Junque Journal: Background 2

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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)

Color Mists

Foam Brush

Paint Pens

PYM II

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.