A 100% non-profit Art Publication                                                Click on any of the Menu Buttons
located on Route 66                                                                                            on the left and cruise
in the Galaxies of Cyberspace!                                                                   to your favorite hot spots.

Rubber Road
Scenic Byway:

Delta Paint and Varnishes for Paper ~ Happy Turkey Day

By Terri Doney
Hot Rod Roadsters
Advanced Scramping Team Designer

Supplies
Turkey Day eclectic stamp set (TAC)
Bazzill Cardstock, 3 pieces of 12x12 cardstock in fawn, light brown and dark brown
Delta Paint for Paper Paint Pot Set: yellow, gold, and green (Delta)
Delta Paint for paper Tea Stain Varnish (Delta)
Lasting Impressions Template for sewing
Making Memories embroidery thread, DMC can be used, also
Versamark Ink Pad
Gold embossing powder
Barn Red Dye Ink (from a set purchased at AC Moore, unknown company)
Glue Dots
Drywall Tape
Other techniques used, embroidery and paper tearing

Instructions:

1. As with any scrapbooking page, the first thing to work on is the background page.  I took Bazzill cardstock and stamped the eclectic turkeys from the TAC set on it and the words Happy Turkey Day in a random fashion.  I love the look of stamping your own background paper; you will see that I do this often with various techniques.  I used the barn red ink to stamp these images. 
2. Once they were dry, I used the Delta Tea Stain Varnish to paint the background giving the paper a vintage look.  I use a paint brush with big bristles, but a foam brush will work nicely, also.  The best thing about the Delta Varnishes is that the feel of the paper changes when you paint with them.  It gives the paper a glossy feeling which really makes it a must to feel and see in person, just lovely.
3. Working on embellishments for your page is a lot of fun especially when TAC stamps are used.  I knew basically what I wanted to do and then experimented until I got the look I wanted.  I stamped on my border paper with Versamark ink and  heat embossed the images with gold embossing powder.  You’ll notice that I alternated the images, but could have easily used a random pattern. 
4. Once embossed, I used the Delta Paint For Paper from the paint pots and painted my images in.  Once the painting was completed and dry, I  painted the paper with the images with the Tea Stain Varnish.  Varnishing my embellishments, gives the page uniformity. 
5. I then tore out my border for the bottom and the border pieces for the top and matted them on Bazzill dark brown cardstock.  They were adhered  to the background paper with glue dots.  Glue Dots are the only adhesives that I have found that will stick to the varnish well.  You will notice that I used drywall mesh on my page, also, and love it!  It gives the page a homespun look, which I was aiming for.
6. Once my page was put together, I used the Lasting Impressions sewing template and piercing tool to make holes in my page where I would do my embroidery stitching. 
7. Of course the page wouldn’t be complete if the photo mat didn’t match the page.  I cut the mat to size then varnished it with the Tea Stain and used the same template to make holes in the mat to do a simple cross stitch.
8. Last but not least, and the most important part of the page, I added the journaling.  It reads:

Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe
1 18lb turkey
Plenty of Spices
Brown to Perfection
Carve with creativity
Serve with love

 I hope you enjoyed my festive page.

If you would like to print this technique including a near-full size image of the layout, click here.  Once you've saved or printed the technique sheet, use your browser's back button to return.

Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to obtain this file.  If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, click here to download and install.