Monday, February 10, 2014

Brayer comparison

I'm still working on my white embossing.  When I used the hard rubber brayer (red one), I got a halo around my image.  When I used the soft foam brayer (black one), the ink transferred right up to the image.
 
It took repeated brayering to get a nice image.  When I was satisfied with the results, I wiped the excess ink from the white embossed image with a tissue.
 
 
When the ink had dried completely, I used an acrylic template and craft knife to cut a circle of the finished product.  I didn't have a die that was large enough for this image.
 
These circles were quite large, so I chose to just adhere them to a white card base, with a simple sentiment.  The top 2 are on glossy paper and the lower 2 are on matte paper.  You can control the intensity of the color by the number of times you brayer on the ink.





6 comments:

  1. Beautiful! TFS your technique and results.

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  2. These are gorgeous! I need to find a brayer. :)

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  3. Wow! These are gorgeous! I need to dig out my brayer. :)

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  4. You really kept at this and the end result is magnificent Velda!

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  5. Pretty. Like your white embossing & brayer technique.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  6. These are very lovely. You inspire me to get my brayer out again. And I need to try the white embossed technique too. Thanks for the push.

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