I was visiting blogs today and came across a great tutorial that I think you will enjoy. The technique for alcohol inks and metallic paint is at Scrap and Stamp ze blog.

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When I was a child I loved to lay on my back in the cool summer grass and gaze up at the passing clouds as I chewed on a freshly picked clover or a sprig of spearmint. I’d play the game of looking for familiar shapes in the ever changing cloud formations. My friends and [...]

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Last week while shopping with two of my girlfriends I found these adorable puffy heart stickers.  I knew right away that I wanted to buy them, but there was a problem. I’m on a crusade to clear the studio of clutter. If the gazillion stickers I currently owned didn’t already count as clutter then the [...]

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I was trying out another technique from Texture Effects, by Nancy Curry last week. (Click on the images for a larger view) Nancy’s directions are to apply ink to a palette stamp directly from a chalk ink pad and then use tape to transfer more chalk ink from a pad to the palette stamp, and [...]

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The Shaving Cream Technique is an old one. I can remember people doing it when I still lived in CT and that would put it in 1992 or earlier. I’m familiar with this technique, I’ve told people how to do it, but until today I had never actually done it myself. I’ve had the can [...]

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Remember this from September 8th? I told you I couldn’t show the entire piece because I was submitting it for publication but I was anxious to share it because I was on a color high after making it.At long last your wait is over. Well, OK, maybe it was just Jo’s long wait. I know [...]

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