I just posted this tutorial on Carolyn Dube's Website. I have joined the Re-discover How to Play challenge. This month's challenge is to find your art supplies at the hardware store.
I do have an update on this piece. Because the embossing on the foil would be messed up if I took it off of the backing, I just glued the whole thing down. This was a mistake, because the foil is very thin and comes off of the backing if it scraped up against something. When I do this again I will just use regular aluminum foil. I think the main problem is that the foil is not glued down it is just stuck to the paper backing which is glued down. If you got the tape in a thicker aluminum that you could remove from the backing it would work better, or you could go ahead and remove the backing and tape it onto a piece of paper, and then emboss it and glue that to your project. Since I have a roll of this tape I will try this and see how it goes.
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This is a photo tutorial about how I decorated the cover to the sketchbook I am going to use when I take a Learn to Draw Class at Kraaft Shaak . I hope you learn something new. ![]() This is the sketchbook I bought to use for the class. The cover is not very heavy so I decided to strengthen it and decorate it at the same time. ![]() Supplies: 2" Aluminum Foil Tape 1/4" Copper Tape Sizzix Paisley Palooza embossing folder Krylon Triple Thick Crystal Clear Glaze Adirondack Alcohol Ink in-Purple Twilight, Watermelon, Mermaid, Botanical Ranger Alcohol Blending Solution, and blending tool White Glue Printed tag with the words-- It's always fun to learn something new Koi Watercolors and a brush ![]() I cut the foil tape into different size pieces and embossed them all. Then I placed a strip of copper tape all around the edges and in between the holes to strengthen them. I used white glue to glue down the pieces of embossed aluminum tape in a patchwork fashion. Next I used the copper tape to cover the edges of all of the pieces and put another strip around the outside edge. ![]() I took each of my four colors of alcohol ink and just sprinkled it all over the page. I tilted the page and let each one run a little before I added the next one. The ink does not run much because of the embossing. ![]() Next I took my blending tool and poured some Alcohol blending solution on it and pounced it all over the page. I had to reapply solution about three times to get the whole page done. Just keep pouncing until it looks pretty even. I let it dry about 15 minutes. It takes longer to dry inks if you use blending solution than without it. I sprayed 2 coats of Krylon 10 minutes apart and then let it dry for about an hour. I intended to put the tag on it but I just couldn't do it. So I decorated the inside of the cover and put it there. ![]() I did not take pictures of the steps on the inside because it was not the initial plan to do the inside, and because I was in a hurry to get finished. I sprayed some acrylic sprays on it and then used a couple of stencils and then ran a fork in gesso across it. I glued the tag on and then decided it needed more so I made another one to tell that I am using this for the Learn to Draw class. The last thing I did was spray some bronze metallic acrylic spray over it all for some bling and to make it go better with the front. |
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