Recently I have become a little bit obsessed with Colorwash Sprays and love using them on a whole load of different projects. A few weeks ago I made a tag using the Sprays and this week I have made a card using just two colours and a fab technique for them.
The colours I used are Sunset Orange and Wild Plum. Starting with a piece of heavy card (use heavy weight card because thinner card can buckle under the wetness and heating of this technique) I spritzed the whole lot with water, making sure that it was completely covered but not too saturated. Spritz the two colours onto the card - I tend to spray one colour at the top and the other at the bottom of the card. Next give the colours a light spritz with water and heat dry. You can dab the surface with paper towel to remove some excess but I like the let the water and sprays mix together. A little tip - to make cleaning up easier, place the card onto paper towels before spritzing, the over flow of the sprays will soak into the paper towel making it easy to clean up.
Once the card is dry you can then go back in and add a few more spritzes if you like - I like to spray from shoulder height because you get a more dappled look - just remember that the sprays are heavily pigmented and will stain anything they come into contact with!! The little cat is a digi-stamp but you can use any kind of rubber stamp, so long as you use a permanent ink. I sprayed a blob of Orange Sunset onto my craft sheet and used a thin paintbrush to pick up the colour and paint in the cat image. The border was made by cutting a strip of cardstock to measure the edges of the main piece by 2cm - I painted the whole piece with Gesso and then dried it. Next I used a medium thickness paintbrush and freehand painted lines of Black Dabber - and then used a Stanley and a craftmat to cut it into 0.5cm strips.
The Ingredients I used are:
Colorwash Sprays - Orange Sunset and Wild Plum
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso (IMO - the best!!)
Distress Ink - to colour the eyes
Thanks for looking... Hels x
