Today for Second on the 2nd, I’m going to share with you today a post from 4 yrs ago about a technique that I simply love.
Without further ado here is the post from December 2010…
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I am totally hooked on this “new to me” technique. I’ve seen it in a magazine, You Tube, blogs etc. Trust me…this technique has been around the block a time or two. Of course, I am super late in actually trying it but I had said I wouldn’t buy any new art supplies. Well…technically I didn’t buy a new art supply, I bought a concentrated cleaner. That counts right!?!? Anyway…Since not everyone on the planet has read about it I’ll tell you what I did. It is so simple and has such cool results. A word of caution…this will be messy…protect your surfaces, hands and clothing.
First you take the CitroSolv concentrate full strength and pour a bit into a small container. I used a foam brush to apply it directly to the front and back of the National Geographic pages I wanted to use. The more ink on the pages the better. After slathering on the CitroSolv to as many pages as you’d like…close the magazine and walk away for about 20 mins or so. When you come back…put on a glove and start opening the pages…they will likely fall right from the magazine as the CitroSolv seems to un-glue the binding as well.
I hung my pages to dry with clothes pins overnight. I painted a few pages with CitroSolv before going to bed to see if the effect would be any different. The effect seemed a little more “muddy” to me rather than having the cool bubble effect. Still totally usable papers…just different. 
These are some of my favorites but as you can see below…I ended up with a bunch of fun papers to play with. 
Now this is a technique that I have never seen before. Thanks for sharing it for a second look today AND for the awesome badge you created!
I’m STILL in your debt, dear friend. First for the badge and second for the BIG container of CitraSolv you gifted me with one year. I still haven’t opened it, even after I finally found where I put it (grin). One of these days after that stinky, headache-y turpentine is gone. I adore your pages. You and Patty seem to have capitalized on them. They make fantastic backgrounds, and I adore the bubbles you got from yours.
Thanks ever so much (AGAIN) for all you do for me, and for sharing this great technique during Second on the 2nd.
i totally adore the results you achieved!!
i always wanted to try this… but they won´t ship this product to Germany and when a friend of mine was in the USA and bought me one, they pulled it out of her suitcase to throw away… not allowed to bring out of the Country. bummer!
I’ve heard of this process but not really paid much attention. Your pages and clear instructions make me want to give it a try. Have to find out where they sell the product.
Darla
You make me itchy to get out my supplies again Halle.
Your pages are wonderful…such fun isn’t it.
I definitely need to do this outside and found I had to air my pages out in the garage for a few weeks before I could bring them inside…which makes me wonder who and how this stuff can be used for cleaning indoors?
No matter it works so beautifully on those Nat’l Geo pages.
Fun to revisit your post.
oxo
This is great. I put it in a sprayer and now I just read that spraying in the air can be harmful. It binds with badstuff in the air…FYI. thank you for the info