Paper Dye

Spray On Dyes

Spray dyes create complex dyed designs nearly effortlessly. I used this method to make my background paper, photo corners, and stamped title.

Tips
Prevent paper warping. Use a “block” pad of watercolor paper when dyeing backgrounds because paper still stuck to the pad won’t curl when wet.
Stamp with dyes. Rather than using traditional ink, I sprayed blue and teal dyes onto negative block alphabet stamps. Once the stamped title was dry, outlined the letters with a black fine-tip pen.

SOURCES Watercolor paper: Canson. Font: Modern Type by Autumn Leaves. Stickers: Marcella by Kay (on photo). Rubber stamps: Ma Vinci’s Reliquary (title). Dye: Ranger Industries. Pen: Staedtler. Fibers, compass: Club Scrap. Spiral clips: Scrapworks. Ribbons: May Arts. Punch: EK Success. Ink-jet photo paper: Epson. Adhesive: Glue Dots International.

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