Darcy has been inspiring us this week over at the paperartsy blog. Do go and have a look her work is amazing.
I decided to make some coasters like Darcy, but couldn't find any cork ones so ended up using bamboo ones instead. I started by putting some Fresco paints onto the coasters and then scraping down . Looks a bit of a mess here but stay with me.Then I sprayed with Colourwash through stencils - now this is where I started not to like my coasters - I only have one colourwash which was Cranberry. This made my coasters pink! Then covered with Snowflake.
Then I stamped some JOFY stamped to the coasters and then once dry used baby wipes to rub back. Once dry I then covered with Satin Glaze - this caused the colourwash to run (will have to ask Darcy what she used), but still gave a nice effect. Then painted round then edges with Old Gold paint.
I think that they are too pink, but will have another go with a different colour spray.
Jo
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These are great, you could have tried another coat of white before stamping to see if that knocked back the pink. I used a glossy medium to seal mine, but I did have to brush it on carefully, an easier option would have been an acrylic spray varnish such as the ones made by Plasticote.
ReplyDeleteI love your choice of stamps, especially the one with the butterfly.
They look really pretty, very effective stamps x
ReplyDeletewell done, I discovered this morning when I tried to make Darcy's "wallpaper" most of my colour wash sprays are jammed.. I think the coasters look great.
ReplyDeleteTerrific coasters!
ReplyDeleteThese are fab Jo, I had an attack of the pinkness with mine too so I just kept slapping the paint on. These stamps are great arn't they, they go with everything xx
ReplyDeleteYour coasters are fabulous xx
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