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09-05-2006, 03:37 PM
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Stampin' Fool
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,445
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color spritzer???
Hi,
I have been looking at that funny black contraption in the SU catty. A color spritzer used with markers. How does it work? Does anyone really like it and use it a lot? I've been thinking of getting one.
(Would it make a Xmas card that looks like it has snow falling if you used a white marker?) (if they make a white marker).
Thanks
Denise
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09-05-2006, 03:47 PM
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Insane Embellisher
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 940
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It blows a puff of air across the tip of the marker so the inks splatters onto your paper. I think this was originally discontinued by the original maker, so I'm not sure who makes it now. But, it was kinda cool. I hardly ever use it.
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09-05-2006, 04:38 PM
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Kookie Creator
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Transplanted from Seattle to Toledo, Ohio
Posts: 391
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I have the original "Blow Pen" from when my big kids were little. It makes a nice splatter background.
Shelley~
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09-05-2006, 05:34 PM
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Inking Addict
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ct
Posts: 79
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someone has a blog on how to use it I think prairie paper & ink has a blog
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09-05-2006, 05:48 PM
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Hardware Hotshot
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Just south of the twin cities(MN)
Posts: 4,155
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I was going to buy it but......I figured out that I could just use a toothbrush:
Lay your image that you want speckled on a paper towel to protect your worksurface.
Take your reinker and drip a drop or two on your toothbrush.
Next brush your toothbrush along the edge of a scrap piece of cardstock, so that it splatters onto your image.
You will get little speckles of ink similar to what you get with an Air Gun!
HTH
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09-05-2006, 06:30 PM
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Die Cut Diva
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Southern Maryland
Posts: 3,594
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Quote: Originally Posted by krabearkub I was going to buy it but......I figured out that I could just use a toothbrush:
Lay your image that you want speckled on a paper towel to protect your worksurface.
Take your reinker and drip a drop or two on your toothbrush.
Next brush your toothbrush along the edge of a scrap piece of cardstock, so that it splatters onto your image.
You will get little speckles of ink similar to what you get with an Air Gun!
HTH |
Hey Kurtis, how about a tutorial to show us how to do this? <wink> I love the tutorials you do and would love to see what you could show us with this!
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09-05-2006, 07:23 PM
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Pearl-ExPert
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: nova scotia
Posts: 2,161
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Quote: Originally Posted by krabearkub I was going to buy it but......I figured out that I could just use a toothbrush:
Lay your image that you want speckled on a paper towel to protect your worksurface.
Take your reinker and drip a drop or two on your toothbrush.
Next brush your toothbrush along the edge of a scrap piece of cardstock, so that it splatters onto your image.
You will get little speckles of ink similar to what you get with an Air Gun!
HTH |
What a great idea. I had to read this about 3 times before I understood what you were talking about but finally get it. However did you come up with that idea?
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09-06-2006, 06:41 AM
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Pearl-ExPert
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 2,539
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Quote: (Would it make a Xmas card that looks like it has snow falling if you used a white marker?) (if they make a white marker). |
I don't think they make a white watercolor marker; if they do, I don't think it would show up on dark paper. And I don't think you'd want to use something with a pigment ink because the spritzer thing can suck a little of the color from the marker back into it and it might end up clogging the air hole.
However, a bit of craft reinker on your toothbrush and you can do what krabearkub suggested earlier. Or, I've done it with just cheap white acrylic paint - pour a little into a pallette or onto a piece of scrap paper, and dip the toothbrush into it. (Okay, it works with ANY color paint, but if you want it to look like snow...)
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09-06-2006, 11:00 AM
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Compulsive Stamper
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 34
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Quote: Originally Posted by krabearkub I was going to buy it but......I figured out that I could just use a toothbrush:
Lay your image that you want speckled on a paper towel to protect your worksurface.
Take your reinker and drip a drop or two on your toothbrush.
Next brush your toothbrush along the edge of a scrap piece of cardstock, so that it splatters onto your image.
You will get little speckles of ink similar to what you get with an Air Gun!
HTH |
that's why I love this website! I would have NEVER thought of doing this! 
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09-07-2006, 09:29 AM
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Polyshrink Goddess
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 745
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I saw this item demo'd a few years back and I wondered if you could just use a bulb syringe to do the same thing.
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09-07-2006, 11:37 AM
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Pearl-ExPert
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 2,539
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I don't think just a bulb syringe would work - the spritzer holds the pen so the air kid of blows through or over the tip of the marker. With the bulb syringe, it would be pretty hit or miss trying to get things to line up and work.
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09-07-2006, 02:05 PM
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Polyshrink Goddess
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 745
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I guess you'd need three hands to do that with a bulb syringe! 
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09-07-2006, 02:49 PM
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Die Cut Diva
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicagoland, IL
Posts: 3,646
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Would it make a Xmas card that looks like it has snow falling if you used a white marker?) (if they make a white marker).
There is no white marker, but you could use your aquapaiter filled with bleach to make white splatters on colored cardstock. Just be careful not to get any splatters on your clothes or other items that you don't want bleached. Also make sure that you pour out the bleach out of the aquapainter and rinse it after you use it, though you might want to reserve that particular aquapainter only for bleach use in the future. (I'm not sure how, but I think I read somewhere that if you leave the bleach in it will damage the auqapainter)
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09-09-2006, 04:50 PM
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Compulsive Stamper
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Huntington, NY (Long Island)
Posts: 42
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I use the color spritzer all the time..its like having a minature ink work art tool that is way easier and less expensive i love it!!!
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09-09-2006, 05:16 PM
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Polyshrink Goddess
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NH
Posts: 638
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undetermined
I bought one and have to honestly say I don't use it. I thought it would be something I would use all the time but, I don't.
Kelley
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09-11-2006, 09:54 AM
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Kookie Creator
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Circleville Ohio
Posts: 485
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white-out might make nice snow. Paint spattered with a toothbrush is great!
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09-11-2006, 11:03 AM
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Splitcoast Challenge Hostess
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Duluth, MN
Posts: 8,906
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If you use bleach, test the cardstock first because not all cardstock turns white when bleached.
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09-26-2006, 05:33 AM
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Polyshrink Goddess
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: 14 shipping days from SU :(
Posts: 609
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Since I got mine, I use it on EVERYTHING !!
I just love it & am glad I bought it
smoosh28
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09-26-2006, 09:36 AM
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Die Cut Diva
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
Posts: 3,077
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Mine should be here any day 
At our last stampers 10 our demo demo'd the spritzer tool and I ordered it that night. I cannot wait to play some more. Was a no brainer for me to order!!
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