Originally I designed this card as I was trying to do the Brayer technique per RobynStamps instructions in her video.  It just didn’t smear around and blend right. Here are the supplies I used and my embarrassing results:

I’ve posted on the Cricut board to ask Robyn, or another person who knows this technique “which part of the technique did I get wrong?” Can you not use glossy photo paper, is it that I chose pigment ink? There are soft and hard brayers, this is soft, is that the problem?

Anyway, I liked the design I’d planned out. So, I decided to use my Bic Markers and some Prismacolors.

The flowers are from two different Studio G sets and I bought the bear at a stamp store in Branson, MO the manufacturer is “Custer’s Last Stamp“. The DCWV glitter stack and the gemstones (picked up in Michael’s dollar bins this week) add just the right magical touch to my wistful scene.

I think it is a great example of a “Happy Accident!” Hopefully next time I’ll get the Brayer technique right.

UPDATE: Robyn has created a new video on this technique because several of her viewers were having the same problems as me. 1) the photo paper does not look as smooth, you can tell on the video. 2) I didn’t ink my roller right (thanks for the slow-mo demo Robyn.) 3) I didn’t have the right ink…need to look for “Spectum” pads. Her video: http://thepinkstamper.blogspot.com/2008/07/episode-58-brayer-revisited.html

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