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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
Belinda Tubby Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
[email protected] www.Stampinpad.com
All Images copyright Stampin' Up! © 1990-2005
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
Belinda Tubby Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
[email protected] www.Stampinpad.com
All Images copyright Stampin' Up! © 1990-2005
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
Belinda Tubby Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
[email protected] www.Stampinpad.com
All Images copyright Stampin' Up! © 1990-2005
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
Belinda Tubby Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
[email protected] www.Stampinpad.com
All Images copyright Stampin' Up! © 1990-2005
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