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Tips From
Tim - Adventures in Adirondacks
Adventures in Adirondacks
by Tim Holtz
ADIRONDACK INK PADS -These inks are
water based DYE INK designed to stamp on smooth
porous surfaces. This will allow you to use this
ink for many stamping projects. Basic Stamping,
Brayering, and Watercolor are just a few
techniques achieved from this ink. Brayer on
glossy paper for the best effect, but be sure to
blend those colors! Water coloring with the
Adirondacks is one of my favorite techniques,
simply squeeze the lid of the pad to transfer
ink to the inside of the lid to use as a
watercolor palette. Using a waterbrush or wet
paintbrush, pick up the ink and paint on to your
paper. The harmony of colors will also lend
itself to stamping images overlapping one
another to create a collaged look.
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ADIRONDACK RE-INKERS –Here’s a tip
when re-inking your stamp pads – apply the
re-inker all around the perimeter of the pad,
next use a flat object (credit card or pot
scrapper) and drag the ink across the pad from
left to right – right to left – top to bottom –
bottom to top. This will force the dye back into
the pad and provide a more even and longer
lasting re-inking of your pad. I use the
Adirondack inkers for many other things. Also a
water based DYE INK, these inkers can be used to
watercolor, create backgrounds, and my
favorite....faux bleach! Stamp and emboss your
images on manila stock (shipping tags too) with
clear ink and powder. Drop a few colors onto an
artist palette or slick surface and pick up the
color with a wet paintbrush to watercolor a
background over the images. Finally, place inked
paper between plain newsprint and iron to remove
the embossing powder. The results rival a hand
bleached look. I also like to drip the inkers
onto acetate or glossy paper to create colorful
backgrounds.
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ADIRONDACK EMBOSSING POWDERS -Embossing
powders are embossing powders right? Well not
really. The Adirondack powders are quite
different and unique in the fact that they are
not enamel powders like others. Adirondack
powders are white resin coated in color. So what
does that mean? Well it means that you can mix
the colors and when you heat them, the colors
will remain separate. If you stamp into the
powders, the resin will break-down so the colors
will shift revealing the white inside. I love to
layer and mix these powders – try melting the
powders on a craft sheet and dragging a needle
or pick through them to marble the colors - oh
the fun you will have.
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ADIRONDACK PIGMENT MARKERS -I am so
happy with this addition to the Adirondack line
– markers! These are a water based PIGMENT INK -
yes pigment. But don't get confused because this
is not glycerin based ink like pigment pads, it
is water based. This will allow you to
permanently color and write on slick surfaces
such as glossy paper, vellum, acetate, dominoes,
mica, and more. The pigment ink also works on
fabric and is permanent and washable if heat set
with an iron. The versatility of these markers
can achieve the blends of Adirondack colors
other "permanent" markers cannot. The colors
coordinate with the pads and are archival and
acid free.
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ADIRONDACK DIMENSIONAL PEARLS –What
else could we need in the Adirondack line? Well,
acrylics right? One of the new additions is this
water based dimensional acrylic perfect for
paper crafts, jewelry and textile work. These
acrylics can be used directly from their fine
detailed tip for a dimensional look, or watered
down for a pearlescent glaze or wash. These are
permanent and washable on fabrics too. I like to
use them right from the bottle and blend them
with a coarse paint brush to achieve the brush
stroked look of oil paints. Both acid-free and
archival these make a great accent on stickers,
die-cuts, or directly on cards and scrapbook
pages.
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ADIRONDACK ALCOHOL INKS –Developed
with designer Tim Holtz, Ranger’s newest
addition to the Adirondack line takes us on a
whole other adventure. Released in color sets,
these alcohol-based inks are just what you’ve
been searching for to create colorful
stone-agate backgrounds on gloss paper, shrink
plastic, and more. These inks are formulated to
work on any non-porous surface from dominoes,
glass, mica, and metal – to plastics, foils, and
more. This translucent colored ink goes on
smooth, blends when combined with other colors
or the Blending Solution (sold separately),
dries quick, and permanent. Combine it with
metallic pens for a shimmer of metallic marble.
You’ll wonder how you ever lived without this
stuff.
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ADIRONDACK COLOR WASH –Developed
with designer Tim Holtz, Ranger’s other new
addition to the Adirondack line is the Color
Wash. We have put together the highest quality
dyes to create a product perfect for paper,
fiber, and fabric crafts. This water-based dye
is in 4oz. spray bottles – yes your gonna spray
this stuff! Use it on and porous surface from
papers and fibers to fabric and wood. Create a
faux batik or just a mist of nature’s palette
for a colorful background. Color custom fibers
to match your cards and scrapbook pages. This
dye is the best on fabrics – it’s even washable
after heat setting and blends like no other.
You’ll be washed away with all the possibilities
this new Adirondack product can do.
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