Unused supplies

What have you bought and then never used but would like to know more about?

For me, it would the brayer. Although I recently used it to stamp a
large photo stamp, I don't really know what to do with it. I have a
small rubber brayer from Speedball with no other attachments.

Jeannette

Jeannette Marsala wrote:
What have you bought and then never used but would like to know more about?

For me, it would the brayer. Although I recently used it to stamp a
large photo stamp, I don't really know what to do with it. I have a
small rubber brayer from Speedball with no other attachments.

Jeannette

I actually took a class in brayering at our local stamp store (sadly,
just going out of business this month). I will scan in some of the
backgrounds we did and send the link to the newsgroup tonight. I'll
include instructions in the email. Check back!

Barbara

OK, here are the brayer-made cards I promised, and the directions to go
with them. The pictures are "brayer_bkgd_1" and "brayer_bkgd_2" at:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drbarb03/album?.dir=/2d50

Enjoy! --Barbara
=====================
Note 1 - all are stamped on white glossy cardstock unless otherwise noted.
Note 2 - glossy cardstocks can differ. I've had colors come out
differently and brayer differently (ie. "smoother" look versus ink
"pooling" in places) depending on where I got the cardstock.

[A]
-Stamp leaf in green pigment ink
-Stamp leaf with resist ink over the green (not perfectly lined up is
better)
-Allow inks to dry, then brayer over with Big 'N' Juicy pad colors of
your choice

[b]
-Stamp ferns with resist ink
-Allow inks to dry, then brayer over with Big 'N' Juicy colors

[C]
-Tear a piece of scrap paper into three pieces:
1
2
3
-Mask the top and bottom of cardstock with pieces 1 and 3. Brayer over
cardstock. Let dry. (In the example, I made a curve with the brayer,
following the line of the area I was coloring in, roughly).
-Mask center with piece 2. Brayer over cardstock with different colors.

Orange/pink/purple was a big 'n' juicy pad, I think the other rainbow
pad was kaleidescope or something, can't remember for sure.

[D]
-Brayer over cardstock with ink from big 'n' juicy pad.
-Lightly spritz bleach onto cardstock with spray bottle. Let dry.

[E]
Brayer ink onto background stamp, then stamp the stamp onto cardstock

[F]
Brayer ink onto vellum. Let dry. (I don't remember for sure, but we
*may* have spritzed the inked vellum with water. In any case, heat set
to dry unless you want to wait a long time). Layer vellum over card.

[G]
-Brayer background color onto cardstock.
-Put dots of another color onto cardstock with paint marker.
-Spritz with water, let dry. (Cardstock will curl, but straightens back
out as it dries).

[H]
Same as [G], but set crinkled Saran Wrap on top of cardstock after
spritzing with water and let dry, then peel off Saran Wrap (carefully -
you can see that I tore the top layer off of the card stock in a couple
of places removing the plastic wrap).

What have you bought and then never used but would like to know more
about?

A wire thingy. I can't think of the name, but it has a "board" with holes
and some peg things that you put in the holes then you run wire from peg to
peg and it makes a shape or word or whatever. Spent $$$ for it and bought
extra wire just knowing I would use it and have never even put a peg in the
board.

Cecelia

I used the wire jig once when I first bought it. Matter of fact, I can't
remember where it is at the moment. I couldn't seem to find any patterns
other than the couple it came with.

Jeannette

A brayer is something I've used a little bit, but know there are so many
other things to do with it. I did figure out that if I use it to ink my
detailed stamp the image is much clearer.
--
Kenda
(remove nospam to use email addy)
http://community.webshots.com/user/kendalee101

"Barbara Hass" wrote in message
...
Jeannette Marsala wrote:
What have you bought and then never used but would like to know more
about?

For me, it would the brayer. Although I recently used it to stamp a
large photo stamp, I don't really know what to do with it. I have a
small rubber brayer from Speedball with no other attachments.

