ADIRONDACK DABBER RESIST TECHNIQUE
These little acrylic paints are really easy to use because of the lack of mess, but play around a bit to see what you can do with them. This is a fun technique which Tim Holtz demos.
What you'll need
Adirondack Dabber in a LIGHT shade - it has to be a Light for this to work. I've used Snowcap in the example.
Water based, non-permanent dye inks - I've used Adirondack Purple Twilight in the above example.
Cut'n'Dry Foam or Felt - whichever you're happiest with
Stamps
Baby wipes
Heat tool
LOTS of protective paper and/or a non stick craft mat
Rubber gloves if you don't like inky fingers.................
Instructions
Start by priming the dabber. Shake the bottle well. If it's a new bottle, add a touch of water to it before shaking - the Lights are always a little thicker in consistency and can easily stand a little water added to them. This also helps them to flow well. Inside the bottles is a valve mechanism which only works when the dabber tip is pressed down, so press down several times until the paint starts flowing easily. This can take a while the first time you use them, so be patient - next time you use the paint, it will flow much more easily.
Dab the paint onto the Flower stamp (Simple Expressions) being careful not to add too much. Stamp onto the card - I used Matte board in the sample above, so I had to be really careful that the stamp didn't slip. Stamp a couple of times if that fits in with your design. Heat set
Using the Cut'n'Dry, apply ink all over the top of the card; a circular motion works best. When finished, take a Baby Wipe (or a wet cloth) and gently remove any ink covering the acrylic stamping. I used Adirondack Purple Twilight on this sample.
Ink up a text stamp (Time to Stamp from the Da Vinci Plate) with the same ink you used to add colour to the page, then stamp randomly. Ink up the flower stamp and again, stamp randomly. Heat set, or wait to dry.
Take the text stamp again and randomly dab with the Snowcap dabber - only in small uneven areas to create a fragmented effect - stamp once onto scrap paper, then over some of the text and part of the flower that you'd previously stamped.
I like the effect this gives and the white text over the top really does seem to finish it off.
Here are some more samples of this technique:-
This one is a woodgrain effect. To get that, after priming the dabber, before it flows too freely, just apply paint in vertical lines on the card (or tag, as it is here). Allow to dry, or heat set, then apply dye ink (in this case it was Frayed Burlap Distress ink) over the top with Cut'n'Dry. The Vertical lines create the woodgrain effect.
These two tags were made by Dot Hay
You can also see the same technique on this updated version of an Envelope book here.
These are the inner pages of the Tag book
This is the same technique demoed with Mountain Rose ink and edged with Mountain Rose and Hazelnut Dabbers
