All of the samples shown here created by Jackie Parkins and were
done using the "drop ink on the paper, cover with another
paper and smear with your fingers" method.
You will need 2 sheets of freezer paper (glossy or matte cardstock
doesn't work well, the paints dry too quickly on it), and some
eyedroppers. Get some paint into the eyedropper and drop a few
drops of several different coloured paints here and there on
the shiny side of the paper. Put them relatively close together,
but not necessarily right up against each other. When you are
satisfied that you have enough colours, put the other sheet of
paper, shiny side down, on top and rub the paints with your fingers.
You can sort of see through the paper and see which way they
are going.
When you have enough of
the paper covered, you may not get all of the paper covered,
lift a corner of the top paper and pull it away. Pulling it in
different directiosn will create different effects, and you can
also move the top paper around as you are rubbing the paints
for another effect. The paints do mix together, so too much rubbing
will muddy the colours.
Viola!! Beautiful background paper!
Or paper to stamp directly on. But wait for it to
dry completely before stamping and embossing.
You can also, instead of
drops of paint, make swirly lines and things, and get a different
look. Experiment, have fun, the possibilities are endless. And
it doesn't take very long for the paints to dry on the paper
either. And using the eyedroppers you won't use alot of paint.
One bottle goes a long way.
I have even put some drops
of paint in a clean styrofoam meat tray, about 1/2" inch
away form each other, and used a brayer to make rainbow backgrounds.
If you want to re-use the tray wash it, or at least put it in
water to soak, as soon as you are done, though, because once
the paint is dry is it almost imposible to get off of the tray.
I use a different
eyedropper for each color and put them in a glass with about
an inch or so of water in the bottom, so they will be easy to
clean when I am through. It really does make some beautiful papers.
Lumieres are an acrylic paint and will
dry to a "non-porous"
(ie non-absorbent) finish. To effectively stamp on a non-porous
surface, you need the right inks/paints!!! Here are a few ideas
from Tyra Smith that will help you out.
1. Use a Cut 'n Dry foam pad, spread
the color of Lumiere's on it that you want to stamp with...and
use the Lumiere paint as your "ink" for stamping. You
will effectively be stamping WITH acrylic paints on TOP of acrylic
paints and it should work fine.
2. Use a permanent ink pad for stamping,
such as Ranger Decor-it inks, Ranger 213 inks...I think there
are probably other brands of permanent inks on the market, but
those are the ones I'm most familiar with.
3. A cool alternative which works well is to use the Brilliance
Pigment ink pads to stamp with. These ink pads do not act as
a traditional "pigment" ink pad does.
They
WILL air dry on non-porous surfaces, which include but are not
limited to: plastic, glass, shrink plastic, transparencies, etc....
And they come in some really awesome colors that do include several
shimmery "pearlescent" colors.
So, as logic would deem...if the Brilliance ink pads will air
dry on plastic...they should easily air dry on top of dried acrylic
paints.
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