Jeannette

I actually took a class in brayering at our local stamp store (sadly,
just going out of business this month). I will scan in some of the
backgrounds we did and send the link to the newsgroup tonight. I'll
include instructions in the email. Check back!

Barbara

OH what great techniques!! I'm going to have to try some of these, if not
all!
I have a question, is "resist ink" the same as embossing ink? If not what
is the difference and where can you get resist ink? TIA

--
Kenda
(remove nospam to use email addy)
http://community.webshots.com/user/kendalee101

"Barbara Hass" wrote in message
...
OK, here are the brayer-made cards I promised, and the directions to go
with them. The pictures are "brayer_bkgd_1" and "brayer_bkgd_2" at:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drbarb03/album?.dir=/2d50

Enjoy! --Barbara
=====================
Note 1 - all are stamped on white glossy cardstock unless otherwise noted.
Note 2 - glossy cardstocks can differ. I've had colors come out
differently and brayer differently (ie. "smoother" look versus ink
"pooling" in places) depending on where I got the cardstock.

[A]
-Stamp leaf in green pigment ink
-Stamp leaf with resist ink over the green (not perfectly lined up is
better)
-Allow inks to dry, then brayer over with Big 'N' Juicy pad colors of
your choice

[b]
-Stamp ferns with resist ink
-Allow inks to dry, then brayer over with Big 'N' Juicy colors

[C]
-Tear a piece of scrap paper into three pieces:
1
2
3
-Mask the top and bottom of cardstock with pieces 1 and 3. Brayer over
cardstock. Let dry. (In the example, I made a curve with the brayer,
following the line of the area I was coloring in, roughly).
-Mask center with piece 2. Brayer over cardstock with different colors.

Orange/pink/purple was a big 'n' juicy pad, I think the other rainbow
pad was kaleidescope or something, can't remember for sure.

[D]
-Brayer over cardstock with ink from big 'n' juicy pad.
-Lightly spritz bleach onto cardstock with spray bottle. Let dry.

[E]
Brayer ink onto background stamp, then stamp the stamp onto cardstock

[F]
Brayer ink onto vellum. Let dry. (I don't remember for sure, but we
*may* have spritzed the inked vellum with water. In any case, heat set
to dry unless you want to wait a long time). Layer vellum over card.

[G]
-Brayer background color onto cardstock.
-Put dots of another color onto cardstock with paint marker.
-Spritz with water, let dry. (Cardstock will curl, but straightens back
out as it dries).

[H]
Same as [G], but set crinkled Saran Wrap on top of cardstock after
spritzing with water and let dry, then peel off Saran Wrap (carefully -
you can see that I tore the top layer off of the card stock in a couple
of places removing the plastic wrap).

Wire writer Cecelia? I have one, but find it's difficult to use. I just
free hand the wire.
--
Kenda
(remove nospam to use email addy)
http://community.webshots.com/user/kendalee101

"Cecelia" wrote in message
news:bqtze.94769$gc6.48804@okepread04...
What have you bought and then never used but would like to know more
about?

A wire thingy. I can't think of the name, but it has a "board" with holes
and some peg things that you put in the holes then you run wire from peg
to
peg and it makes a shape or word or whatever. Spent $$$ for it and bought
extra wire just knowing I would use it and have never even put a peg in
the
board.

Cecelia

Kenda wrote:
OH what great techniques!! I'm going to have to try some of these, if not
all!
I have a question, is "resist ink" the same as embossing ink? If not what
is the difference and where can you get resist ink? TIA

My pad is Ranger Clear Resist ink manufactured by Ranger Industries. It
says, "Clear Resist ink is non-toxic, acid free & was specially
formulated to repel water based dye inks on gloss paper." I'm not sure
if embossing ink would work as well if you let it dry first. I've never
tried it! A quick google brings up a ton of order-online type sites
where you could get the ink if it isn't available locally.

Barbara

Wire writer Cecelia? I have one, but find it's difficult to use. I just
free hand the wire.
--
I think that might be it. I should get it out and play.

Cecelia