Buying storage seems crazy when you have lots of boxes and lots of paper and paint.
I needed ink storage. I ’m not as careful and thorough as I once was, but, “Ta Da!”
(Washi tape is not sticky enough.)
Oct2
An Ink Box
Tag Archives: ink
Jan16
Try, Try, Again
I recently tried dissolving inks with Citrasolv, a degreasing agent I discovered on You Tube. The artist using the solvent was Froyle Davies, and I have become a big fan of her collage work.
After watching her video. I immediately ordered a small bottle of Citrasolv on Amazon, together with a few empty little spray bottles.
Froyle, along with several other You Tube artists, I learned, dissolves the ink from the pages of National Geographic Magazine. The ink moves and makes bubbly designs.
I didn’t have any Nat Geo’s on hand, so I searched for glossy pages from other publications.
I tried three colorful catalog pages, one from Southern Living and one from glossy South Park Magazine, as well as a local sales circular.
I laid them all out on a plastic trash bag in the garage and gave them a good spritz of Citrasolv. I checked them in 20 minute intervals to see what happened. Basically, they went from wet to dryer to dry. The ink didn’t move.
The Citrasolv did make the garage smell like an orange processing plant!
Feb3
Ink Lessons
Sharpie fine point permanent markers work better on glass than Sharpie pens.
I can clean Stazon ink off glass and stamps with alcohol, so no wonder it smears with alcohol inks. I’ll have to find something else to use with them. Memento looks good, and so does Ranger Archival ink.
Metallic gel inks look good under glass and can be used to highlight images before decoupaging them. (See the navy and white gem.)
Alcohol inks can be used to color Diamond Glaze. Sharpie ink can be used on top of that when it dries. (yellow gem)
Stamps are expensive. Simple designs can be drawn with permanent ink pens. Look for Memento pens (heart gem)
The best way to stamp glass gems is to ink the stamp and very carefully press the gem to the stamp. Pick the gem straight up from the stamp. (butterflies gem)
Jan11
A New Experiment with Glass Gems
I bought tiny rubber stamps (used, on eBay,) and a pad of permanent ink. I stamped these tiny roses on the back of one of my glass gems.
I was inspired by a rectangular piece I saw on Pinterest. The inspiration piece used alcohol inks, but the accompanying article also mentioned using Stickles glitter glue. I don’t have alcohol inks, (yet,) but I did buy this 3 pack of Stickles on clearance at Michael’s a couple of weeks ago. Since baby blue AND pink are the 2016 colors of the year, I thought it a wise investment. I think I would’ve liked the gem better in all white. It needs some touch up, too.
Here’s a link to Pantone: https://www.pantone.com/color-of-the-year-2016