There are soooooo many different "tools" in our arsenal as greeting card makers...and you all know, I love a good tool...(yes I said tool)...that I decided to get familiar with them...at least the ones I already own (hint, hint...no purchasing of new tools just to blog about them...exactly who am I kidding).
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| Stampin' Up! Item# 141714
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| Much better 2nd result...needs just a lighter touch |
This blog is going to focus on the brayer. Ok, let's get the "formal stuff" out of the way... Wikipedia says, a brayer is a hand-tool used historically in printing and printmaking to break up and "rub out" (spread) ink before it was "beaten" using inking balls or composition rollers. The word is derived from the verb to "bray", meaning "to break, pound, or grind small, as in a mortar".[1] A brayer consists of a short wooden cylinder with a handle fitted to one end; the other, flat end is used to rub the ink.[2] In the late nineteenth century the term was mis-applied in the United States to a small hand-roller, "used for spreading ink on the inking table, and for applying it to the distributing plates or rollers connected with presses".[3] Such small rollers were sold as "brayers" from at least 1912[4] and later in the century the term was applied in the U.S.A. to hand-rollers of all sorts and sizes. It retains its original meaning in Europe.
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| 1st try using the brayer...wasn't too happy with the results |
Fast forward to modern day and we now have the foam rollers. These all-purpose Roller Foam Brushes are perfect for a host of arts and crafts applications including painting, applying glues and varnishes, antiquing and more. They work well when sponging an embossed image or making a background in card making.
My first attempt I wasn't too happy with...although I could find a way to utilize this end result, but I totally loved my 2nd attempt. Leave me a comment on your experience using the brayer.
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