Monday

 Monday Mica Sprays!! What can I say but 'WOW", they are so pretty! First let me say I wanted to do a blog and feature the sprays. Well, this is it, but, please go watch the Tim Holtz video! It is everything you need to know about the sprays. It says it is a 2 hour video, but it starts in depth at about the 40 minute mark. It is soooo worth it!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlICFDHZLpI&t=5027s        

I started by taking random pictures of bottles and spray in a poorly lit room. Yeah. I did. And I did it wrong.... Ok, Tim says there is no wrong, but you will see, I left a 'bullseye' when I sprayed. 

 

 

 

 

     I notice the picture of the bottles were of the oxide sprays... the mica stains are in the background in that shot. I did mix the sprays later, and that is pretty cool. The spray in this is Harvest moon from the 2023 release.

                                  More 'bullseyes' ...

 

Ignore the light fixture reflection the sprays are sprayed on a media mat & then Tim ran his fingers through the ink. Maybe just one color at a time. Then he smooshed (?) the paper into the ink.

 

Me trying to hold the camera and trying the TH technique, yes, me with inky fingers. Did the one color at a time and dried inbetween. Although I added more colors and by the time I finished it looked like the bottom of my paint box anyway!!

 

 

 

I did swatches of the colors I have. Aren't they yummy?? Wrote the name on the backof the swatch.

                                 

                            Here are some cards using the Tim Holtz Joy and Noel... Well, so far, just the Joy.

So much going on here! Check the subtle differences in the colors of the sprays... The darker card was made with 'merrymint' mica spray & the Joy on the 2 top cards were sprayed with 'frostymint. The merrymint is more greenish..... Note the same 3-D embossing folder called 'sparkle' was used for both the darker card and the white card.

                             

                                  

                      I am going to add two more cards. I used Stamperia patchwork Christmas paper. It is older and may be discontinued. I have had it for a long time and just looked at it!!

           The angel is kind of cut off... and reduced, but I imagine I will do it again in another format. There are rectangle  pages and circles to make easy cards.. All of the Stamperia paper pads are awesome! Stay tuned for Harvest moon & Burning ember sprays.... Actually that is what started it for me was spraying the papers for TH pumpkin Edison..

                                    Thanks for looking!

                                               Mary