Gesso With Acrylic Paint Tutorial

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Hi Everyone!! I've been playing with Gesso and Acrylic paint and I'm really having fun with the results. I was inspired by Mel of Mel Stampz Gesso tutorials I decided to try out this cool art medium. I've never heard of Gesso until Mel did a tutorial on her blog site.

I posted another card on my Stampin Inspirations blog site if you want to check out another sample of this technique or check out Mel's blog site for more awesome samples. Okay, you're asking which part of my card is made with Gesso and Acrylic Paint? LOL! It's the green Cuttlebug embossed background. What I did was apply Gesso on to cardstock and layered it with acrylic paint. When it dried, I embossed the cardstock using a Cuttlebug embossing folder then sanded the raised parts of the embossing to reveal the Gesso underneath.

As for the flower image. . .it's another of my Illustrator images that I created. Whoohoo!

I colored the flower image using Copic Markers then rubbed ink to the white area around the flower using a sponge dauber.

The buttons are buttons that Mel sent me. She sent me a whole bunch of goodies that I posted on Stampin Inspirations. . .go check it out!!


Card Details:

Image: Adobe Illustrator (see below)

Paper: SU Bliss Blue, Blue Bayou, Lavendar Lace

Ink: Making Memories Acrylic Paint, Acrylic Gesso, Copic Markers, SU Lavender Lace, Clear glitter pen

Accesories: Cuttblebug embossing folder, Making Memories sanding file, Organdy ribbon, Mel's buttons