Make your own Blending Tool.... ...and Save Money.
Save yourself a fortune and make your own Blending tool.
Do you like to use inks on your creations, maybe to make your own background papers or just to add a vintage look to the edges?
And do you find that the blending tools available in the shops are rather expensive especially when you would like several of them?
I use lots of different types of ink in many, many colours and so I like to have the equipment ready to hand for when I change the colours.
And, maybe like you, I can't afford to go out and buy them at the prices in the shops.
So here's what I did.....
I bought a long length of wood form the DIY shop, that was 4.5cms wide by 2cms deep.
(1 3/4" x 3/4")
I had the length of wood cut into small pieces, to make blocks that are 3cms wide (1 1/2") and had the top of each one drilled with a counter sunk hole.
I bought a pack of wooden cupboard door knobs and some screws.
Make sure the screws fit through the wood into the knobs, and assemble them together....
...and this is what you get.
A nice neat and easy to hold tool for all your needs...
but it's not quite finished yet....
For the next step you will need some strong stick on Hook and Loop tape, (Velcro) and a sheet of white felt.
Cut the velcro to fit the bottom of the block and leave it to set really hard overnight.
Make sure you use the part of the velcro that the felt will stick to. Keep the other part somewhere safe as we will need this in the future.
Cut the white felt into pieces that will fit the bottom of the block, and these will now attach to the velcro for you to use.
And there you have a whole lot of your very own blending tools for a fraction of the cost of shop bought ones.
Store them together with your inkpads.
With a marker pen write, on each block, the colour of the ink you have used it for, and save it just for that particular ink.
Now your colours will never get mixed and when the felt pad gets worn out you can simply replace it with another one and you're good to go again.
I bought a long length of wood form the DIY shop, that was
I bought a pack of wooden cupboard door knobs and some screws.
...and this is what you get.
For the next step you will need some strong stick on Hook and Loop tape, (Velcro) and a sheet of white felt.
Cut the velcro to fit the bottom of the block and leave it to set really hard overnight.
Cut the white felt into pieces that will fit the bottom of the block, and these will now attach to the velcro for you to use.
And there you have a whole lot of your very own blending tools for a fraction of the cost of shop bought ones.
Store them together with your inkpads.
