so slightly rocked the rubber stamp.

2 ATC's - 2 Techniques

Allergy Season

I painted the base of this atc that is made out of heavy cardboard and then glued pieces from Junk Mail on it. At the time I was suffering from allergies bad so hence the subject matter.

After everything was glued on it, I used sandpaper over it all...the images, the base and the edges. I just wanted a scratchy appearance since I always feel itchy during allergies. But really this is a great technique to use when you want an aged look. And that is what I use it for the most.

Supplies used: Cardboard, acrylic paint, ephemera from junk mail, gel medium (for glue) and sandpaper


Life in a Jar

In the last blog entry I talked about using salt with watercolors this base I used alcohol with watercolors. It makes a very bubbly like appearance.

Supplies used: watercolor base using alcohol, silver pen (for edge of card), ephemera from junk mail

Here is a tutorial on using alcohol with watercolors. It is a lot of fun using both alcohol and salt.

Watercolor Bases: Salt

Purple Postage
Compassionate

When I lived in Omaha, years and years ago, I took a watercolor class at Mangelsen's. And one of the lessons was using salt with watercolors. I like to make bases for collages and atc's out using this technique.

2 links of How-To use salt with watercolors
Watercolor Techniques
Michael's Arts and Crafts Projects