Add a little sparkle

Hello Doodlebugs! 
As we are all gearing up for the holidays and our holiday projects what better topic than sparkle. I love to add color, sparkle and splatter affect to most of my projects. It all started with Ranger Distress Oxide Sprays.  These give great opaque coverage and Ranger has a WIDE range of colors to choose from.

Once you've got your base color down....now you can play and REALLY add that sparkle and shine.  Here are a few of my favorite products to do just that!

Tonic Mousse can be mixed with water (alcohol does not work) in a spray bottle and you can create a light shimmering mist to add to projects. These can also be layered, but are the lightest in color. Tonic came out with their own line of color sprays. The first one is the Mica Mist; this spray uses mica power. Mica is a natural stone mineral with shiny flakes, these flakes are ground into a fine powder and used for this spray. The color is more solid and can be used with stencils, in backgrounds and also by painting on your project. The Tonic Sparkle spray is the best for sparkle, dense color and coverage. This spray uses ultrafine glitter. If you are looking for ultimate sparkle on a project this is your product!

  

  

For a “splatter” effect on projects the best to use are Prima Art Alchemy paints. These paints come in metallic and sparks (glitter) tones. You will need a paint brush, dip first in water, dip second in paint (don’t be shy) and dip again in water. Next start tapping the paint brush around your project to give the splatter effect.  

                                                               

An example of using many of these products is on the store sample mixed media project with the fairy garden. This started with 3D gel and a brick stencil, once dried I coated the canvas in white gesso.  Next I used multiple sprays to create just the right color for my aged brick garden background. Just remember if you don’t like something you can always gesso over it and start over.

Thanks for checking out my blog and I hope this inspires you to try a new technique or product!!

Amberly