Creative time with Distress Spray Stains and Distress Spritz

Hello friends! Today I took a break to just play with Distress Spray Stains and Distress Spritz. I had so much fun just trying different ways to use these two amazing products together. 

A few facts about the sprays....Distress Spray Stain is a highly pigmented spray and comes in 76 colors. 

Distress Spritz is a pearlized pigment in a clear fluid and comes in 36 different colors.

Cardstock

What kind of cardstock you use makes all the difference. 

My favorites are Distress Watercolor Cardstock and Mixed Media Heavystock. 

Here are a few tips when using sprays. 

I like to use a Splat Box with a paper towel under my cardstock to help with the overspray. 

Have extra paper towels or a cloth to blot off excess spray. 

Add a little spray of water to help blend the colors or create a muddled effect. 

Here I've created a blended background using the Spray Stains. 

Dry with a heat tool and blot off excess ink on the edges. 

Position stencil over the background and use the coordinating colors of Spritz to spray through the stencil. Carefully remove stencil and dry with a heat tool.  

I wish you could see the shimmer! I love how the shimmers shows up so beautifully. 

Another color combo

Stamp image on Mixed Media Cardstock with a waterproof ink. 

Spray a few colors on to your mat, pick up color with waterbrush and color image. 

Dry with a heat tool.

Color with Distress Spritz using the coordination color. 

Add a little color and stamping in the background around the stamped image. 

Stamp some script with Archival ink. 

Add a little splatter with Spray Stain and Spritz. 

I love how the Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz show off like gold shimmer. 

Here are a few samples of Monoprinting with a stencil. 

Spray Stencil with Spray Stain and then spray Distress Spritz over the coordinating color. 

Carefully and slowly flip the stencil over and gently place it on the cardstock. 

Blot with a paper towel gently rubbing the whole stencil. 

Remove the stencil slowly and dry with a heat tool. 

Coloring with Spray Stain and Spritz is a favorite of mine because the colors are so vibrant. 

Die cut your favorite flowers or images. 

Spray a few colors on to your mat, pick up color with waterbrush and color the die cut image. 

Dry with a heat tool.

Color with Distress Spritz using the coordination color. 

I hope you will spend some time creating and exploring with Distress Spray Stains and Distress Spritz. and we didn't even talk about Distress Oxide Sprays. I'll have to have another play date! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Richele