Get Your FAUX on!

 

Hi Everyone and Happy Leap Year Day – sounds totally weird but I guess that’s what it’s called!  Most importantly…. welcome to another awesome  eP blog hop with the E-TEAM!.

This hop is technique based, so be prepared to revisit some old techniques, learn a couple of new ones and most importantly have fun and be inspired!

Daisy’s  challenge to the E-TEAM was FAUX Marble.  FUN, fun, fun!  Because there are so many different ways to create that Faux Marble look.  But first let me provide you with the details of this blog hop:

Visit each E-TEAM blog and leave a comment.  Daisy will pick two (2) random winners who will each win a $25 eclectic Paperie gift certificate.  You have until Friday, March 2nd to make your rounds and leave comments.  The winners will be announced on Saturday, March 3rd on the eP blog. 

And in case you guys have not been checking out the AWESOME sales that are happening at eclectic Paperie, you are missing out!  -Just sayin’! 

The E-Team:

• Daisy eP blog
• Broni Holcombe
• Linda Ledbetter (will not be playing today, but stop in and say “hi”)
• Me
• Sherry Cheever
• Starla Nelson

 

Alright,  are you ready?  Because you know me, I pull out all kinds of things and experiment.   I even had the the granddaughters help .

There are a lot of ways to create a Faux Marble look and I think the first one that comes to mind is the good old shaving crème method, which Daisy will be sharing with you.  I let the girls do this technique:

Did I mention it gets kinda messy?   For their first time, the results were amazing (especially for Gracy, the 4 yr. old):

 

I wanted to try water marbling!  It’s actually less messy than the shaving crème technique!  What you’ll need is a water proof ink, a eyedropper or brush, a pan of water and card stock.  I used scrap white card stock and India Ink but any waterproof ink will do. 

Fill the pan with water, lightly – barely touching the surface of the water,  apply the ink. 

You’ll notice in the picture above several black & yellow ‘blobs’.  That is what happens when you just squirt the whole dropper full of ink into the water (which isn’t bad or wrong, it just gives you a whole different look).  Think of it as an oil slick, then just take your card stock and lay it on the surface of the water.  I skimmed some paper, others I literally dipped into the pan.

And the result was this:

Put aside and let dry.  You can use any type of paper.  But before I started playing with different paper mediums, I had an idea.   So I dug out my only two, very old, bottles of ……..nail polish and poured it into a container of water:

Don’t it look pretty?  Like a lava lamp, lo!

After stirring it gently.

And the end results were:

Paper

 

What’s so great about using the nail polish is that it also creates texture because the polish is so thick (or thicker).

Then I remembered a Faux Marble technique using Metallic Gelato’s by Ellen Hutson, so I tried that too. 

Black glossy card stock, Faber-Castell Metallic Gelatos and water bottle:

I think I used too much water, but I set it aside to dry.  And then I remembered I had a whole bunch of  these green plastic sheets:

The gelatos actually showed up better on these binding covers BUT you have to spray with a fixative once dry or the paint comes off.

And here is what I created with some of the Faux Marble results: 

I’m a sucker for black, white and a hint of color, especially red. 

On this one you can see the metallic gelato on black glossy card stock result a little better on the die-cut small squares.  The marbling on the black glossy stock is more subtle.

Now to use some of the nail polish Faux Marble stuff.  This one is still missing something…. but I decided to stop before I ruin it.  And I was bound and determined to use the new Glitz Design French Kiss papers papers .

Can you guess what I partially dipped into the nail polish water?  A white domino

And wanting to use that strip of grunge board, I die-cut the A and the R with Tim Holtz Vintage Market die and for the T, I just cut small strips which I adhered to a  chipboard alpha.

 

The sentiment is stamped/embossed on regular water marbled card stock, this time using red India Ink.

The two chains are recycled from a keychain I think.  Of course trying to photograph this was interesting since I still need to attach a picture hanger to the back.  

I hope you are inspired to come up with your own Faux Marble technique.  At the very least I hope it got your creative juices flowing.  Now check out the rest of the E-TEAM and don’t forget to leave a comment along the way for your chance to win.

Thanks for sticking with me, I hope I made sense.  I’m seriously contemplating recording as I create just so that when I type up a post I’m sure to include everything and hopefully make better sense.  If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.

I am submitting my Journey wall hanging to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show :  Idea-ology

Anything Goes #61:  Altered Project (anything but a card)

 

I’m entering my Imagine card to these great challenges:

The Crazy Challenge : Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp:  Anything Goes

Perfect Sentiments #21: Anything Goes with a Die-Cut (ok, so I didn’t use a fancy die-cut, just plain ole squares.  Still counts, right?)

Shopping Our Stash: Sentiment Required – (the dew drops are about 2 years old as is the black India Ink which I used to make the water marble cs. )

 

Have fun and as always…… thank you!

Until next time….

Supplies for Imagine Card:

Supplies for Journey Wall Hanging: