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Tips for using the Ink Worx Art Air Tool - file at Splitcoaststampers
There are a number of uses for this little gadget. Use it in place of a speckle stamp, use it after using stencils, great for backgrounds. Use with markers or Zig Painty Pens. Ever stamp up a card and have it look like it just needs something but you’re not sure what? The Ink Worx Air Art Gun is great for adding the look of traditional air brushing to the background or just a splash of color to help finish off your stamped artwork.
1. It does not dry your markers very fast. It uses so little of the ink and just lightly sprays it so it will not dry them too quickly. Remember you can re-fill the markers with the re-inkers whenever they do become dry. This is such a great tool, don’t let the fear of dry markers keep you from using it.
2. Be sure the tip of the marker is placed just as instructed in the directions you get with it. Otherwise it won’t spit that ink.. Line up the brush tip a little over the “v” groove and tighten just enough to hold it in place. Watch the brush end of the marker, it should curve upward just a little bit as you tighten the pen in place. If it does not curve up, and the brush tip is straight out, you will get blotches of ink instead of an airbrush look.
3. Do not hold the Air Tool too close to the paper. You may not get your desired results. Hold it about 3” away and you will end up with a much nicer spray pattern. Be sure the Air Tool, not the marker, is at a 90 degree angle to the paper. What I found worked best was to hold the squeeze ball in my hand against my palm and squeeze quickly with my fingers. Also, it really helped me to keep one elbow on the table to keep myself steady.
4. If I am making many of the same card design I’ve found that I do need to turn or roll the marker after I use it on every 10 or so cards.
5. You need to practice, practice, practice on a scrap of paper until you get the desired effect you are looking for. Short, quick, softer bursts make more of a spray pattern; while longer, harder bursts create more of a splatter pattern with larger spots of ink.
6. You will get different patterns depending on if you operate the Air Tool with the bulb up or down. To have the ability to direct the spray of the ink where you want it, make sure the marker is on the bottom (closest to the paper). If you have it on top, the ink tends to spray wherever it chooses. If you prefer random color then just let loose and have fun . . . let the ink drop where it may!
7. Pump first until you start getting color. Point and spray at scratch paper first.
8. This is a bit hard on the wrists over an extended period of time per use. I would not recommend it for those with carpel tunnel. You can get around this a bit by changing hands or keeping usage to a card or two at a time. Another suggestion if you find hand or wrist tiring is to hold the pen part firmly in your left hand, making sure the nozzle is perpendicular to the paper. Use your right hand to grasp the bulb. Make full squeezes and let the bulb completely re-inflate before you squeeze again. This gives your hand a mini break and gives you more even coverage color-wise. Also, raise your elbows a bit when you blitz.
9. You must clean it between markers. And I don’t mean just wipe the tip where it rests on the Air Tool. You need to take it to the sink and suck water into it and then be sure to express all the water out before changing to the next color. I found it needed to be cleaned in this manner the hard way. I had used lavender lace and then just wiped the tip of the Air Tool with a paper towel and inserted the pretty in pink marker. It continued to spray lavender lace and deposited it on my Pretty in Pink marker tip. The Pretty in Pink marker did survive though by wiping the tip on a piece of clean paper. Or to clean another way just take a paper towel or napkin and get it a little wet (don’t want to much water on it or it might be hard to get all of the water out of your Air Tool). I would say for example to put about a tablespoon worth of water onto your napkin or folded paper towel. Then, squeeze the bulb on your Air Tool and barely suction some of the water up (pretend you DON’T want the water to get into the bulb). Then quickly release the bulb, spitting out the water right away. Just do short, quick suction and spritz. Try to get as little water as possible inside your bulb. I have had GREAT success doing it this way and have NEVER had another color show up unexpectedly. Hope this made sense.
10. A fun thing to do with the Air Tool is to flip a (bolder) stamp over and use the gun to ink the stamp. Use several different colors. For example, you could use the little shapes circle stamp and spray two shades of yellow on it. Then stamp. Beautiful effect! The fruit set is also great for that technique.
11. It makes great backgrounds on cards. A great way to add color or maybe even cover up a “boo-boo”. Remember you can have 48 different colors to use with endless combination possibilities, better than your standard store-bought confetti paper.
12. You can even use it with the Fabrico Fabric Ink markers on fabric items too!
13. Try using it with your Versamark Watermark Ink marker?! It looks pretty neat.
14. Create an airbrushed watercolor effect. Spray a piece of cardstock with water from a mister. Use the air gun to spray several colors from your markers all over the paper. This blends the colors into each other for a pretty background.
15. Ink Worx Air Gun – Thumping: Ink your bold stamp up with a light colored inkpad. Then spritz a darker color on the image with the air gun. Repeat with other colors if you wish.
16. Airbrushed Watercolor: Spray a piece of cardstock with water from a mister. Use the air gun to spray several colors from your markers all over the paper. This blends the colors into each other for a pretty background.
17. At Easter you can use the Inkworx air gun on a hard-boiled egg to make a speckled pattern or to write a child’s name.
18. You can put a glue pen in the Inkworx air gun and blow glue all over a card, then immediately shake glitter (like dazzling diamonds or blushing diamonds) on top for an all over snowy effect.
