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Thursday, October 15, 2015

101 on Mixed Media Mister Techniques

Hello dear Stamper friends:

I discovered recently the line of "Mix Media from DecoArt"...
I got these "Media Misters"..

and here it is a 
101 Tutorial on Mixed Media 
Mister Techniques

This is a LONG TUTORIAL ...

I will be sharing today  
10 different fun techniques using the "Media Misters"
to create amazing backgrounds and incorporate these backgrounds onto finished cards.

And I will add at the end 4 more techniques done by Andy Skinner and shared over at the "Mix Media Decoart blog"

BACKGROUNDS 
USING THE MISTERS



CARDS 
FROM THESE BACKGROUNDS



ONE BY ONE...

TECHNIQUE #1; 
WITH A "DRY" BRUSH 

- Spray a "heavy" rainbow sample of colors onto  heavy cardstock
- Drag color upwards with a DRY brush


Final background result



TECHNIQUE #2; 
WITH A BRUSH AND WATER

-Mist "lightly" sparingly some green and blue colors onto  heavy cardstock
-Immediately, Paint with water. With a WET brush paint in various directions


Final background result


 Card using this background
Detail



TECHNIQUE #3; 
MISTING WITH WATER 

- Spray two colors onto  heavy cardstock and spray water as well to dilute color

Final background result

Card using this background

detail




TECHNIQUE #4; 
Dripping and Misting
 WITH "SHIMMER" MISTERS

- For the "blue and green" background move cardstock around to create "drippings"
- Add "Shimmer Mister" to add some sparkle


Card using this background

  
detail



TECHNIQUE #5; 
WITH PLASTIC WRAP

- Spray some blues onto  heavy cardstock
- Place INMEDIATELY over it some plastic wrap with lots of wrinkles, let dry (overnight if possible)
- when dry lift plastic and reveal background


Final background result


Card using this background


detail


with left over background make some bookmarks or tags



TECHNIQUE #6;
USE DIES AS STENCILS/MASKS

-Die cut a shape: bird cage
-place onto paper as a mask
-Mist lightly with green and blue
- lift  "mask"



TECHNIQUE #7;
USE NOZZLE  to create SPLATTERS

- remove nozzle and drip some ink to create splatters

Final background result


TECHNIQUE # 8:
WITH LEFT OVER INK 
on Craft sheet

-place watercolor paper (for texture) onto craft sheet and soak left over ink  from any of the last techniques
- turn over to reveal background


Final background result:


Another background result using the left over ink.
From Technique #3: plastic wrap with blues


Card using this background


 Detail: using the "bird cage" die that we use as a mask on technique# 4 (dies as stencils)


TECHNIQUE #9
WITH Coarse SEA SALT

- Spray a  sample of colors onto heavy cardstock
- Sprinkle "Coarse" Sea salt and let it dry overnight
- wipe away salt



Final background result

Card using this background


Detail

another Background using same technique


Tag/Bookmark using this background



TECHNIQUE #10; 
WITH BABY WIPES

- Spray 3 colors (blue, green and purple)  onto  heavy cardstock
- with a "wrinkled"  baby wipe, tap the paper several times to lift color and make texture


Final background result

Tag/Bookmark using this background


 Detail

view of the trio of tags



4 OTHER TECHNIQUES
from  Andy Skinner

For some other neat techniques see video below from Andy Skinner;
he will go briefly on how to use these misters over

GESSO


CRACKLED Paint



ROLL OF PAPER TOWEL


USING A BRAYER AND A STENCIL




INFO on misters: 
these misters come in 12 PERMANENT colors... 
8 "regular" colors and 4 "Shimmer" misters
The colors are very vibrant and deep in comparison to other brand names of misters out there.


A last view of the group cards



I hope this extensive tutorial 
will inspire you to try at least one of these techniques

Remember keep on crafting 
and discovering new outlets to express yourselves, 


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Thanks for the visit...
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32 comments:

  1. This is so super cool Bibiana. All the end results looks fabulous, and the colkors you used for them is amazing too.
    The most fun thing about seing this is, that these techniques is not even new, only to papercrafting, but I recognize several of them here from many years ago, when I was silk painting, where we used m,any of the technicques too, I just never thought of using them here in papercrafting too, which is actually fun, as now it seems sooo obvious to use many of these here too. And one thing is for sure, it looks really good, and I´m definitely going to try it, and even have several of the items to use for it from back then.
    Have a wonderful week-end and thanks sooo much for opening my eyes, when I couldn´t do so myself LOL.

