August tag swap *partners posted!

[Looser]

Sorry to hear that Ann & Kathy won't be part of the swap. I'll miss them both.

I'm making progress on mine, but need to take a break. The crayon resist worked in a very interesting way & I plan to use the technique for other parts of the tag I'm making--in tandem with building my KIAE kit. Love two-fers!

[SWLady]

Ok well I changed my mind too. Add me in! I am going to do the tag before we go. Was hoping to do it today but another project took precedence. hehehe

Do we have to use only a white crayon or can we use other colors of crayon also?

[lovepug2]

Ann, Im sorry you cant play this month. Hopefully you can next!

Here's the list of swappers. I lost my list of who has swapped with who recently, so we will just start from scratch!

Here's the list of August swappers
Heidi and Kathy
April and Sarah
Daniel and LeighAnn

Just message if you need their address. I just remembered, I need to go through my pm and write down all fo the addresses I have in there while it's still open!

[lovepug2]

Kathy, sorry about that! I missed seeing your question.

You can use other colors. I've always seen people using the white crayon for technique but colo would be fun! Can't wait to see how it will turn out 

[Looser]

LOL, Kathy! Glad you had a change of mind.

Yay, Pug! Mine is coming along, but lots more to do. On the part already done I did use both white & other colored crayon for the resist. Now that see the results, it gives me some ideas for doing other parts of the tag with color resist.

This is fun!

[SWLady]

OH yay! on the other colors, LOL.

I will work on mine when I get home from work!

[howdyheidi]

Awesome to be swapping with Kathy. I should have her address, but good reminder to transfer all those to my ipad now since my laptop is on it's way out.

My tag is pretty much done, I have it hanging on my cork board just to take a photo and make sure I don't want to add anything. I liked the crayon resist this time!

[SWLady]

Yay Heidi! I think I still have your address too.

I did go to twopeas the other day and copy and paste all my addresses. I will check!

[SWLady]

Ok, I have another question. I have never done this technique before. I tried it on kraft cardstock thinking that would be neat but it didn't come out well.

Now I notice most of the tutorials say use glossy card stock. Will it work on regular cardstock? Or just the glossy?

Thanks!

[howdyheidi]

Kathy, I did mine on plain white cardstock. I never thought of using glossy. 

I guess I can see that the kraft might  not work as well.  Every kraft seems a little different too, in color and in how much ink it absorbs.

[Looser]

Working on white stock does tend to show up with crayon resist a bit more than working on colored stock, but... I like seeing how subtle the results can be. For instance... If I stamp an image on a yellow paper/cs, color it it with yellow, brown & do a final strong 'mask' of white, then swipe the piece with a blue ink, the BG becomes green. Once I buff the crayoned image it remains yellowish on a very different BG & I've used the base color & ink to make a brand new color mix. KWIM?

[lovepug2]

I have used white cardstock and it works well. Glossy works well too but it's hard to find. I haven't tried it on kraft or color. I wonder how it would work on the cooredinations cardstock(where you can sand it and it shows a different color?)

[Craft Nerd]

Ack.  I'm behind.  I haven't even started yet.  I did pick up crayons yesterday.   

April - I have you address.

[CaribbeanGirl]

I am going to try to finish mine up today since I am 98% finished with it. I would love to get it in the mail tomorrow 

[CarefreeSadie]

Well darn it I missed this completely.  Maybe I will just play along anyway.  And perhaps there will be another one next month I can join.  I will still enjoy looking at all of your projects this month!