Friday 30 November 2012

Butterflies & Brayer by Jayne Davies

Brayer inspiration by Jayne Davies


Hi all. Well this theme had me a bit beaten as I’ve never used a brayer in my paper crafting before! Still I thought I’d give it a go and this is what I came up with:

                            


 Ingredients
SplodgeAway mat/ easy ink card and butterfly swirl mask
Persimmon, mustard seed and mowed lawn distress inks
8”x 8” card blank
Dark green card 19.5cmx 19.5cm
Copper mirricard 19cmx19cm
Copier paper
Creative expressions Art Phrases stamp set
Dark green glitter embossing powder
Copper liquid pearls
Metal butterfly charm
Versamark ink
Fancy yarn
Recipe
Layer dark green card onto front of card blank then layer the copper mirricard on top of it. Put to one side. Cut easy ink card to 18.5cmx18.5cm.  Fix it to craft surface and tear the copier paper into strips, positioning them in sequence over the easy ink card. Leave spaces in between the strips and fasten them down to surface (not onto your card!) Once all the pieces are in place lay down your 3 colours of distress ink side by side on your splodgeAway mat and ink up your brayer. Brayer the ink diagonally across the strips and card and keep inking until the desired effect is achieved.
Remove the paper strips, ink around the edges of the card and then  lightly all over to soften the harsh stripes. Ink up the butterfly mask and place face down in position on your patterned card before running it through a manual die cutting machine. Sprinkle embossing powder over it and heat set.
Stamp chosen sentiment with versamark, emboss and heat set. Wrap a few strands of the fancy yarn around the panel at the left hand side and tie in a knot, leaving long ends. Mount onto the layers on your card blank and add the butterfly charm to the yarn before trimming it to the desired length.
Finish by adding liquid pearls to highlight the butterfly images.


Like using the masks as a ‘stamp’ and embossing it – lovely effect. Why don’t you experiment with different colour combinations. Hope you like it and thanks  for looking. Hugz, Jayne xxxx



6 comments:

  1. Hi Jayne. WOW love this effect. I have this mask and this could be my challenge for the day.

    Val in Spain xxx

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  2. Well done Jayne. Great first attempt. I copped out of this one as I hadnt used brayer much!x

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  3. This is gorgeous Jayne and fab for your first go with a brayer! I love the colours huggles hun well done you its lovely see you soon xxxxx

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  4. Jayne this is amazing, I have never tried brayering so must give it a go. The mask looks really effective embossed x

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  5. Hi Jayne have just seen your card, I don't know how I missed it. I think this makes a really good background effect. Lovely card Nanna Jayne. Xx

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  6. Hi Jayne have just seen your card, I don't know how I missed it. I think this makes a really good background effect. Lovely card Nanna Jayne. Xx

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