Candle
Glossy Cardstock
Dye Ink
Brayer
Stamps
Acrylic Sealer [ buy it ]
Step 1.
Ink up your brayer with dye ink and start rolling it over your glossy cardstock.
Continue to do so until your cardstock is evenly colored.
Step 2.
Light your candle. Hold glossy side of cardstock over the candle, so that the flame touches it. Move the cardstock around quickly.
WARNING: Be careful! The edges of the cardstock will catch fire easily.
Continue "flaming" your cardstock until it's covered with an even layer of soot.
Step 3.
Take your stamp and press it onto the soot covered cardstock.
NOTE: Don't touch the soot-covered part with your fingers, or you will have fingerprints. The soot comes off easily.
Step 4.
Continue to add more stamped images if wanted.
Step 5.
Spray your image with acrylic sealer to prevent smudging.
You've seen the tutorial, now you try it! We've got a section of the gallery set aside for Colored Soot Stamping. Try this technique, then upload your artwork to the gallery. Show us your creations!
Have any questions about this tutorial? Any neat tips you've discovered that you'd care to share with the rest of us? Be sure and hit the comments link in the right-hand sidebar.
