brayered background - stained glass demo

a couple of quick rules for brayering.

1. after inking your brayer, always run it first on scrap paper to get rid of the bulk of the ink.

2. the harder you press the more likely you'll get lines.

3. stopping the brayer while it's on your card and lifting it will also give you lines
(keep it rolling as you lift it).

4. practice, practice, practice!

to start my card, 1st thing I did was brayer from the bottom corner using my light pink ink. lifting the brayer as I got to the center.


I used a darker pink ink and brayered from the bottom left corner. at this point I broke the first 3 of my brayering rules in the hopes of getting lines and guess what??? I did!


next I used lavender ink and finished up, again trying to add lines.  pretty sloppy in the brayering world, but just perfect for our Stained Glass Stamps.

 

 


my next step was to dry the brayered ink with my heat gun, then I stamped P199 Stained Glass, using black pigment ink, aiming for the section with the best color. as soon as I lifted the stained glass stamp I immediately stamped my butterflies using the same black pigment ink. Then I embossed the black ink using clear embossing powder.


here's the finished card!

stamp designs available