Dominoes
All the talk about dominoes really got my curiosity up. I found myself searching for sites to see examples. Yet, I was hesitant about taking that first step until I received a wonderful swap from Deborah Noss. I was excited about trying my first one and within 24 hours, I bought a box of dominoes at Big Lots (only $2.99 for a box of 28). Below is my first attempt and, needless to say, I have already started painting the background on some others. I am HOOKED! Below I will explain how I did the ones pictured here.
Feather Lottie Evening Gown
Feather:
1. Clean domino with rubbing alcohol. I just put some on a tissue that had no coating and rubbed all surfaces I wanted to paint.
2. Coat domino with something to give it some "tooth" to grab the paint. I like to do prep a whole lot of dominos at one time so that I have some ready to paint when I get the urge. If you use Lumiere paint, there is no need to base coat. However, I never know what I will be in the mood to use, so I base coat with FolkArt Glass & Tile Medium so that I can use acrylics later. I let it dry for an hour before painting. The only thing I did not like is that the bottle recommends that you let your project cure for 2 weeks before using. We stampers don't like that "wait" word <grin>.
3. I painted two coats of Lumiere 562 Metallic Bronze.
4. Using Memories permanent black ink, I stamped the leaf. I was surprised that I did not get any slipping. I made four of these and all four stamped great! The stamp used is D5016 entitled "Feather" and is from Impression Obsession. You can purchase it here.
5. I put 3-D Crystal Lacquer on the top and sprinkled Art Institute Fawn transparent glitter just around the edges while the lacquer was still wet. I only used one coat of the Crystal Lacquer and was pleased with the deepness of the shine.
Lottie:
Steps 1 and 2 same as above.
3. Same as above but I used Pearl Violet Lumiere paint.
4. Using Memories permanent black ink, I stamped Lottie on light pink text weight paper (note: I painted some white paper with pink acrylic paint). I used a purple glitter gel pin to outline the edges of the image, rounding out the hair line to make it easier to cut out. After cutting, I used gloss decoupage finish to attach it to the domino. I colored the rose with a gold gel pen and then dry brushed brilliant gold pearl-ex over the top. The stamp used is D4300 entitled "Lottie" and is from Impression Obsession. You can purchase it here.
5. Same as above but I used transparent violet glitter with holographic highlights around the edges.
Evening Gown:
Steps 1, 2, and 3 the same as Feather except I used Lumiere Pearl Magenta.
4. Stamp used is C4319 Textured Evening Gown from Impression Obsession available here.
Stamping on dominos challenges you to look at your stamps in a different way. Obviously, you would not be able to get the whole image on a domino if your stamps are bigger than 1" x 2". Look at your big stamps and think about what portion of the image would look good on a domino. It is an adventure! Have fun!
©Doris Floyd