Altering Chipboard Shapes with Shell Carman

Design Team member Shell Carman is here with us today to teach us how she altered some chipboard pieces included in the September Album kit.

Here's Shell...

Hi There!

Today I would like to share with you how I altered the chipboard butterflies in the Album Kit that I did on this page. This technique is called Ombre which is different colours or tones that shade into each other. Ombre is a hot trend in scrapbooking right now!



You will need 
Gesso
3 complimenting colours of pan pastels or chalk inks in pastel colours (Pan pastels Violet Tint 470.8, Permanent Green Tint 640.8 & Hansa Yellow 220.8)
2 ink colours which are a darker tint to the original 3 colours you chose. EG I have chosen lilac, lemon & mint green for my first 3 colours. For my contrasting darker colours I have chosen a dark yellow & a dark teal colour (Prima chalk inks coltsfoot yellow & teal damask)
Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam Icicle
Kindy Glitz crystalina

Paint 2 coats of a large & small butterfly with gesso. Leave to dry


Use the Violet pan pastel tint & colour the middle third of each butterfly using the applicator (or you could use a pastel chalk ink & use a baby wipe to apply)


Take the large butterfly & use the Hansa Yellow tint to colour top third.
Take the small butterfly & use the Hansa Yellow tint to colour the bottom third


Take the large butterfly & use the Permanent Green tint to colour the bottom third
Take the small butterfly & use the Permanent Green Tint to color the top third


Use the dark yellow ink & ink along the top of the large butterfly & the bottom of the small butterfly


Use the dark teal ink & ink along the bottom of the large butterfly & the top of the small butterfly


Paint both butterflies with Glimmer Glam
Use some kindy glitz to add some extra sparkle


Thanks for joining me today & I hope you will give this a go!