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  2. Thanks for those ideas and the link to Andy. On technique no 3 did you cut the gold card out yourself or is that a die. Couldn't see anything that matched in your list at the end. Gorgeous dies you have used too.
    Hugs, Net xx

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    1. I did cut myself with a paper cutter the papers on the gold card. no die was used...
      thanks for visiting
      bibiana

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  3. I don't like too much mixed media (and I never use this kind of technique) , but your cards are fantastic!

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  4. Tu es très généreuse de nous montrer tout celà, merci !

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  5. Lovely seeing all the backgrounds and then how you used them. Some really great cards.

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  6. et moi qui jette mes papiers que je trouve pas top.... maintenant , grace à toi , je fais m'en servir merci bises

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  7. Wow Bibiana a lot to take in here today. So many beautiful backgrounds and techniques along with the cards you created. Beautiful.

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  8. Woww Bibiana que padre post, cuando llegue ami casa lo leere cada técnica con toda la calma del mundo y lo pondre en practica por lo menos un jijij junto con mi princesa le encanta!!! mil gracias por compartir este hermoso post !!!
    Saludos...

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  9. merci pour tous ces partages, A+

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  10. Very interesting I like doing mass back grounds and just letting the cards develop like yours are doing here .......Lis

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  11. Great tutorial. Thanks for having it all in one place. I'm wondering how you get your paper to lie flat. My watercolor paper is always wrinkly. Can you iron them?

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  12. merci pour tous ces tutos !!
    tes cartes sont très belles
    bises

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  13. vraiment genial tous ces fonds, merci pour le partage, bisous

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  14. Bibiana Your lovely tutorial came to me from another blog. I'm so glad that I came and looked. I love the variety you have achieved and as I have been creating backgrounds in many ways I will be sharing your creative loveliness with some of my readers too.

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  15. Oh my these are fabulous, my favorite it the one with the plastic wrap, I pinned it to pinterest so I can go back and check them out when I want to try them, thanks for sharing!

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  16. Superbes toutes ces techniques
    Bravo
    Bisous de France

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  17. Merci Bibiana pour toutes ces techniques. Toutes tes cartes sont superbes.
    Bisous

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  18. Wow some amazing techniques ! Love the results x

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  19. merci beaucoup ma tite bibiana pour tous tes tutos
    de superbe technique et un rendu trop trop magnifique
    j adoreee encore merci gros bizou et doux dimanche

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  20. Merci pour ces tutos, cela prouve que même les fonds qu'on ne juge pas "réussis" peuvent faire de bien jolies cartes.. je les regarderai autrement maintenant !

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  21. What a beautiful grouping of cards. I loved how you let us peak at the unfinished backgrounds. You turned them all into beautiful pieces of artwork. You are truly talented Bibiana.

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  22. Superbes toutes ces techniques Bibiana ! Il n'y a plus qu'à tester ! Bonne semaine à toi ! Bises

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  23. waouh tu as le chic pour tout faire en beauté bravo
    bisous

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  24. J'adooore, il ne me reste plus qu'à acheter des sprays! C'est trop beau!!
    Merciii
    Bisous

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  25. OMG !! Magnificos trabajos. Bellos todos ellos por Dios no hay de donde escoger manitas de artista!! Todos los elementos usados son preciosos!!

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  26. Les Secrets de ChloéOctober 28, 2015 at 7:46 AM

    Superbes réalisations et techniques, bravo!!!
    Bisous

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  27. Qué hermosísima entrada! Gracias por compartir tantas técnicas! Algunas conocía pero otras no!!!
    Tal vez mañana publique tarjetas con ese hermoso troquel que me enviaste y voy a incluir el link a esta entrada porque me parece muy útil! Un abrazo!

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  28. C'est toujours très intéressant de revoir tes anciens tutos ! Merci !

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  29. Merci pour ces tutos, je pourrai patouiller à l'aise avec les encres. Des techniques qui offrent un beau rendu sur les fonds et c'est assez tentant... Bises

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  30. Merci pour ces techniques, j'aime beaucoup et je vais essayer.
    Scrapamitié

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Thanks so much for visiting my blog!...AND Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post today...It keeps me motivated!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me, I will be more than happy to answer them.
THANKS again, Bibiana