I hadn't finished with all the spray inks and stains in my stash. I have some that have been in drawers, unopened for almost ten years now! So today, I took out these antiques (although they are still being sold, to my knowledge) and played with them in the same way I played yesterday with Distress Spray Stains, Dylusions, Glimmer Mist Chalkboard and Lindy's: I made four torn tags!
Tag #1 used Smooch Spritz sprays - "Tea Party", "Carrot Cake", "Gold Glow", "Emerald Sprinkle", "Sea Kiss" and "Mixed Berries". Lots of sparkle with these but it's more metallic than glitter in this spray::
Tag #1 used Smooch Spritz sprays - "Tea Party", "Carrot Cake", "Gold Glow", "Emerald Sprinkle", "Sea Kiss" and "Mixed Berries". Lots of sparkle with these but it's more metallic than glitter in this spray::
Tag #2 used Glimmer Mist sprays (Not the Chalkboard ones of yesterday but the originals) - "Oriental Poppy", "Copper", "Lemon Zest", "Lily Pad", "Moonlight" and "Fully Purple". Sparkle here too:
I did find that some of my Glimmer Mist sprays were VERY hard to spray --- not sure if it was how old they are or how they are stored... but I finally got them to work.
Tag #3 used Memories Mist - "Orange Juice", "Mango Lemonade", Margarita", Wheat Grass", Blue Martini" and "Merlot". My color selection was limited here as I only own a few of these sprays. A very matte finish resulted so I tried the water spritzing and metallic droplets here to get texture. Water droplets had little effect though, and the surface seemed to reject the Distress "Tarnished Brass". Also issues with two of the sprays which preferred to leak (HEAVILY) from the top to spraying.
Tag #3 used Memories Mist - "Orange Juice", "Mango Lemonade", Margarita", Wheat Grass", Blue Martini" and "Merlot". My color selection was limited here as I only own a few of these sprays. A very matte finish resulted so I tried the water spritzing and metallic droplets here to get texture. Water droplets had little effect though, and the surface seemed to reject the Distress "Tarnished Brass". Also issues with two of the sprays which preferred to leak (HEAVILY) from the top to spraying.
Tag #4 used Heidi Swamp Color Shine sprays - "Georgia Peach", "Gold Lame", "Mint Green", "Chartreuse", Tropicana Teal", and "Amethyst". This resulted in a metallic shine rather than a sparkle:
I'm totally out of brands of sprays to compare so I'll conclude this experiment with the observation that it's not so much that the torn tag technique requires a specific brand but that what impact you want the tag to have will define what type of spray you should use.
I'll set these tags aside, perhaps to find their way on a card in future.
I'll set these tags aside, perhaps to find their way on a card in future.
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