Brayered paper is easy to achieve...
...only your imagination limits you.
Brayered Paper can be used to wrap your presents in, make gift tags, and as beautiful backing papers for you card making creations.
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These lovely papers where created using a brayer tool and they are very easy to do.
It is a very simple technique to start with so here is how it's done.
Step 1
I have used....
Glossy photo paper,
Cosmic Shimmer iridescent Mica pigments.
Big and Juicy Ink pad and of course
the Brayer.
I have used an old newspaper under my photo paper, to aid the brayering, and to protect the mat.
It can be a messy technique...(well I make it messy!)
You will see that the ink pad I have used has several colors to it, and using the different areas can produce different backings.
Roll the Brayer up the colors rather than across them and that way they won't get mixed.
The Brayer will cover several areas of the ink pad, and this is what gives the paper it's uniqueness.
(This colorway is from the central area of the pad with the blue and purple)
Step 2
Roll the Brayer firmly up the pad, to load it, and then roll it from one side of the glossy paper to the other, several times to blend the ink.
Keep the roller in the same area on the paper as you do this blending.
Then roll another row the same way until you are at the bottom. Work on each area as you go down the paper.
When you have done that horizontaly then repeat the ink up and re-load process in a vertical direction.
You can see from the picture the kind of effect you will get, and the different colors on the pad are clearly shown.
Step 3
With the small brush add random streaks of the gold "Cosmic Shimmer"
Mica Powders
onto the brayerd paper...
...and then spritz it with some water to keep it moist.
Roll the Brayer again through the ink and the Cosmic Shimmer to spread it around the glossy paper.
Keep working it until you have a blend that you like, and if the ink dries out, then just spritz it again.
(Another alternative is to use the Blending solution as you work the ink)
Once the paper is dry then give it a quick pritz with cheap hairspray to seal it. It is then ready for you to use.
The picture does not do the brayered paper justice.
Because once the paper is dry the gold shimmer will be even more visible, and the result is sure to please you.
After all, you have just created your own special backing paper that no one else will have.
These three examples are made with the one ink pad, but rolling the Brayer through the different color areas gives the change in the blend.
The roller is removeable which means you can add other materials, such as elastic bands, bubble wrap and cling film, to it to create some stunning effects.
It also makes it easy to clean.
Have a play and experiment with your own brand of Brayered Paper.
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