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Dominos
MATERIALS
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Opals |
White or cream plastic or ceramic dominos |
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Brilliance ink pads |
Embossing Heat Gun |
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Dye / Chalk ink pads or reinkers |
Diamond Glaze |
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Permanent black ink pad |
Rubber stamp |
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PROCEDURE
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There a few ways to decorate
dominos, so I'll just cover what I do myself and what works for me! |
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Colouring with Dye Inks
(this includes chalk inks) This can be done with dye ink pads or with
re-inkers.
If using a dye ink pad then just tap ink pad in lightest colour that
you are using directly onto flat (unmarked) surface of domino and heat
gently with a heat gun. Repeat process with consecutive colours until
domino surface is completely covered with ink - heat with heat gun to set.
Once this is done stamp onto coloured domino with a permanent ink and leave
to dry. You can glaze the top of the domino for extra gloss and to
make it more durable by coating in a dimensional liquid.
If using dye ink re-inkers then my favourite technique is to lay down a
pale base colour and heat with heat gun. Then stamp image using a
permanent ink and then carefully and slowly use other colours of re-inkers
and a paintbrush to colour-in the image - drying with a heat gun between
each colour to prevent bleeding. You can glaze the top of the domino
for extra gloss and to make it more durable by coating in a dimensional
liquid. |
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Colouring with Brilliance inks
This technique is incredibly simple - just tap Brilliance ink pad in any
colour directly onto flat (unmarked) surface of domino and heat gently with
a heat gun. Repeat process until domino surface is completely covered
with ink - heat with heat gun to set. Once this is done stamp onto
coloured domino with a permanent ink and leave to dry. You can glaze
the top of the domino for extra gloss and to make it more durable by coating
in a dimensional liquid. |
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Coating with OPALS
(a thick embossing enamel) Coat flat (unmarked) surface of domino with
Versamark watermark ink (because it's the stickiest ink I know of) and
sprinkle a small amount of Opals over the surface of the domino - heat with
a heat gun until Opals become liquid (warning - you'll have Opals flying all
over the place for the first few layers so using a craft tray or a box
to work in is a good idea). While Opals are still hot and liquid,
sprinkle another small layer of Opals over the first and heat with heat gun
until liquid. Keep repeating this until the surface of the domino is
completely covered and Opals appear smooth. Heat with heat gun and
gently sprinkle complimentary colours of Opals onto top layer - heat until
smooth. Now you can stamp into the Opals while they are liquid
and you will get a relief type image or you can stamp on top of the hardened
Opals once cool. Both look nice, but no matter which you choose make
sure to ink your stamp before stamping. |
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HINTS & TIPS
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