OK, here are the brayer-made cards I promised, and the directions to go with them. The pictures are "brayer_bkgd_1" and "brayer_bkgd_2" at:
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--Barbara ===================== Note 1 - all are stamped on white glossy cardstock unless otherwise noted. Note 2 - glossy cardstocks can differ. I've had colors come out differently and brayer differently (ie. "smoother" look versus ink "pooling" in places) depending on where I got the cardstock.
[A]
-Stamp leaf in green pigment ink
-Stamp leaf with resist ink over the green (not perfectly lined up is better)
-Allow inks to dry, then brayer over with Big 'N' Juicy pad colors of your choice
[B]
-Stamp ferns with resist ink
-Allow inks to dry, then brayer over with Big 'N' Juicy colors
[C]
-Tear a piece of scrap paper into three pieces: 1 2 3
-Mask the top and bottom of cardstock with pieces 1 and 3. Brayer over cardstock. Let dry. (In the example, I made a curve with the brayer, following the line of the area I was coloring in, roughly).
-Mask center with piece 2. Brayer over cardstock with different colors.
Orange/pink/purple was a big 'n' juicy pad, I think the other rainbow pad was kaleidescope or something, can't remember for sure.
[D]
-Brayer over cardstock with ink from big 'n' juicy pad.
-Lightly spritz bleach onto cardstock with spray bottle. Let dry.
[E] Brayer ink onto background stamp, then stamp the stamp onto cardstock
[F] Brayer ink onto vellum. Let dry. (I don't remember for sure, but we
*may* have spritzed the inked vellum with water. In any case, heat set to dry unless you want to wait a long time). Layer vellum over card.
[G]
-Brayer background color onto cardstock.
-Put dots of another color onto cardstock with paint marker.
-Spritz with water, let dry. (Cardstock will curl, but straightens back out as it dries).
[H] Same as [G], but set crinkled Saran Wrap on top of cardstock after spritzing with water and let dry, then peel off Saran Wrap (carefully - you can see that I tore the top layer off of the card stock in a couple of places removing the plastic wrap).