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Stamping/Crafting Fests! => Older Fests => Winterfest 2016 Challenges and Chats => Topic started by: howdyheidi on January 16, 2016, 09:44:38 AM
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For this challenge, I want you to use the Texture Pressing (http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/texturepressing/) technique on a stamping project. This technique is totally out of my comfort zone and that is part of the reason I chose to experiment with it. I hope you will have fun trying it.
In the tutorial, she uses whipped spackle, but I used both Liquidex Modeling paste and Inka Gold paste and got nice results. So I would just try whatever you have on hand that might work.
Also, I do not have special tools for my pastes, so I just used an old credit card.
Tips from my experiments:
For the modeling paste, I found that you really needed to use a very very thin coating to get a nice impression. This is the same advice given in the video tutorial. The colored ink on the stamp worked best for me with this one.
For the Inka Gold, it was significantly more flexible process. I could use a thicker layer of the pate. If I got a bad impression the first time, I was able to smooth it back out and try again. For the Inka Gold, the colored ink worked, but it looked a little better to me to just stamp with Versamark. YMMV.
Remember to clean your stamps very well pretty quickly after using with the pastes.
I will be posting some examples.
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There will be a small RAK awarded for this challenge.
New projects only, you may combine, please upload into gallery and assign keyword WF16IM and link to this thread.
Please ask any questions below and have fun!
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Here are photos of some of my trials and I will upload a photo of my completed project soon:
With Liquidex flexible modeling paste:
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2321#top_display_media
With Inka Gold:
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2322#top_display_media
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Cool technique. And another use for my modeling paste. O0
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Great challenge Heidi...I seriously considered hosting this challenge LOL!
I watched the video twice this morning and I see her 2nd item is Viva's Modeling Crème colored gold--is that what you what you mean by Inka Gold? (I'm a little confused because I have the Inka Gold beeswax coloring product and don't believe I could spread it like she did.)
Also--I don't see/hear her using VersaMark...Did you try it with and without and like it better with the VersaMark?
What does the acronym YMMV mean?...sorry I looked it up online but that was not good.
Thanks for hosting 2 great challenges!...Jan
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Very nice results in your samples. Thank you for hosting.
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Great challenge Heidi...I seriously considered hosting this challenge LOL!
I watched the video twice this morning and I see her 2nd item is Viva's Modeling Crème colored gold--is that what you what you mean by Inka Gold? (I'm a little confused because I have the Inka Gold beeswax coloring product and don't believe I could spread it like she did.)
Also--I don't see/hear her using VersaMark...Did you try it with and without and like it better with the VersaMark?
What does the acronym YMMV mean?...sorry I looked it up online but that was not good.
Thanks for hosting 2 great challenges!...Jan
Great questions!
I did use Inka Gold because that is one of the pastes I had. My newly opened silver Inka Gold is a paste consistency. I also have gold and green colors that have dried out over time. I got them back to a paste consistency by adding water to the container, letting it soak in, mixing it around, repeating till it was a paste. I saw this in a video a long time ago when I first bought the Inka Gold. It does take a little elbow grease.
I think I just decided to try the Versamark and decided that this helped me with the Inka Gold product. I did not try it with the Modeling paste. I think in the video she used both an inked and unlinked stamp, but I thought that inked with Versamark worked better than unlinked, but that might vary due to which paste you use.
YMMV means Your Mileage May Vary. Basically, you might get slightly different results that I did due to different products or different weather, etc.
I hope that helps!
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I also wanted to say that I did not have to spend gobs of time on this to get good results. In fact, I think I only spent about 30 minutes experimenting and then probably some time to clean up my work area and stamps. I think the technique looks daunting, but I was pleasantly surprised how well it went. Except it is certainly a more messy technique.
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Thanks Heidi! Looks like fun!
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Well, it looks like great minds think alike (Heidi and Jan) because I just pinned this technique 2 days ago! LOL! I am glad I will get to try this very soon.
April ;D
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Thanks Heidi! Your response helped clarify the details! LoL- I have always sprayed my dry Inka Gold but never stirred it cause it works great for painting that way and as the water evaporates it is creamy to rub on with my fingers.
This challenge is definitely a must do for me! Thanks again!
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love your examples, look forward to this
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I've already got my started. Just waiting for them to dry. And it didn't take very long. I spent about an hour before stopping for lunch and in that time, I stamped a background for LeighAnn's challenge, assembled a tower card (except for focal piece) and made 5 attempts a this challenge. Once everything is dry, I'll post a pic of my attempts.
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Glad to hear that you guys are interested in this challenge and some of you have already started!
Here is my completed sample project.
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2335&message_id=527370abcacad170b7eeecd6ca58f15a&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock
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Here is link to my card, this was my third attempt at this, I realized I was using too much molding paste, you can see a line to the right of the sentiment where I didn't get it smooth out completely. Isn't it weird how the brown ink came out green in places on it, that is what lead me to the colors and frogs that I used with it.
