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Monday, October 28, 2019
What Powders Did I Use To Make My Galaxy Table Top - Including Nail Art Powders
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Sunday, October 27, 2019
Still In Process? Our Galaxy Kitchen Table Top - Hand Painted With Nail Art Powders
It's been a while since the kitchen table top transformation began. I want you to guess how many litres of polyurethane have I used so far? It's more than I ever imagined. Keep in mind I have been using nail art powders, flakes and holographic glitters mixed with polyurethane to make my paint for our table. Otherwise no one would use this much polyurethane. But I won't tell until the next video. Yes, of course I want you to come back.
Just when I thought I was done...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Value Pack Mica Pigment Review - Was It Worth It?
I just received this package of mica powder from Amazon Canada. Find out if it was worth buying...
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Sunday, October 13, 2019
Polymer Clay Journey: Handmade Beads Turned into Beaded Ropes!
First of all, if you are interested in creating your own faux turquoise beads from polymer clay, click here. See what I was avble to create using those beautiful beads. As well, I was able to incorporate the hologlitter polymer clay beads as well as others! About 90% of these necklaces are comprised of beads I got to make.
Below is a video featuring the pieces, some now listed in my Etsy Shop A Bergie Creation. There are a few tips about creating necklaces as well.
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Making jewellery with your own beads is greatly rewarding.
I hope you are a little inspired to make your own too.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Inside My Studio: What's Up? Plus DIY Alcohol Ink Ideas
Hi guys! Hope you all had a great summer or winter, depending where you are!
Hard to believe that two months have passed and finally, I am basically done the redecorating of our kitchen table, galaxy look. I will be compiling and editing the process with lots of detail pics. For most it may be boring, but it helps me to document the art work making process. Because there will never be a recreation of it again. Plus it is cool to see just how much a surface or piece can change, the more you keep working on it. It definitely, does not look at all, like the first round - when I said it was done!
I used over one gallon of polyurethane plus some acrylic varnish! And now I need can number five to work on my final coat! My dear husband keeps picking up the medium sized cans (975ml I think) Remember, my table galaxy has been created by hand. One brush work/finger smudge at a time. No paint pouring here.
Oh. just accidents like spilling my polyurethane on the table - just yesterday!
Never Ending Ideas
What keeps dragging the completion are the ideas that keep popping into my never silent brain.
Alcohol Inks
One technique was the idea to use the alcohol inks that I mixed with mica powder. Don't you think they would make great stars!
That was after realizing the new Ranger pearl effect alcohol inks seem to just have mica powder to give the pearlized appearance.
DIY Pearlized Inks
Wanting to save money, I got out my empty needle nose plastic bottles, isopropyl alcohol
91% or higher and combined powder with the alcohol and some drops os alcohol inks. Just shake a lot as you go, and voila! Not a bad idea. Of course the Ranger inks are very
pretty. But, making your own pearly recipes is effective too.
Anti Freeze?
One thing I haven't tried is the Extender formula for the alcohol inks. I have used alcohol as my extender. It turns out alcohol disperses the alcohol ink colours but the extender solution doesn't. The extender helps extend the drying time and literally extends or waters down the ink I will be trying a Ranger extender solution soon.
Wanting again, to be frugal, I saw a DIY recipe to create your own extender solution. Thanks to a friend, I have some anti freeze to create some. You only use a teeny amount of the green glowing anti freeze and some . 91% plus isopropyl alcohol. Haven't tried that either. But I will let you know how it goes.
What About Polymer Clay?
I have missed working with my favourite three dimensional material. It was a blessing to have sold some new polymer clay handmade jewellery this summer! It always helps to help cover the art making supplies I love having! Needless to say, I plan on working on some sculpture pieces in clay! Stay tuned. Not enough hours in the day!
Happy Creating!
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Hard to believe that two months have passed and finally, I am basically done the redecorating of our kitchen table, galaxy look. I will be compiling and editing the process with lots of detail pics. For most it may be boring, but it helps me to document the art work making process. Because there will never be a recreation of it again. Plus it is cool to see just how much a surface or piece can change, the more you keep working on it. It definitely, does not look at all, like the first round - when I said it was done!
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| The basically completed table - one end anyway! |
I used over one gallon of polyurethane plus some acrylic varnish! And now I need can number five to work on my final coat! My dear husband keeps picking up the medium sized cans (975ml I think) Remember, my table galaxy has been created by hand. One brush work/finger smudge at a time. No paint pouring here.
Oh. just accidents like spilling my polyurethane on the table - just yesterday!
Never Ending Ideas
What keeps dragging the completion are the ideas that keep popping into my never silent brain.
Alcohol Inks
One technique was the idea to use the alcohol inks that I mixed with mica powder. Don't you think they would make great stars!
That was after realizing the new Ranger pearl effect alcohol inks seem to just have mica powder to give the pearlized appearance.
DIY Pearlized Inks
Wanting to save money, I got out my empty needle nose plastic bottles, isopropyl alcohol
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| Trying to create a sparkly star effect with Chameleon nail flakes and DIY mica inks. |
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| More table top pics |
Anti Freeze?
One thing I haven't tried is the Extender formula for the alcohol inks. I have used alcohol as my extender. It turns out alcohol disperses the alcohol ink colours but the extender solution doesn't. The extender helps extend the drying time and literally extends or waters down the ink I will be trying a Ranger extender solution soon.
Wanting again, to be frugal, I saw a DIY recipe to create your own extender solution. Thanks to a friend, I have some anti freeze to create some. You only use a teeny amount of the green glowing anti freeze and some . 91% plus isopropyl alcohol. Haven't tried that either. But I will let you know how it goes.
What About Polymer Clay?
I have missed working with my favourite three dimensional material. It was a blessing to have sold some new polymer clay handmade jewellery this summer! It always helps to help cover the art making supplies I love having! Needless to say, I plan on working on some sculpture pieces in clay! Stay tuned. Not enough hours in the day!
Happy Creating!
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