On this card topper I played with the new Distress Embossing Glazes in a few different ways. I hope you get yours out and give them a try!
Knowing that I was working with Sprays, I decided to work on a hot pressed 300gsm watercolour paper which I know accepts the ink wellOut came the Splat Box and my Distress Sprays. For this background I used a combination of Spray Stains Hickory Smoke & Stormy Sky) and Oxide Sprays (Tumbled Glass & Hickory Smoke). I prefer to spritz my cardstock first and then add the ink sprays as well as adding water in between drying to really get the colours moving and the oxides reactingOnce the ink was completely dried, I sprayed over some Distress Resist Spray and while the resist spray was wet, I added my Distress Glaze Weathered Wood and then heat set it. The reason for adding resist spray and not embossing ink, is that if you apply embossing ink over the top of the card using a dabber or paint brush, you will react the background ink and effectively destroy the background you have just made. The resist sprays holds the background ink in place whilst allowing a sticky surface for the embossing glaze to adhere toWhat I love most about the resist spray is the mottled, spray like effect you get. Its a far more organic look which I love. Just remember to ALWAYS clean out your resist spray head after every use, with clean water or the spray will clogNext I cut my card down to size and kept the off cutsBack to my Mini Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion… I added some Sticky Grid to the mat to hold the cardstock in place as I wanted to use my stencil over the top and needed to ensure my cardstock was stable and wouldn’t shiftThen I placed my background and stencil onto the mat and held it in place with the magnetsUsing a palette knife and my favourite Ranger Texture Paste, I covered a random area of the stencil with paste for a more organic effectWhile the Texture Paste was still wet, I poured over some more Weathered Wood Embossing GlazeI prefer to heat set the glaze while the paste is wet, as I prefer the bubbles that the heat tool causes. But if you dont like it when the paste bubbles, simply allow the paste to dry and then heat set the glazeThen I matted the card onto a deep blue cardstock for a good contrastI wanted my flowers to match my project, so I sprayed some light beige flowers I had with my Distress Spray Stormy Sky and Oxide Spray Tumbled Glass and dried them with a heat tool. I always prefer to use my splatbox when it comes to spraying as it contains the messThen I sprayed the flowers with resist spray and poured over more Weathered Wood Embossing Glaze so that my flowers were shiny and glazed to match the rest of my card, and heat set the glazeUsing an offcut from my original background, I stamped a sentiment from a Penny Black Stamp Set I have (Penny Black have great sentiment packs that are super useful for card makers!). I used my stamping platform and Jet Black Archival Ink PadI wanted the sentiment strip to stand out, so I matted that onto some dark blue cardstock tooUsing my favourite new ‘go to’ glue. Distress Collage Medium, I adhered Tim Holtz Pearl Baubles into the centre of my flowers and LOVE how they look!Using my mini Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion, I adhered my sentiment strip onto my card topper – lining it up and holding it in place until the glue has dried with the magnets is super easy with this little gem of a tool!Lastly, I adhered my flowers to the left of the sentiment stripI love the glossy sheen that you get from the embossing glaze and resist spray. Using resist spray to either seal your backgrounds or to apply embossing glazes and powders over the surface is a game changer!
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