Just Celebrate - Distress Paint Resist

Hello Makers! Today I have a card to share with you using a Distress Paint Resist technique. I usually use Distress paint for altering Idea-ology, but for today’s technique I used it for resisting Distress Stain. So I’m inviting you to come along, and let’s get making

Gather all the supplies.

·      Distress Paint : Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry

·      Distress Stain: Twisted Citron

·      Black Soot Distress Archival Ink

·      Distress Mixed Media Heavystock

·      Distress Black and White Heavystock for an A2 card base and mat.

·      Blending Brushes or Blending Tool and Blending Foam

·      Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Stamp & Stencil Mixed Media #43

Using a Distress Blending Brush (or Blending Tool and Foam) load with a light amount of Peacock Feathers Distress Paint and apply through one side of the stencil onto an A2 piece of Mixed Media Heavystock in various places. Do not cover the entire piece. Dry and clean off the stencil.

Apply Picked Raspberry Distress Paint the same way through the other part of the stencil.

Once the paint is dry and most of the paper is covered, as shown in photo, spray the entire piece with Twisted Citron Distress Spray Stain.

You will see that the paint resists the stain. Let the stain sit for a few seconds and start to dry.  With a clean paper towel, soak up any excess stain that is pooled on the paint. You can even lightly wipe it off the paint with a damp towel once the stain is completely dry. It will come right off the paint. 

 

I wanted to do a quick comparison between Distress Paint and Distress Oxides. I used the same colors of each and the same technique, but you can see that the Oxides react to the stain and they bleed and lighten, while the Distress Paint does not react and it in fact resist the stain so that the paint become prominant and maintains its bright color. That is the beauty of Distress Products. They have different properties and techniques that work with some products do not work with others.

Drop some of each paint color onto a Media Mat. Spray with water and then swipe Mixed Media Heavystock through it. Dry.

Once the paint is dry, spray it with Twisted Citron Distress Spray Stain.

When the stain is completely dry, stamp the balloon in Black Soot Archival Ink. Then fussy cut it oout. Stamp the balloon blue print onto a piece of White Heavystock and then pop the balloon up over the stamped image. 

For the sentiment, put a thin line of Distress Paint in Peacock Feathers, then roll a brayer through it. 

Once the brayer is coated, roll it over the long, thin label stamp and stamp it onto a piece of White Heavy Stock. Then stamp a sentiment into the center of it with Picked Raspberries. Color it with Twisted Citrosn Distress Stain and pat off the excess. Once dry cut out the labe, then cut a white and a black mat

Attach both the matted balloon and the matted sentiment to the front of the card.

The paint remained bright even thought it was sprayed with a dark Distress Stain. Distress Paint, once dry, is no longer water reactive so it really resists Inks, Stains and Oxides because they remain water reactive even when dry.

Of course I needed to finish it off with a little machine stitching.

Including a bit of messy stitching for texture.

Thank you so much for following along on the Distress Paint Resist tutorial today. 

 

If you would like to see the same technique with a completely different look, check out my tutorial here on the Ranger Ink blog.

Now let’s go shine brightly, and have a creative day! 😃

Tami  

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