How do I do the White Wash technique?

It's Totally Techniques international Stampin' Up! Demonstrator blog hop again and Nadine chose our theme of the White Wash Technique.  I've created a neutrals card and very simple although did take a little bit of time......

I started by stamping the holly leaves and berries from Stampin' Up! set Christmas Gleaming in crumb cake ink onto a thick white card base.  Next I white heat embossed the Holly, berries and swirly frame onto a piece of crumb cake card.  Now it's time for white wash.  Using a pigment ink, mine was Stampin' Up! craft white,  I used some re inker to put ink onto a clear block and watered it down by letting my aqua painter brush drip some water onto the ink.  I then painted the holly and berries with a white wash.  You need to make sure you let it dry before coming back to add some colour using your aqua painter and ink from your ink pad lids.

With the Happy Christmas I die cut the words first then white washed them all over, allowed them to dry again and then added colour to  either the top or bottom of the letters and then in reverse added Wink of Stella, it's for Christmas after all!! 

Before sticking the words onto my project I used a sponge to add some colour around the outside edges of the piece of crumb cake card helping to make the frame and holly 'pop'.

With glue gots I carefully added the sentiment once it was completely dry.  As I said it is a simple technique but does need drying time which you could speed up with a heat gun if you wished.  One reason for making sure it is dry is trying to avoid things like the holly berries not turning out to be pink instead of red.  You can of course add less colour for even more delicate shades.

You'll get lots more inspiration by clicking on the links below to see the other demonstrators takes on this challenge.  Either click each button and return here or go from blog to blog by clicking the next image on the next demonstrators blog.  Enjoy our hop and projects and have a go yourself soon at this effective technique.

Thanks for visiting and remember you can buy all the products used  at www.zoetant.stampinup.net

Enjoy the hop
Zoe x

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