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11.07.2009

Tinted Paint Technique


The TECHNIQUE I'm sharing with you this evening is for the hearts in the photo. It's fun to make full sheets of this Tinted Paint background paper and use it for die cuts, tags, and more.


INSTRUCTIONS:

You will need the following:

Nonstick Craft Sheet
White Acrylic Paint
Several Colors of Reinker
One Sheet of Cardstock (I cut this into mat size pieces, for ease)
Optional – homemade pearl mist, or Glimmer mist

Got everything in place?
Take the white acrylic paint and spread it on a nonstick craft sheet.

Drop reinker around on the paint, various colors.
You can even spritz some homemade perfect pearls mist in it for some shimmer.
Use a piece of cardstock to really smear the colors around, then lay the cardstock on the paint, to coat your paper.
Apply more paint/ink as desired.
Let your paper dry.
Once completely dry, it has a neat almost leathery feel, and if you turn it over, you’ll see the original ink colors you added, in a fun mottled pattern.
Die cut or use as desired.
Repeat as desired.


Hope you're having a FABULOUSLY creative weekend. Happy Crafting!

3 Comments:

Lori said...

Love it, Allie! What a great technique!

Princess of glitter said...

Great idea! Thanks for sharing!

julie m said...

like the technique. easy to follow.