The White Stuff Tutorial

Hi Peeps,

I was asked to write a tutorial on how I do the "White stuff" on my cards for the Make It Crafty Inspirational Blog,so here goes.


This is my collection of white stuff, hehehe.  They look a little used, I wonder why?????

I started off my collection with the acrylic white paint which is a good base and give a real smooth finish if your painting those fabulous make it crafty chipboard pieces.

If you want something a little thicker and something you can create a little more texture with then you want to go for the Gesso.

You can see from this picture I hope that one stroke of acrylic paint doesn't cover up all of the cardstock but one stroke of the gesso does.

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Another favourite of mine is the snowtex.  I have two types, one plain and one glitter.  The one with glitter is the one I tend to lend my hand too over the festive season.

The Distress Crackle paint is another favourite of mine, goodness I have so many.  When dry this crackles and I tend to use this on fences or sometimes around the edges, it really depends on the look I want.  I have used this in green further into the tutorial.

Lastly I have Paper perfect, which when painted gives the finish of handmade paper. I love this but I can't seem to source it in white.  I have it in lilac so I added ton's of white paint to it to achieve the look.

I never know what I am going to use until my card is laid out so I thought I'd share my thoughts with you on all these products.

O.K. so let's get started.  I have sewn my paper to the cardstock.  If I wasn't going to have sewn edges I would probably add the paint to the edges of each piece before layering and sticking down.

For today's card I have used the Gesso and an acrylic brush. I don't like an even amount all the way round and like to use a dry brush to add odd strokes here and there.

I add Gesso to all my pieces, even those that are already white.

Before I make my Make It Crafty Chipboard Leaves white I wanted to distress them, so like I explained above I have used the Distress Crackle paint in Green.  Can you see the crackles, the thicker you apply the more cracks you will have.

I then start to put my card together, but I'm not finished as I'd like to add some white texture, so out comes the Snowtex.

I'm not sure how your meant to apply it, but it works for me to use my finger.  I dab it where I want it.  It dries hard.

And here's my finished Card, da daaaaaaaaaaaa

 Materials:-
Image "Tea Please" by Sarah Kay of Stampavie Stamps

Cafe de Paris Scene Digi Stamp

Make It Crafty Chipboard Leaves
Charm Teacup
Papers by Cosmo Cricket Evangeline

Prima Flowers

Marianne Design Ribbon Roses

Marianne Design Vintage Lace JU0824

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

CreativeCraft - Anything Goes

Digital Tuesday - Ribbon and Buttons

Papertake weekly - cute, cute, cute

Craft your passion - texture

Hooked on crafts - Flowers

Stamp and Create - One for the ladies

Hugs Tracy x