Friday, June 08, 2012

Junque Journal: Background 2

Click HERE to see 
my Junque Journal
How-To

In my previous post HERE 
I showed you my scraped 
paint technique next step 
is to further embellish it.

STAMPED BACKGROUND
DESIGN

Supplies Used:
White Gesso
Foam Stamps (with a larger design)
Foam Brush
Paint Pens
Wax Paper
Heat Gun

Step 1:  Using your foam brush load your foam 
stamp with white gesso.

Step 2:  Looking at your background decide how you
want to stamp your design (randomly or in a pattern?)
then begin stamping and reload your stamp with
the white gesso as needed.  **The reason I prefer
white gesso instead of white acrylic paint is that I 
want my stamped design to have some tooth to 
accept my Color Mists.

Step 3: Since I chose to stamp a pattern I also wanted 
to add another stamp some what smaller in design 
between my larger stamp pattern.

Step 4: At this point you can leave your background 
to dry naturally or use a heat gun but remember to 
keep it moving so you don't over heat the paint 
and bubble it up.

Step 5:  In this step I'm misting my gesso stamped 
areas with  Color Mists (sprayable watercolors).  
This step will  add another layer to help marry 
my two backgrounds together. 

Step 6:  Because the Color Mists are watercolors 
I like to use my heat gun to dry them (again 
to keep your heat gun moving).

Step 6:  Once your Color Mists are completely dry 
You'll need to seal them since they are water
soluble.  My favorite to use is PYM II .

*OPTIONAL*

Step 7: To further embellish your background
you can use paint pens to enhance your designs.

 Step 8:  I loved how bold this background turned 
out, so I decided turn it into my cover of my 
junque journal.  Just to help strengthen the 
spine I've added some craft tape along 
the seam down the middle.


3 comments:

  1. You just have so many amazing ideas. I love your instructions. Thank you for sharing, Connie :)

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  2. Great Journal! I challenge you to fill it up with well creative junque ;)

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  3. I'm looking forward to seeing what you put into this hournal.

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