Saturday Show & Hels... Picket Fence Distress Stain Resist

...time for another Show & Hels... and thank you all for your lovely comments and requests for this one. So, last week I demo'd a cool technique using Picket Fence Distress Stain and that gorgeous Studio 490 lace background stamp. For those that missed it, here are some Step by Steps :O)) Oh and before I carry on... here's my finished tag which I will be giving away to one randomly picked commenter... just leave a comment on this post and I will announce the winner next Saturday (Feb 18th).



INGREDIENTS

Rubber Stamp
Picket Fence Distress Stain
Distress Ink (I used Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany and Walnut Stain)
Blending Tool/Cut & Dry Foam
Water Mister
Paper Towel
Heat Tool



STEP 1
Shake the Picket Fence bottle - you will hear a little ball in there bouncing about... this is agitating the ingredients and makes the Picket Fence work properly. Once you have given it a good old shake, drag the applicator across your stamp.



STEP 2
Stamp your image onto cardstock - I have used cream but white works just as well. Before you do anything else, clean your stamp... like straight away ... you don't want the Picket Fence to dry on your stamp, it will stick like a toffee to a cats paw. I use babywipes for the clean up process. Use your heat tool to dry the Picket Fence image.



STEP 3
Blend your colour over the top of the card - I started with Victorian Velvet. You will see the image start to pop from under the colour.




STEP 4
Take your darker colour (Aged Mahogany) and blend around the edges of the cardstock.



STEP 5
Lightly mist a paper towel with water - you don't need to overload it as this would remove some of your stamped image, it just needs to be damp.



STEP 6
Quickly wipe over the surface of your card, just a couple of quick strokes will be enough - this will reveal more of the white image... if you prefer it more muted, skip these steps :O))



STEP 7
Give your card a quick zap with your heat tool... wiping the surface will have dampened it slightly, so drying with heat will prevent the image from bleeding too much.



TO FINISH
I edged right around the cardstock with Walnut Stain Distress Ink - this closes the design in and gives it a "frame". I coloured a tag using Victorian Velvet and Aged Mahogany and used another Studio 490 background, coated with Picket Fence and stamped over the top of the ink... you can see that this produces a much more muted effect. I added a little sentiment mat which was stamped with the same resist technique and then added some ribbons, a flower and stamped a gorgeous 490 flower in Coffee Archival.




I hope you like and enjoy the technique... it is fast becoming one of my faves!




I have a winner to announce from my Art Parts Giveaway last weekend... so... I had 52 lovely comments (thanks y'all) and Mr Random.org picked out #29 - a lovley comment left by LAINEY.. please can you email me your addy?




And finally... check this out... I have one of those ickle gadgets on Lionel Laptop and this is what temperature it was outside at about 9.30am today... YIKES!!!! Am certainly not venturing even the tip of my schnozzle outside today... an afternoon in the Room of Stash methinks. Right.. best go... thanks for looking... have a goodly day! TTFN

Hels x