Saturday Showcase - Prima Finnabair Stencils and Waxes Backgrounds

Hi everyone and welcome to another Saturday Showcase, the Design Team's chance to share tutorials featuring some of the products available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique with you. Today I'm sharing an idea for using Prima Finnabair Stencils and some of the waxes from their Art Alchemy range to create backgrounds for cards.

The backgrounds start with a neutral background made using a layer of Dina Wakley Media 'Buff' Paint and White Gesso on a large sheet of mixed media card. When dry sand back the surface to give it an aged worn look. I then cut the card into smaller pieces that would fit onto A6 card blanks. 

Using one of the Prima Finnabair Stencils (in this case 'Ghostwriter') apply Dina Wakley Media 'Sand' Paint through it across one of the background pieces. Then when dry move the stencil a little diagonally and apply some dimensional paste through it. When dry this gives the effect of a drop shadow.

Leaving the stencil in place apply one of the Prima Finnabair waxes through it onto the dried paste. Below you can see where one has had the 'Old White' Matte Wax used and the other, the 'French Lavender' Matte Wax.

To make it easier to create the focal point of the card cut a tag from kraft card using one of the tags from Eileen Hull Designs 'Card, Waterfall & Tags' Die Set. Dry brush the tag with one of the Dina Wakley Media Paints.

When each of the backgrounds has been created mount them on coordinating Metallic Kraft Stock. You can also team them up with the matching tags.

Now it's time to pull out those scraps and offcuts from previous projects; team mate Suzz came up with a clever idea to organise them into colour groups so it makes it easier to choose what will work with each background. In amongst these are gel plate prints on thin paper and tissue.

You can draw attention to the focal point on your card by adding a piece of gel printed tissue or collage paper to your background using a soft gel medium.

Finally gather your die cuts, stamped images and card offcuts and add them to the tag; this will help you to create that focal point in a restricted space that can then be added on top of the background.

Here is the first of the finished cards; this one includes the 'Book of Numbers' Stencil with the 'White Pearl' Metallic Wax on the background with stamped/die cut flowers from Wendy Vecchi's 'Bravo' Stamp Die Stencils set.

The second card is the one from the 'Living Things' challenge; this one includes the 'Ghostwriter' Stencil with the 'Old White' Matte Wax on the background.

The third card has an Autumnal feel with the 'Victorian Tiles' Stencil used in conjunction with 'Rusty Red' Matte Wax and a bunch of different die cut leaves and Wendy Vecchi orange flower.

The fourth card includes the 'Machinery' Stencil in the background, teamed with 'Charcoal Black' Matte Wax. The spoon and teabag come from an older Eileen Hull Designs Die.

On the fifth card you can see how a different coloured wax can change the look of the 'Victorian Tiles' Stencil; this time it's been covered in 'Faded Denim' Matte Wax and has some simple red fabric hearts added to compliment it.

For the last of the cards we return to the 'Book of Numbers' Stencil which this time has the delicate 'French Lavender' Matte Wax on top. Stamps with small birthday sayings on them are included in Wendy Vecchi's 'Birthday Bash' Stamp, Die, Stencil set.

Thanks for stopping by to see today's showcase. I hope you've enjoyed seeing how to create these birthday cards using the Prima Finnabair Stencils and Art Alchemy Waxes for backgrounds.

There's still time to enter the current Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog challenge 'Tag It' which runs through Tuesday, November 30th at 11.55pm. We look forward to seeing your creations.

Jenny

Many of the products used to create these cards are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and are listed/linked below.

Prima Finnabair Stencil - Ghostwriter

Prima Finnabair Stencil - Book of Numbers

Prima Finnabair Stencil - Victorian Tiles

Prima Finnabair Stencil - Machinery
Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Matte Wax Paste - Old White

Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Matte Wax Paste - Faded Denim

Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Matte Wax Paste - French Lavender 

Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Matte Wax Paste - Rusty Red

Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Matte Wax Paste - Charcoal Black

Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallic Wax Paste - White Pearl

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paints and Gessos
Eileen Hull Designs Sizzix Thinlits 'Card, Waterfall & Tags' Die Set
Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART Stamp, Die, Stencil Set - Bravo
Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART Stamp, Die, Stencil Set - Birthday Bash
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic 2 Kraft Stock - Rose Gold & Copper

Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Confections Kraft Stock

Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock

Saturday Showcase - Art Alchemy Matte Wax by Prima Marketing

Hello! It's Sara Emily here to bring you today's Saturday Showcase. Today I'm sharing some samples I made with just one of the colors of Art Alchemy Matte Wax by Prima -- Patina Green. There are several different colors available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Having played with just this one color, I can't wait to get my hands on the rest!

Just a bit of change in light can dramatically change the look of these cards. I took the photo below when the sun came out from behind the clouds, and the above photo was taken in my studio lights.

First here are some closeups of each of the two completed cards and then below each one, I share my how-to. I also am sharing a couple other backgrounds and a molded clay embellishment lightly touched with the Matte Wax. It could easily stand in for real rusted metal. Let's get started...

 Isn't it cool that Patina Green looks bluish over the black background?

