
Sunday, March 30, 2008
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Acrylic Domino
Supplies Used
- Clear Acrylic Dominos
- Watercolor Pencils
- White Sailer Pen
- Crystal Lacquer
I had a few questions and I thought I'd add that the side I'm shown working on is rough and so the watercolor pencils take to it very nicely and because of it being rough do not smear when I add the Crystal Lacquer.
Check out my BLOG to see more
about my canvas mounted acrylic domino.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
A Mermaid's Tale...
- Paper
- Black Pen
- Paper
- Embossing Powder
- Shell
- Paint
- Jute
- Beads
DIRECTIONS
Start with a blank tin and spray paint it midnight blue. Ink the lid with color box fluid chalk ink, stamp a head and torso from Art Partz stamp set and create an embossed tail to go with it. The jute is applied around the lid with red liner tape. the sea weed is sprayed with color mists and cut into narrow strips. Poney beads to the bottom of the tin for feet.
Friday, March 14, 2008
The Lady of the Night…Dances

SUPPLIES
- Tic tac toe board
- Small clock face
- Arms and legs from ART PARTZ stamp set
- Gold pottery moon from the Celestial pack
- Color Mist spray - copper kettle
- Color Box fluid chalk cats eye ink (Ice blue, Ice jade, red, pink, Yellow ochre, olive pastel, and Prussian blue and black)
- Preserve Your MemoriesII (PYMII) sealer
- Glue dots
- Double sticky foam tape
- Black fine tip marker
- White Sailor Pen
- Mini star punch
- Craft t Products mini luster rub ons (white luster and sunburst
- Chalk, -black and pink
- White card stock
DIRECTIONS
Begin by chipping away the wood grid from the tic tac toe board. I used a screw driver. Leave a little for added texture.
Paint the front with black gesso let dry
Dry sponge white gesso over the black

Next spray with copper kettle around the perimeter and let dry
Spray with PYM11

Stamp the images to be used onto the card stock and spray with PYM11
Dab the red and black cats eye ink around the outer portions of the gold moon face
Spray with PYM11
Using the red cats eye pad directly to paper, stamp a headdress form on the white card stock.
Cut out the stamped images and tint with chalk and add shading
Using the black tip pen, add line detail to the stockings and the headdress
Using the rest of the cats eye fluid chalk pads…dab all over the background of the board and the top edges. Use heat gun to set
Spray again with PYM11
Using your finger, smear the white luster rub ons over the background with a heavier application along the bottom half.
Spray with PYM11
Punch out stars and color with sunburst luster rubs
Assembly the headdress and limbs to the moon with glue dots
Attach the image to the board with double sticky foam tape
Attach the stars to the background with glue dots
Using white pen, add title to the bottom
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Too Cute words
amazing, especially given the detail and the size of it, WOW!
Christy used one of OTM's mini wood birdhouses.
http://www.outsidethemargins.com/detail.php?product=163
Check out Christy's blog to read how she created it:http://artchickadee.typepad.com/
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Penscore Slide Show Technique
Coloring Therapy
When's the last time you've actually sat down and colored? Coloring is good therapy! My challenge to you is to double click on the image below and download it to your computer to print out and color. Once you've colored (painting's okay too) it, send a copy to me at: otm@outsidethemargins.com of your colored masterpiece and I'll post it in the gallery here:
http://www.outsidethemargins.com/photos.php?gallery=31
**Sometime in May I'll randomly pick a name from the posted pictures and the winner will receive an OTM Goodie Bag!
Let your imagination run wild!
**By downloading and printing this picture your agreeing to OTM's copyright agreement. Picture may not be mass printed and used in your art or added to any collections or otherwise. By posting your link your also agreeing to allow OTM to display your posted picture in our online gallery with credit given to each individual artist.**
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