Hello again! I usually don't have 2 posts in one day, but today is special because we've got a new E-Team blog hop for you!
We decided to celebrate this leap year with a technique hop! Today we're showing you how we create faux marble. Our fearless leader, Daisy, gave us no specific instructions, so it should be really interesting to see what each E-Team member comes up with!
Let's do the business details first:
- Leave comments on each E-Team member's blog post. You have from today, February 29th, through Friday, March 2nd.
- 2 winners will be chosen to receive $25 eclectic Paperie gift certificates, and will be announced on the eP blog on Saturday, March 3rd.
Now that wasn't so bad, was it? Short and sweet!
On to the project!
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I decided to use a tried and true method to create my Faux Marble, using alcohol inks on glossy cardstock. I love this look and usually I'll do it with deep, rich colors, but today I decided to go soft and spring-like with the colors. I chose Adirondack Alcohol inks in Shell Pink, Willow and Cloudy Blue. Here are the supplies I started with:
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I used a felt applicator to apply the inks to the paper, dabbing over the entire piece several times until I got the effect I liked. I did this on 2 separate pieces of cardstock and then on one of them, I applied some pearl metallic mixative to see what the colors would look like in softer shades.
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Since I had wanted a fresh spring color palette I decided to use the piece that had the brighter colors to create a marbled Easter egg. (I'll save the pearlized one for another project.)
I brought out my Fancy Fringe stamp set from Our Craft Lounge and my Adirondack acrylic paint dabber in snow cap and used them to stamp a border "around" my Easter egg.
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I printed an egg template from the internet, cut it out, traced around it onto my marbled paper with a pencil, and then cut my egg out.
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I sponged around the egg with some Ranger Distress ink in frayed burlap and added some beautiful May Arts lacy trim and some rhinestone stickers to the egg.
My card base is white; then there's another die cut layer of white topped with a piece of patterned paper. I backed my egg with a paper doily, tied a piece of dyed seam binding around the card front, then added the egg using foam mounting tape.
My felt rose was die cut using the MFT Rolled Rose Die-namics die, and the leaves were cut using the Spellbinders Foliage die set.
And FINALLY, here is my Marbled Easter Egg:
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I'm seriously thinking of doing this marbled look on my REAL Easter eggs this year! I love the way these colors look together!
Well, it's time to move on to the other E-Team members' blogs to see what they came up with using a Faux Marble technique. I can't wait!!
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Thanks so much for taking the time to drop in (again) today. I hope you liked my project and I hope you'll try this Faux Marble technique too! I'd love to see it if you do!
Happy crafting!