It's time for the Artistic Outpost Design Team Blog Hop!!! Our challenge was to use the Paris Exposition stamp set. I decided to break away from my regular products and go bright with Dyan's Dylusions. I am so thrilled I did. I felt like I was back in grade school, in art class, and just playing and having fun! Just seeing the bright colors makes you happy and carefree...sounds silly I know, but I'm hooked. I wasn't even sure that this stamp set could go bright instead of vintage chic looking, but I think it looks great. I think you can take anything vintage and classy and mix it up with trendier things. It adds more variety and interest, in my opinion...that's why they call it...well, Art. It's like pairing a tuxedo jacket with a great pair of vintage jeans and some fabulous leopard heels. It just works, and the other Tim (Gunn) would love it! It's a new way to 'soar'!!! See my mini tutorial below to make this fun Dylusions background.
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| I selected my spray colors and prepped my service. It's important to have everything handy so you can work fast. |
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| I sprayed my tag with water first then sprayed my colors. |
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| My tag was wet enough to do a kiss with another tag (oo-la-la), which worked perfect for my next step. |
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| I used one tag to stamp my background images in coordinating Distress Ink, and one to stamp my AO images in Jet Black Archival. I will save the scraps for another project. |
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| I cut around my images and inked the edges of everything with Black Soot Distress Ink. |
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| I sprayed seam binding with the Dylusions and a little bit of water. |
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| There was enough spray water mix that I dredged a tag through it for an awesome background to be used at another time...waste nothing! |
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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
