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Morning fellow stampers!
I have recently purchased ImagineCrafts walnut ink sprays. I want to use them just as an accent to the background of a card.
My ?'s are: do I spritz with the cardstock held up or laying flat and do I spray the accent spritz's before or after I stamp?
Thank you in advance for any info. you can share!
I'm by no long shot an expert but if it was me and I have just purchased a whole lot of delusions sprays I would be spraying first not later. If its to be background I would spray first that way I can control how much I spray and experiment plus when I stamp over it I can choose the best place to stamp. Also then I am not worried about ruining a card that has already had a lot of work spent on it.
The only time I would stamp first is if the stamped image is clear or white embossed and to be part of the background.
As I said this is all just from a beginner here on this type of thing but I would hate to have nearly finished my card, go to spray and end up with too heavy or blob in the wrong spot.
ailhelen, what you wrote makes perfect sense. I had not thought about ruining a card by spraying after I had put time in the "main" image of the card itself.
It is suggested to spray inside a box. I usually put the box on its side. If you want a misted look you spray over the card and not at it. It all depends on the look you want. Experiment. It's all fun!
Thanks for the tips, arlenevita! I have been playing around with misting. I have discovered I have a very heavy hand! It is fun and I like the fact that you never get the same exact look twice.
Loretia,
You can spray them lying flat or upright. And you can stamp before or after - depending on the look you want. Although I tend to spray before because, as ailhelen mentioned, I want the right background for my stamp. One thing to keep in mind, Walnut Inks are dye-based so they will re-activate a bit if you spray with water or use a dye-based stamping ink. This is a cool effect but may not be the one that you wanted. Walnut Inks can also be brushed on like watercolor. They are alot of fun and I hope you enjoy them as much as I.
I love spraying. I actually use plain white tissue paper as my catcher, then I use the multiple spray sheet as some other type of background. My biggest tip is to test sprays. a good pump should give you a nice even spray. If you tap on the trigger it will dribble out and not really be a spray there will be splots. Meaning spray drops.
I do occasionally use a box to catch the spray but I like using the white tissue paper because it gives me another medium to play with. Just and idea.
If you're using it as a background, I would definitely spray it first then do any stamping and stuff on top. Like others have mentioned, experiment and play with it. That's the whole fun of it all!!
I actually made 6 Thanksgiving cards using the Walnut Inks. I really like the way they turned out. One thing I noticed, which goes back to what micx mentioned, when I sprayed the walnut inks on the leave images I had stamped and sponge daubed, the colors from the leaves ran just a smidge giving more of a water-color look. Loved it.
Then, I got out my Shimmer Spritz, which had been laying around forever....now the leaves look like they had frost on them.
Thank you all for encouraging me to play around! I'm having fun and creating some neat affects.
I would try it both ways on some scrap paper! You would be surprised at how the background ink recedes or comes to the forefront, depending on what else is there.
I recently got some Color Bloom spray inks � which I am in complete love with � and made a "spray booth" out of a doubled up Trader Joe's paper shopping bag. I laid the doubled up bag on one side, and cut the opposite side out while leaving the bottom, short sides and one long side. I lay my paper inside and spray towards the bottom. It works great! I would like to capture the overspray for other projects but I'm afraid I'd spray paint my walls, too, which may or may not have happened, don't ask :-)
As mentioned, I'm all about the spray box. For some reason, I get overspray/mist/radical dye particals that always land where it isn't supposed to. I have a tall Xerox box that I cut one side down so I can lay a card in the bottom or prop it up on the side, or lay a stencil over it, and spray it. This box is also where I turn my tacky adhesive spray can upside down to clean out the nozzle, test other spray recipes, mix dyes, etc.
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