Craft Stamper – July 2019

Dare To

Dream

Create beautifully detailed masterboards with

acrylic paint! by Melina Dahl

I

love making backgrounds! I also love playing with mediums and colours, making

them run, blend and create cool patterns and texture. For this project, I created a

big masterboard and just had some fun adding layers on layers. When making a

layered background it is important to use permanent paints and inks if you don ́t want

them to become reactivated when adding the next layer. Making a big background

doesn ́t take that much longer than making a smaller one. It’s fun, and the best thing is

that you ́ll have enough backgrounds for several projects.

For this masterboard I used That ́s Crafty! stamps and stencils and DecoArt Media

products. I love working with the Fluid acrylics. They are vibrant and quite translucent,

perfect for layering. They work great for colouring in stamped images as well. Diluted

with water they look and feel like watercolours, but are permanent when dry.

Top Tool...

I ́m an impatient crafter.

Working with mixed media,

I could not do without my

heat gun. Watching paint dry

must be the most boring

thing in the world!

Go Shopping!

Products used on this project are available from That ́s Crafty! ,

http://www.thatscrafty.co.uk

Materials

Stamps Melina used...

•   That ́s Crafty! – Flowers Collection set 3 and 4; Lynne ́s Affirmations set 2

Other materials...

•   That ́s Crafty! Stencil TC

•   DecoArt Media Fluid acrylics Primary Magenta; Quinacridone Magenta;

Primary Yellow; Titanium White; Green Gold; Paynes Grey; Phthalo Turquoise;

Cobalt Teal Hue; Quinacridone Gold

•   DecoArt Media Gesso

•   Tsukineko VersaFine Ink Onyx Black; Smokey Gray

Meet the Designer,

Melina Dahl

“I am a mixed media enthusiast, art
journaler, cardmaker and lover of
everything colourful and quirky!”

Explore her work online:
http://www.minaskreativa.blogspot.co.uk

Project: Masterboards