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There are a number of uses for this little gadget. Use it in place of a speckle stamp, use it after using stencils, great for backgrounds. Use with markers or Zig Painty Pens. Ever stamp up a card and have it look like it just needs something but you’re not sure what? The Ink Worx Air Art Gun is great for adding the look of traditional air brushing to the background or just a splash of color to help finish off your stamped artwork.
1. It does not dry your markers very fast. It uses so little of the ink and just lightly sprays it so it will not dry them too quickly. Remember you can re-fill the markers with the re-inkers whenever they do become dry. This is such a great tool, don’t let the fear of dry markers keep you from using it.
2. Be sure the tip of the marker is placed just as instructed in the directions you get with it. Otherwise it won’t spit that ink.. Line up the brush tip a little over the “v” groove and tighten just enough to hold it in place. Watch the brush end of the marker, it should curve upward just a little bit as you tighten the pen in place. If it does not curve up, and the brush tip is straight out, you will get blotches of ink instead of an airbrush look.
3. Do not hold the Air Tool too close to the paper. You may not get your desired results. Hold it about 3” away and you will end up with a much nicer spray pattern. Be sure the Air Tool, not the marker, is at a 90 degree angle to the paper. What I found worked best was to hold the squeeze ball in my hand against my palm and squeeze quickly with my fingers. Also, it really helped me to keep one elbow on the table to keep myself steady.
4. If I am making many of the same card design I’ve found that I do need to turn or roll the marker after I use it on every 10 or so cards.
5. You need to practice, practice, practice on a scrap of paper until you get the desired effect you are looking for. Short, quick, softer bursts make more of a spray pattern; while longer, harder bursts create more of a splatter pattern with larger spots of ink.
6. You will get different patterns depending on if you operate the Air Tool with the bulb up or down. To have the ability to direct the spray of the ink where you want it, make sure the marker is on the bottom (closest to the paper). If you have it on top, the ink tends to spray wherever it chooses. If you prefer random color then just let loose and have fun . . . let the ink drop where it may!
7. Pump first until you start getting color. Point and spray at scratch paper first.
8. This is a bit hard on the wrists over an extended period of time per use. I would not recommend it for those with carpel tunnel. You can get around this a bit by changing hands or keeping usage to a card or two at a time. Another suggestion if you find hand or wrist tiring is to hold the pen part firmly in your left hand, making sure the nozzle is perpendicular to the paper. Use your right hand to grasp the bulb. Make full squeezes and let the bulb completely re-inflate before you squeeze again. This gives your hand a mini break and gives you more even coverage color-wise. Also, raise your elbows a bit when you blitz.
9. You must clean it between markers. And I don’t mean just wipe the tip where it rests on the Air Tool. You need to take it to the sink and suck water into it and then be sure to express all the water out before changing to the next color. I found it needed to be cleaned in this manner the hard way. I had used lavender lace and then just wiped the tip of the Air Tool with a paper towel and inserted the pretty in pink marker. It continued to spray lavender lace and deposited it on my Pretty in Pink marker tip. The Pretty in Pink marker did survive though by wiping the tip on a piece of clean paper. Or to clean another way just take a paper towel or napkin and get it a little wet (don’t want to much water on it or it might be hard to get all of the water out of your Air Tool). I would say for example to put about a tablespoon worth of water onto your napkin or folded paper towel. Then, squeeze the bulb on your Air Tool and barely suction some of the water up (pretend you DON’T want the water to get into the bulb). Then quickly release the bulb, spitting out the water right away. Just do short, quick suction and spritz. Try to get as little water as possible inside your bulb. I have had GREAT success doing it this way and have NEVER had another color show up unexpectedly. Hope this made sense.
10. A fun thing to do with the Air Tool is to flip a (bolder) stamp over and use the gun to ink the stamp. Use several different colors. For example, you could use the little shapes circle stamp and spray two shades of yellow on it. Then stamp. Beautiful effect! The fruit set is also great for that technique.
11. It makes great backgrounds on cards. A great way to add color or maybe even cover up a “boo-boo”. Remember you can have 48 different colors to use with endless combination possibilities, better than your standard store-bought confetti paper.
12. You can even use it with the Fabrico Fabric Ink markers on fabric items too!
13. Try using it with your Versamark Watermark Ink marker?! It looks pretty neat.
14. Create an airbrushed watercolor effect. Spray a piece of cardstock with water from a mister. Use the air gun to spray several colors from your markers all over the paper. This blends the colors into each other for a pretty background.
15. Ink Worx Air Gun – Thumping: Ink your bold stamp up with a light colored inkpad. Then spritz a darker color on the image with the air gun. Repeat with other colors if you wish.
16. Airbrushed Watercolor: Spray a piece of cardstock with water from a mister. Use the air gun to spray several colors from your markers all over the paper. This blends the colors into each other for a pretty background.
17. At Easter you can use the Inkworx air gun on a hard-boiled egg to make a speckled pattern or to write a child’s name.
18. You can put a glue pen in the Inkworx air gun and blow glue all over a card, then immediately shake glitter (like dazzling diamonds or blushing diamonds) on top for an all over snowy effect.
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