Blueprint Watercolour Resist Tutorial

Hello everyone! Today I am excited to be here to celebrate the release of a brand new Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® Exclusive Tim Holtz set. 

Here are the images in the set.

It is a blueprint set with a great mix of images, combined with wonderful sentiments. I really like these sentiments and they can be used for a large number of occasions. 

At first, I was planning to make a card, but then I couldn't make up my mind about which stamp to use, so instead I made a layout. I also though the sentiments worked well on a sweet layout to my baby boy, using one of the first photos of us two together. The blueprint stamps are so fun to watercolour, and I have quite a few projects doing just that. This time, I did a double resist technique with Ranger's Distress Micro Glaze, which is a favourite product of mine. I keep reaching for it, trying out different things. This is a tutorial. You can of course use the techniques for cardmaking, art journaling etc too.

Start by stamping the images on the rough side of Ranger's watercolour paper with Jet Black ink. The only one that I didn't use was the party had one. The papers were cut to 4 x 4 inches.

Apply Distress Micro Glaze sparingly with your finger, to the sentiments, parts of the images you want to preserve white and around the edges.

Smear Distress Inks on a craft sheet, mist with water and colour the images with a paint brush. The glaze will resist the ink.

When the ink is dry, apply Distress Micro Glaze over the stamped and coloured image, and also a little bit around the images. It doesn't need to be perfect, in fact, I was aiming for a random look.

Smear Pumice Stone and Ground Espresso on your craft sheet, mist with water and press the paper into the ink. As you can see, the micro glaze protects the colour from the brown inks. You can also clearly see the resist effect of the glaze over the sentiments and around the edges.

I forgot to apply glaze to one of the coloured images and just wanted to show you the difference. The hand to the right was glazed after colouring, keeping the Twisted Citron its true colour, while I forgot to glaze the hand to the left, making everything brownish.

When dry, distress the edges and splatter with Ground Espresso. I love this brand new brown Distress Ink colour, it has a lovely rich tone.

For the background, I used watercolour paper and smeared Texture Paste through the Splotches stencil. Leave to dry before continuing the design, to avoid smearing the first application.

When the paste was dry, I smeared Cracked Pistachio and Twisted Citron on my craft sheet, misted with water and pressed the paper into the ink.

And some stamping too of course, for texture.

The panels were stitched to the background with black thread.

I embellished the layout with idea-ology pieces and more stamping. The label was stamped with Cracked Pistachio and the sentiment with Potting Soil. 

Words were die cut from black cardstock with the Handwritten Love set. The Sizzix Precision Base Plate works great together with these detailed dies. Use this sandwich: Sizzix Multipurpose Platform Tab 2, Precision Base Plate with the text facing down, paper, die facing down, Cutting Pad.

I die cut two hearts from mat board and inked with Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio. They were stamped and stapled together and I added our names with Label Letters.

The title of the layout is stamped in an Ornate Frame, which was first distressed with paint. I used only a part of a larger stamp, from the Purely Random set, inking it with Distress Markers. Cracked Pistachio for the sun and Black Soot for the word.

This is such a great sentiment paired up with a camera image. 

I added a game spinner to the clock. 

The gears were distressed with Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Walnut Stain paint.

I liked the combination of the distressed blueprint squares and the brighter background with those fun dots.

This is my favourite sentiment on the set, and so fitting together with a shell. For more inspiration on blueprint images and watercolouring, check out these projects of mine: Misted Marine Block Tutorial, Baby Blueprint Tutorial, Blueprints & Stencils, and Merry Christmas Blueprints.

Don't miss having a look at all the wonderful inspiration posted with this new STAMPtember® Exclusive Tim Holtz set. The stamp set is a STAMPtember® 2015 Limited Edition that will only be available for sale at Simon Says Stamp until midnight EST STAMPtember 30 *while supplies last.  Please remember, it is while supplies last only, and will not be for sale after September 30, 2015.

Happy crafting and have a lovely weekend!

Anna-Karin 

Supplies:

Tim Holtz PURELY RANDOM	Tim Holtz SIMPLE SAYINGS	Tim Holtz DOCUMENTED	Tim Holtz Sizzix HANDWRITTEN LOVE	Tim Holtz Sizzix MINI HEARTS
Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER	Ranger MIXED MEDIA CARDSTOCK	Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER 9x12	Tim Holtz SPLOTCHES	Tim Holtz DISTRESS MICRO GLAZE
Tim Holtz Distress Markers CRACKED PISTACHIO	Tim Holtz Distress MARKERS BLACK SOOT	Tim Holtz Distress Ink GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz Distress Ink TWISTED CITRON	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad CRACKED PISTACHIO
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PUMICE STONE	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD GATHERED TWIGS	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD ANTIQUE LINEN	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival POTTING SOIL
Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK	Tim Holtz Distress Paint BLACK SOOT	Tim Holtz Distress Paint CRACKED PISTACHIO	Tim Holtz Distress Paint ANTIQUE LINEN	Tim Holtz Distress Paint WALNUT STAIN
Ranger TEXTURE PASTE 4oz	Tim Holtz LABEL LETTERS	*Tim Holtz Idea-ology SPROCKET GEARS Watch Parts Hardware	Tim Holtz Idea-ology COMPASS COINS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology LONG FASTENERS
Tim Holtz Idea-ology GAME SPINNERS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology MINI FASTENERS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology HEART CHARMS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology ORNATE PLATES	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger
Tim Holtz Idea-ology SMALL TALK Stickers	Tim Holtz Tonic PAPER DISTRESSER	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White
Sizzix PRECISION BASE PLATE	Tim Holtz Sizzix BASE TRAY	Tim Holtz TINY ATTACHER Stapler	Tim Holtz SANDING GRIP

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