Yeah so the card I was working on for how many days now has just got even MORE frustrating.
I decided to cut the main image with one of my rectangle nestabilities dies - that was all fine.
Then I decided I wanted to sponge on some pale blue/green palette ink around the edges of the image - leaving the die in place. Usually a snap to do and a nice touch.......
Well it didn't turn out that way:
When it started to look all dirty and PINK I was a little shocked.
Didn't take me long to figure out I must have used this die when AIRBRUSHING with my Copics - so there was pink copic ink all over it - and I couldn't see it b/c of the color of the die.
But sponging on the Palette ink picked up the copic ink all over the die and smudged it onto the image.
That Q-tip is what I used to clean off the die - just soak it in rubbing alcohol and run it over the die - something I SHOULD have done before I started sponging.
Obviously if you use your nesties often as "masks" when sponging then it's best to clean them off first (if you use them JUST for airbrushing then it's moot - but using sponges will pick up all that ink).
And trust me it looks worse in real life. I haven't tossed the image but it will NOT work on the card I was fiddling with.
So yeah hopefully this tid-bit helps someone else out before they wreck whatever they're working on.
I'm gonna cut this image out and see what I can do with it - I HATE tossing something I've spent time on coloring!!
