Frosty Winter Wonderland Tag - Blended Distress Paints

Today I thought we'd play around a bit with some Distress Paints.
I had several left over poinsettia die-cuts from the plaque I made the other day and I have some beautiful new blue ribbon so I thought it would be fun to take those, the paint and throw in some stamped snowflakes to see what I could come up with!


Prepare the paints by shaking them up ahead of time so they are ready to go. 
You'll want to work quickly so you can blend the paints as you go.

First I applied Antique Linen to the tag in streaks, next I added a second streaky layer of Chipped Sapphire. For the final coat I applied Brushed Pewter which I blended with the two previous colors.


I ended up with a lovely glowing winter scape of colors.
The paints dry very quickly but I gave it a shot with my heat tool to speed things up a bit.


Next I stamped several snowflakes using Archival Inks in shades of blue.


Next I added a few more snowflakes by stamping with Picket Fence Distress Stain.


Once all the snowflakes were dry I sanded the edge to allow for a bit of ink around the edges.


I used Sepia ink but you of course could use your favorite color.


I had this piece of cardboard left over from another project so I inked the edges and swiped it across the top once or twice to tone the white paint down a bit.


I stapled the cardboard to the tag crossing the staples as I went.


I added dimension to the poinsettia die-cuts by drawing on the back of them on my foam pad...


You can see how dimensional it makes them...


I used snowflake brads to secure all of the layers together then toned them all down with a bit of ink.


I inked up a few choice words..


And added it all to the tag!



And there you go!
Do you have snow where you're located?
We got a bit over night so everything was fresh and sparklie this a.m.
Frosty Winter Wonderland Tag - Blended Distress Paints Frosty Winter Wonderland Tag - Blended Distress Paints Reviewed by Doctor Smile on December 09, 2013 Rating: 5

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