Art day and birthday celebration

My art friend Cris came by today and we celebrated her birthday. Yep, she got one of my quiltlets for her birthday.

After a lunch I made of eggplant, tomatoes, bell peppers, and basil from my garden (guess I could share the recipe some time), I wanted to try a new technique I had read about several months ago on ABC. I can't remember who told us about it, and for that I apologize, but it sounded so simple and easy.
Supplies for this technique are, from left to right: various book pages, card stock, distress ink reinkers, water in a spritzer bottle, heat resistant craft sheet.
I put one drop of two colors (walnut stain and blue jeans) in three places. Later, I learned this was way too much ink and you only need ONE drop of ink at a time.
Next, I spritzed each drop with water. Again, way too much water and ink.
This was the fifth piece I dropped into the mess I made on the craft sheet. I had already put four pages from books on the dye/water concoction and ink was dripping on everything, including my camera. I finally grabbed the card stock and started "sopping" up the ink. A funny thing happened about that time. Brown and blue turned a muddy green.
So the next time around, I placed ONE drop only on the craft sheet and three spritzes. I used a paint brush to push the dye/water mix around. Cris only wanted one color, so she suggested blue.
This was my favorite piece. I made it using the tiny splotches left on the craft sheet after each time I colored a page. I kept turning the page until I got everything colored.
Cris took time out to take a call while making her magnets. You can see some of the pages I made using this technique.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to experiment further using book pages and this technique because we needed room in my tiny craft space to make Cris's 48 magnets. However, there's always another day.