Inked edges?

[mrs_jb]

How do you do them?

I'm a digi-girl, I've never paper scrapped, so this hybrid stuff is all new to me.

I love the inked look and I picked upsome distressing ink at a local craft store... so now what? LOL!

[Susan Bartolini]

Jaclyn,

Whenever I put together my hybrid projects, I adhere the paper album to the chipboard and then I ink the edges. Basically, I take the ink pad and rub it along the edge of the chipboard. I like it a little messy, so I make sure that ink not only gets on the chipboard edge, but also on top of the paper layout as well. I just drag the ink pad along the edge and tilt it a little so that it gets on top and bottom.

Susan

[ditzyscrap]

I like using the small cats-eye ink pads (made by ColorBox), and I hold the inkpad at a 45 degree angle and sorta smoosh it along the edges. They are pigment inks, so the pads are squishy, but they take longer to dry.

If you have dye inkpads, those ones it's better to hold at a 45 degree angle and drag along the edges. They will dry almost instantly.

[mrs_jb]

Thank you both! That doesn't sounds too hard, can't wait to give it a try!

[Libby Pritchett]

Well don't laugh at my funny samples, but here is an OLD OLD OLD article that I wrote for a paper scrapping site several years ago. It covers the basics of inking.

Scrappers Ink by Libby Weifenbach (http://www.scrapjazz.com/topics/Techniques/Inking/206.php)

I prefer to either do a direct to paper approach for the edge (running the actual pad along the edge), or I've found that a cotton ball is my favorite applicator when I want a smudged look. The ink doesn't go on as heavy as with a sponge, so it's a nice ilght look and still blends easily.

[mrs_jb]

Oh thanks Libby!!!

[meems]

oh I was wondering about this too!

now how do you decide what color ink to use . . ..

[Libby Pritchett]

now how do you decide what color ink to use . . ..

I'm pretty boring... I like black or brown for pretty much everything. My very very favorite ink pad ever is the Van Dyke Brown inkpad by Ranger. I use that on EVERYTHING.

But if I'm going for something not so obvious, I'll use a darker shade of whatever paper I'm working on. (I"ve got LOTS of inks to choose from. LOL!)

[ditzyscrap]

I tend to choose a charcoal or dark brown...black is a bit harsh (to me, anyway)...but like Libby, I've got a lot of colors to choose from (I used to be a consultant for a stamping company) that could make some interesting edges...lol!

[Contance]

I use a sponge and get it all inked up and then just sponge away at the edges, put the sponge on the paper and drag it off the edge.

As for color, I use what ever the darkest color is in my project, brown is always a good nuetral
HTH
C

[Heather Roselli]

I use a dye ink as opposed to the regular pigment types. The dye ink dries almost immediately while the pigment ink takes a while. I find I make less of a mess when the ink dries quickly! ;)