Brayered Cards

Yesterday was a half day at work.  I was able to come home and get creative.  I decided to make my favorite type of card - A Brayered Card.

I decided to make a beach card.  I tried to take pictures along the way.  I made a total of three cards- to see them look at the last set of pictures.

Supplies: 

~White glossy paper     ~Sticky note     ~Stamps     ~Brayer     ~Sponges

~Several blue inks         ~Versamark     ~Scrap paper     ~White gel  pen
~Yellow or orange ink    ~Heat Gun       ~Fantastix "pen"

• Put scrap paper down to cover workspace.
• Stamp image on sticky note, positioning so that part of the "sticky" is still on the back side of the paper.  Or use a 2 way glue, letting become tacky. 
• Cut the image out just inside the outer edge.  This will help prevent a white outline around the stamped image after brayering.
• Stamp image on white glossy paper using Versamark ink.

• Cover image with embossing powder. Turn paper over and tap on the back to remove any extra power.  Any/all extra powder on paper.  A small paintbrush works well.
• Heat the embossing powder until shiny.
• Cover embossed image with sticky note image.
• Starting with lightest blue ink, evenly coat brayer.  Roll brayer over paper.  I find it is best to roll in one direction only to prevent the ink from re-covering the brayer.
• Continue to evenly coat the brayer with ink and roll on the paper until you obtain the colors you want. 

• Cover Fantastix "pen"(Q-tip will also work) with yellow/orange ink (I used Apricot appeal) lightly color the area where the light will shine out.

• Remove the sticky note covering the embossed image.  Color the light inside the light house.

• Using white gel pen, draw in waves- I used shaky lines.  I covered the rock area under the lighthouse to look like waves crashing on the rock.
• Let dry completely or use heat gun to dry inks on paper.
• Mat on cardstock.
• Admire your work of art!  

If you would like me to email you larger pictures, just let me know.