But not in a bad way, no! Just getting creative with paint, paper/cardstock, old plastic cards, etc. for making really cool background surfaces. When I first learned this technique, courtesy of Trish Bayley, I fell in love with its simplicity and speed… Anyone who knows me knows how very impatient I am!!
I have used some scraped backgrounds for ATCs, etc. in recent posts and to be honest, it’s a great way of using up paint that you have left from other projects, rather than binning it! Jump right in, read how Michelle Ward goes about creating textured and scraped backgrounds and get playing yourself. The photos are brilliantly clear as always and the advice (hints and tips), is priceless.
Here are a couple of pre-painted cards I got “in a scrape” with:
Autumnal scrapings I
I used red, black and copper acrylic paint on this bright orange background. The hard part was waiting a few minutes for the colours to dry so I didn’t muddy things up. (Why do I have this problem with waiting?)
Autumnal Scrapings II
I love how vibrant they are and I know I found it hard to stop when I did these last week – I was nearly late for work – *giggles*!
Come and join in with all the friendly artists in the Street Team Crusades – a very cool place to learn new stuff! 😉
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K Hutchinson
/ September 11, 2010Oh Rosie these fall colors are soooo YUMMY! I LOVE them! I need to get working on mine! SMILE!
Michelle Ward
/ September 11, 2010Rosie – great textures! Love how the colors pop over black. I can imagine the copper looks very striking in real life. Almost late for work? That makes me grin 😉 Thanks for sharing Rosie!
Gabrielle Fabian
/ September 11, 2010Gorgeous color and texture Rosie!! These cards definitely say AUTUMN loud and clear 🙂
xo
Gaye
rachel27b
/ September 11, 2010Hah…now I know why my pages turn muddy…I am too impatient!! I think your pages are great and are so suitable for autumn.
Rachel
Jessica Walthall
/ September 12, 2010Nice pages, Rosie, very vivid! i like the circle stamping, too.
teri
/ September 12, 2010Very cool idea, combining fall colors with this technique. I’m looking forward to seeing what you might put on top of that background.
Cath Sheard
/ September 12, 2010Waiting waiting waiting – I know the problem 😉 Bright orange; AWESOME!
Kim Tedrow
/ September 12, 2010Wow! It’s fall for sure now 🙂 I love bold colors, and for some reason the white stenciling through the sequin waste looks like the white paper peeking through. What a great effect! -Kim
jean
/ September 13, 2010ooo fabulous, rosie!!!
Kim Mailhot
/ September 13, 2010Heat gun or hairdryer – my best friend and perfect for impatience !!!! Love the colors – very Halloween. Gorgeous Job, Rosie !
Jane
/ September 13, 2010These are gorgeous! I love the bold colors. Also you’re not alone-I have the same issue with ‘waiting’ LOL
dawn
/ September 14, 2010i LOVE the colors you chose!!! I wouldn’t think to use all warm colors like that. It IS so vibrant. Lovely 🙂
Brigitte
/ September 15, 2010Fantastic, I love the bright colors, they pop off my screen ! And what an awesome tip, I will never throw out paint again…. Why can’t I come up with something like that LOL Anyway, thanks for sharing and great inspiration.
Bev Baird
/ September 20, 2010Great textures! Love your scraped effects!
iHanna
/ September 20, 2010Glad you called them autumnal because that was indeed how I felt (in a good way) when I saw them! Nice colours!
Helen
/ September 21, 2010Great pages. Love the autumn colors. Sequin waste must be great to use, cannot find it in the Netherlands. I stamp with bubble wrap instead.
TJ
/ September 28, 2010These are worth being late for work for!! LOL… beautiful autumn colors. Makes me want to build a fire and drink cocoa. Happy creations from germany, tj
sheila
/ September 30, 2010I love the colours and textures you have created here and especially the touch of copper. Thanks for sharing.