This technique features Dylusions
paint, the fabulous fluid acrylic paint by Dyan Reaveley. Dylusions paints
are available in 24 vibrant colors. The Dylusions paints were formulated by
Dyan Reaveley for Ranger, to be especially ideal for use in Journals. The
colors are amazing, and they dry quickly. Conveniently, this also makes them
ideal for card making.
Here's my card, and it came together so quickly!
Dyan Reaveley has a number of
videos online where she demos her products, including this paint, so if
you have not already seen her videos, be sure to check them out. She has a
number of products in her Dylusions line, and you can see many of her videos here including the ones using her paints.
Also featured on this card are a
stamp and a stencil from Magenta's newest fall and winter collection. I
used the new Magenta stencil, Graphic Poinsettia TM195, and a new Magenta
stamp, Joy to the World 07.958.H. I also used Dylusions paint colors Cherry Pie
and White Linen.
One of my favorite techniques that
Dyan does with her paints is that she often uses a baby wipe to apply it, and I
used that technique here. For this card, I cut a panel to
3.75" x 5" out of heavy weight Strathmore Bristol paper. If you don't
have Bristol, you can also use heavy weight white Neenah Solar White cardstock,
or watercolor cardstock. The Bristol is nice because it's very smooth and accepts
the paint well. To cut my panel, I used the largest die in the Lawn Fawn Small
Stitched Rectangle Stackables set LF768.
I started with Dylusions Cherry Pie
paint and using a baby wipe I applied color all over the panel. One tip is that
before you open the paint, tip it upside down. This puts paint on the inside of
the lid, and you can dip your baby wipe in the lid instead of dipping it into
the jar of paint. Also, so that my baby wipe would not be too wet, before
dipping into the paint, I squeezed it out over a paper towel to get some of the
moisture out.
This paint dries very quickly, but once I had applied color to
the entire panel, I hit it with a heat gun for a short time to be sure.
After sticking the panel down to my
craft mat, I laid the stencil onto it and arranged it so that there would be room for a sentiment. I taped the stencil down with painter's tape.
At this point I switched to a small
blending tool that has a foam pad (Ranger mini Distress blending tool), and opened the White Linen paint. I dipped
the blending tool into the paint in the lid, and rubbed it into a circle on my
craft mat to work the paint into the sponge. I applied the paint through the stencil openings with the blending tool.
Once I was satisfied with the
coverage, I removed the stencil and I really liked the result. One tip I have is that the second color needs to be enough of a contrast to show up.
I stamped the Magenta Joy to the
World stamp in Versamark ink and embossed with White Diamond embossing powder.
White dots were added to the center of the Poinsettia using Imagine Crafts Pico
embellisher in Wedding Dress. I also went over all of the Poinsettia petals
with a clear Wink of Stella pen to add a little sparkle, and scattered some sequins, gluing them down with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.
To put
the card together, I adhered a piece of green cardstock (4" x 5.25")
to a white base card (4.25" x 5.5" Neenah Solar White 110#
cardstock). I decided to pop the red panel up off of the green mat, so I cut a
piece of white fun foam just a little smaller than the red panel.
Since I
didn't want the white foam to show from the sides, I took a dark green Copic
marker, and colored the sides of the foam before gluing it down. I adhered the
foam to the red panel, and then adhered it to the green mat and base card using scor
tape.
It's very hard to see anything under
the red panel with the edges of the foam painted with the dark color.
I love how this card turned out, and
hope you will give this technique a try. There are 26 lovely colors of Dylusions paints, and you can use them to make a quick and easy card for almost any occasion.
Please check out my blog post that went live last night with a card that is on the Magenta blog today, featuring one of the new Magenta stamps here.
Magenta Products Used:
(If you are local, please look for products at Art 'n Soul. If you are not local and wish to find Magenta products, you can click on the link in the stamp or product name below each image, or you can visit the Magenta online store here).
Other Products used:
Dylusions paint: Cherry Pie, White Linen
Lawn Fawn LF768 Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables
Kirkland Baby Wipes
Strathmore Bristol heavyweight paper
JudiKins White Diamond embossing powder
Versamark ink
Irresistible Pico Embellisher, Wedding Dress
Distress mini blending tool
Fun (craft) foam
Scor tape
Various sequins
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
