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 | | I wanted a go with another card for yesterday's WT, this time with real tea dying. I have had these Fabriano notecards for years and am trying to use them often. They are small, nice compact little cards.
I made a strong brew of tea, dipped a bunch of the cards into the bath of tea. This one was stenciled instead of dipped; I put the tea in a spray bottle. I added a little instant coffee to the bottle to deepen the color.
For today's MIX, I used one of my sprayed, stenciled notecards and added the stamped floral sprays. I did these by layering the Distress inks on with a dauber, little by little layering the warm colors. Fussy cut the flowers, edged with some brown marker so the cutting looks perfect. I thought the tea dyed background went perfectly with the chintz look, since India is known for tea. I love polished cotton, which is what chintz is. An interesting tidbit: in the 17th and 18th centuries, England, France and Spain banned Asian textiles because they were becoming too popular and it was hurting those countries cotton printing business. Eventually those same countries started imitating the Indian designs, one of which was toile de Jouy.
Thanks for the challenges! The word chintz come from the Hindi word chint. |
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Date: Friday, January 12, 2024 GMT
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Keywords: MIX572 WT983 mixed media tea dying
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Stamps: SU
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Paper: SU very vanilla, Fabriano wc notecard
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Ink: Distress, Versafine Clair fallen leaves
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Accessories: strong tea, instant coffee, stencil, LP, brown marker
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Techniques: mixed media, tea dying
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Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1
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