Colour prints using a stamping block

Unusual for me, I didn't want to stamp or be creative in the normal way, so decided to make some backgrounds for future use instead.

I cut a couple of pieces of A4 300 gsm card into four quarters and lightly spritzed the surface with water

On an acrylic stamping block, (place a piece of kitchen roll under the block), I've used dots of three shades of Ranger Distress Paint. The colours I have used here are: Speckled Egg, Salvaged Patina and Prize Ribbon. I lightly spritzed the paint dots and then moved the paint around using the non brush end of a paint brush.

To take the prints, I lay a piece of the spritzed card over the top, smoothing it down and then took the print. Each print became lighter and in some places the paint was nearly non existent, so I added another spritz of water, to move the paint around, till there was no more paint left on the block.

I set the prints aside to air dry fully and cleaned the stamping block of any residue paint, so it was ready to use again.

For any body that reads my posts regularly, you'll know that greens and blue shades are my favourite colour combinations, so I look forward to uisng these backgrounds in the future.

Top Tip: When saving the backgrounds for future use, in pencil write on the back of each one, what shades of paints or inks you used, or write it on a post -it note and cliip the prints together. It makes it a lot easier than relying on memory when writing your blog posts