Faux Silk Technique Featuring a Mixed Media Twist

After weeks of hoping that Spring might really, finally be here, I woke up to a gray sky and snow on the ground.  Which I think is why I chose blue and yellow for my project colors today – something to remind me of the blue sky and sun – which I’m really aching to see.

Today’s project features a mixed-media twist on the faux silk technique. If you’ve never tried the faux silk technique before, it involves stamping on tissue paper and then decoupaging that to a piece of cardstock.  When it dries, the effect looks kind of like silk.  For my card, I covered my Stampin’ Up! Greenhouse Gala designer paper with white tissue paper. I then painted over the entire surface with a wash of Champagne Shimmer paint and Crumb Cake Refill. After that I painted just the corners with undiluted Crumb Cake ink refill.  Once that was dry I stamped over the entire thing with the Sanded Background stamp in Timber Brown StazOn (a StazOn color that Stampin’ Up! used to carry).  For the other elements of my card I did quite a bit of aging and distressing with ink and shimmer paint on the cardstock, crochet trim and roses.

The card uses virtually all Stampin’ Up! product which you can see listed below.  Since there is a lot to this card in terms of steps and techniques I am going to be filming a video for it tomorrow which will go into Paper Crafter’s Library on Monday.

Stamps: Sanded background, Just Believe (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Timber Brown Staz On (Tsukineko); Crumb Cake Classic ink, Crumb Cake Dye Ink Refill, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (Stampin’ Up!)
Paper: So Saffron CS, Baja Breeze CS, Greenhouse Gala DP (Stampin’ Up!); Lightweight chipboard (backing from DP packages from Stampin’ Up!); white tissue paper (other)
Accessories: Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium Matte, 3/4″ flat brush from Claudine Hellmuth Artist Brush Set; ink applicator tool with foam (Ranger); 1″ Brown Nylon paint brush (Dick Blick); Plastic Paint Palette (dollar store); 2 3/8″ scallop circle punch, 1 3/4″ circle punch, paper-piercing tool, Mat pack, Vanilla Rosettes Victoria Crochet Trim, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombow Multi-liquid adhesive, Champagne Glass Glitter, Crystal Effects (Stampin’ Up!); Fabri-Tac adhesive (Beacon Adhesives)