Distress Oxide Spray Stains Resist with Molding Paste
  • Ursula Smith
  • August 22, 2023
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Hi Friends! I’m back with another experiment! I started with a Distress Oxide Resist– the technique where I bring Distress Oxide Spray Stain through a stencil/mask, and then over it with regular Spray Stain- but I didn’t like the end result of this one. Then I had a failed attempt at cutting Tim Holtz Perspective…

Creating Embossing Folder Plate Stencil Shapes in Silhouette Studio
  • Ursula Smith
  • August 7, 2023
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NOTE: this is one of the posts where it is much better to watch the video 😉 Hi Friends! I’ve made lots of videos using cutouts that I’ve cut on my digital cutter. I’ve made masks and stencils and cutouts that I layered together to make my own embossing plates, but it occurred to me…

Sizzix Luster Wax Distress Spray Stains Resist
  • Ursula Smith
  • July 16, 2023
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Hello all! Today I am playing around with Sizzix Luster Wax to make a quick Take 5 card base. I used an old stencil brush to rub t Sizzix Luster Wax over a Yupo paper Mask that I cut myself on my digital cutter. I didn’t have enough of the makeup brushes that I’ve been…

Distress Oxide Resist on Tim Holtz Distress Cardstocks vs Plain
  • Ursula Smith
  • June 30, 2023
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Hi Friends! I am back with Yupo paper cutouts and I’m going to talk about paper today. I’ve mentioned this a couple of times now- generally when I’ve demonstrated the use of Yupo paper cutouts and stencils and then doing what I call the Distress Oxide resist (even though it’s more of an oxidation than…

Distress Ink Stamped Off Tone On Tone Look on Kraft Cardstock
  • Ursula Smith
  • June 8, 2023
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Hello friends! I have finally gotten around to editing videos again and today I am back with a technique that I had blogged about previously. You can see the Blog post with the video here. I had used a Tim Holtz stamp, sprayed it with water and then used it to lift ink off a…

2 Gelli Plates with Masks to Transfer Designs in Multiple Colors
  • Ursula Smith
  • May 7, 2023
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Hi everyone! Today is another quick Take Five project using two Gelli Plates. I made another post/video with a similar process using a stencil. This time I’m going to use a mask with this technique. You’ll need 2 Gelli Plates, a mask and some paint. I use a brayer to roll the paint onto the…

Foiling Laser Printed Images on Printed Backgrounds
  • Ursula Smith
  • April 13, 2023
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Hello Friends! Today I’m going to explain how to do a foil print onto a colorful background that you do not want also foiled. My first step is to create a background either directly in Photoshop or more often, I will paint or spray etc and then scan it into the computer and bring it…

Using Leftover Reactive Laser Print Foil for Backgrounds
  • Ursula Smith
  • April 8, 2023
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Hi Everyone! When you do a laser reactive foiling project, you laser print an image on to paper and then run it through a foiling machine. The foil sticks to the laser ink as it heats up while running through the foiling machine or laminator. You can find a post about foiling here. Also, I…