But while I was in Hobby Lobby, I found these finger sponge daubers for stenciling by Tsukneko. There are 3 to a pack for $2.99. So... I decided what the heck!
OMGoodness! What a difference it is from the cosmetic foam wedge sponges I was using. I noticed that the cosmetic foam sponge was leaving me with a lot of green tint. It was like it was sucking up all but the green part of the inks. I mean every brown color even Walnut Stain was left with a really green hue to the paper.
I thought I was just no good at using ditress inks LOL! Now, I know it was the sponges I was using! WOOHOO!! I spent a lot of money on these ink pads, to just suck at the technique LOL!
Tonight when I used Vintage Photo with the new sponge dauber, it was actually brown and no green to be seen! I was shocked! I then got out a cosmetic foam sponge and as soon as it hit the page it was showing green.
I am hoping one day to find a real distress ink foam pad applicator. BUT for now these sponge daubers will do!
Here is a picture of my doily I used all my brown colored distress inks on using the sponge dauber. I did patches of each color and then went back and filled in areas with Antique Linen. Then crumpled it up and then uncrumpled it and ran Brushed Corduroy over the wrinkles and then spritzed it with water and then dried it with my hair drier LOL! Next on my list is a heat gun. I want to try my hand at heat embossing sometime in the future. But for now my hair drier and iron will do. ;0)
This is what the sponge dauber looks like. I actually used this same sponge dauber on all my distress inks in the brown family and it hardly looks used and I did not even wash it out or anything.
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