more fun with varnish

I know....I said  I would tell you about another use for water based varnish...the cheepo stuff you can buy at M's  and I do think the other big craft stores carry it too...  I didn't forget ....
I needed to make something so I could show you this cool technique.

You know how sometimes you have a rubber stamp image that goes one way....but you wanted it to go the other way?  .....And yes, I know all about mirror image stamps and many other ways to flip the image. But I don't have one of those with me .....and  besides....this technique is so cool...
   
For demonstration purposes I am working on a small notebook from 7Gypsies.  I guess I should mention that I am not affiliated with any company or product I show you here on this blog or any of my other blogs...I am just a consumer...a very active consumer...I use a lot of stuff.....I should probably add some type of disclaimer in the sidebar...   I am a consumer and an enabler... 

...Sorry I got off track didn't I?

ahem...anyway...........here is this cute little notebook after I covered it up with some decorative paper* and some of that lacy paper that I showed you last week.

 I even covered the cute little pockets on the inside

I need to put  that bird image* on the back of the book...but I want it to face

the other direction
 Here is where the varnish comes to the rescue....

but first I have to tell about this....

 here is another favorite product....acetate

some artists and  crafters call it window plastic

 No I am not going to use the acetate...

I am going to use the sheer tissue protective sheets that are in between the sheets of acetate

They put them in there to keep the acetate from sticking together.

I guess some people throw them away

But not us crafty types....

We use everything

 so... here I have my stamp, the tissue paper and the ink.

water based inks will run, so use a pigment or hybrid ink

 Stamp the image on the tissue

 Slather some varnish on your project where you want your image to end up.
~ see the shiny wet varnish...

 lay the tissue paper with the image

FACE DOWN

so the image is reversed

pat it down a bit and

gently tear away the excess tissue.

hard to see in the pic...but I am gently tearing...see

now gently use your brush to smooth it down

be careful ...it is wet and it will tear

so tap tap tap

gently 

 I folded the excess tissue on the edge around to the inside.

See......reversed image !

and it's transparent.... look....you can still see the script on the decorative paper

This technique is great for altered books and journals

as long as you have time to wait for it to dry.

And of course it's great for collage

edited to show you the completed book:



 I used a gold leafing pen on the edges

 page edges before:

 page edges after gold leaf

front

back

see you soon....

*the bird stamp is from Crafty Individuals and is made by Magenta in Canada

* the decorative paper is from Prima Marketing Pastiche Collection " Seaside"