Question on polished stone

[Soozie4Him]

I've been looking at all the links and stuff and it's very confusing. Some use alcohol inks, some use Metallic leafing pens, some mention metallic ink reinkers! What do I need to do this gorgeous technique? I have the Bold Brights reinkers, but I don't have a metallic ink refill. Which one do you think I should get??

Any help would be much appreciated!

Susan

[kimilou]

I didn't have any metallics either but was anxious to try the technique. I posted a card yesterday with links to direction but as you'll see ,I ended up doing something a little different. I use SU! reinkers. Some ladies even use a metallic pen but I don't know what brand. Have fun and be patient. It took me a few trys before I figured it out.Email me if you have any more questions about my post.


Gallery at Splitcoaststampers

[camsmom]

I have done it woth no metallic reinker, just regualr reinkers and it worked just fine.
Gallery at Splitcoaststampers

If you deiced to use metallic reinkers-they will smudge. To combat that, after doing the polished stone part, I used embossing powder and embossed-it added a bit of dimension to the bg, and sealed in the pigment ink so that it did not smear. Here is one I never uploaded (at least I couldn't find it in my gallery) that was embossed over the metallic reinker.

[girlie982]

There are different ways to do polished stone. I use metallic reinkers that I get from stampin' up. I pour rubbing alcohol on a plate. I put a cotton ball on a clothes pin and soak it in the rubbing alcohol. Then I turn it over and rub a little metallic ink on it. Then I put a drop or two of 2 or 3 different colors around the metallic ink. Then just turn it over and sponge it on glossy paper. You can use the same cotton ball on a few pages. It will lighten and give a different look. Then when the paper is dry I spray it with hair spray or a matte finish spray from Krylon. This will keep it from smudging. I hope this helps and you can make sense of it.