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Dominos

MATERIALS

  Opals White or cream plastic or ceramic dominos
  Brilliance ink pads Embossing Heat Gun
  Dye / Chalk ink pads or reinkers Diamond Glaze
  Permanent black ink pad Rubber stamp

PROCEDURE

  There a few ways to decorate dominos, so I'll just cover what I do myself and what works for me!
  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. 

   
  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.

   
  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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