

So all I did was ink the paper directly with the stamp, or use refill ink drops, or the spray stain. And in a “happy accident”, I made a pretty close oxide distress look!! I added 1 tblspoon extra of the glue to her resist because I substituted for modpodge matte instead. I LOVE this woman’s creative brain! Seriously, she is a crafting goddess/guru because of her talent, creativity, and zippiddy-do-da-day attitude! Lol I just now tried out her resist spray and it’s works! Though I see a difference for me when I circular rub sponge it and pat down sponge it. I have a f aux distress oxide look tutorial here if you care to try and not buy:)ĭon’t forget to use Lava soap to clean up your hands afterward! Happy crafting! For those if I had to guess I’d mix liquid watercolor and white gouache.
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I also got asked about Distress Oxide Inks and I actually bought the full set of reinkers and pads for the first 24 colors because the pads can be used up quick and I use it like paint direct from the pad. They are fast drying and fade resistant, I reckon you could use gouache and equal parts glycerin and distilled water (or drugstore rubbing alcohol) to reink them as you want a thinner pigment ink essentially but as I mentioned before if you really rely on an ink pad (especially a color you stamp outlines with and them color with wet mediums) I would get a reinker but if you are just going to trash it when it runs out then give the homemade version a try. I have nothing against them, I just already had lots of pigment and dye inks by the time they became popular. I hope you found this compilation of recipients useful! I had a couple of people ask me about DIY hybrid reinkers and honestly I couldn’t tell you because I don’t use hybrid ink pads. *You can also use denatured alcohol to revive dried up alcohol pens. I alternate using Staz-On Reinker and Denatured alcohol because if you get too much reinker on the pad it feels sticky. If your inkpad is used up you will get a faint impression but if it is just dried out this will reconstitute the ink. I use about 15 drops and let sit an hour before using. *This will also work for old Mica Magic Ink pads, this is great on black paper!ĭirections: Apply to dry or sticky stazon pad. *For metallic ink use metallic gouache or Pearl Ex (see below)ĭirections: Add ½ teaspoon of pigment powder to the ink pad. If the ink feels too thick spritz with distilled water or drugstore alcohol. For a disposable option you can add reinkers to a baby wipe.ĭirections: Take a pea-blueberry size dab of gouache and add 5 drops of glycerin, mix well with a palette knife and apply to dry pigment ink pad. *This is great for making custom rainbow and ombre inks. *I used 2 lids that Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg stamp come in and hinged them together with washi tape:)ĭirections: Cut the felt to size and ink up with the appropriate ink! A shallow container such as clamshell packaging.For pigment or chalk inks you need Cut and Dry Foam (more expensive on Amazon).For Dye inks you need Cut and Dry Felt (more expensive on Amazon).Easy peasy and with 64 colors in the $10 chalk set you probably won’t have to mix colors! You will make a cream consistency slurry or ink.


That will allow excess water in the watercolor to evaporate.ĭIY Embossing ink: Glycerin *Use in pace of embossing re-inkerĭIY Ink Refresher: Fill a 4oz spray bottle with water and 1 Tablespoon of glycerin, shake and spray on dried out dye ink pads. If the inkpad stamps splotchy or seems to juicy leave uncovered for a few hours and do a test stamp. Directions: For children’s ink pads mix liquid watercolors to desired share and drip on ink pad.įor adult stampers ink pads add 1 drop glycerin to every 2 drops liquid watercolor (mix to achieve the correct color) and apply to inkpad.
