Saturday, June 07, 2008

I raided Connor's crayon stash....


...which turned out to contain precisely ONE crayon - I swear that child eats them.

So - for the latest GPP Crusade - wax rubbings and paint resist - I had one el cheapo orange crayon to play with - it did the trick though :)

Our challenge for this month was to find some interesting textures to crayon rub - and then bring out those textures by applying a wash of paint.

This was great fun - and I got my favourite result from the most unexpected place - the surface of my paper trimmer :)



St Tim's grungeboard also gave an excellent result, as did a Cuttlebug embossing folder.





I did try a couple of rubber stamps too, but found it difficult to get a good impression from these - I had trouble holding the paper still on them.



The photos above are the rubbings before I added paint - at the top of this post you can see the fab resist effect you get from applying a wash of paint over the top and then giving it a bit of a buff with a baby wipe. Here's a close up:


I couldn't wait to use some of these papers on a journal entry - so I used them for the big arrows on my latest A-Z page. J is for job.

I have all sorts of conflicting emotions about work at the moment - best not aired in public :) This page helped me get some of that worked out - especially the journalling on the back of the page :)

Cheaper than therapy, and a lot more fun :)


13 comments:

Chicken Licken said...

Lovin' those colour washes! What kind of paint is it? Watercolour or acrylic? Fab colours too!
Tasha

Sarah said...

hi Tasha

it's acrylic (Golden fluid acrylics), applied straight out of the bottle with a baby wipe

michelle ward said...

Wow Sarah - all this with one crayon? You'll be down to a nub soon - time to get a new box! Love these textures - the cutting board one is very clever *grin*. Love seeing you use these creations already on your journal page too. *rocks* Thanks for sharing with the team!!

Kim Mailhot said...

These are great ! Love your letter "J" journal arrows ! Thank goodness you found at least one crayon !
Cheers,
Kim

Anonymous said...

Cool! I like that grunge board diamond pattern...love your page too!

Anonymous said...

Look at all these great patterns! They turned out great with the paint and look wonderful in your journal.

Ingrid Dijkers said...

Amazing what can be done with one cheapo orange crayon! Just love how you incorporated the rubbings into a journal page. I applaud your work for this crusade!

inge said...

hello Tasha,

I love the rubbings you made ! I used letters of the grungeboard to rub, but a whole plate like you used, has great opportunities to use afterworths !
I love swirls, so that's my favorite...

greetings
Inge ( from belgium)

Mescrap said...

Wow ! Great take !
I love your journal ~~~ ya, even i don't like my job sometimes, but what to do...i still have to work (LOL)

Chris said...

This is gorgeous! Love the textural variety of the page.

K Hutchinson said...

Your page turned out awesome! Great textures you used!

Julie said...

Fabulous work sarah, I love them all...would never have thought of the paper trimmer!

Anonymous said...

Sarah - wonderful work! I want to go get some grungeboard now I have seen it used like this. - Nicki