Do you ever feel like you are in a rut with your crafting? I’ve been there many times. When that happens I tend to go back to the things I once loved and see how it inspires me. Recently I was reorganizing some drawers in my craft room (probably to procrastinate from doing some other chore!). I found my Stampin’ Spritzers! Wow! It was like finding a favorite pair of shoes in the back of the closet that I forgot I had! The last time I used the spritzer I didn’t have clear blocks! What fun it has been to play with the clear blocks, the spritzer, re-inkers, and watercolor paper!
It has been fun trying to see how many different looks I can come up with using the spritzer in different ways! Take a look at some of the things I’ve created.
Here I used the Sweet Soirée Decorative Masks (145489 $7.00- Occassion Catalog 2018) and spritzed a mixture of Island Indigo with rubbing alcohol. I wanted it a bit dark so I spritzed fairly closely.
This uses Celebrate You Thinlits Dies (FREE in the Sale-A-Bration 2018 catalog). The card uses an Island Indigo cardstock for card base and the “celebrate “die, Soft Sky cardstock as an accent and for the “you” die, and Calypso Coral for the “amazing” die and Shimmer Ribbon (Free from Sale-A-Bration 2018 catalog).
Unfortunately the image here doesn’t show the true detail of this spritzing. You can tell from my hand holding this piece that it is actually vellum (cardstock). I then put embossing powder and heat embossed it. It became the background of the following card:
So, I wanted to see what spritzing on the clear blocks would look like. Here it is pictured above. I love the way it appears in the image of the size of the block. This is a look you cold recreate using a masking or reverse masking technique as well.
Here is the stamped image that I spritzed. This wasn’t my favorite. I think if I had chosen a different stamped image I would have liked it better. I felt the cake image wasn’t the right theme to spritz. I like the idea of it just not the final result.
However, even though I didn’t like the spritzed look right on top of the cake I did like it using the mask (see the polka dots and band on the bottom of each cake layer) and on the background paper). The really is value in trial and error. If you don’t like the way something looks, try changing one aspect of it!
This card used the Dapper Denim DSP as a background layer. I think I will replicate this card but spritz it once the DSP piece is adhered to the white card base. I can’t decide if this “little moments” card is my favorite or if the “celebrate” card is? Which is your favorite card using the spritzing technique?
What is something you once loved that has gotten shoved into the back of a drawer somewhere? I challenge you to find it and share your new creation with us!
Find something you used to use – either a tool or a technique that was long forgotten.
- Is there a stamp set you used to love? Try creating a card with a theme that doesn’t seem so obvious. Can you combine it with a sentiment stamp set that would give it a different feel?
- Did you have a color that used to be your go-to color until you found and fell in love with Daper Denium, or Emerald Envy? Now – put it with one of the In-Colors or a color that you just wouldn’t have thought to use.
- Do you have Aqua Painters? What about Blender Pens? When was the last time you used them? Have you used them with re-inkers?
- Is there vellum in your paper supply? What have you done with it lately? Tried it as a layer? Used it to cut out a shape with your Big Shot?
- What about embossing? When was the last time you heat embossed? Do you ever dry emboss?
