Tuesday 20 August 2013

Let me correct you!!

Well at least let me show you a fun way to use the trusty correction fluid! Now recently I bought a pack of correction pens etc from a bargain shop, you got 2 correction pens (great for white highlighting) and a traditional pot of the correction fluid for the princely sum of 99p! Now it was the pens I really wanted but I stashed the fluid in my "might come in handy" pile. And you guessed it.... It did!!
So in this digital and predictive text age where would you use such a product? In your stamping of course!!
The pigment in correction fluid is really strong so I thought it would be ideal for highlighting a subject, so I stamped a fun image, our aptly named Man Flu stamp on to some patterned paper in black archival ink. Then using the brush applicator painted a border of the white fluid all around the edge of the image, being careful but not worrying too much if I caught the image (as you can draw in the missing bits with a black fine liner).
And low and behold the image pops out of the page. Simple and quick. Also looks amazing in altered book pages etc, best patterned papers for it are not to busy and simply tonal colour schemes.

Have fun and happy crafting

Ali xx
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11 comments:

  1. Unknown20 August 2013 at 13:35

    Just love it Ali xxxx

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  2. Karen Petitt 20 August 2013 at 17:12

    Brilliant ideal Ali! I love how you think outside the box - I've spent pennies on the proper white pens and they regularly only work once or twice. Will be popping into my local shop when I can, TFS Karen x

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  3. Unknown21 August 2013 at 00:01

    Saw you do this on C and C the other day Ali and thought what a great effect it made then! Can I just ask ? The white numbers on your backing paper did you do that using a mask and the correction pens or was it just part of the design on your backing paper? I'm off to the cheapy shop..thanks for sharing the ideas!! xxx

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  4. Anonymous21 August 2013 at 03:46

    What a great idea, thanks Ali, x

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  5. Di21 August 2013 at 07:51

    thanks Ali love it !! so simple yet so effective, missed the show so thanks for sharing on here.x

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  6. TDQ Karen21 August 2013 at 08:36

    Saw this on C and C. My husband commented on your steady hand. What a great tip!

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  7. liz spooner21 August 2013 at 10:52

    Hope you had a good holiday Ali, and its good to have you back. Thanks for the inspiration Liz.xx

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  8. Carole Z21 August 2013 at 22:51

    Hi Ali, what a great idea...another one to try..sadly you snuck up on C&C whilst I was a t work and I hadn't checked the listings to see if there was anything to record (which of course there would have been!).How are the hens? Our Orpington had to have a little surgery recently and I've had to give her baths..if you want to see a photo of her having a blow dry (which she loved) it's on my blog posthttp://8thwonderart.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/wedding-card-monday-19th-august.html

    Thanks for the inspiration! Carole Z X

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  9. Unknown7 May 2014 at 04:13

    This is a brilliant idea thank you for sharing :)

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  10. Anonymous10 July 2014 at 10:28

    Ali, I hope you get to see this message ... I'm not a member of Blogspot, and I don't have a google account - so ... couldyou help me to find the button I need to click to follow you by email? (or is there no button?)

    Many Thanks!

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