Playing with Nuance...

I decided to use some paper with a gorgeous texture
and experiment on them with water and/or gesso.

By playing I have a lot of backgrounds now, to be used in future projects.


LOVE the vibrancy of the Nuance powders. By adding water before or after squirting the powders onto the paper, you get different effects.
Also, when applying gesso onto the card stock, will also affect the end result.
And of course the type of paper will also affect it.

This is the watercolor paper I've used. Deep puddles, the gesso will fill it. 

It's a soft paper, so the water does tend to soak into the card. That was also the reason I decided to experiment with using gesso on some backgrounds. 

 Dry paper, and mist with water to make the colors blend.

Wet paper, and then add the powders, and mist with water again to make colors blend.  

Scrape gesso onto cardstock, and while wet add the Nuance powders, and mist with water to make the colors blend.  

PS: the gesso will make puddle in the  structure of the paper. 

Scrape gesso onto the cardstock, leave to dry. Stamp the background soap bubbles stamp. Add the Nuance powders, and mist with water to make the colors blend. Also - while wet - add some extra colors to the circles, to make some new colors as it all blends while wet.

Heat emboss the background soap bubbles stamp with white embossing powder. Add the Nuance powders, and mist with water to make the colors blend. Also - while wet - add some extra colors to the circles, to make some new colors as it all blends while wet.

Scrape gesso onto the cardstock, leave to dry. Heat emboss the background soap bubbles stamp with white embossing powder. Add the Nuance powders, and mist with water to make the colors blend. Also - while wet - add some extra colors to the circles, to make some new colors as it all blends while wet.

I am entering this one in the challenge on Paper Artsy - resists. 

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The end result - beautiful background paper!

LOVE the new soap bubbles stamp!

I will do more experimenting on glossy paper,
and maybe on some other types of paper, maybe kraft, too?!

See you next time! Happy crafting...

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Magenta products used:

48.016

MNU001

MNU002

MNU007

MNU009

MNU010

The Original Documented Life Project: - 1

 I am doing the Original Documented life project, the January theme being: 

The Blank Page and How to Face It!

 Art challenge for this week:  Book Paper, the prompt is:  Be Your Own Goal Keeper

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What I hope to learn this year? 

"I will have to loosen up my style , grin..." is what I left as a comment on Roben-Marie's blog. 

This is what she answered me: "I used to be very structured in my approach and it is so nice to just be "free" and not worry about perfection!"

I am going to enjoy this process, I knew I needed to do this, so DLP's timing is just right! HAPPY!

 I decided to work in an empty photograph album, I dissembled all the pages, and will re-bind it once 2015's DLP has been done (yes, I am going for it!)

The size of the pages are real big, and I decided to journal on part of the page by masking the outsides of the page... This creates the edges, which I accentuated with shadowing techniques during the process. It gives the journal page a frame all by itself. LIKE it!

I think you can see that I got inspired by Roben-Marie's video most. 

My creative goals (= DOELEN in dutch) for 2015 are written at the back of the tag. 

Uitstellen helpt (niet) is a quote I found in a magazine, which I like for this page.

 It means that postponing things(doesn't) help. Both ways are true in itself, sometimes it is good to postpone (I think that's called patience, LOL )

When you flip up the tag, you see the second part of whether postponing does (not) help!

 If I would start this page again, I would change a few things, ( ....sigh.... SEE, told you, I am a control freak, hehe... )....

...but, hey, this is the process... 52 weeks long... and it's a process of learning by experimenting... 

LOVE that anyway!

Hope you like it!

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I am entering this in the challenge on
1. Craft stamper - take a stamp

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STAMPS USED:

flower - Stampinback 

script in background - Magenta (own design)