Friday, January 28, 2011

Fresh from a Class with Ranger!


I took a class this morning with Ranger. It was a marathon - we did 4 projects in 2 hours. Fortunately, they did a TON of prep work so we could actually complete the projects on time. This canvas is one of the projects we completed. It is using products from the Studio 40 line from Wendy Vecchi. The canvas was pre-prepped and we sprayed it with Ranger Colorwash, then brushed that out with a piece of Cut 'n Dry Foam to give it a washed out look. The edges were distressed a bit - the brown dots were pre-stamped for us. The "Art Parts" frame was pre-stamped with the screen mesh image and we added a little ink to distress it up. The artist words piece was glued behind the frame. We sprayed a couple more Arts Parts pieces with green Colorwash and attached them to the frame. The flower was made with this amazing product called Clearly for Art. It is a plastic that comes in clear, white and black. In this case, we used the clear and applied Denim Alcohol Ink with Pearl Metallic Mixatives on both sides. Then we stamped a word stamp with Archival Ink. Next is the fun part. You heat the plastic and it softens and allows you to bend it and shape it. Then it re-hardens. Don't like the way you bent it? Not a problem! Simply re-heat and fix! Amazing stuff.

Thanks for stopping by!
Jeannette