71 ways to love your brayer

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71 WAYS TO LOVE YOUR BRAYER

RUBBER ATTACHMENT:

1. Stripes: using markers, make stripes on your

brayer (this works best if

you lie it on its back and turn the roller while

holding the marker) all the

way around until the Beginning And ending stripe

meet. Roll brayer across

your paper in whatever direction you desire.

2. Squiggles (technical term): Repeat the same

process as for Stripes but

make wavy lines instead of straight

3. Confetti/Dots/Raindrops: Randomly make marks onyour brayer with your

marker (you can use different colors) all over the

entire roller. Then roll

away.

4. Plaids: Same as with the markers for Stripes

except criss cross pattern.

5. Plaids: You could also outline the stripes for

your plaids with the

smaller tip of your marker to make the

plaid/stripes stand out more.6. Plaids: Rainbow/Kaleidacolor plaids are made

with the brayer being rolled

over a SPECTRUM PADS pad several times then

brayering over your paper. Repeat

as necessary for the desired depth of color and

surface coverage. Then repeat

the process in the opposite direction.

7. SPECTRUM PADS Backgrounds: Same as above just

don't create a plaid

design. This works great for those scenery or

landscape cards.

8. Reverse/mirror Image: Color your stamp, rubber

side up and roll the

brayer over the image several times, then roll over

your paper (works great


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with trees, flowers etc). You can also add this

technique to the above

SPECTRUM PADS backgrounds for a great scenic card.

9. Mirror Image: If you have an image that you want

to face each other say

the Pig from Farm Fun.....you would brayer over the

stamp like above and then

roll onto your paper then stamp the original pig

image nose to nose with the

first.

10. Kissing: Brayer over a background stamp like

Pindot./Plaids then use your

other stamps like the Seasonal Solid and stamp onto

the background stamp then

stamp onto your card stock - your solid stamp nowhas a design and you have

just multiplied your uses of one set.

11. Ghosting: Stamp an image on your card (say the

Snowflake from the

"Snowflake" set) several times in clear embossing

ink. (DO NOT EMBOSS) Then

brayer over your invisible images with regular dye

pad and your snowflakes

will start to appear.

12. BRAYERED SALT TECHNIQUE Use glossy card stock.Sprinkle table salt

lightly over glossy card stock. Ink up brayer (dye

ink pad). First, roll

brayer all over card stock to pick up salt.

Subsequent rolls will lay down

the ink. Brayer until desired effect is obtained.

MUST WASH brayer after each

use.

13. Resist: Works best with glossy paper, you will

need to choose your resist

medium, ink, wax or other. I tried with the

metallic pens (looked different)

What happens is that you color on the glossy card

stock with the pens anyway,

or pattern then you use the same technique as the


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ghosting by brayering over

with a different color. The pattern that you drew

or colored will not let

the brayered ink to absorb through the card stock

therefore comes the

resist". (this category could actually count for

about 10 different ways to

love your brayer as you are only limited by your

imagination on what you

choose as your resist medium) Others to try:

14. Oil colored pencils (work best with regular

matte finished papers);

15. Crayons;

16. Wax paper;

17. Metallic pens;18. Ink;

19. Resist ink;

20. Emboss ink (try the emboss pens to write a

hidden message)

21. Rubber cement;

22. Masking fluid

23. White out/correction pen;

24. Gel pens;

25. Wax resist sticks;

26. Deka paint (for fabric - much harder to do).27. Another "Resist" able technique: crumple a

piece of wax paper; iron (on

hottest setting/no steam) wax paper onto white card

stock (be sure to use an

additional sheet of card stock between the wax

paper and iron); press for

only 2-3 seconds - this will transfer the wax to

both sheets of card stock

(if you iron too long the wax will be absorbed into

the paper) Ink your

brayer and then brayer over card stock. The brayer

will resist laying color

where the was paper has left its design (makes a

great background paper)

28. Another variation to the above is to use your


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stylus tool and with the

wax paper on the card stock use the tip of your

stylus to write your own

message or draw your own design - brayer over to

reveal your design or

message.

29. Use your brayer for those big background stamps

to get an all over

inking.

30. You could also use the same technique as above

for those bigger solid

images that you want to emboss. Brayer over the

image with the emboss pad for

an even/smoother finish.

31. Put a piece of cheesecloth down and brayer overthe cheesecloth for a

different effect.

32. Try the same as above with lace doilies.

33. Lace

34. Bubble wrap

35. Brayer over a leaf (two ways to do this: place

card stock over leaf or

other nature finds and bring out the textured

surfaces below; or use the

reverse/mirror image technique to pick up thepattern of your nature find.)

36. Joseph's Coat: Brayer with a Spectrum pad and

cover the entire area of

your card (glossy works best). Emboss your image

with clear embossing

powder/ink on top of the area colored (this

technique works best with the

more solid image stamps like the tent from Roughing

It or the Kids Prints).

Then ink your brayer with Black or Navy (the darker

the better) and cover the

entire card again with this new color. Let the

overcoat of ink dry, then buff

the card with a paper towel to remove excess ink.

What happens is that your


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Spectrum color will then shine through. Just think

of a great landscape card

with stars in the sky and trees) WOW!!

37. Ink up your brayer with embossing ink and roll

over the entire card then

emboss with clear powder

38. Brayer an intense/brilliant color on glossy

card stock then use a speckle

background stamp and clear emboss ink, stamp then

emboss with Holographic

Highlights or other multi colored emboss powder.

When you heat it will bring

out the beautiful play in colors.

