ID: Spatter Backgrounds (Drawing Paper)
 5"w x 7"h

Created: April 19, 2009
Modified:

This was done for a challenge. So I pulled out a cardboard box, and put some paper along each side and the bottom of the box. A sheet of 110# white cardstock, Biggie CP watercolor paper, Arches Text Wove, Arches 140# HP watercolor paper and Canson Drawing paper. I used Magic Colors, Bombay Inks, FW acrylic inks, Pearlescent acrylic inks, Lumiere and water. I took a fat brush and just dipped it into whatever color of ink, then just spattered in the box. It landed on all 5 pieces of paper (and I realized too late outside the box too). I continued doing this, misting occasionally with water until I got a good coverage. I then removed them from the box and continued distressing, rubber stamping with Adirondack Rainbow pads and Distress stamp pads, also used a thin eye dropper to dribble paint and inks and more misting. I also used a paper towel - flat - right on top of the wet paint to soak up excess moisture occasionally. I did this to all my backgrounds with the same piece of paper towel, which also got mounted to a piece of white cardstock (actually 2 pieces since the paper towel is 2 ply)

Spatter - Never Too Old

I cut a strip from the background paper and placed it on top of some purple cardstock, one which was put through a circle pattern crimper and the other I left plain. I added some yellow punched out circles both on top and under the background paper. Mounted all this to a bright green Bling cardstock then onto a white cardstock which I colored with Pan Pastels in a bright orange. Rubber stamped the quote (Quietfire Design "You are never too old") onto a green toned vellum and then used my circle cutter to cut a clean circle. Mounted it with Diamond glaze (a thin bead around the edge). Love the funkiness of this card.

The other Spatter backgrounds in this series.

Spatter on Text Wove

Spatter on Arches W/C  paper