I decided to play around with this technique the other day, as it's quite fun and I hadn't done it in a while. Here is a step by step guide with pictures for you to follow should you *dare* to try it.
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Tools You will need:
Glossy Cardstock
2 re-inkers that compliment each other (I used Twilight and Crystal Blue)
1 metallic re-inker ( I used Platinum Planet)
Versamark
Stamps
Isopropyl alcohol (I used 99% variety)
Gloves if you don't like alcohol getting on your hands
Cotton Balls
First you get a sheet of glossy paper and stamp it with versamark using your desired image and then set it aside to dry. Now you may want to stamp it and let it sit overnight to really dry. You can try to heat it with a heat tool to speed the process but keep it moving or it will warp the glossy paper. I have stamped with snowflakes on the paper above, although it's a little tricky to see.
Once your images are dry, take a cotton ball....lightly wet it with alcohol. Then apply some drops of the re-inkers to the cotton ball. Sorry for the blurry cotton ball apparently my camera didn't know I was doing a tutorial and the cotton ball was the center of focus not my hand.
Then dob, smear, smoosh, (I know not exactly the proper technical terms here but what can I say!!!) whatever technique get's you the desired look you are going for. You can go back over areas that are not to your liking as well. Then I take a dry cotton ball and repeat the dob, smear, smoosh deal till I really like what I see. The versamarked (is that a word???) snowflakes resist the ink and stand out making it look cool.
This is the final product using my custom made patterned paper. I stamped the elf using Staz-on, then layered it on a piece of scalloped CS. I stamped the "snowflakes" and the little snowflake in White Daisy pigment ink. I tied a little white hemp around the card and called it good. I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial and I would love to see projects that you come up with.