39. Liquid AppliquC)' Card. Squirt some Liquid

AppliquC)' onto the wax paperand roll it onto your brayer. Brayer a layer of

Liquid AppliquC)' onto the

daisy stamp in the Watercolor Garden set. You don't

need to have a thick

layer of AppliquC)' for it to show up. Stamp the

image on Naturals Card Stock

and repeat as desired. You may need to add more

Liquid AppliquC)' as you go

along. Heat your images with your heat gun to give

them a three dimensionallook. Use your pastels to add color to your flowers

and watch them pop off

the card.

40. You can brayer a background on shrink plastic.

41. Make a honeycomb background by brayering with

More Mustard over a piece

of bubble wrap.

42. Bubble Background - Brayer color onto glossy

paper, take a small bottle

of bubbles & blow bubbles in the air, try to

"catch" the bubbles with your

brayered cardstock. . It works best when you blow

the bubbles immediately

after you've brayered your background.

43. GOLD ENCORE RESIST - Stamp a bold image with


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Encore Gold Metallic Ink

onto white glossy cardstock. Take a paper towel &

rub all the gold off. Take

a brayer & roll it into a Kaleidacolor ink pad &

roll onto the glossy paper.

The gold images show though the rainbow ink. It

only works with the gold &

not the other metallic inks.

44. RAINBOW SOOT CARDS - Take glossy cardstock &

brayer a Spectrum rainbow

ink across the card. Light a candle & hold it very

close to the wick to turn

the card "black" with soot. Once it's covered in

soot, stamp an image (no

ink) into the soot. This allows the rainbow colorsto show through.. Spray

seal your work.

45. RESIST EMBOSSING - Emboss a few stamped images

with Top Boss Clear

Embossing Ink & Crystal Clear emboss powder. Stamp

the same image, or

different images, in several colors of pigment ink.

Emboss again with Crystal

Clear emboss powder (the powder will adhere to the

pigment ink). Rub a darkpigment ink color all over the entire surface (or

use a brayer)...this will

color the space between your embossed images. Rub a

tissue gently on the

embossed design to make it brighter. Emboss the

entire surface with Crystal

Clear powder.

46. RUBBER CEMENT RESIST - Brush rubber cement onto

the center area of a card

and allow it to dry. Ink a rubber brayer with a

multi-colored stamp pad or

brush art markers, then roll the brayer over the

card several times. Once the

ink has dried, rub the rubber cement off with a

rubber cement pick-up eraser


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or your fingers. The same technique can be used by

first coloring the card

with a multi-colored brayer, applying rubber cement

as before, and then

applying a layer of black ink or another solid

color with the brayer. Remove

the rubber cement for a dramatic look. In both

cases, a pre-stamped cut-out

image was then placed in the center area where the

rubber cement had been

removed.

47. STICKER PAPER - Stamp images on sticker paper

and color if needed with

markers. Cut out images and place on top of

brayered backgrounds. Brayer on apiece of sticker paper, then stamp an image that is

open (like a vase, Easter

egg, balloon, etc.)b&Cut out and layer.

48. Pearl Ex - Brayering - 1 Teaspoon of Gold PX *

1 Tablespoon Water * 1

Tablespoon Gold Acrylic Paint (if you don't have

paint, add 1 Tablespoon

Perfect Paper Adhesive) Brayer from a Spectrum pad

onto glossy cardstock.

Allow to dry. Mix the above list of supplies andput into a fine mist

bottle. Spray this mixture over the brayered

cardstock and let dry. Stamp

your image with our Basic Black Craft Stampin' Pad.

Emboss with black EP.

FOAM ATTACHMENT

49. Use your foam brayer for an all over airbrush

effect.

50. Use your foam brayer with your stencils.

51. Use with the spectrum pads for rainbow effect.

52. Use your foam brayer with markers for an

interesting look. I've heard

that you can make some great tortoise shell,

leopard or gemstone looks on


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glossy card stock.

53. You can also use the spritz technique with the

foam brayer for a

watercolor effect.

54. I am ordering the small organdy bags and making

them into sachet's with

potpourri. I know you can color them with the inks

and a brayer.

ACRYLIC ATTACHMENT

55. Roll out paper clay

56. Put rubber bands around brayer and ink up with

ink and brayer onto

cardstock

57. Put rubber bands around brayer and ink up withink and brayer in various

directions making plaid or various diagonal lines

58. Use your acrylic brayer to make sharp creases

in your card stock.

59. Wrap Saran wrap around your brayer for another

unique background

60. Wrap fabric netting around your brayer for

another unique background

61. Wrap the netting from bags of oranges around

your brayer for anotherunique background

62. Wrap cheesecloth around your brayer for another

unique background

63. Wrap string around your brayer for another

unique background

64. Wrap Yarn around your brayer for another unique

background

65. Wrap Crochet yarn around your brayer for

another unique background

66. Try the new Encore pads and rolling it out onto

liquid appliquC) for a

faux suede look.

67. Use your acrylic brayer to make sharp creases

in your card stock

68. Crinkle up a piece of Mulberry paper, ink, tip


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your brayer with the new

Encore pads and give your Mulberry paper that

gilded look.

69. Faux Suede - squeeze brown liquid appliquC) on

wax paper or aluminum

foil.

Roll the brayer until it is coated and smooth. Roll

and even coat of the

liquid appliquC) on your cut out -image (try the

gingerbread man die cut) let

it set for a minute then heat. This will give you a

nice suede feel. Try it

with different colors. But be sure to clean your

brayer right away.

70. Use your acrylic brayer with pigment ink onglossy (takes a little while

to dry) don't roll use a quick sliding motion to

brush the inked brayer

across the card stock, wiggle if you want (the

brayer silly!) You can make

some awesome plaids or sunbursts.

71. Try the same technique above but tap the brayer

around in different areas

for an all over color burst.

Shawn Smith

Independent Demonstrator for Stampin' Up!

bpaunt@a...

(859) 271-4544

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