On Sunday, Christine (calex on SCS) and I spent the day with Loll Thompson, experimenting with various new supplies and techniques. One of the things we tried was rusting powder. While none of us were too thrilled with our results (or with the bad smell it creates when you add the vinegar), I decided that I'd use a small piece as a frame for a sentiment on this card for today's CAS challenge "I Love Chocolate":
The rusting powder has a chocolatey colour so seemed perfect for the Kay Foley sentiment about Belgian chocolates.
The rusting powder was done on kraft cs by painting gesso around the edges, then sprinkling on the rusting powder, letting the gesso dry, then spritzing with vinegar, letting it dry, and repeating the vinegar a couple more times.
I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, popped the panel up on fun foam, and placed it on a background layer of white cs. I twisted dark brown and copper ribbon together and added it to the side of the background layer.
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Wed, Feb 22, 2017 @ 7:16 AM
Interesting technique, Loll is always full of great ideas. I hope you got to hold a nice piece of chocolate in your mouth to keep the vinegar fumes at bay while processing your card. I really like the way it turned out. Very vintage, old world looking.