Hi everyone! It's Tracey here to share a wedding card I created for a special young couple.
I'm delighted to be back with you guest designing this month here at Helmar. I just adore using Helmar products and have a fun Grungy Textured Chipboard Tutorial to share with you.
Cherish Wedding Card
Tips and Techniques
This shabby chic texture on my chipboard title is created with Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue.
Please scroll down for my step by step tutorial.
The base of this card is a handcrafted tag I received, but yes, you know I had to add my own special touches to it to make it my own. I applied more of the Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue on either side of the butterfly and sprinkled with chunky glass glitter and microbeads. Because this glue dries clear, it is perfect for adding chunky textured embellishments to my projects.
Here I added mica flakes around the bottom flower cluster. I've found the best way to adhere Mica is to squeeze out a dollop of Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue onto a craft mat. Pick up a single flake with tweezers and dip the back of the mica into the glue then place onto the paper. I adore how the print from the background paper shows through the translucent mica.
I added a few extra flowers and inked leaves using Helmar Premium Craft Glue.
The paper layers are also adhered using Helmar Premium Craft Glue.
Grungy Textured Chipboard Tutorial
Supply List
Chipboard
White Gesso (or acrylic paint)
Spray Mists in colors of choice
Heat Tool
Step 1
Paint chipboard with white gesso.
Step 2
Apply Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue to the surface of the gessoed chipboard. Because this piece is so intricate, I used a paint brush to apply the glue. If you are texturing a larger, less intricate piece, you could apply the glue directly from the bottle.
Step 3
Heat the wet glue until it bubbles and raises up creating texture.
Step 4
Brush with mica color mist of choice (purple here), then heat to dry. Brush randomly with second mica color mist (I used gold) and heat to dry. The mist settles into the crevices to highlight the amazing texture created by the heated glue.
**You could spritz on the mist, but I like the control of brushing on the liquid and the benefit of less waste.
Thanks for stopping by today!
I hope you've been inspired to grab your Helmar PVA glue and create some texture!
~ Blessings ~
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