Creative Chemistry 101 Day 6 Creations

My last day of class for Week 2.  Today we worked with different techniques using distress markers.

Day 6 Tags

The first tag was done on watercolor paper.  You can see the different techniques written right on the tag.  It's really all about learning the different blending techniques and determining your preference.

Tag 2 was done on specialty stamping paper (ssp) by Ranger.  I wanted to see how the ssp worked as opposed to the watercolor paper.  The techniques are a little different as noted by each leaf.

Tag 3 was also done on specialty stamping paper.  For this technique you just color right onto the stamp with your distress markers.  Once you have all of your coloring applied you huff on the stamp a couple of times to re-moisten the inks and then stamp.  You can continue to huff and stamp several times or you can spritz with water and stamp on watercolor paper or ssp. The image on the tag is the 4th generation spritzed stamping.  One of the benefits to stamping onto ssp is that once it is dry you can use your Distress inks and other techniques without blurring your image.

Multi-generation stamping using distress markers.

I huffed and stamped twice on ssp and spritzed and stamped on watercolor paper and then spritzed and stamped again on ssp. I didn't reapply ink at all although you can if you want to tweak your colors a bit. The image on the tag is the 4th generation spritzed stamping.  One of the benefits to stamping onto ssp is that once it is dry you can use your Distress inks and other techniques without blurring your image.

I am so happy to have found two techniques - so far - that allow me to make multiple identical images.  First the custom ink pad  on Day 4 and today's distress markers.  This will come in so handy making custom gift card sets!

Have fun crafting!

-R