Creating a Background with Ranger Hey Creative Scrapbookers, Nicole here with you for Tuesday with the Team.Β Have you got your copy of the Spring Issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine?Β This card was featured in the Technique Tasters column pages 66-67.Β Here, I have a more detailed look at how to create a dynamic background using Ranger Distress Crayons.Β Check out the steps below and get your Ranger Distress products ready. Brush a thin layer of Rangerβs White Gesso onto a 2 ΒΎβ x 5 ΒΎβ piece of cream cardstock and set aside to dry.Β For the background layer prep a 5 ΒΎβ x 5 ΒΎβ piece of watercolor paper.Β Spray with water to help the Distress Spray Stain to blend. Spray water over the distress spray stain again and heat dry.Β Add distress ink and blend.Β This gives the background a rich look.Β Flick water over the inked paper…
Hey Crafters, NicoleΒ Wright here and Iβm back to share my love for industrial crafting.Β With the new Sizzix Β Gears available I decided to haul out my SizzixΒ Gadget Gears die (I believe the first Sizzix die I ever bought) and have a little fun experimenting with my embossing powders and distress crayons. I cut a set of Gadget Gears with Sizzix Little Sizzles White Mat Board.Β I heat embossed a coat of Emerald Creek Craft SuppliesΒ Era Hammered Metal Embossing Powder.Β This thick powder leaves open spots to add color.Β I wanted to see if the distress crayons would work to create a weathered patina on the gears. On the set of gears I used Ranger distress crayons vintage photo, mermaid lagoon, peacock feathers and peeled paint.Β The distress crayons fill in the areas the thick embossing powders donβt.Β Once the colors are filled in I used a baby wipe to remove…
