Wednesday 26 August 2015

Runway

The Craft Barn weekly challenge is to use spray. I thought that would be pretty easy but the first part of the challenge was to find my sprays as I'd not used them in a while.

I found some Fireworks sprays in Angel Pink and London Fog, a nice colour combination but, those little bottle nozzles get clogged up so they needed a good wash. The pink did not spray, the result was more of a blot but I liked it so went with it. My white teapot also got a bit of a makeover as some of it ended up there as well. I have to say, I don't recommend these sprays.
I got a much better effect using the Tim Holtz distress spray. It is easier to control and the colour is richer.

For the challenge I have made two note cards. The sprays are used for the backgrounds on watercolour card.




Stamps used :
Tim Holtz Cityscapes CMS224
Tim Holtz Runway CMS214

I stamped the images onto the watercolour card and masked them before spritzing the backgrounds with the sprays. The sentiment on the London version is a die cut and Bonjour is stamped. The panels are mounted on Kraft card and a bit of baker twine added to finish them off.

More Runway and Cityscapes to come, currently work in progress.


7 comments:

  1. Both these are fabulous! Love the lady image and your sprayed backgrounds look so cool! Both are lovely colours and the Kraft card is a brilliant choice. Thank you for visiting me! xxx

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  2. Very stylish images! and even when sprays get a bit blobby the random effects can be really good, like your second card!

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  3. Very stylish images! and even when sprays get a bit blobby the random effects can be really good, like your second card!

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  4. These look really nice Julia - I still have to get myself sprays!

    Sally

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  5. Gorgeous cards. Love the style. I had the same problem with spray ink. The sink looked pretty after I had washed all of the nozzles!! :)
    Flo x

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  6. Lovely cards. I think the perfect spray bottle has yet to be invented!

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  7. So stylish - love that you went with the flow (or the not-flow) when the spray mis-fired, and the cityscape works so well as a background detail. Love the golden one entirely!
    Alison xx

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