A Tutorial Attempt

He asked his girl if she had a friend that his friend could write too, as his friend was sort of lonely out there in the south by himself. She said she had the perfect friend in mind and the friends of the friends started writing. Letters. The old school way to fall in love. A long-distance relationship that has lasted 37 years with many more to come. Happy Anniversary to the best parents in the world.

I wanted to something a bit different and new to me with sprays/mists. Shimmerz is having a Hooray for Halloween Challenge so I grabbed a few supplies, my new set from Schlosser Designs and created the above little number. (Original wreath concept found here.)

So here's my attempt at a tutorial:

 Start with watercolor paper, a punched circle, distress and pigment ink and a stamp of your choice.
Make sure your paper sized for just a bit of trimming on your final piece-
that way, where you spray is a bit more controlled.

 Stamp image repeatedly around circle.

Experiment by spraying Shimerz Vibez at different angles.
(Directly on top of the piece and/or one side or the other.)

And different heights from your paper.

The spray acts like water-the image looses its crispness

and takes on a muted effect due to the watercolor paper.

The number of spritzes depends on how deep you want your coverage and how well you want your coverage of color.

Remove the circle and spray lightly to tone down brightness of paper where the mask was.

If you've made it thus far, a reminder to you to enter my two giveaways found here and here! Thank you all so much for your kind words and wishes, and suggestions!

Supplies Used:
Paper: (Mustard Cardstock) Recollections, (Watercolor Paper) Archers
Stamps: (Furnishing Fun) Schlosser Designs
Ink: (Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress) Ranger, (More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie) Stampin' Up
Embellishments: (Vibez Spray in Penny Pincher) Shimmerz, (Brown String) May Arts
Tools: (Circle Punch) Creative Memories