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Belinda Tubby Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

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Polished Stone Background

This technique gives you beautiful paper that looks

like polished stones. Different colors will give you

looks from marble to quartz and everything in

between

Supplies

2-3 colors of classic ink

refills

Encore Ink refill gold or

silver

Rubbing or denatured

alcohol

Felt

Block of wood

Glossy Card Stock

Place 3-6 dots of gold or

silver Encore ink on your

glossy card stock




Roll a piece of felt 2-3

times around a wood block

Some versions of this

technique call for use of a

cotton ball for this step

Using a felt covered block

allows the ink to be

washed more evenly across

the card stock and gives

more of a marbled look

Pour alcohol onto the felt

Do not saturate the felt,

but it needs to have a very

wet feel without dripping

alcohol

Practicing with this

technique is the best way

to determine color choices

and how much alcohol to

use. Varying these

components will give you

very different looks




This technique can be very

messy

TIP: Wear latex gloves and

work over a pad of paper

or a surface that is easily

washable and won't stain

Add drops of classic ink

refills to the alcohol soaked

felt block

Use 1-3 colors

Press the felt block

repeatedly over the card

stock

Use forceful stamping

motions to force the

alcohol and ink onto the

card stock

The first few stamping

motions will leave your

card stock blotted and

messy looking

Keep working the felt into

and across the card stock

The more force that you

apply to the felt block the

more alcohol will be

washed out allowing the

inks to blend and flow

across the card stock

It is the washing across

the card stock that will

give the veined look to the

piece




Work the piece until you

have good veining and can

still see areas of pure color

from each of the ink refills

you used

Do not over blend so as not

to lose the marbled look

To make the most of your

supplies use the same

block to make several

background pieces

You can add more ink and

will end up with a wide

range of looks

Set the pieces aside to dry

Rinse and air dry the felt to

use again

Once your background has

dried you can mount a

stamped piece on it or

stamp directly onto your

background piece

For this example the image

is stamped directly onto

the background piece in

permanent black ink




Add a little color and

highlight to your image

using classic inks and an

Aquapainter

Layer your artwork to

finish the piece

The Gold and Silver Encore

ink will not absorb or ever

dry completely on the

glossy card stock

Seal the ink onto the

surface by lightly misting

with a sealer such as

Krylon fixatif or by

covering the piece with

Versamark ink and emboss

with clear embossing

powder

This step will actually add

to the polished stone effect

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Polished Stone Background - Stampin' Padstampinpad.com/polished_stone_background.pdf · Polished Stone Background This technique gives you beautiful paper that looks like polished