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attic244

Ink and Embossing Ranger U

Sep 25, 2006 23:04

Went to another Ranger U this past weekend. It followed pretty much the same schedule as last time, only longer and with more techniques than the first one I attended about six months ago (which one may want to revisit as I've updated that entry with scans of the work I did then). Started at noon on Friday (and I'd shown up late for work too; the ( Read more... )

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:) anonymous September 26 2006, 13:20:16 UTC

very very cool- glad you had fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

looks fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rachel

anonymous September 26 2006, 15:39:03 UTC

Hi T!

Are you going to show the boys and me how this is done? Incredible! I'm jealous u got to play for a day and a 1/2!

Julia

tamarai September 26 2006, 16:33:32 UTC

So much pretty!!! Thanks for sharing, hon.

attic244 September 27 2006, 02:24:12 UTC

Thanks! I enjoyed it!

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attic244 September 27 2006, 02:24:26 UTC

Thanks Auds! :)

anonymous September 26 2006, 19:17:27 UTC

These are great! How lucky were you to avoid the Sunday morning?! No fair! ;)

So, 2 questions... explain - very briefly - the spritz and flick, and the distress plaid.
I think I know, but I want to be sure!

Awesome tags, girlfriend!

~cat

attic244 September 27 2006, 02:18:10 UTC

I'm not even sure if you're going to see this! But, I shall 'splain.

Spritz & Flick: make a cup with your hand, spritz water into it, open your fingers and flick droplets of water onto the ink. Then dab water off with paper towel.

Distress plaid: brayer, baby, BRAYER. Use the small one. And then for the thin line? Ink just the edge of the roller. Et voila!

:)

misfitoys September 26 2006, 20:27:37 UTC

Heee! for the big T!

I really, really like the brushless watercolor. Do you do that with wet paper? Or spray the paper after you stamp it? Are the embossing powders put on wet ink from a stamp?

attic244 September 27 2006, 02:23:33 UTC

Love the big T! Actually, it isn't that big; just about palm size. :)

Brushless watercolor: ink stamp with several different colors (or just one if you so desire), then spritz with water. Stamp onto watercolor paper. You can generate about 3 images with just one inking. Cause after stamping onto the paper, spritz more water onto the stamp without reinking. Then stamp again. I like to stamp the image in black on top of the watercolored image to show what it looks like. Kind of like a colored shadow effect.

And yes, embossing powders are applied that way. You ink the stamp with embossing or pigment ink, which stays wet long enough so that the powder can stick to it. Then heat the powder until it melts. That's it!