Spritz . . . Drip . . . Splatter Technique

One of my 43 Yahoo Groups (Yes, I know . . . I must be obsessive/compulsive or something!!! Sheesh!! LOL!!!) . . . not all of which I am active, of course, had a second 120-page Technique Swap in February 2009 . . . the first one was AWESOME . . . I received 120 incredible techniques from 119 other mixed media artists!!! I decided to put my technique on my blog to share with others and for clarification to my fellow swappers . . . here's a photo of some of my pages drying in my craft room . . .

I made homemade color spritzers from 1 teaspoon Ranger Adirondack dye re-inkers and added distilled water to fill a 2 oz. spritzer bottle from Wal Mart I purchased for 50 cents each . . . I used a cardboard box to place my cardstock in for spritzing . . . DON'T ASK ME WHY!!!!! (Whadda mess I made!!!!!) Sheesh!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I spritzed the first color sort of horizontally into the cardboard box . . . I held the cardstock vertically to let the color drip . . . then placed it down flat when I was happy with the result . . . let dry . . .

I did the same with the second color . . .

I then made a "mask" by using my die cut machine to cut out a butterfly and lay it on top of my cardstock . . .

Next, I spritzed my third color over the mask . . . and splattered the darkest color by unscrewing the cap from the spritzer . . . holding the stem over the cardstock . . . and tapping the cap until enough color splattered onto the cardstock . . .

Then I removed the mask . . .

You may or may not need to use the "reverse" mask to guide you to add dimensional glue (Ranger Glossy Accents or JudiKins Diamond Glaze) to the image . . .

That's it!!!! Only 119 more to go!!! KIDDING!!!! I'M JUST KIDDING!!!! (sort of!!!) LOL!!!!!!

Other references for color spritzer recipes can be found at http://www.fredbmullett.com/ . . . go to COLOR . . . then go to CLICK HERE ADIRONDACK COLOR WASH CHART and http://timholtz.typepad.com/ . . . go to FEBRUARY 2008 . . . then to MARCH TECNIQUE CHALLENGE . . .

Have fun!!!!