Fun with Dylusions
While this blog is rather low on photos and tutorials, I thought I would include a picture of some tags I made with Dylusions spray inks and black paint. I've added some distressed dots to the middle tag since the picture was taken. I had sprayed the tags with Vibrant turquoise Dylusions spray and had used the ghost stenciling and printing technique on them. Ghost stenciling involves spraying water through a stencil onto a surface that already has some water-reactive ink—such as Dylusions—on it. After ten seconds or so, you blot up the water, which leaves behind a stenciled image that is lighter than the surrounding inked surface. You can then take the wet stencil, turn it over onto a surface that also has been covered with some water-reactive ink and use the wet stencil to make a ghost "print." Just press with your hands or a brayer to make sure the stencil makes good contact with your surface. Blot up excess water with a so...