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Joseph's Coat

MATERIALS

  Dye ink - bright colours work best, I use Ancient Page ink pads Black dye ink - Ancient page has a true black that works well
  Clear ultra fine embossing powder Stamp/s with bold patterns
  Clear embossing ink Embossing Heat Gun
  Soft rubber brayer White matt or gloss card

PROCEDURE

  Using a soft rubber brayer brayer brightly coloured ink onto white matt/gloss card, leave to dry for roughly 30 minutes.  If you are after a varied look (as shown in example to the right) then brayer in different directions - if after a more even toning then always brayer in one direction only, eg: up and down, but not up and down and  left to right..
  Ink up stamp with clear embossing ink and stamp image onto brayered card - as many times as you feel necessary.  Emboss images with clear embossing powder.
  Brayer entire stamped and coloured card with black dye ink and leave to dry - this may need several coats to cover colours underneath - keep brayering on more black ink until covered.  This can end up being a little soggy - so taking breaks of 10 mins or more between each coat is often a good idea.
  Using a soft tissue or cloth, softly buff the black ink off of the embossed images - this can take a while.

HINTS & TIPS

  Some black inks can leave you with a 'dirty' looking images as the ink can stick to the embossing. 
  The black top coat may actually need a few coats to cover up the colours underneath - you do not want to see any brayering - just the colour under the embossed images.
  Inks that are too dark do not work as well as bright colours for the base colour as they don't show up well against the black ink top coat.

 

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