I live in my own little world .....

I have finally got round to playing in my journal again. And I have also been playing with Distress Mica Sprays. I have had the originals - Tarnished Brass, Antique Bronze and Brushed Pewter for quite a while, and I find them quite muted in both colour and shimmer - which isn't a bad thing. So, when Tim Holtz announced that he was bringing out some additional ones in new colours for Halloween, then I was very interested. I don't do Halloween, but new colours in something Distress is something I am always interested in.

Before I started playing, I sprayed them all out to see what the colours and shimmers were like.

     

Like the originals, the shimmer is quite muted, but the colours are great! I decided to stick with two colours - Jack O Lantern and Hocus Pocus.

The background is created using Distress Oxides in Milled Lavender, Wilted Violet and Dried Marigold, onto which I added the sprays. You can see the shimmer is much more evident where the drops are larger. I did the same on a piece of card to stamp the Visible Images sentiment stamp.

The flowers are from Lisa Horton's Trellis Blooms - stamped onto card and coloured with a combination of Distress Oxides and Sprays.

The background was added to with smaller stamps from the Trellis Blooms, stamped with Distress Inks - Wilted Violet, Dried Marigold and Black Soot.

Happy crafting!
Cxxx

Be Incredible....

Another Journal piece today. The background is using Candied Apple, Wild Honey and Scattered Straw Distress Oxides, with Imagination Crafts Mixed Media Sprays in Yellow and Orange. I used Lisa Horton's Trellis Blooms to add texture to the background, stamped with Black Soot, Candied Apple and Wild Honey Distress Oxides.

The main image is an old Leonie Pujol stamp called Everlasting Love. I stamped this on card and coloured using the Distress Inks. The words are from Crafter's Companion Textures collection.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx