This month we are exploring fun and interesting ways to expand our card making skills. Using different coloring mediums is a great way to change up the look of a card and add texture to the design. Marla created this Christmas card using Distress Spray Stains and Distress Oxide Sprays. We love the layers of color and movement this medium brought to the overall design. Let’s take a look at her process.
- Cut a piece of mixed media cardstock to 4.25″ x 5.5″ and spritz with a light coat of water.
- Spritz the background with Antique Linen Distress Oxide, Frayed Burlap and Gathered Twigs Distress Spray Stain.
- Spritz with water to move the ink.
- Dry the panel and repeat the process until your happy with the results.
- Using the end of the spray nozzle, splatter on Scorched Timber Distress Spray Stain.
- Add additional texture by flicking more water onto the background and dry.
- Stamp using our 3465 Snowflake Frames background stamp in Distress Scorched Timber Ink.
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- Spritz another piece of mixed media cardstock with Festive Berries Oxide Spray and Yuletide Mica Spray Stain.
- Add water and dry.
- Repeat the process adding splatters of gold watercolor and Yuletide Mica Spray to finish the panel
- Die cut the body and wing of the cardinal using our 5514-09D Winter Cardinal die. Cut from different areas of the panel to get contrasting pieces.
- Die cut the face of the cardinal from black cardstock.
- Ink another small panel with yellow ink and cut out the feet and bill of the cardinal.
- Assemble the cardinal.
- Repeat the process for the final mixed media panel using Bundled Sage Distress Spray Stain along with Holly Branch and Minty Fresh Mica Spray Stain
- Splatter with gold watercolor
- Cut out the holly using our 5416-06D Holly #2 die.
- Use the red stained card panel to cut the berries.
- Die cut the 5167-02D Individual Birch Tree dies from mixed media cardstock
- Spritz the trees with Antique Linen Oxide spray and splatter with Scorched Timber Distress Spray Stain.
- Die cut the snowflakes using champagne glitter cardstock and our 5716-02D Large Snowflake dies.
- Die cut the letters for the word JOY using the same champagne glitter cardstock and our 5826-03D Joy Vertical and Horizontal die. You can remove the small cut out pieces or leave them in like Marla did for a different look.
- Die cut the shadow for the word using gold foiled cardstock
- Die cut the background layer for the sentiment from vellum and our 5819-02 Tall Hex Nesting dies.
- Add gold around the outer edge of the vellum with a gold pen.
- Assemble the sentiment.
- Assemble the card and add Translucent Distress Texture paste to the birch tree and holly berries.
- Add Distress Glitter over the Texture Paste and allow to air dry.
We hope you give this technique a try. Using sprays is a great way to change up the look of your cards and a fun way to create with your Brass and Bliss supplies.