Acetate

Acetate

Hi There!

Well, here we are at the

end of the week with the

last Tutorial in this strand.

Have you had a good week?

Achieved everything you

set out to do?

Had the week from hell?

Settle back and have a

relaxing weekend - that'll

make you feel good again......!!

Craftyfield is here today

with another of her Quirky

Birds.  Remember the Ooops!

Bird?  Well here he is in a

different guise .......

"Of course I knew that enamel accents are 

perfect to make 3D dots or marks, 

but, since they are paints, I wanted to 

try them with a brush. 

Here, I colour matched some die-cut flowers 

from Crunchy waxed paper.

Still creating embellishments, I tried the 

Enamel Accents on brads for that glossy 3D finish. 

They are opaque enough to completely cover 

the original colour and beautifully glossy. 

What you can see behind the brad is 

my professional tool............ 

a cork which I use to hold brads for 

painting, embossing etc...

I remove the brads from the cork with tweezers 

and plant them in a piece of styrofoam to dry out.

 I then cut out all the cardstock and acetate pieces

 using a variety of dies and my guillotine.

Now for the focal image. 

Acetate is a difficult stamping surface 

but it does offer several opportunities... 

It can be worked on both sides! 

I decided to use Brilliance ink and emboss

 with clear powder to give me a raised impression. 

This will make it easy to contain the colour later. 

This acetate is heat resistant so, as long 

as the heat gun is not too close and you stop

 as soon as the powder is melted, the sheet will not warp.

Another advantage of acetate is that obtaining a 

mirror image is just a matter of flipping the sheet! 

I did consider in fact giving my bird a fellow by doing just that.

 Next time...

 I wanted the grass to be dimensional 

so I am painting it on the "front". 

As I go about painting my scene I will flip 

the acetate for the best effect or easiest way. 

Here I have applied some green Enamel 

at the bottom and spread it with a plastic card. 

Then, with the edge of the card, I dragged 

the colour upwards, creating blades of grass.

Flipping back to the stamped image 

I applied a wash of yellow to the bird with 

a wet brush.

Back to the grass side, I added some flowers

 by just touching the nib of the Cactus Flower bottle

to the acetate. 

With the green I added a few more blades

 to get some over the flowers. 

With the yellow I added the bird's plumage.

For the eyes I used white acrylic

 paint on the embossed side.

I took a second picture with a different angle 

as it is difficult to photograph acetate, 

especially with the shadows created!

These little bottles are a lot of fun to use 

in all sorts of ways (I also tried them with

 stencils but I wouldn't recommend it as stencilling

 does use a lot of paint) and I hope I have inspired 

you to explore this medium in more 

creative ways than just dots!"

Supplies:

Enamel Accents 
Crunchy Wax Paper 
Coloured card 
Heat resistant Acetate 
Joggles Quirky Bird 3 

Thank you Craftyfield - for

ending our super inspiring

week with another take on Bird 3.

Using the cork to hold the brad

is a brilliant idea too!

I'm off to sort through my

extensive cork collection for a proper

cork (if that makes sense!)?  

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx