Did you know you can combine your Maya Mists with acrylic paint to create beautiful effects? I used Maya Mist, gesso (an acrylic primer), and acrylic paint to create this album:
To create the hearts, you need:
- Gold, Pink and Orange Maya Mist
- Maya Road 5x5 Chipboard Album with Envelopes (or use the new kraft envelopes!)
- Gesso
- Acrylic paint
- Large Maya Road chipboard heart
- Piece of scrap cardstock
1. Take the large chipboard heart, trace it onto the scrap cardstock, and cut it out. What you want is the negative portion of the heart you just cut out.
2. Using the negative portion of the heart as a stencil, paint some gesso into the heart. Let it dry for a few minutes, but you don't have to let it dry all the way.
3. Spray on some orange Maya Mist.
4. Next, spray on some pink Maya Mist.
5. Last, spray on some gold Maya Mist. The mists mix together and create a very interesting effect.
6. Remove the mask/stencil and let the heart dry completely.
For my album, I created a heart on the front and back of each envelope, and when the hearts were dry, I painted around them with green acrylic paint and added some blue acrylic paint splatter. The technique is messy and imperfect, but the look is very painterly...people will ask you, "How did you do that?" Enjoy!
Beautiful!
Posted by: Carmen O | July 29, 2009 at 08:16 AM
love it !!
Posted by: Janique from Switzerland | July 29, 2009 at 09:43 AM
Beautiful and so inspiring!
Thanks for all the techniques!
Posted by: Stéphanie Pouliot | July 29, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Definitely going to give that try!
Posted by: sandy w. | July 29, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Gorgeous!
Posted by: Shelley Haganman | July 29, 2009 at 01:58 PM
On my to-do list! Thanks for the tutorial.
Posted by: 2amscrapper | July 29, 2009 at 04:50 PM
Beautiful pages, love the effects, definately want to try this :)
Posted by: Lynn | July 29, 2009 at 05:36 PM
OMG! Seriously...BEAUTIFUL!! LOVE IT!!
Posted by: cindy b. | July 30, 2009 at 10:58 AM
hands down one of my favorite mini's of the show!
Posted by: Ronda Palazzari | August 01, 2009 at 05:42 PM
Wonderful use of the Maya Mists. I will definitely be sharing this project!
Posted by: Keri Pettit | August 08, 2009 at 01:18 PM
I love it!! I have been wanting to see how she made those! thank you so much for sharing!
Posted by: Beth Perry | August 19, 2009 at 06:52 AM
The heart-in is simply gorgeous!!!Wonderful work!
Posted by: Jeep Middle East | December 10, 2009 at 02:46 AM
If you further want to look into Maya Mist then see this video: http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/cg_display.asp?seed_id=29263
Posted by: cms Dubai | July 28, 2010 at 07:04 AM