Marvy Metallics

	Several colours of Marvy Metallic markers (eg: gold, copper and silver)	Spray water bottle like those used to mist hair, plants etc
	Gold Schminke	Black gloss card

	Lay scrap paper onto a flat surface and fill bottle with water, set to spray on mist setting (the finest one).
	Cut black gloss card to appropriate size for your project.
	Put gloss card glossy side up on scrap paper and shake Marvy pens well.
	Take off cap and shake pen downwards to release ink onto card. If they're being stubborn then press pen nib on card to release ink, this way is less messy but also less fun. You will end up with randomly splattered colour on the card.
	Repeat step 3 for further colours of Marvy ink.
	When you have a covering of ink splats to your satisfaction, then spritz card with water. At this point you can do several things to create different effects:sprinkle rock salt over wet Marvy and leave to dry, brush off salt later,tip your wet image to one side or multiple sides to make the inks run,lay scrunched plastic lunch wrap over wet image and leave to dry, gives a crackled look,leave as is and let dry naturally (see example at top of this page), or my favourite - add some gold schminke and lay another piece of gloss card over the top so that the glossy sides are touching. Smoosh, swirl or slide one across the other to create wild patterns and amazing looking backgrounds.
	More Schminke while drying = a gold dust look.
	Leave to dry.

	Use no more that 3 colours at once or you end up with a mess
	Paler effects can be achieved using white gloss card as the base
	Too much water will crack the gloss card and/or bleed the colour out of the Metallic inks
	Don't rest your drying project on absorbent paper towel as it will suck the ink off your card - leaving you with very little but a silvery smudge (speaking from experience here).