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Polished Stone

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I had so much fun with the ladies who came to my "Unique Backgrounds" class yesterday! One of the techniques we used is called "polished stone". It is achieved by wetting a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol. Then you squirt 3-4 small drops of 3-4 different inks, including one metallic ink. Next, dab the cotton ball all over a piece of Glossy White card stock. The metallic ink takes a while to complete drying, so you need to set the paper aside for a while before stamping on it. For the following card, I used Brocade Blue, Barely Banana and Encore Gold inks. I used both stamps from the "Music Expressions" stamp set with Close to Cocoa ink. Even though I used the Brocade Blue ink for the polished stone, somehow I thought it looked better on a Bashful Blue card with the same color ribbon. A frame of Close to Cocoa card stock set it off just right. I really love the "Bloomin' Beautiful" stamp set and this image looks so nice stamped in bla

Butterfly Bookmark

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Projects for home workshops aren't just cards. My August workshop included the following bookmark, made with rich razzleberry and crushed curry inks and cardstock and the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set.

Crinkled Wax Paper Technique

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I just love this year's in-colors! I played around with them while designing cards for my upcoming class August 20th.  The technique shown here uses wax paper crumpled tightly, spread out and ironed onto card stock.  The color is acquired by inking a brayer and rolling it across the "waxed" card stock.   For this first card, I used crushed curry ink on whisper white card stock, mounted it on bermuda bay card stock, adorned it with coordinating polka-dot grosgrain ribbon and black brads.  I stamped the flowers from the Eastern Blooms stamp set on whisper white card stock, cut them out and mounted them on the bermuda bay piece, using stampin' dimensionals for two of them.  Some crystal effects and glitter in the flower centers added some bling.  So fun!  And to think I didn't like the crushed curry color at first...   This card was inked with melon mambo and the Upsy Daisy stamp set.  This card has lots of textures on it, from the waxed background to the torn card