Monday, March 03, 2014

Scraped Acrylics

Just wanted to rerun this quick and easy background technique, in case you missed it on the Flourishes blog a few months ago...

You'll need:
--sturdy cardstock, chipboard, canvas or other surface
--acrylic paints
--a sturdy plastic card with a straight edge (gift cards or old credit cards work perfectly)


Dot or dribble the acrylic paints around your surface. I usually use 2-3 colors at once.


Begin scraping the paints around your surface. I use short strokes, and change direction a few times to fill in the space.


After the piece is dry, it's ready for more layers of stamping and color. Since this was (ahem) a pretty bright background, I broke up the brightness by stamping images from the Poppy Patch set with black ink (Versafine)....


Then, I softened the colors with some white acrylic paint, which I applied with my finger. (In the photo below, I'm using drywall tape for some fun texture - it has a light adhesive that keeps it in place temporarily.) For more tips on adding layers to your mixed media backgrounds, check out my Mixed Media 101 tutorial!)




I watercolored a poppy scene as the focal image on my card, using Inktense pencils... and here's how it all came together.





Thanks so much for visiting today - I hope you'll try this fun technique!
Thanks for stopping by!

5 comments:

  1. I've always loved your background paper but didn't realize that this particular one was "Dina-made"! It's beautiful and you should have it copied and reproduced! I also love the watercolor poppies. Fantastic card!!! Do you know if the Inktense pencils will color on black cardstock? If not, what do you recommend? Thanks.

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  2. Beautiful! Love the colours you used and what a great tutorial.
    Thanks for sharing! :)

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  3. It is a surprising and original technical! I love the result. The card is very successful!

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  4. I love this technique Dina! Simply gorgeous art piece! Thanks for sharing how you design - I learn so much from you and am inspired by your art work and bright spirit.

    Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

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  5. Absolutely stunning. Not only is the background gorgeous but so is your image.

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