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Hmmmm.. I've no stipple brush, but I AM going to be at JoAnn's at 10am... money in pocket hubby gave me this morning... wonder if I'll get in trouble.....
hmmm...don't have the SU stipple brush, but DH bought a whole box of assorted artist brushes at a garage sale a while ago, he figured I'd find a use for them...off I go to the attic now to find that box & see what's in there!
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Hey! I forgot to mention that if you have any tips...please share! Also, how do you clean this thing? Just water?
Thanks for asking this Julia! I don't own a stipple brush (yet) but I might find my way to some sort of craft store later today to get one. I would love to know how to clean it afterwards.
Hey! I forgot to mention that if you have any tips...please share! Also, how do you clean this thing? Just water?
Julia, I've cleaned mine before with just water, but you've got to clean it right away . Since then I've decided to get a whole bunch of brushes for the color types I use the most (ie: brilliant blue, navy, pixie/pink passion, bliss/bashful, etc). The dye inks tend to stain the bristles otherwise.
Great Challenge Julia, I'm going to try to play today. I love stipple brushes, I have four. I don't clean them. I use two for light colors and two for dark colors. They pretty much clean themselves. After finishing a project I just keep tapping them on plain paper until no more ink comes off. Here's a card from my gallery. After completing the card I stippled with Vanilla craft ink. I loved the soft results.
I have a set of the little small stipple brushes and I use them in color families as well...no cleaning, just keep pouncing until no more ink comes off the brush...this is wonderful technique to use for making a plain background look so much better! Off to make a card now...Thanks, Julia for today's challenge...
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Thanks for this challenge. I don't have the brush, but I just put it on my 'list' along with new dominoes. So I will try this sometime. Until then I will enjoy looking and learning from all you creative ones.
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Hey! I forgot to mention that if you have any tips...please share! Also, how do you clean this thing? Just water?
I don't know about SU's stipple brush, BUT!! The stipple brushes that are used by artists for stenciling (example) can be cleaned with just dishsoap and water (you can buy a brush cleaner, usually in a container that has a rough, bumpy lid to circle your brush on to work the cleaner into the bristles). If you clean the brush right away....water works just fine for the inks!! I just clean it against my hand. Don't be afraid to be rough with your circlular motions while cleaning....the brushes are made for that!!!
OH YEAH!!! Thanks for the challenge....have a whole lot of different stipple brushes that I use for painting. I've used them for my sponging on some cards (I have better control of how much color is added with the brush than the sponges!) Got a plateful today...but will try to squeeze this in!!!
You can wash your stipple brushes with soap and water. It really isn't necessary though if you use one for light colors and one for dark. If you don't have a stipple brush you can use almost any paint brush. Go out to your husband workbench and get one of the shelf. It will work.
One thing I have found a use for other than just running it over the ink pad for color...is to dip the brush lightly into reinker in the lid to give texture...like for a ground cover or dirt. You don';t want the brush to get too wet so don't dip into a large volume of ink. Spread the a little drop of ink around a little to create a light little area for dipping. I use my stipple brushes and scruffy brushes like to this and get great textures.
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I read the poem posted by Sonia at #237 here: Gallery at Splitcoaststampers and made a poster for my stamping room using the stippling on Roses in Winter once again! lol
-with brass templates; pounce brush in ink and shade in desired shape or you can do the same thing with PearlEx, just don't forget to seal it with hairspray or an acrylic spray
-you can also stipple ink directly onto a stamp, I imagine solid image would work best - something like the Great Shapes rectangle
Hope that helps ladies! I am off to the zoo! :mrgreen:
I use my stipple brushes on just about every card I make..
I have several so they in color familys, green,blues,yellows, reds,browns.I clean them buy running them across a wet baby wipe just like you would a brayer or just on computer paper. Cindy
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WT76 - Stipple your Fancy
This week the challenge comes as a request from lgp@alumni. Her request is to come up with some Ways to Use the 
