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!!!!

Lori Roberts' AWESOME Oil Pastel Technique

I was in such AWE of the Oil Pastel Technique by Lori Roberts of Paper Imagery Designs (Altered Arts Expressions Blog). . . I tried it out myself using A Stamp in the Hand images . . . Lori is a talented artist and a good friend . . . what do you think?

Traci Bautista COLLAGE UNLEASHED Experiments

The more I read and experiment with Traci Bautista's COLLAGE UNLEASHED . . . the more thrilling her techniques become . . . I'm not good at following directions nor recipes so these are my INTERPRETATIONS of her techniques . . . Chapter 1 deals with paper towel dying . . . instead of dipping the towels in dye . . . I used my purchased and/or homemade color washes . . . homemade color wash recipe can be found at http://www.fredbmullett.com/ . . . Click on TECHNIQUES . . . Click on ADIRONDACK COLOR WASH SPRAY CHART . . .
Chapter 2 deals with Paint Scraping . . .
Yesterday, my family friend/stamping buddy, Lori Tokita and I experimented with Chapter 3 . . . Crayon Techniques . . . we were amazed at how exciting ordinary crayons could be in an art form . . . my internet stamping buddy, Cathy Yamashita, taught me how to do the spots . . .


I hope you can experience the adventure of this book first hand . . . I'm so glad I heard about it through my internet stamping buddies!!!!

Cecilia Charm

Lisa Gifford, owner of Step Outside Your Box Saturdays, challenged her group with creating a charm this week . . . Mine is inspired by Sharon Diskin of LuminArte . . . the Cecilia image is by Cherry Pie and the words are by Hero Arts

Tuscan Rosie

An internet stamping buddy, Jan Larson, found this stamp for me on E-Bay when I admired the one done by Francine Groulx . . . I basically used the Stampers Anonymous Staz On Technique . . . go to GALLERIES . . . scroll waaaaaaay down to TECHNIQUE STAZ ON INK . . . the stamp is by Tuscan Rose . . . I'm really having fun with the bright transparent colors!!! This hobby is TOO MUCH FUN!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!