Sprays: Ink, Oxide, Resist

Last week for Demo, we learned about the world of SPRAYS!!! 

Most of us are familiar with the Ink Sprays. Here at the store, we also carry the Distress Resist Spray and the NEW Distress Oxide Sprays. Did you know you can also create your own sprays?! 

Check out some of these great ideas!! 

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Sprays, traditionally most ink sprays are a dye-based ink. The ink in a spray is meant to allow large coverage of a surface with minimal effort.. 

Here, I stamped and heat-embossed a stamp from Impression Obsession that says, "7 billion smiles and yours is my favorite" in clear ink and clear embossing powder. When I heat-set the image and spritz Ink Spray onto the paper, the stamped image acts like a resist and the words magically appear! 

If you have a home die-cut machine, you can use Spray Inks on your Embossing Folders!! 

Here, I used the Flourish embossing folder from Sizzix. If you spray ink down and just PRESS a piece of paper onto the design, you will  transfer the design! (like a mono-print) 

Or, you can spray ink on your Embossing Folder and then put a piece of paper in the folder and run it through your home die-cut machine! When you do this, the ink transfers AND the texture of the embossing folder transfers too!! 

** Make sure when you run your embossing folder in your home die-cut machine that you cover your embossing folder with a piece of paper towel. This will help keep ink off of your die-cut machine!!**

*Always wash/rinse your embossing folder AS SOON as you are done so that the ink doesn't stain your folder!*

Another idea is to cut out a die-cut image (like this Butterfly from Hero Arts) and lay it on a piece of card stock, then spritz the ink and remove the die-cut... a great way to create your own "stencil" or "mask" !! 

You can even die-cut a larger image and THEN spray ink on an Embossing Folder and THEN pur your die-cut in the folder!! 

The stark-white paper now looks mottled and interesting!! 

I LOVE this next idea using the Distress Resist Spray! 

Resist spray is basically a spray-resin. MAKE SURE YOUR NOZZLE IS CLEAN before starting!! AND make sure you spray inside a box... because wherever the spray gets will dry and is impossible to clean up!! 

To make this AMAZING galaxy background:

• Use a piece of white card stock 
• Die-cut a starry background using your home die-cut machine and the die-cut from Sizzix, Snowy Stars 
• IN A BOX, lay down your paper and spritz some of the Distress Resist Spray. Use a heat-gun to heat-set it. 
• Now, use your Spray Inks and coat the paper in color!! 
• Mount the design on a piece of white card stock to bring out the stars!! 

Isn't this effect WONDERFUL?!!? I LOVE how it looks like nebulas! And texture is WONDERFUL! 

Ok, now THE FUN STUFF!! 

NEW Distress Oxide Sprays!! 

Oxide inks are WONDERFUL because they show up on dark papers AND light papers!! Just look how fantastic this effect is when you use a stencil!! 

The Oxide ink sprays are great because you can spray them are darker patterned papers.. like here we took a dotted paper and then added some Oxide Spray Inks to make a more Galaxy-themed appearance! 

You can even create your OWN INKS!!! 

Here, I took a tiny dab of Bleed Proof White ink and mixed it in a Ranger Mini-Mister and used the new Wave Stencil from The Crafter's Workshop.. 

I love how soft the Bleed Proof White spray is!!! I recommend mixing some spray, and to make it more vibrant you can add a little more ink. 

You can even use your spray on Suede Paper!! 

You can also put some fresh bleach into a Ranger Mini-Mister and use that!! 

Bleach REMOVES COLOR from paper... and every paper reacts differently to bleach! Some papers DON'T REACT to bleach.. so recommend doing a test piece of paper first by swiping some bleach on with your finger or synthetic paint brush.. the bleach takes about 3 minutes to create the FULL EFFECT so don't be surprised if you test a piece of paper and nothing happens right away!! 

Many of you have probably used your spray inks for "Shaving Cream Marbling" ...Did you know you can create that same effect on BLACK PAPER using the new Distress Oxide Sprays?!!?

There are SO MANY THINGS you can do with sprays.. .we would love to show you these ideas in person!! 

Stop by to see us 7 days a week to get inspired!! 

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