Ink Smooshing to Create a Realistic Brick Background

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Ink Smooshing to Create a Realistic Brick Background

Hi everyone, Nancy here sharing a card I created using

some Scrappy Tails die sets!

I had planned to take some "in progress" photos for you
but I was having so much fun that I forgot! ;o)

Here's my card:

Here's what I did:

First, I make my kraft cardstock a slimline card base.

Next, I took three pieces of heavy weight watercolor paper.

I used the ink smoosh technique with my water soluble crayons.
If you're not familiar with this technique, I will explain.

With the red/rust/brown crayons, I scribbled on my glass mat.
I misted it well with water, and let it sit for a few seconds.

I then used a scrap piece of clear acrylic to pick up the color.
I then laid the acrylic onto the watercolor paper, transferring the color.
I continued this process until I had a final colored piece that I liked.

Then I set it aside to dry.

I repeated this process with various greens,
and then again with some blues/purples.
When the colored watercolor pieces were all dry,

I proceeded with my die-cutting.

I cut the Slimline Brick Background Metal Craft Die twice.
Once from plain watercolor paper, and once from my red colored piece.
I took all the bricks from my red piece and mixed them up.

I then laid Tape Runner adhesive all over my kraft card base,

leaving the small border edge clear.

First, I laid the plain watercolor frame onto the adhesive on the card front.

Then I proceeded to place all the red bricks back into the plain frame.

This way there is not uniform shading, and it looks more like a brick wall.

It was so much fun to do!