Isn't "spatter" just an ugly word? Spatter. Splatter. Spitter. Sputter. Ugh.
Anyway, spatters of ink or watercolor or whatever artfully cover so many cards these days, so I thought I'd give it a try. It worked far better than I thought it would.
Given my photography equipment, my photos of subtle cards tend to be bad, and this one makes the sequins look far more garish than they are. Excuses, excuses. Please just accept that this card is prettier in real life than in the photos.
I made the spatters by coloring an Azteca brush pen on an acrylic block and picking up the color with a wet, small, round paint brush. I tapped the ferrule of the brush on my finger over the panel, and magically, spatter appeared.
Okay, not magically. I believe we can blame gravity for it. Nice and scientific and logical.
After repeating the process several times, there seemed to be a good density of tiny spatters that livened up the eucalyptus image.
Can I whine about layering stamps for a bit? Just skip this paragraph if you love them. I don't. This layered eucalyptus is from Gina K, and it's a lovely base stamp, but I can't line up the two top layers to save my life. I just inked the base with markers, spritzed with water, and stamped. You'd think I'd learn, but no. I keep buying layered stamp sets thinking they'll magically line up properly.
There I go with magic again. And me, a good Christian girl. Oy vey.
Anyway, I get to spend tomorrow grading the first major set of papers from my English Composition I students. It's a great class, and I'm looking forward to the grading. We shall see if I feel that way when I finish, LOL!
Mercy, grace, peace, and love,
Susan
Your splatters turned out beautifully as did your card. As much as I admire hugely intricate cards, it's the clean and simple cards that call to me to make them. I second your feelings on layered stamps. I bought a bunch of them this past year and am hoping at some point the light will dawn and I'll understand how to line them up. Hope the grading goes well.
ReplyDeleteVery good splatters! Mine sometimes have a big blobby splatter and a bunch of littler ones; yours are all the same!
ReplyDeleteI am a huge fan of splattering. I think it is fun!!! I do it in a huge, leftover Amazon box that is on my floor so I don't get it everywhere. I am a bit messy!! Love your pretty colors on this card!!! This came out beautiful.
ReplyDeleteForget two layer stamps. The three or four layer images? Forget it! I can't even get two layers to like up correctly.
ReplyDeleteI cannot live my stamping life without my MISTI. I can't line up anything nicely, forget a second stamping for better color or fancy color layering. My stamping platform fixes it all. There are other brands, I assume they work just as well, I just can't speak for them. I didn't buy one for a long time, money/fancy unnecessary tools/nose in air, and I was wrong. I now regard it as a super essential tool.
ReplyDeleteChristina, I love my MISTI too! I love it so much that I have three! And one Stampin Up platform. I "teach" card classes through my local community ed. The MISTI is a game changer for beginning stampers. I participated in a paper crafting weekend last weekend in Shipshewana. I think I "sold" 6 people on MISTI.
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