Jools Robertson: February 2017

Thursday, 16 February 2017

DecoArt Distressed Heart

Apply white Gesso

Apply Crackle paste with a palette knife through a stencil

Apply Modelling paste with a palette knife and texture with the edge allow to dry 2-3 hours

Adhere the heart and fill the centre with modelling paste, allow to dry 2-3 hours

Apply Yellow Oxide in vertical brushstrokes, leaving the centre lighter

Repeat with Burnt Umber around the edges, apply Primary Magenta and Quinacridone Burnt Orange to the inside of the Heart

Apply Carbon Black lightly to the bottom and top

Wipe back with a baby wipe

Apply black to the heart frame and apply as wash around and fade out
Once dry brush the heart with Yellow Oxide and Titanium White

Saturday, 11 February 2017

Stampotique - Word up Weekend

I don't often make cards but when I do I love the challenge of construction

As soon as Arwen's fabulous new Swing was launched, I knew I had to cut it out and get it swinging!

I stamped onto a 12"x12" piece of card and drew lines down from the branch, to frame the bottom I stamped the small flower and masked to overlap
Then cut out the centre around the swing

I stamped the Leopard Queen, Butterfly, Bee, Dragonfly and Stella seperatly and cut out
All of these were coloured with watercolours as was the branch, flowers and swing.

The inside of the card was created by stamping the flowers onto watercolour, and creating a subtle colour wash effect softened further with over stamping in white acrylic

As its Word up Weekend I decided to use 'World All of her Own' quote stamped in black