Technique Tuesday - Ying and Yang.....

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Good Morning all,

 

Two weeks on the trot and technique Tuesday accomplished wahoo!!!

 

Well it is a little bit of a long one today but worth the while as I love the cleanness with the vibrancy of this technique and it is one of my favourites....

 

I call this technique 'Ying and Yan'

 

So first of all I cut a piece of white card 5″ square and then cut some copy paper to divide the card in two halves, I chose to do a curved shape but you can cut any shape you like…..

 

 

I then placed the Diamond Stencil over the top of the card and stuck it down around the edge with stencil tape. I took two Distress Inks, I chose Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed and worked the colours over the stencil using a blending tool, you need to be quite random and add plenty of colour….

When I removed the tape and stencil you can see the effect you get from the wavy line of the copy paper…..

 

Next I replaced the copy paper and again taped it down with the stencil tape and then took a small amount of black gesso paint on to my craft mat and spritzed it with a little water….I then loaded up my brush and flicked it over the stencilled area, try to get some big blots and small blots to make it more interesting…..

This is the result when the copy paper is removed, leave it aside to dry naturally….

Next I took the small and medium Poinsettia Stamp ( now although this is called Poinsettia Stamp it is not just for Christmas but I use it all year round, loooove this stamp! ) I stamped three of each in Black Versafine Ink and then heat embossed them with Wow Clear Embossing Powder…..

 

Next I took my two Distress Inks and some small pieces of Cut'n'Dry Foam

and blended the two colours over the top of the flowers starting with the yellow in the middle and then blending in to the orange on the outer edges…..

 

Here is a closer look…..

 

 

Repeat the process until all flowers are coloured. they don't look too clever at this point but just wait…….

 

 

I then cut them all out leaving a small border around the edges, like so……..

 

Pinch them between your finger and thumb to get more dimension in them……

Like so…….

 

Then back to your background……

I stamped my message from the Live, Laugh, Love IndigoBlu stamp set (another one of my favourites ) in the black ink and embossed it too…….

Then I matted and layered it on to black and yellow card and then on to a 7″ square card……

Lastly I added the flowers to the middle of the card following the curve that I had created……and voila you are done!



Here are a few more examples in other colours and angle using different stamps and stencils.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well I hope that you have enjoyed my Yin and Yang tutorial and fancy having a go......

 

See you soon…..

 

Hugs

Lisa B xxx