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2345&message_id=3b3bec7d57f3d96e94c357ad74df6c1e&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock
Here is a picture of my first attempts, I was going to make a girl card and ended up with a boy card.
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Great card, Connie! Thanks so much for participating!
I am not that surprised, when I think about it, that a dye ink might separate out into its base colors when it gets wet. I bet they all will behave a little differently, which might be part of the fun.
Thanks also for sharing your other attempts!
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Here is the card I made. I did a combo with Standing Tall, Material Girl and Stamp Your Ground.
Valentine's Tower (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2351&message_id=2e6603df52901f90e9f18cf63ef9ecc1&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock)
I used the second one I made on it. I attached a picture of my attempts. Number 1 and 2 were done with matte gel and Colorbox pigment ink. The stamp is by Penny Black. Number 3-5 were done with flexible modeling paste that I tinted with paint and stamped with Colorbox pigment ink. I really liked the look of the silver on the colored paste, but there wasn't as much coverage as I would have liked. After I took the picture, I went back and tried to re-stamp numbers 4 and 5. I mucked number 4 but number 5 came out pretty good. So I will probably use that later this week.
I also included a close-up of the heart I used on the card.
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I agree that the silver ink on the colored paste also looks really good. Number 2 attempt that you used does look really wonderful and I like how you combo'd it!
Thanks so much for participating with the Impress Me challenge!
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I forgot to mention that I owe you an extra thank you for this challenge since it led me to finding some missing stamps. I think I mentioned that I lost a new set of clear stamps after using only one of them. Well on Saturday, I left open the bottom drawer of the sterlite 3 drawer container I have at the end of my craft desk. That is the drawer with my texture pastes and gels. I went to let the dogs out and when I was walking back to my desk, I saw the missing stamps on the floor were the drawer goes. So thanks. I had the drawer open because of your challenge.
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I took part in this most impressive challenge tonight and here (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=85&pid=2367#top_display_media) is my final product. The modeling paste just kind of pulled up and made a smooshy impression so I leveled it out and tried again after I left the modeling paste to dry some.
Thank you for looking.
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I played with this last night and didn't get great results. I used the liquitex modeling paste and it looks goopy in some areas and cracked in another. I'm going to try it again tonight. I'm thinking it was the stamp I used that caused it to ooze over more in some areas. Love the samples and results you all are getting!
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LeighAnn, I hope that you will have better results next time. Don't be afraid to really use a thin layer, that is what I found helped the most.
Sarah, I am glad you found your stamp set! Yay!!!!
Sadie, I really like your entry. I am not sure what that stamp looks like with a full impression, but it looks really good the way you used it. Thanks so much for participating!
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Yesterday I worked on trying out several different products for this challenge. Here are some of my results. Mostly the images are not perfect but I am thinking some portions maybe useful.
1. Texture product-Light Molding Paste w/ buttercup liquid pearls; stamped in Ranger sienna archival ink
2. Texture product-Light Molding Paste w/denim liquid pearls; stamped with Ranger distress embossing ink
3. Texture product Dreamweaver metallic gold embossing paste; stamped with Ranger black archival ink
4.&5 Texture product-Light Molding Paste w/ cantaloupe liquid pearls; stamped with Ranger sienna archival ink
Things I learned-
1. I would describe the amount of texture product to add to the paper as slightly more than a sheer layer (less than when covering a stencil)
2. I tested without inking the stamp with color but used Ranger embossing ink - the latter definitely provided a cleaner image.
3. The metallic embossing paste was the hardest to apply in a smooth coat but I think that was because the paper was overworked with too many re-tries and got too wet.
4. Personally I will have to work with this technique some more but at this point I feel I achieve far more success with texture products and stenciling but nonetheless I find the stamps provide interesting results.
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I used the warm up piece ( thank you Jan)
I used two different mediums and moth stamp and distress ink.
I think the ink worked great cause it reacts with wet, so got good coverage.
The reg modeling paste is softer looking and the translucent looks like it was embossed.
Had to use them both!
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/albums/userpics/11227/image~13.jpeg
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Yankee, thanks so much for doing my challenge. I like your card! Thanks for sharing your experience with the ink blending and getting better coverage.
FarNorth, thanks for writing up your experience so far. I think in your scans they all look really good! I don't know anything about the light molding paste, but is there a reason you mixed something with it each time? Would it be too transparent otherwise? Or did you just prefer to have it colored?
I preferred using this method to create embellishments, I would have a hard time using it another way, but I really am not too experienced with pastes, also.
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Heidi Posted: "FarNorth, thanks for writing up your experience so far. I think in your scans they all look really good! I don't know anything about the light molding paste, but is there a reason you mixed something with it each time? Would it be too transparent otherwise? Or did you just prefer to have it colored?"
