Wednesday, July 09, 2014

New 2014 Alcohol Ink Colors Mariner and Conservatory Sets

I finally got a chance to play around with the newest Adirondack Alcohol Ink colors by Tim Holtz / Ranger Ink. The two new sets each contain 3 bright colors including:

"Mariner" set includes the colors Indigo, Mermaid and Teakwood.

"Conservatory" set includes the colors Honeycomb, Botanical and Poppyfield.

I have tested out each set on a domino game tile and updated the alcohol ink color chart page with all individual colors, and also a guide to how all sets of 3 look together.

Thursday, July 03, 2014

Quick and easy faux dichroic glass tutorial using rubber stamps

The "other things to do with domino size rubber stamps" tutorial page has received an update!

View the full free tutorial, step-by-step imitation dichroic glass jewelry tips and tricks here.

Since traditional dichroic glass involves heating glass to fuse it with reflective metallic particles, it is not something you can make easily at home with no special equipment. I've always liked the look of these glass pieces and here's my super simple DIY way to mimic it!

Using Stazon Jet Black ink pad, rubber stamp the back of a glass piece (here I used an insert for pendant trays) you can also use this technique on any transparent flat bead, acetate/film transparency, plastic food container packaging etc. Color over the stamped image with glitter glue or acrylic paints.

A substantial amount of updates have been happening site-wide including tutorials, a new section for game tiles/flat beads to rubber stamp or draw on, many new products in each category including several new designs of blank pendant trays in the jewelry making section. I will work on blog posting about each section's updates soon :)