Sunset Brayer & Baby Wipes

I've been wanting to do this tutorial for so long.  I just love this technique.  I hope you do too.  It looks a lot more complicated than it is and you will find that once you do it, you will LOVE it!  Of coarse you won't be telling everyone who admires your art work how EASY it was to create.

Below is an example card front using the Baby wipe technique.

 

To recreate this card front you will need any brand of baby wipes as well as the supplies listed in the table below.

 

Stampin' Up! Part Number	Stampin' Up! Description
102599	Glossy White 8-1/2" x 11" (25 pc)
111542	Nature Silhouettes Stamp Set
100908	Chocolate Chip Stampin' pad
100071	Chocolate Chip Marker
105225	So Saffron Ink Refill
102931	Only Orange Ink Refill
103287	Real Red Ink Refill
102395	Brayer Handle with Rubber Attachment
-	2-3 Baby Wipes

To begin, spread-out a baby wipe on your work surface.  Place a couple of paper towels under the baby wipe as the ink will spread from the wipes onto your work surface if you don't.

You will be creating rows of ink using the ink refill, more commonly known as re-inkers".  For each color create 2 rows using 4-6 drops of ink for each row beginning with the darkest color first.

 

Row Number	Stampin' Up! Description	Number of Drops
1	Real Red Ink Refill	4-6
2	Real Red Ink Refill	4-6
3	Only Orange Ink Refill	4-6
4	Only Orange Ink Refill	4-6
5	So Saffron Ink Refill	4-6
6	So Saffron Ink Refill	4-6

For this example, 6 rows of re-inkers drops were created.

The 2 Most Important Tricks to this technique are

1. Use Glossy White Paper &
2. Roll in ONE direction only!! (No Rockin' & Rolling here.)

What is meant by #2, is that you DO NOT want to push the brayer forward and then pull the brayer backwards.  Select a motion for the brayer that is most comfortable for you.  Either only push the brayer over the ink or paper or only pull the brayer only over the paper or ink. 

Below is a little animation to illustrate this point.

 

Once the Brayer has been well inked from the baby wipe, repeat the same motion as shown in the animation on the Glossy White Card Stock.  Make sure the Glossy White Card Stock is placed on top of some paper, like the Stampin' Up! Grid Paper used for this example.  (No one wants ink on there work surface (LOL).)  To begin inking the Glossy White Card Stock, you will start slightly off the paper and end slightly off the page.  The picture below shows how the brayer has roller off the Glossy White Card Stock onto the grid paper. 

Don't you just love the colors?  Look closely, there are no lines or streaks just perfectly blended color.

In most sunset pictures the objects in the pictures are back light unless a fill flash is used, but we won't be discussing the technical aspects of photography today.  The point is that the stamped image will be all one color.  Typically a shade of black, brown or dark purple is used.  I prefer to use browns over blacks, so Chocolate Chip was selected for the stamped image.

Once the stamped images was created, the chocolate chip marker was used to add a little detail here and there.  The images was then mounted and embellished to create the card front shown below.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it.  Perhaps you are now inspired to create a few thank you cards for my Thanksgiving Card Challenge!

Happy Creating,

P.S. Don't forget to visit again on Thursday for BluePrints a weekly layout provided by www.StampThings.com !

Comments

[rose]

I am new to crafting. I am lost as to how you used the baby wipe. Did you drop the ink in the baby wipe? then lay the baby wipe on top of your glosy white card as you roll it making the color transfer? sorry if it sounded like a dumb question I am geniuenly asking :)
thanks

[Jeanne Nielsen]

Thanks for referring us to this tutorial. I have to say that my cards typically haven't turned out, but I think I was rolling back and forth -- not sure what effect that has but it certainly didn't help my cards so I'll try this way. Thank you again!

[Debbie]

This has to be the most stunning card I've seen in a while! Thanks for sharing on SUDSOL!

[michelle]

What a fabulous idea! and with beautiful results. thanks for sharing!