Blue/Brown Eggs, Easter/Christmas Eggs - Getting my craft on!!

[Muggsmagee]

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You don't.

It was an epic fail!!!

 

[meepitqueenie]

there was some black ink that would stamp on tiles so it might work on eggs. i used to be a demonstrator... hmmm i will practice with some eggs and find out.

there was also a technique of stamping on vellum or tissue paper and then you could apply it to a candle- im wondering if you could do that but with glue.

with a candle you would use a heat gun and warm your candle then apply the vellum, etc to the outside of the candle- then heat it up a bit to melt the wax arround the vellum or tissue paper... so could work for an egg depending on the size of the stamp.

 

[Kassaundra]

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I would think the ink for nonporous surface (like you are talking about) and stamps that do not have a solid backing surface would make it easier, or at least possibly do-able.

 

[Muggsmagee]

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The part that failed was that you are working on a "roundish" surface with eggs. On a cylindrical surface such as a candle, you can roll the stamp back and forth, left to right, to transfer the image. On an egg, you not only can not apply enough pressure (as the egg has been blown out and washed) without breaking it, you would have to be quite accurate with the direction you stamp as you would need to go not only left to right, up and down and possibly back and forth diagonally too. By the time you are done, the image is smeared, doubled over, or not transferred well. This was the same even for the small stamps. I had bought a bunch of wonderful holiday stamps of various sizes (refer back a few posts and they are pictured) from Hobby Lobby thinking I was oh-so-smart and going to bypass the rub-ons. I repeat. Epic FAIL!

 

[farmerinKC]

Im learning I hate the platic rub ons-the glittery one? They do not get totally smooth over the eggs leaving bumps -tiny ones but to me noticeable

I have discovered these are very hard to apply-I feel like I'm going to break a lot of eggs.

Unfortunately, I ordered about 30 packages of them.​

 

[sab]

DagNabIt!! You guys got me all inspired! I went and bought a bag full of rub-ons and modge podge and and all the fixin's --- then ordered the BLAS-FIX Egg Blower. It came today in the mail. Yippee - right? Took it out. Read the directions. Put it back in the little box and left it on the table.....for just a few minutes. Next thing I know the dog is running around with the yellow blower thingy in her mouth with the tube part chewed off! How the heck did that happen so fast!!! DagNabIt!! I was ready to start too.....

Sorry - had to vent....

 

[Muggsmagee]

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Bummer on the egg blower! Each of us has a different method...I tap a hole on each end, use a nail to scramble up the yolk, and use a 20 cc syringe (bought at TSC) to suck the schtuff out. The syringe acts as a good flusher too, as I squirt hot soapy water into the eggs with them.

Don't let the dog eating egg blower incident stop you from doing this craft! Just try a different method until you get a new egg blower.

 

[Melissa Rose]

Has anyone tried embossing on an egg? They make an embossing ink pen that looks like a rubber paintbrush. You could draw designs then sprinkle the powder on it. The embossing powder comes in every color imagined! I have no eggs right now - my chicks are new born and my geese are through laying for the year but I am going to try this on a store bought egg! How beautiful this threads idea is

I loooovvvve this group

 

[EHaus]

I've found that a portable air compressor set at the lowest setting works for me. I use a thumbtack to chip a hole on either end...a small one at the top and a larger one on the bottom. After carefully scrambling with a metal skewer, I insert the needle used for blowing basketballs and such. Rinse out a few times and dry in the microwave.

 

[EHaus]

A little history...
Last year, around October, I stumbled across this thread and started reading. I got up into the 70's pages and stopped. I made some pretty eggs to send out as Christmas presents, and I think people liked them

Anyway, I 'm going at it again and might have to read up where I left off! I'm really wanting to move away from using Modge Podge because it's water soluble. If I hold an egg in my hot little hand too long, it feels sticky after a while. It also starts flaking. Does anyone recommend an alternative? Thanks for such a fun craft!