Domino Effects (What I do with game pieces)

Some of my Creative Chemistry 1 friends had an interest in stamping on game pieces so I thought I would share some chemistry and show you what it is all about.

These are Dominoes I pre-drilled for stringing later. I need to work on centering. lol

This is a mini journal made from dominoes

not TOO big

It can be strung on a cord or chain

As you can see, dominoes come in many sizes. They come in different colors too. I soak mine in bleach overnight to remove any surface finish. You can use any part of a stamp to stamp on the domino, but turn the stamp up on the table and take the domino to the stamp. Be careful to stamp straight up and down.

You can do a number of different stamping techniques on this surface. Use permanent ink and a synthetic brush, permanent ink pens, or paint pens.Think of dominoes kind of like working on gloss coat paper. The agate and polished stone techniques work well. Be careful when painting. Remember alcohol will push the ink around or lift off images you already stamped. Ready to give it a try?

Classes

For those of you who have been wondering what has me all excited, I will tell you it is all the information you can find on line now. This will be a big week for me. Besides being a busy week at work I will be starting a new craft challenge beginning tomorrow. Studio L 3 will be doing  http://www.studiol3.blogspot.com/search/label/Compendium%20of%20Curiosities%20Challenge Compendium of Curiosities II.

Then starting Monday, I start my second online class. It is another great class from Onlinecardclasses on using Die cut systems.
http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/acutabove/class-info/

I just finished taking my first class on line with Tim Holtz
http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/timholtz/class-info/
It was two weeks worth of great creativity.

There are so many blogs that have wonderful informative video that demo techniques and products.
http://www.rangerink.com/
http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/
http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/videos
http://scraptime.ca/blogpage/
http://stamptv.ning.com/
http://www.pkglitzblog.com/
http://simonsaysstampblog.blogspot.com/
http://lifestylecrafts.com/blog/
http://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/Home.aspx
http://www.sizzixblog.blogspot.com
http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/
http://www.heartfeltcreations.us/blog/
http://lestylemagenta.blogspot.com/
http://www.judikins.com/
http://studio490art.blogspot.com/
http://vintaj.com/wpblog/
http://www.stampersanonymous.com/
These are just a few of my favorites. Have some fun and experiement. Send me a comment with your favorite sites. I would love to see them.

Paper Play

Hi Bloggers,

Yesterday there was a conversation about coated paper. I decided to do a bit of testing to see what I liked the best. You can see the process of applying the ink on all three samples was about the same.

Hammermill Laser Photo

I used three papers; CTMH, Hammermill laser photo and Judikins gloss coated papers.

 Hammermill

CTMH

CTMH was my second choice.

Judikins had lovely open spaces, depth and color.

Judikins

The favorite from my perspective is the Judikins paper. Can you see the cool speckles in this? It is a very porous paper even with the coating. Love it.

So Bloggers,

You be the judges. Tell me what you think. I think I know which one I will be using.

Foil Resist

Hi bloggers,
Can you see the blue distress shades I used over the foil embossed paper? The foil resists the ink and you can easilly wipe it away. I used a metalic tissue paper under the medallions. Had a bit of trouble because I haven't been cleaning between projects and couldn't find my bone folder. Note to self...clean.

Metal

This morning the basement studio was calling and I had some questions rumbling around in my head. I wasn't sure if I could do similar techniques with foil coated paper that you do with metal. I also had a new embossing folder I wanted to try. The picture isn't that great because of the glare but you can get the idea. I also embossed the metal disk in the center and used alcohol ink to do the distressing. I glued a mirror behind the gear bottom left. That is why it looks strange. Thanks for stopping by.


Grunge Foil Paper

Bouquet of Spring

Today I wanted to use one stamp multiple ways; coloring an image, watercolor on the block and over a background. Many looks for one image.

Men Only

Simon Says Stamps is having a MEN only challenge. Well my favorite man when it comes to stamping is t!m Holtz. This is a closer look at a card made with his newest craft paper. I am sure the skelleton is male. lol

Reflections in Green

This is a wine menu that opens in the middle to reveal the list and a stamped card. The Lily of the Valley is done with a stencil and dimensional paste. The background is stamped.