New Distress Spritz!

Hello friends,

Today we are celebrating 12 new colors of Distress Spritz! 

I think Distress Spritz always looks best when sprayed over the matching Distress Ink color so that is what I have done here, creating a card using 5 of the new colors over matching Distress Ink.

1. Cut a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock for the card front.

2. Use Distress Texture Paste Opaque and the new Christmas stencil, "Sparkle Fade" to add texture to the front of the card. Set aside to dry.

3. Gather the matching Distress Ink pad for each color you will be adding to your card front.

4. Once the Texture Paste is fully dry, use a Blending Toll to add ink to the card front. In my card, Kitsch Flamingo is on the bottom left, Saltwater Taffy on the right. Crushed Olive (acting as a yellow tone here)

is is the middle and reaches across the card. Then Cracked Pistachio is on the top right, with Tumbled Glass on the top left. All five colors work together to create this great rainbow of sorts.

5. Once the Distress Ink has been added, Shake the Spritz up and splatter over the matching color. Add enough so the colors can mix on the edges and blend with the next.  Dry with a heat tool.

6. For the focal point, I cut a large postage stamp using the die that came with the Tim Holtz STAMPtember release (sold out). If you don't have that set, cut a piece of Watercolor Cardstock 1 3/4 x 2". Mask off the edges and color the center with Antique Linen Distress Ink. While still masked off, spray over the ink with Antique Linen Spritz and dry with a heat tool. Remove tape from the edges to reveal the small white edge of the Cardstock.

7. Add die cut letters, Love You. NOTE: Mine are 3/4" letters from the old Sizzix Alphanumeric die set. Add the letters to the Cardstock with Collage Medium. When secure, add more Collage Medium over the top of each letter and sprinkle Distress Rock Candy over the top. Shake off the excess. Add thin foam squares to the back of the word block (for use later).

8. Repeat the Rock Candy over the Skeleton Leaves.

9. Paint a small Salvaged Heart with Speckled Egg Distress Paint. Let dry completely. Spray with Tumbled Glass Spritz, leaving a bit of of puddle in the center. Use a heat tool to start the drying process, then set aside to dry completely. The Spritz will dry over the surface of the Salvaged Heart.

10. Wrap a thin sting around the card front and tie a bow. Add the word block (with thin foam squares), then tuck the leaves under the raised word block. Add Salvaged Heart.

It is hard to see the great shine that the Spritz brings to the card front (the pictures sure do not do it justice), but you can see how the colors meld together in and around the texture paste. I love that part. These 12 new colors are a fun addition to the 12 that were released earlier in the year. I look forward to using them in more things I create...especially thinking of using them in fall makes coming in October and November.

Now carry on,

paula