Here's how the first background was made:

1. Die cut Bouquet and adhere to a card stock panel with Distress Collage Medium Matte. When dry apply a coat of black gesso.

2. When the gesso is thoroughly dry, apply Vintage Silk Opal Magic wax with your finger or blending tool.

3.  Lastly, apply Patina Green Matte Wax in the same way. Buff the excess off with a dry cloth. Oh, I love the matte finish from the Patina Green, but just a hint of  shimmer from the Opal Magic peeks through depending on how you turn the card. It's like a magic trick --now you see it, now you don't.

In the sample below, you can see how different it looks if you wipe it before the Matte Wax dries too much. I was distracted by a lengthy phone call when I made the panel, and didn't wipe it right away.

I also used the wax to color the base panel, the butterflies and the word band.

Now the second card...

How to:

1. Emboss silver Metallic Kraft stock with Elegant 3D embossing folder: spray back of panel with water, run through die cut machine 3 times. I don't think I used enough water and mine cracked a bit. Lesson learned.

2. With a stiff stencil brush apply wax, making sure to get it into the crevices.

3. Wipe with a clean dry cloth to remove wax from the raised areas. Be sure to move to a clean part of your cloth as you work.

4. Spray with Wild Honey Distress Spray Stain then water. See that the wax resists this, and beads up on the surface.

5. Blot off excess spray onto a sheet of paper and dry the panel with heat tool. (I used mixed media paper, so I can use this for a future background.) I was able to preserve some of those droplets on my background.

6. Scribble raised areas with Vintage Photo crayon and blend with finger. This made most of those little droplets go away, but the panel is still mildly tinted with Wild Honey. This shows when the card is tilted just right as is seen in my opening photo.

7. Here's the completed background ready to be made into a card.

I ended up splattering the background with Black Soot paint before adding my elements.

 I also used the Matte Wax to color the die cuts: Wildflower Stem and Crochet 2 and the Small Talk sticker.  I layered the flower over a piece of muslin dyed with Antique Linen spray and hand stitched the stem to the fabric.

I made a similar background using the Rose Gold Metallic Kraft Stock. This time I de-bossed by turning the card over in the folder so the pattern indented. I used the stiff brush to apply the wax and wiped it from the raised areas. I scribbled with Black Soot crayon and blended it over the panel with my finger.

Realizing the wax is oil based, I knew I could use it as a resist. I wanted to see how it would react with Distress paint, and the first one I pulled out was Antiqued Bronze. This turned out to be serendipitous, because I was able to make this great eroded metal panel using just the wax and paint, the Foundry 3D embossing folder and Walnut Stain crayon. You've already seen this completed card as my DT project for our current challenge, Oh Man! If you would like to see all the details, you can visit my blog HERE. I outline the steps I took to make the embossed background below.

Here are my steps to make the background:

1. Smear some of the wax randomly onto a water color panel. I just used my fingers; I have quite the green thumb! Be sure to leave the wax thicker in some areas; avoid rubbing it into the paper.

2. Apply Antiqued Bronze paint to the panel over the wax. Again, I just used my fingers to apply. Spray with water. Dry partially with heat tool.

3. Lay a piece of wax paper over the partially dry/wet panel, and burnish. It already looks good!

4. Now pull off the wax paper quickly, and you will get what you see below. Dry thoroughly. Reserve the wax paper.

5. Smear on some more of the wax randomly over the painted surface.

6. Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4. Here is what the panel looks like before embossing.

7. Emboss with Foundry folder per the usual steps.

8. I've already given away this final step: scribble with Walnut Stain Crayon and blend with my fingers.

Finally, I thought it would be fun to see how Matte Wax would look on a molded piece. I have a drawer full of these paper clay pieces made with older Prima molds, and this one was painted black. I simply smeared on Distress Grit Paste (not shown), Rusty Paper, wiped it back a bit, dried it, squirted it with Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide spray and then water. I dried it with my heat tool and smeared on the tiniest bit of Patina Green wax. I compare it to some real rusted wire from the garage.

That's all for today. I hope you've found some inspiration in this long post. Remember there's still plenty of time to play along in the Oh Man! challenge. I can't wait to see what you will make! Happy crafting!

These products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Prima  Art Alchemy Matte Wax - Patina Green
Distress Crayons - Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Antiqued Bronze
Distress Paint - Black Soot, Antiqued Bronze
Distress Spray Stain - Antique Linen, Black Soot, Wild Honey
Distress Oxide Spray -  Rusty Hinge
Distress Collage Medium Matte
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Grit Paste
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Dabber
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Pen 2pk
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze - Rusty Hinge, Cracked Pistachio, Peeled Paint
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Mini Ink Pad  - Black Soot
Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Rust
Wendy Vecchi Gesso - black
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Glitch 1
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Snarky Cat
Sizzix Chapter 2 Tim Holtz Steampunk Parts Bigz Die
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Urban Layers
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Type Chips
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper, Typeset
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metallic Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metallic 2 Kraft Stock - Rose Gold & Copper
Sizzix Chapter 1 Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Crochet #2
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Wildflower Stems #2
Sizzix Chapter 1 Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Bouquet
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Detailed Butterflies, Mini
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Bands
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Hardware Heads