When things go awry...

I know it doesn't seem like a great name for a post on Distress Paint, but things did go awry today or at least not according to plan.

Today I am working with four great colors: Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Mowed Lawn and Mustard Seed.  Again, using a #10 manila tag, non-stick Craft Sheet, bottle of water to make the paint wick on the surface of the tag. Everything is ready so it should work right? hummm....

I decided to see how the paint mixes together by squeezing out a little paint on the Craft Sheet (I thought it was a little).

I am used to Distress Stain where the color is translucent so you need more on your Craft Sheet. Distress Paint is opaque (non transparent) so less is needed.  I know, I should have learned my lesson yesterday, but old habits die hard I guess.

 I added water to the paint.

 And decided to lay the tag into the paint to see what would happen.  So far this is not too bad.

But by the time I got to swipe number 3, it was overpowered with color.  Totally my fault from inexperience with the paints. Repeat after me...less is more, less is more...

This tag does prove one thing.  The Distress Paint colors, though matte, have a vibrant finish which I love.

Not to late to start over.
New #10 tag.
The leftover paint still on the Craft Sheet...a lot less than I started with (which is a good thing).  I sprayed a bit more water over the paint and started swiping using the new tag.  This time, the tag had both bold and subtle areas (as well as some white space), which in my eye, was much more pleasing than what I did the first time round.  Super pleased this time.

I should mention that even the heavily painted tag #1 was smooth and velvety feeling.  And of course, the Distress Paint doesn't bubble up when you dry it with a Heat It tool (genius).  This paint is seriously something else...I don't know how he comes up with this stuff, but I like it.

I thought I would show you a comparison of the two tags.  Obviously tag #1 is on the left.
I do realize that some people are going to be thinking, gosh I think they both look bad!  But don't worry, it only gets better from here on out.  I promise.

So using tag #2 as the foundation, I started the layering process.
First, my current favorite stamp, the globe from the Travel Blueprint set stamped in Archival Black.  That just kicked the tag up a notch right?

I decided to show you the painted ribbon today as I only told you about it yesterday.  This time, Mowed Lawn is the color.

Dab paint over a yard of Crinkle Ribbon.

Spritz with water.  Then start turning the ribbon over and over, sopping up the excess paint/water from the craft mat.

 If you get too much paint on then squeeze it off in a paper towel.

 Here is the finished ribbon.  Set that aside to dry or dry it with the Heat it tool.

Next on the list - plastic.

I thought I might test the Distress Paint on Idea-ology Alpha Parts: Signmaker, which are made from plastic.  Super ease to color, just dab it on and let it dry.  In person it looks like I enameled the plastic letters.  I dried these with a Heat It tool and it took about 15 seconds.  That is quick. 

NOTE: I purposefully did not cover the entire letter as I wanted the black to show through.

I added the letters to the tag along with the green ribbon and "the journey" remnant rub.

I cut the small airplane from the Remnant Rub - Elements and added it to a Vial label.

Then placed it on the right side with two Mini Paper Clips.  They look like they are two sizes but one is just flipped over so the small center rings shows.

And here is the final result.
I love the way it turned out.  Not too much, just enough to make it fun.  This would be a great idea for the cover of a small travel journal.

One last thing I will mention is clean up.  My hands were not too bad compared to when I am using Distress Stains but they are still multicolored.

 The paint comes right off the skin with a wet wipe.  Now that is my kind of clean up!

Okay, that's it for today Distress Stain Tag.  I have already finished tomorrows tag and it is darling, I tell you.  I know, one does not usually use the term, "darling" when describing Tim Holtz products, but the tag is.  So, I'm gonna say it again...darling.  Tune is tomorrow to see what I've cooked up for you.

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Cheers!
paula

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