DISTRESS CRAYON !!

Good Morning Everyone..


Hope you all doing good and are getting inspired from my fellow DT's creations.
Today in continuation to my last post which was about review on DISTRESS CRAYON by Ranger, I am going to share few more tips and tricks you can try with distress crayons...

There is lot more to experiment with Distress crayon. As its properties say Distress crayon are water reactive pigments super creamy and smooth.

In the last post we have tried smudging effect, stencilling and water blending techniques with these crayons, incorporating all the techniques lets start with the post-

1- STAMPING WITH DISTRESS CRAYON
Since these are pigments, I was very much inquisitive about how these crayons may work when used as stamping medium.

When I applied black soot crayon to the stamp it glided so perfectly and smoothly leaving quite a distress image.

In the above picture, on the top left corner image, I have colored the stamp and have kept cardstock right above the stamp. With good pressure I have pressed the paper on the stamp.

once stamped the pigments are still active and water reactive, so I have heat set the image and Viola we have our stamped image.

Results were satisfactory, you will not get the crisp vibrant image.

2- HEAT EMBOSSING 

Next I wanted to try distress crayons on black cardstock, In my last post I have tried to smudge the crayons on black CS and I wasn't happy with the results. So I tried distress crayons on black CS with some heat embossing.

Supplies used- 

I have used random stamp from my stash, I have taken a piece of black CS and on it I have heat embossed the image with white embossing powder.

 After that I have used mustard seed crayon right above the heat embossed image and start smudging it with my fingers.

 I loved the result and quite enjoyed colouring these heat embossed images. The best things about the colouring was it so smooth and it spread like butter and was so carried away that I have coloured three butterflies.

 You can also make cute embellishments for your projects  

Totally loving the colours.

3- WATER COLOURING 

Next thing I tried was next level water colouring with distress crayon, In my first post I have talked about water spritzing technique, moving ahead with the same I have made a galaxy theme card. I always wanted to try one ... 

In the above image I have first washed the card stock with water ad started adding colors one by one.
The best part about the crayons is, it doesn't smudges the base color if any color is added right above it, It only reactivates with water(base color)

This is my very first attempt in creating a galaxy theme background & I loved it.
Stamp set used is here from my stash and totally love the card.

Next I tried colouring the clear heat embossed image.I have scribbled some crayon on my craft sheet and with water brush I have picked the colour and painted the image,(below pic for reference )
Possibilities are endless with crayons.

You can layer the inks on one top of the another, I have observed it blends smoothly while layering and base colour or colour underneath does not get picked up,,, well this was the case with smudging, 

Crayon once dried completely can still be picked up with water. It works very much similar to distress inks.... keeping the name of the family of water reactive inks. 

4- HEAT RESIST TECHNIQUE 

In this technique you need to stamp the image with distress crayon as shown above on a glossy sheet and allow it to dry or you can heat set it. On top of it with any archival ink distress the entire background. Now take a baby wipe and rub it on top of the stamped image,it will pick yup the distress crayon and leaving image bleached out.

I hope you all loved the Distress Crayon so far and was able to inspire you all.

Do try your hands on these and share with us your lovely creations.

Oh I totally forgot to share my take on distress crayon painting. 

I am a die hard disney fan .. and a very bad painter ... distress crayon gave me a way out to try my hands on paintings.

I am so much in love with the character of Sadness from the movie Inside out ... so I made her on a canvas. Okay I am not a pro at this and this is my very first attempt on painting  so please be nice while judging, I have incorporated the technique here like water blending and finger smudging to create this.

Don't forget to leave some love.

XOXO

Isha 

Have a nice day 

Supplies used- 

Distress crayons
Dress my craft card stock 
Archival ink black 
Ranger heat tool
Ranger craft sheet
Stencils  

Hero arts and just rite stamps.
Tonic scissors

clear and white embossing powders

DISTRESS CRAYON REVIEW

Good Morning Everyone !!!

How are you all doing today :D
First of all lemme scream here it feels great to be back here..... yeyyeyye 
I missed so much crafting  and all of you tooo of course... and I am back here after long break, and lets just not waste anymore time and jump straight to the POST...

Today I am going to share with you my take on DISTRESS CRAYON ..

Distress Crayon was launched last year in CHA 2016.. and who doesn't love the distress line of products by TIM HOLTZ. These are water reactive pigment crayon.

"Distress Crayons are formulated to achieve vibrant coloring effects on porous surfaces for mixed-media. The smooth water-reactive pigments are ideal for creating brilliant backgrounds, watercoloring, smudge effects and more! Color directly onto your surface and blend with water then layer with Distress Inks or Stains for more creative possibilities. Available in 10 sets that coordinate with the Distress Palette." - RANGER (website)

Each crayon pen is about 5″ in length, and comes in a grey plastic retractable body with the cap. The color pallete of crayons is just the same as of other products in the distress line. These are for ‘adult use only’ and are to be kept out of reach of children as clearly mentioned on each of the crayons. 
 When fully retracted out the crayon medium is about 1.75″ in length approximately. 

I believe that its to less in size/quantity as compared to price. That's one minus point for my side.

Whenever we think of crayons, only one thing pops up in mind i:e wax crayon !!!. But distress crayon is nothing like it, they are soft smooth cream like crayon and it is very much similar like lipsticks... as said by TIM HOLTZ. I personally felt they are even more softer then lipsticks.It literally glides on the surface.

When I applied them on the paper i could not wait to try my fingers to smudge these creamy crayons.
Ooops they didn't smudge .... I was wondering why it did not happen... I realised I might have let is set on the paper for too long and pigments got absorbed into the paper and dried off, therefore it didn't smudge.

I tried again, scribbled few dots and immediately smudge them and I got the results they smudged perfectly..... you can spot the difference between the two in the above picture.

Since they are pigments, I wanted to try them out on Black cardstock.. but somehow was not much happy with the results.You can see yourself how they turn out to be on Black CS.

Another attempt was to try these creamy crayons with gesso.. Since lot us are mix media lover and I was very much curious to see how they works with mix media mediums.....

I scribbled some crayon on the craft sheet and then start mixing it with gesso ... Voila they works well with the same and I was very much happy to see the effect.. so Here goes a big thumbs up to distress crayon.

Playing with DISTRESS CRAYON.....
Since I am big fan of distress products and Tim Holtz, I cannot wait more to play these crayon with water ...  I have randomly scribbled them on white cardstock ... spritz some water and start blending them with my fingers.. and heat set it with ranger heat gun.

Next I tried crayon with stencils... What I did here was I scribbled them directly on the stencil and started smudging with my fingers. You can see below the results .. I loved how the extra pigment is creating a highlighted effect . It really pops up the stencil pattern.

So as of now this is all what I have tried with DISTRESS CRAYON. I personally believe that it is a great product and is perfect for beginners and journaling lovers or anyone who loves to play around with colors. I have made a cute card and tag with distress caryon and I am totally loving these crayons... 

Here is what I have created...

I am loving the bright and creamy colors... I have just used the simple water technique and smudging to create these card and tags.. I have stamped the crazy birds with jet black archival ink and colored them with distress crayon. Sentiment is from dylusions ..and have been hoarding them for quite some time.

Thank you for visiting and reading, hope this post is helpful and you will include the crayons in your next shopping list and try them out too. Don't forget to share your creations with us :) 

XOXO 
Have a nice day 
Isha 

Supplies used- 

Distress crayons
Dress my craft card stock 
Archival ink black 
Ranger heat tool
Ranger craft sheet
Stencils