Twinkling H20's & Plastic Wrap Background Instructions

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Twinkling H20's & Plastic Wrap Background

These are beautiful!!

Thanks to Cathy Dudgeon for mailing me samples & directions.

Materials:

Instructions:

Mix Paint

Take a large paint brush & put some water in each paint pot you are planning to use. Mix with brush so you have some paint ready to use. You want it to be fairly watery - not to a wash consistency but not thick.

Paint water
Protect your work surface. I like to use Ranger's non-stick craft sheet.

You can tape your paper down so it doesn't curl. I didn't bother and mine didn't curl too badly. Those that did I put under a heavy book for a day & they flattened.

If you are using watercolor paper paint it with water. Light weight watercolor paper will curl - heavier shouldn't. If you are using glossy paper skip this step.

Paint Using 2 or 3 coordinating colors paint randomly on paper until it is covered. Don't be slow or your first color might start to dry!

Paint Paints will run together don't worry about it. Don't try to mix them though or you might end up with a muddy color!

Add Plastic Wrap Crumple a piece of plastic wrap & lay on top of paper. Press it down.

Let dry & pull off plastic wrap.

There's lots of ways to use these backgrounds:

Cards
Cut into small shapes & stamp letters or small images2
Cut 2.5 x 3.5" and make an ATC
Use in an altered project
Matte pictures for scrapbook layouts

Cathy's Samples:

Sample
Using Egyptian Gold,
Bronze Medallion & Copper Penny
on 140 lb Watercolor Paper Sample
On Watercolor Paper
Colors unknown

Sample
On Watercolor Paper
Colors unknown

I wondered how it would work on glossy paper, on smooth cardstock and with glitter.

Sample
Using yellow, purple & lavendar
on 140 lb Watercolor Paper
Sprinkled with glitter
Turned out great!
Glitter isn't showing up too well online. Sample
On glossy white cardstock.
Turquoise, lavendar & pink.
Turned out great!

Sample
On good quality cardstock.
Can't win them all!!
Soaks up the paint too quickly.
Yellow, peach & teal.
May not look to bad in a project.

Here's a card I made using a Twinkling H20 & plastic wrap background.

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