Thumping
That is the name of one of the techniques we are going to be doing early in 2014. It did cause quite a bit of hilarity at the CSNW meeting on Wednesday - but one thing that it did was make me think about the marker pens that are part of the materials list. I do not mean the likes of Promarkers - I am talking about the "old fashioned" (dare I say) brush markers that we used to put ink directcly on the stamps years ago. They were just very fat felt pens - but of course covered the surface of the stamps quicker. At CSNW we discussed ordinary felt pens & several newbies to the craft did not know about brush markers. So whilst out shopping today I kept in eye out for felt pens. I found these They are from Asda & as you can see cost a pound. It is a pretty good range of colours too. You can see that they are dual tip - but they have been put together differently - the 2 halves of pens are joined together by a double ended clear lid in the middl...