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Tips & Technique 16
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Fun with Reinkers by DT Katherine Saw
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You can create interesting background patterns with reinkers. Here, I used two complimenting colours, watercolour paper and a mister.

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Drop a few drops of ink randomly but well spaced out - some big and some tiny drops. You can use a clean dropper and add a bit of water onto certain drops to slightly dilute the ink for better movement.

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Next, tilt and move the inked paper around so that the ink will move about to create patterns.

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Then spritz the inked paper with a mister and you will see interesting patterns formed. I used the heat tool to speed up the drying process and got this...
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Add some finishing touches - stamp, distress, embellish, etc - and this is what came out of it...
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Materials used: Inks: Nick Bantock Reinker, Tim Holtz Distress Reinker, Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads Pen: Zig Writer Stamp: Inque Boutique / Hero Arts Others: Ranger Inkssentials Memory Foil Tape / SnC Embossing Powder / EK Success 3D Dots |
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