I was planning to have a Blog Candy Give-Away when my page views reached 100,000, but then I got busy and wasn't paying attention to my stats and I looked and I had gone over 100,000! But I'm not planning on waiting until I hit 200,000 page views so I'm having a Blog Candy Give-Away now. Here's what you could win:
- A full package of Sweater Weather DSP
- A full package of retired Certainly Celery 8 1/2" x 11" Card Stock
- Affection Collection, a retired stamp set that creates amazing vintage and collage stamped cards.
- A retired embossing folder featuring a central oval shaped wreath
- A full roll of Island Indigo Chevron Ribbon
- Remnants of three rolls of retired ribbon
Here's how to win!
Leave me a comment on this blog. I'll give you until Saturday, March 15 at midnight to comment on whether or not you have ever used a brayer and how you liked it if you did. At midnight I will use a random number generator to choose the winner. I will contact them for their information and ship the package off to them!
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Brayer Techniques
My technique classes this week are all about using a brayer and I wanted to share one of the techniques we will be using. This one is called "Ghosting" and it is a form of emboss resist. First, take a look at the card:
- I started by stamping the little dandelion seeds on the Very Vanilla oval shape, die cut using the Ovals Collection Framelits, with VersaMark ink and heat embossing them with clear embossing powder. The dandelion seed image is from the Summer Silhouettes stamp set.
- I inked up the roller with Pink Pirouette ink and brayered that colour all over the paper. I could see the little seeds pop as the coloured ink revealed them.
- I inked up the brayer again with Crisp Cantaloupe and rolled it on the top of the oval. I went over it again with the lighter colour, Pink Pirouette, to blend the line between the two colours.
- I stamped the silhouette from Serene Silhouettes in StazOn Jet Black ink. StazOn is not resisted by the embossing powder as it is a permanent ink.
- The design on the Crisp Cantaloupe paper is from Summer Silhouettes and is stamped in StazOn ink as well.
- I matted both panels with Soft Suede and added a bow made with Victoria Crochet Lace Trim and a Antique Brad. When placed with a glue dot at the bottom of the oval, it added just the right balance and character.
I'm planning one more Brayer Technique so tune in tomorrow for the results!
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