I love creating Masterboards. When I make a masterboard I can use whatever inks, stamps, etc. that I want just randomly on a large piece of paper. After it is finished to my satisfaction I can then either photocopy it on heavy cardstock or I can just cut up the masterboard and use it as background paper for cards or other projects.
As I have mentioned before I have fallen in love with the colors of Memento inks. For this masterboard I used Summer Sky, Pistachio, Espresso Truffle, London Fog, Pear Tart and Morocco. I have a large piece of watercolor paper coated in gesso to begin. After the gesso is completely dry, I apply the inks direct to paper and blend them with a foam blending tool. Every once in a while if the color looks too heavy I just lightly mist it with water and continue to lift the paper, let the ink run a little and then blend it again. After I have the colors just where I like them I stamped some of Dyan Reaveley's Basic Background stamps, using the same colors of ink. I also like to make some lines on the paper using black,white and other colors of acrylic paints. I use the same colors to stamp circles randomly on the paper. This is the end result.
Sometimes I cut the watercolor masterboard paper to fit the front of a blank 5" by 7" card. After cutting the paper I can stamp images on it or phrases. In this case the girl image is by Dina Wakley, it's called Lonely Girl. The phrase is by Dyan Reavely. The ink used is Memento's Peanut Brittle. I placed a tiny scrap of foil on her eyes.
On this second card I used the photocopy made on heavy cardstock of the masterboard. The stamped images are all Dyan Reaveley's but the inks are Memento's pens. The pens are really lovely colors so they blend well with what I've already done using their ink pads.
I really love the palette of colors offered by Memento. Using them this way gives your homemade paper or Masterboard an effect very similar to watercolors. It is nice to be able to create your very own one of a kind background paper.
Hope you're having a great day. Talk to you soon~Renee
Renee..these pages or wonderful. Isn't it great to just play around with backgrounds and they come out so cool and one of a kind. Dreamy.
ReplyDeleteThese cards are FABULOUS!!! Gorgeous Masterboard background!!!
ReplyDeleteSure is a beautiful palette. Your cards are gorgeous! Love what you've done with the DW and DR gals!
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