Always adding more…

Dec 9, 2011

So the more I looked at the domino art piece I posted yes­ter­day, the more I felt it needed more… it just lacked that lit­tle some­thing extra. So back into the scrap­room it went as I had ideas in my head and well, once and idea enters my head I can’t do any­thing else until I give it a go.

So here is what the fin­ished piece looked like, yesterday.

And here is what it looks like now. Since I could not apply alco­hol ink to the face to darken the com­plex­ion, with­out wor­ry­ing that the alco­hol ink would ruin the stamped image, I decided to stamp the image onto the blank mar­gin of a vin­tage book page then care­fully and  ever so pre­cisely cut out the face. I then placed the cut out image of the face over the stamped face on the domino, using a clear dry­ing adhe­sive to attach it.

Once the face was attached I went over the entire top por­tion of the domino with a clear dry­ing adhe­sive. I let this dry com­pletely then applied Rock Candy Dis­tress Crackle Paint all over the top. Wendy Vec­chi taught me this trick and it is a GREAT ONE. Since the domino has a slick sur­face the Crackle Paint will not stick and once dry will just flake off BUT the dried adhe­sive I applied to the domino gives the domi­noes sur­face just enough tooth to allow the Crackle Paint to stick and crackle per­fectly. I think this is the best tip any­one has ever shared with me! I will be putting Rock Candy Crackle Paint on EVERYTHING now! I need to order this stuff by the case!!!

After the Crackle Paint was dry I high­lighted the cracks by going over them with Vin­tage Photo Dis­tress Ink. I then wiped the ink off the non-cracked areas using a paper towel. I really like how the cracks add that vin­tage feel to the piece.

The very last thing I did to the domino was attach it to a pen­dant back using E6000. Now, I have an awe­somely aged vin­tage style charm I can wear year round and I LOVE it!!!

Hugs!