These unique DIY alcohol ink bookmarks make a great gift for book lovers, and they're perfect for beginners looking for their first project!

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Welcome to my blog. Today I want to share a technique that is an oldie but goodie. The wax paper resist technique. It works amazing with distress inks. This tutorial will be featured on the Distress Ink Technique page on facebook. I am one of the admins and we take turns to post a tutorial on there every monday, the technique of the week :-) Well let me explain this particular technique. You will need an old iron to do this technique, or one you don't use for your fancy clothes ;-) This is what you need: an old iron, two pieces of card, a piece of wax paper and an embossing folder. Oh and an embossing machine obviously lol. I dry embossed the sheet of wax paper using an embossing folder and a piece of card to add more pressure. Here you see the pattern embossed in the wax paper. I cover the front and back with my pieces of card stock, and put this sandwich inbetween two sheets of cheap copy paper. You iron over the cheap copy paper to get the wax to melt onto the card stock. It goes very quickly. I put my iron on the highest setting and just move it over the sheets a few times. You can barely see it, but the wax print is on there! Trust me ha ha ha. See, I told you it was there. Here you see the difference between the embossed and the debossed side of the wax paper imprint. Left is the embossed side and on the right the debossed side. I inked over it with stormy sky distress ink and an ink blending tool. I turned them into two christmas cards with some embellishments and stamped sentiment. I stuck the card onto a card blank after I trimmed it to size and inked the edges with some walnut stain distress ink. I had this ATC laying around for ages, so I decided to use it as a card topper. Then stamped my sentiment in black and after that completely dried, I stamped it again but with embossing ink and heat embossed it in silver. On this card I stamped the sentiment in archival ink and after it dried I wrapped some baker's twine around the card stock befor I stuck it to the card blank. I added a little red jingle bell to give it a more festive look. I painted a wooden snowflake silver and adorned it to my card and it is done! Thank you so much for taking the time to have look and I hope you are going to give this technique a try :-) Have a great day, and keep your craft on ;-) Take care, Freddie Xox

Below are some digital downloads, created by me for you to print off at home and use. These are a colour chart already filled in, a colour chart for you to fill in, and labels for your 3″ Dis…

Transferring photos onto just about any surface such as wood, metal, glass, terra cotta and even fabric has become a popular craft projects. It is a pretty cool and cheap way to get your favorite p…

You can absolutely make your own HOMEMADE ALCOHOL INK to SAVE MONEY and to make your own CUSTOM COLORS. These markers are dye-based which will give you high pigment loads in your homemade alcohol inks, and are the BEST. You can also use ethically-sourced micas or acrylic paint, as long as you make sure to ONLY PU...

Good Afternoon... Busy yesterday. Spent the day at appointments. I did get time last night to make a couple more projects. So today is a corner bookmark, tomorrow is a fancy fold card and next week an Advent Calendar. Told you I was busy! The bookmark - Pattern paper on the first one is Basic Grey - Jovial and on the second one discontinued Stampin' Up. Stamp set from Just-Rite Stamps - Whimsical Christmas . Tutorial for Corner Bookmark Start with a square piece of cardstock or double sided paper. I used 5 x 5 but as long as it's square it will work. Score at 2 1/2" both directions (or in half each way). Cut out one of the squares. Opposite the corner you cut away cut that square on the diagonal. This is where you could also use fancy edged scissors or a border punch. Look closely on the second bookmark and you'll see the border. Fold it up. While it is folded just cut a little bit off of the tip. This is where you will place the ribbon if you want a tab to pull on. Place the ribbon between the two full squares and then glue both of those squares together. Decorate the front as you like. This is one time you'll want to not add a lot of dimension as it is going between pages in your book. This would be cute to add if you're giving a book as a gift. Also useful for your recipe books. We can bookmark our favorite pages in our craft magazines. Tell me what you think. I love your comments.Remember unless you leave an address or a link to your blog I can respond back to you. Have a great Hump Day...it is Wednesday you know! Yvonne

I have a new favorite crafting project! I painted some tiles with Sharpies and Rubbing Alcohol and the outcome is crazy good! This project is super easy, esp…

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Preschool & Kindergarten can be taught for just the cost of printer ink & paper! This list of free preschool and kindergarten curriculum has a method to suit everyone. Do you have several little ones of different ages? Choose the Preschool program that you like and then add math & phonics for your Kindergartener. Life is so [...]

Patterns. Ink on paper. A sampler of 49 doodle patterns that I like. The majority are my own. I enjoy seeing them all in one place like this. They're fun to draw and look at! ^_^

Learn how to make natural plant-based watercolor paint for children. Step-by-step process and fun activity for the whole family.

How to create hidden messages and pictures using invisible ink and the science of oxidation!

Fun acid/base experiment for kids of all ages. Uses only common household ingredients. No heat required.

Hand carved Pismo Beach Print using rubber stamp. Each print is made by hand with black ink on white paper and cut to 5x7 inches. The stamp itself measures 4x6 inches. Each handmade print is unique and there are natural variations in how the ink looks on each piece. Inspired by the dunes of California this piece uses sharp contrast to lay out a sunrise scene on a solitary dune.

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I’ve got a baby wipe card making technique you can learn that will change how you look at your stamps! What a fun way to make beautiful DIY cards!

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Alcohol inks have burst into popularity as a choice medium for their expressive colors and beautiful flow. However, if you're just getting started with alcohol ink, you might notice that they're a little difficult to control. Even on a non-absorbent surface, such as Yupo paper, alcohol ink requires particular methods f

Sumi-e ink painting is always a great value study. Diluting ink to get 5-7 shades of value looks harder then it really is! 7th graders were asked to create a wet-in-wet background with watercolor and then paint either bamboo stalks or a tree form over the background. At least 5 different values of ink had to be shown. We practiced traditional Sumi-e methods before we worked on our final projects as well as creating value scales from ink. 3D tissue paper "blossoms" were added for color and dimension.

Mica is this fun colored powder that you can use to make colored soap, candles paper crafts and more. We have over a doze ideas.

Analog Forever Magazine is pleased to showcase 81 images in this month’s online exhibition, entitled “A Certain Kind of Blue,” curated by photographic artist and Assistant Professor in Photography at the University of Tampa, Jaime Aelavanthara!

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Give your illustrations an old etched or engraved appearance with my new collection of 30 brushes for Adobe Illustrator. These brushes feature a variety of hand-drawn line patterns in horizontal, vertical, diagonal and cross-hatched orientations that can be used to apply shading to your digital drawings. After being scanned from hand-made pen strokes, they were […]

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There are a large variety of different lino cutting tools with different shapes and sizes. The most common lino tools are V Tools and U Tools. U Tools carve softer lines with a curved end point and an even width but it can be harder to get control over the placement of your edges. V …

Make a pulled string art painting with paint, paper, liquid watercolors, and string. The process is captivating and the results are beautiful.

Use this worksheet to help you practice the very foundations of lettering. If you’re feeling stuck or not progressing - try revisiting the basics and practice individual letters for a couple of days or weeks.

One of our learning objectives is studying Lines and the Elements of Art. I wanted a simple line project that incorporated many different types of lines while also reinforcing landscapes, the othe…