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4 3/4“ x 6”
Card–Bazzill Green Tea cs
Matting–Judikins Glossy Black cs
Ribbon–Michael's Textured Trio
Stamps–Aud Designs
I followed Jan's directions. I stamped with VersaMark on white glossy cardstock. First I tried spraying with Stamp Zia watercolor sprays–citron, ruby, fire opal, garnet, and amber. Yeah, I got carried away. I love this stuff. However, it didn't work so well on glossy cardstock. I wiped away the excess, but you can barely see the stamped design. If you stare at it long enough, you can make out the images. (last scan above) Later I tried this on watercolor paper. That didn't work at all–pretty colors, but no resist.
For the green sheet, I sprayed with Adirondack Color Wash Sprays–lettuce, stream, denim, and lettuce again. It was gorgeous after just using the lettuce, but I can never leave well enough alone. Anyway, this time it worked much better. The second and third scans are the same sheet of cardstock. The third scan shows it after I overstamped it with Adirondack Meadow ink; it looks black.
I cut some of the sheet into strips to make this card. I edged the strips and matting with a Tombow black marker.
Jan, thank you for the challenge. This way of doing batik resist leaves out two steps I usually do (embossing and ironing!). Very cool. TFL. Daria
ETA: I added more sprays to the Stamp Zia sheet, and those are now in the last scan posted. First I added Adirondack Terra Cotta Colorwash to the entire sheet. I could see the images, but there wasn't much contrast. I pulled out a couple of old bottles of Tsukinkeo Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution and sprayed part of the sheet with Terra Cotta (what you see on the top) and the other part with Eucalyptus (on the bottom). Those worked beautifully. When they were dry, I buffed them with a clean dry cloth, and now they are shiny and beautiful.
Jan mentioned on the discussion thread that she had used Stamp Zia's Chroma Sprays and got good results. Perhaps it depends upon the amount of pigment in the spray. Perhaps I didn't leave the spray on the cardstock long enough for it to stain it sufficiently. In any case, I'm happy with what I have now. This is a terrific technique. Daria
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