I started with this:
And lots of mixed media and regular carstock pieces to play with.
In no particular order. I started with laying the hearts in different patterns and then spritzing the pink and orange distress stain sprays in random areas.
On this one I sprayed water after the fact to get a dripping of the sprays to the bottom.
I stamped the text with red ink over the back randomly and then I then stamped the sentiment in pink and embossed with white embossing powder.
The next background used the same technique.
I came back with larger print and stamped it using the same pink dye ink. I added splatters on most of my backgrounds after the fact.
For the following I decided to spritz with water the entire background which bled through my white hearts and softened the entire background. I had stamped the sentiments with dye ink and they also disappeared with the water.
This one was spritzed heavily with the distress stains and I haven't decided what else to incorporate.
Then I was over at Brenda's blog BumbleeBeesandButterflies and she was using her watercolor powders on a beautiful project. That got me thinking about my color bursts and what it would look like if I sprinkled over them with the powder.
I spritzed them with water and then laid the other paper over top and patted it down until I got a reverse pattern which ended up like this:
A very graphic effect. I left so much of the powder not activated with water that I will have to seal both of these pieces when I am done to prevent any activation later by accident.
Finally I thought why not try inking up the dies and using them with a fine line. I inked up the hearts with dye ink pads and stamped the hearts randomly in different colors.
I still haven't finished this card but will have to shortly so it can go off in the mail. :) Sorry I had no finished projects but hope that it might inspire you to play with your dies and sprays in a new way.
Suzz
I love the pink and orange and the different techniques.
ReplyDeleteI love the pink and orange and the different techniques.
ReplyDeleteI love these two colours together. The hearts are the perfect companion and I love the colour burst ones. Have a lovely week. Tracy x
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