Today is the day, so if you live in the United States, make sure you exercise your freedom and vote! I vote by mail, so mine has already been cast. Therefore, today I am voting for one of my absolutely favorite embellishments, Grungeboard! This week instead of a project, I wanted to share some of the many ways you can customize Grungeboard. For the two of you out there who still don't know what Grungeboard is, here's the package description, "a compressed, flexible sheet of dingy material with a debossed texture that can be painted, inked, sanded, hammered, or grunged." But wait! Ink and paint are not the only mediums you can use on grungeboard! Take a look:
Alcohol inks provide a deep saturation of color, more of a dyed look rather than inked. I was surprised that Twinking H2Os, a luminescent watercolor, actually worked on grungeboard, and still remained sparkly!
Gel pens provided great color and sparkle, and are especially useful for small, detailed pieces. It was so fast and easy to add a little bling with Perfect Pearls! Just cover the grungeboard piece with Perfect Medium, brush on Perfect Pearls, and it's ready to go! Hard to tell on the computer screen, but alcohol and distress inks gave a worn, metallic look, and the matte medium over distress inks gave the look of aged leather! How cool is that?
I never found a coloring medium that didn't work on grungeboard! It is probably the most versatile element in your stash, so make sure you stock up! It comes in numbers, alphabets, basic shapes, designs and minis. All of these samples were done on the plain texture, but it is available in a variety of textures such as stripes and dots. I love the pack of circles, squares and rectangles, because you can turn them into frames, backgrounds, title blocks, anything! For a few more looks with grungeboard, you can check out my December Daily album on my blog.
Have fun and experiment!
Casey
Holy Smokes, you're like a grunge board scientist! You rock Casey!!
Posted by: Lisa Super | November 04, 2008 at 05:52 PM