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Thanks so much for sharing. While I can afford to buy some more supplies, at some point enough is enough. Have all of the items in your video, gave it a try and I'm very happy with the results.
gauche paint works better then acrylic. Mix gauche paint with water color paint and a bit of glycerin or not. Then rub the paint on and then spray with water drops and it oxidizes. Also it doesn't dry permanent like the acrylic does and is always open to water. It is darker on dark card stock. When hit with water it glows like regular oxidizing distress inks. I just happened to have all the distress ink refills so all I did was take some of that and add guache paint to it, Shake up and it is exactly like distress oxide and stays open to water and you can add layers. Pigment ink is guache paint with dye ink and glycerin. Tim Holtz tells us it is pigment mixed with distress ink. Guache paint makes pigment ink. Also you can buy his stamp pad stuff that makes stamp pads. Then go on ebay and buy these tiny little plastic containers and put a piece in that and put your homemade distress oxide ink in it and it will last like a regular ink pad but acrylics will dry out fast and make them not so usable.
We can always rely on you to come up with the good ideas! Just a thought; I wonder if it would look chalkier (is that even a word! Lol) if the acrylic was swopped for gouache?
Gouache is an opaque form of watercolour - I don't use it. Probably the only type of paint I don't! However, if you want to try it, swap out with the watercolour paint or you will lose the qualities of the acrylic that you need. Alternatively, try adding some talc to the mix!
Brilliant!!!! This is a 10. I wonder if you use qouache instead of watercolor...might give more of the chalky effect like the distress oxides....or i have some acrylic qouache and try mixing with regular watercolor. I'm in the midst of moving (to Spain!) and most of my supplies are packed.
createinspain Either Barcelona, but there's a lot going on there. Or Madrid, one of my favorite cities. I'm going for a year, after I sell my apartment here. Any suggestions?
Thank you so, so much! I have been wrecking my mind to find an alternative for these inks without success. I love how they blend so nicely but certainly can't afford them neither have them shipped to Brazil and pay extra 60% of customs. I have some questions about durability. If I add some glycerine do you think the mixture could last a bit longer in a diy pad? Thanks again! 🤗
Hi Sandra thank you for your creativity especially with regards to providing an alternative cost effective option to distress oxide inks. I was just wondering of vegetable glycerin is acceptable to use for this project?
@@createinspain Thank you Sandra I really appreciate you feedback and I will try to let the community know by posting on this thread in case anyone else is ever curious ☺👍
I'd been wondering how to get the effect, but didn't like the intense chalky look. I'll be having fun experimenting with this. I like how you have covered the whole table with vinyl. I use a teflon oven liner, but the largest size I have seen is 16 x 24. Being able to cover the whole table would be great. One Ranger product I do really like is that circular blending brush. The pads are inexpensive and last a while. You can even wash them out.
I'm not keen on an overly chalky look either. The ranger blending pads are great, I've not been able to find a comparable sponge to make my own but if I want any more handles, I have a son who loves wood working! :) I'm still experimenting with table coverings - my surface is not hard to clean anyway but I certainly would not normally just put paint straight on it! :)
You are my favorite crafter! Your like a scientist and crafter all in one. What type dryer are you using? I ran across this video on the day my distressed oxide inks are to be delivered. Will give this method a try and may be sending those expensive inks back!
Thank you! The dryer is an old travel hair dryer! My heat gun for embossing is one from Lidl. Have you watched my videos on making your own polymer stamps? :)
createinspain Oh yes I did! It's those videos that started me watching! After several viewings chickened out and decided to buy the kit with intent of buying polymer gel stuff if I do all I say I'm going to do. The double sided tape for micro powder was ingenious!!
I think that the biggest issue with the kits is probably frustration when you have used up the consumables without getting many (if any) usable stamps. It isn't the fault of the kit per se, but the process is not cut and dried, there are too many variables. I don't know if they have ever updated the instructions, I hope they have.
Thank you for this video.It has saved me a bunch of money" I don't have" I brought some acrylic paint for my Birthday from The Range and glycerine last year. so I have picked up some water color paints Thank you. Your Awesome xxxxx
If watercolour lifts off with water, and doesn't cover dark coloured paper.. then why even include watercolour? Why not just use acrylics with glycerine?
You are missing the point of the distress inks in the first place. People WANT the reaction with water. Won't often be needed on dark backgrounds anyway.
