Suzz Sells Sea Salt

Hi!  I decided to share what I was playing with this weekend!  I didn't finish anything but had fun playing around with Sea Salt and Ranger Distress Sprays.  

 

Here's what happened....   

I started with trying to figure out what I could send in a few packages.  I was thinking about Halloween/Fall inspiration. 

I grabbed a new Ranger Layering Stencil that has been begging me to try it!  I decided to smear some crackle paste in the crackle stencil on mixed media paper. 

 

While it was still wet I pulled out Ranger's Evergreen Bough and Walnut Stain Distress Ink Sprays and started to ink it up.  I kept spritzing and adding some water to blend the colors.

It had so much extra spray I tipped it and let it drip onto my craft mat.  I never leave my leftover ink and I always try to use it up.  I grabbed a few sheets of mixed media paper and started to soak up the ink onto the extra sheets. 

I had so much ink on the first page I decided to pull out the sea salt and absorb the ink and pull some of the ink into the salt. 

If you click on the photo you will see the close up details and how it pulls the ink out. 

This was my second sheet of taking up the ink off the craft mat.  I also sprinkled with sea salt with a lesser effect because you need pools of ink for it to be able to absorb the ink.

Next you have to let it dry.  I usually can't wait so I get out the heat gun and try to dry it all up as quick as possible.

In the process of this inky fun I decided that my embossed background could also use a sprinkling of sea salt.  That is why you see the spots of white on the embossed section.  I love how this turned out, it looks like something ate away part of the color/texture!

After I had dried out the salt on all my pieces you can pull the salt off.  I usually use a ruler and scrape it off onto my craft mat. 

For the embossing paste background, I used my fingers as I didnt' want to scrape off any embossing paste.

Next I wanted to use the inky salt to create more backgrounds.  I spritzed all the left over salt with water to re-activate the ink and laid cardstock on top of it. 

Here is the effect of the inky salt on the first sheet.  I then decided to put a second sheet down on the inky salt and added more spritz of water.

Because I moved the paper it had more tendrils of color.  I can't wait to cut these backgrounds into sections to capture different looks.

For my final sheet I ended up added more salt and water to the darkest areas on the original salt background.  I sprinkled fresh sea salt into the brown areas. 

I spritzed with water and then dried it out with the heat gun.  When I finished I scrapped off the dried salt onto another sheet of cardstock. 

I spritzed the dried salt on the cardstock until the color spread and then dried the paper again and scrapped off the salt.

I had so much fun I decided to share it with you!

Suzz