This is my attempt at the Gesso Resist Technique (altered to fit my budget). I live at least an hour from any craft store so the only place to buy gesso was walmart. I wasn't going to spend $10 for gesso that I might only use once, so I thought I would have to pass on this technique. Then I saw Letmecrop's post about just using white craft paint to do a white wash. Well, for $.90 I could give that a try. I used white acrylic paint and water and painted my page. I decided not to use newspaper or magazine. I printed Psalm 51 on cardstock. I used the flowers from my clearly inspired brushed florals set, versamark ink and UTEE. There were spots where the UTEE blew off of the versamark and left little dots. I kinda like the randomness of those dots. I used Adirondack wildflower ink to sponge over the page. I distressed the edges added brads and a sentiment. What do you think?
Not bad for a lot of substitutes.
Date: Monday, April 20, 2009 GMT Views: 488
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