in LOVE with...DIY archival pads...

I like products with multiple uses...

if you have archival reinkers...

you know they are for reinking your pads...

that's pretty obvious...

use #2...

use them with rubbing alcohol for awesome arty backgrounds...

I've done many posts about this technique...

it's a fun one with really great results...

if you need a technique refresher, 

here's a video from CHA...

compliments of Scrap-Time...

use #3...

reinkers are really good for 

tinting embossing paste, 

to create custom colors...

reinkers add very little fluid volume, 

so they don't change the consistency of the pastes...

now we have use #4...

custom archival ink pads...

oh yes! 

seriously...

IN LOVE...

here's the first custom pad I made...

you'll see a small stripe of 

the potting soil reinker 

toward the far left...

then some tree branch reinker...

the next is the fern green reinker... 

and on the far right 

is the lighter/brighter

 leaf green reinker...

I had this tree stamp in mind to use 

& it's so easy & adorable...

here's my scrap piece, that I used for the test...

I LOVE the progressive variation in the colors...

blending from one to the next...

I'm sure I'll be using this pad a lot, 

since I use lots of leaves in my projects...

using this pad will be an easy way to add shading/variation to leaves & stamped images...

here's the second pad I made...

I used only 2 colors of reinkers on this one...

to the left is watering can...

and the other half is tree branch...

it's a gorgeous combo!

I also used a third pad & 

added plain old rubbing alcohol...

it may evaporate rather quickly, 

but it's a cheap & easy fix 

to add more alcohol, 

to reactivate it...

I'm anxious to see how long it lasts...

do you want to see how I used that alcohol pad?

I guess you'll have to come back on Monday...

I'll have a tutorial then, 

showing a fun background technique...

have some 

specialty stamping paper 

ready to go...

it works very well......

hmmm...

what other color combos should I try?

red geranium, tiger lily, dandelion?

some blues?

with violet?

or hydrangea?

orange blossom, tiger lily, buttercup?

orange blossom & tea rose?

forget-me-not with leaf green?

so many color possibilities!...

thinking...

thinking...

thinking...

I'll see you on Monday 

with a new technique to use 

when YOU...

make art!

wendy

WAIT...

here's a sale code to use at Funkie Junkie...

when you checkout, just enter 

gettoknowus

for an extra 10% off the prices!

it's good 'til August 31...

congrats to Linda on acquiring eclecticPaperie!

Kim...enjoy your free time!