My light molding paste is a Golden artist quality product purchased in 2009. That was definitely prior to the flood of stencils and texture paste into the stamping world but I am still trying to use my older products so I can buy some newer products. Since it is white as well as my scrap paper I chose to color the molding paste to better see the thickness as well to test some different types of colorants.
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I was thinking of coloring my molding paste also but didn't end up doing it, if I try it again I may do that
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Thanks! I was just curious if the additions of colorants to the paste alters the properties much for this purpose. Like I said, I really don't know much about pastes and I am happy that people are trying so many things for this challenge!!! :smitten:
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Yes, finally I made a card and posted in the gallery. (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2391&message_id=f89167821b098f7d79706027c24fc7b9&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock).
Hedi I have a couple more samples I want to share...since you mentioned translucent paste-here I tried Dreamweaver translucent embossing paste. It is highly glossy which makes it a little easier to see. The blue stamping is pigment ink and the red dye ink (old Adirondack pad). I certainly only added a thin coat of EP and the texture is not very dense. I would describe it as looking like I had used a glossy medium and the texture is similar to heat embossing in height and feel. Heidi your beautiful textured heart image in your photo looks like it has lots more texture depth than these flowers...how does it look and feel in person?
Dina Kowal has a posting of texture stamping on the bottom of a watercolor card in the SCS gallery for texture stamping--I wonder what she used? Wonder if there is a matte translucent product? I think if others use SCS galleries we should consider posting our cards there too...they only have a few cards mostly from their team and more samples might inspire others to give this technique a try. Besides dropping the AI name (if their rules allow that) might inspire others to stop in.
Heidi thanks so much for all you help and support of working thru this fun new technique! You are a 5-star Host!
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Here is my entry. I combined my card with this challenge and Material Girl. Thanks for the fun challenge.
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2393#top_display_media -- close up of impression
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2392#top_display_media -- card
April
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Stampwilly, I really like your variation on this where you added the ink after the textured image dried. It looks really neat and I would like to try it this way sometime! Thanks so much for doing my challenge!
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Jan, I love your finished piece, the repeated design is just really neat!
Thank you also for sharing the flowers with the translucent paste. I think those look really pretty and the stamping turned out very well! I appreciate your taking the time to try my challenge.
You asked about the thickness and feel of my texture pieces. The Inka gold was pretty thick with big indents. The Liquidex flexible modeling paste was far thinner, but I would say a bit more than heat embossing.
I did also notice that not many at SCS had tried this, but Dina's blog had one (I follow her blog when I can). I wonder if it is against their TOS to cross-post and name-drop. I am sure many people would prefer a site like this. :)
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I finally got an impression that worked well! The picture is a bit wonky because it was dark when I took it.
I only have liquitex modeling paste and I used a pallete knife to spread it.I would really like to try some translucent paste and the whipped sparkle to see how that compares. I did see recently that Bo bunny came out with a glitter paste. That would be fun to work with. I wonder if different inks dry differently? I used some memento inks with a couple of my trials and the color didn't show as well in some pics. I want to try this one some more, I have a stamp in mind I want to play with.
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?pid=2438&message_id=559d7029b7739841ca118cbe84025a63&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBlock
Thanks for hosting, Heidi! I definitely will be using this technique again!
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Wow, LeighAnn, your result is really fantastic! Maybe having a palette knife really makes a difference in how thin you can get it?
I think the glitter pastes and the metallic pastes look fun too. I have added loose glitter to a paste in the past, so maybe you could give that a try too. At least the glitter wouldn't get everywhere then.
Thanks so much for playing!
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Thanks for the challenge Heidi!
I started this way back at the beginning of the week but just now finally finished it in to a card.
I had a background made after the pre-fest Quick and Easy challenge. I applied translucent embossing paste directly to my background and pressed a stamp in to it that was inked with Delicata Golden Glitz ink. Then I let it sit till I got brave enough to stamp some more on it!
Here is my card. (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=2453#top_display_media)
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Cindi, that is so cool! I am glad you had a chance to finish it up before the week was through! Thank you!
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I was so thrilled with the response to this challenge. Thank you all for making it fun to host!
I tallied up the entries and used Random.org to pick a number.
Guess who won?
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Iring!
Cindi, please PM me your address. I know I should have it, but I somehow lost track of most of the addresses of AI folks.
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Congrats, Cindi!
April
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Yeah, Cindi! Way to go!
Daria
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congrats Cindi
Fun challenge
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Congrats, Cindi.
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WooHoo! Thanks Heidi! Good challenge and the kick I needed to try out my paste. I was out most of the day and just got online to check the Fest. :smitten:
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Congrats, Cindi!
And thanks for hosting, Heidi! Its always fun to try something different and this is one I plan to work with some more!