Getting Grungy - A Technique For You To Try!

Hi!!  It's Scarlett with you today and I am here to share another grungeboard technique for you to add to your arsenol.

Here are the supplies you'll need for this project:

Grungeboard with raised pattern - I chose swirls to work with

UTEE

Distress Inks

Perfect Pearls

Not Shown - heat gun, water in a mister, paintbrush for perfect pearls

Let's get started!!

Step 1:

Rub your distress ink pad over your grungeboard and immediately cover with UTEE so it will stick to the distress ink.  Heat up UTEE until it has a nice sheen.  This will create a surface that acts as a resist for the next step.

Step 2:

Using some other colors of distress ink, ink up the rest of your grungeboard.  Notice how the portion I already inked with Barn Door Red still shows up because the UTEE acts as a clear resist allowing the color to shoe through.

Step 4:

Dab on some perfect pearls with a fluffy paintbrush (it is even better if you use the brush that comes with the set of Perfect Pearls).  When you have the coverage you desire, spray the area with some water.  This allows the Perfect Pearls to set up.  Tip: Keep a paper towel on hand so you can dab away excess Perfect Pearls if you are not happy with the initial results.

Now you have some sparkly grunged up grungeboard to work with as embellishments for your projects. 

Here is what I did with one of my circles to have for a future LO:

Can you tell I have Christmas on the brain right now?! To make this look like an ornament I added some metal tape (you coud certainly use some aluminum foil) and then bent some wire to look like the hook.

Hope you enjoyed learning this technique and use it the next time you are wondering how to jazz up your grungeboard!

 

Comments

[Erica Hettwer]

That is super cute, Scarlett!