At Home with Aida - Paper Market

Hello scrappers and welcome to At Home with Aida. First off ?? Happy Chinese New Year and may the Lunar year ahead be filled with much happiness and prosperity for you and your family !

Today let me take you through a simple splatter technique that?s very popular, one you may have seen on layouts in online galleries. It?s really easy to master and all you need is a few minutes of practice and some patience to get the effects you want. For scrappers attempting art journals or collages, this is one more way of adding color to your pages.

Below are the items I?ve used : a small paint brush, a pencil, mists or watered down paints of your choice, cardstock or pattern paper.

To start : load up the brush with the color by dipping the brush fully into the mist or watered down paint. Hold the brush over your paper and gently tap with a pencil. The harder you tap, the the bigger the splatters, gentler taps make tiny splatters. Layer 2 to 3 colors one after the other, beginning with the darkest color to create depth.?It?s essential to understand 1)bigger brushes can hold more liquid and thereby make larger splatters 2)holding the brush higher over the paper results in a wider area of splatter. Experiment and practice on rough paper to see the effects you get with different brush sizes as well as how high you hold the brush above your paper.

I totally LOVE splatters of Heidi Swapp?s Color Shine Gold Lame as it adds a subtle, translucent sparkle when you splatter it over paper. And try splatters over pattern paper, not just cardstock !?Taking this another step : misting water over the splatters creates a dreamy, washed effect.

This is my layout where I wanted light pink splatters with subtle gold hints. I?ve used papers, stickers and brads from My Mind?s Eye Collectable.

Close up details :

This is another layout using Heidi Swapp?s Mint Green Color Shine for splatters. Papers and stickers are from Basic Grey?s Bow Ties.

Splattering is great fun, you can even get the kiddos to do it on their art work.

Thank you for joining me this Monday and enjoy your long weekend with family and friends, keep safe in this wet weather !

*xoxoxo* Aida

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