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Project of the Month - August 2002

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"Domino Art" Part II
August's project of the month is compliments of Stamp artists Patti Gramza, Belinda Schneider,
Kathy Mailloux, Snowstamper, Wendy Vecchi, and Diane Miller.

(Click Here for July's Project of the Month - Domino Art Part I)

For July's Project of the Month, "Domino Art Part I" we talked about several different ways you can decorate dominoes. For August's Project of the Month, with the help of some very talented artists, you're going to learn how you can create some beautiful things with your decorated dominoes!

Diane Miller's before and after	Diane Miller's before and after

Domino Bracelet By Diane Miller

Shown above are just two of the dominoes I decorated for "Domino Art Part I" July's Project of the Month, shown before and after. By simply adding charms, beads, wires and fibers to your decorated dominoes, you can create beautiful pins or even a necklace to wear! Shown to the left is an easy to make bracelet!  I used mini dominoes for this project. After decorating my dominoes, I simply hot glued them to a ribbon, added a clasp, and viola!

Materials used: White dominoes approximately 1"x2" fine grade sand paper lumiere gold paint gold krylon pen black memories pad decorator chalks and gel pens varies colors krylon spray sealer Cording and beads to make into a necklace. Stamps: (domino art shown to the right) Zettiology Woman with a crown

Domino Necklaces By Patti Gramza Stamp Artist - Patti Gramza  Domino necklaces Patti made for a recent swap!

Stamp Artist - Patti Gramza  Image: American Art Stamps

I sand the dominoes lightly with a fine grade sand paper to give a little tooth for the lumiere paint to adhere. After sanded, I wiped with a clean cloth and then swiped the gold lumiere on with my finger so that it does not leave brush lines. I light coat will do. When that is dry, I stamp the image with memories permanent dye ink and let dry and also heat set to be sure it is dry! For coloring the images in, I use a small eye shadow applicator brush and chalks. I color the area as I want and high light them with gel pens. Brown for the hair, blue for the sky etc. I outline the outside edge of the domino with krylon gold pen to finish it off. Then I lightly spray the whole thing with krylon sealer. Matter or glossy both are nice.

I add on embellishments if it needs it! Like on the Zetti woman, shown in the upper right hand corner, I added a rhinestone with Crafter's Ultimate Glue to her cheek. I drilled the hole from front to back with an 1/8 th drill bit. If there was a center domino hole on the back, I used that to drill from back to front as it lended itself to holding the bit in place with its indent. I strung a piece of cording and a bead to match and viola, it was done. They are soooooooooo much fun to do! In the sample shown to the left, Only a portion of the image, "Best Friends" has been used in this example.  As Patti says, "That is one of the great things about stamping with dominoes . You can place the domino onto your inked stamp that is face up on the table, and pick out whatever part you want to use and place your domino onto the stamp in that area!"

Stamp Artist - Patti Gramza  Image: Dreamweaver from Acey Deucy

Stamp Artist Kristy Christopherson

Time Piece Pin By Kristy Christopherson This pin was created using smaller dominoes. First, a layer of cut, stamped Black fun foam. I impressed my Postcard 1 image into it, then applied metallic rub ons.  I then layered this with a piece of CD that I pained with Bronze and Sunset Gold Lumiere paints. I then stamped the three dominoes with my Pocketwatch 2 image and embossed in Antique Copper Powder. I painted the detail with Lumiere paints (colors above) then glued these onto the CD.  I attached the painted Round Paper Clip, Game piece and Watch charm. Images from Time To Stamp

Venus de Milo Pin By Kristy Christopherson I lightly sanded the domino, then stamped the Images (first, Ingen text , then the handcarved Venus de Milo) with Brilliance Graphite Black and embossed in black Powder. I then sponged on the Fiesta Inks and let dry. I made a tassel from Fibers by Ruba Dub Dub, then I got a Clink it and stamped and embossed with a patina ink, and then glued it all together with Quick Grab glue, placing the string from the Tassel in between the Clink It and the Domino. Apply Diamond Glaze , let dry, then attach pin back. Both images from Time To Stamp Fibers from Ruba Dub Dub

Stamp Artist Kristy Christopherson

Stamp Artist Belinda Schneider Instructions:	Domino Art Doll By Belinda Schneider Materials used: White plastic domino Tria inks for Polished Stone Technique Golden Krylon pen Black Brilliance ink pad White shrink plastic Chalks Future Floor Polish Rubber stamps Golden paper charm Carpet tape Vintage paper image of woman Golden wire Heat gun
Drill 4 holes into domino for body parts with electric drill (takes only a few seconds). Apply tria inks (#333 + #2985) on domino with cotton pads. Add dots of golden Krylon to achieve Polished Stone effect. Stamp image (Acey Deucy * Pastiche) on domino with black Brilliance ink pad. Heat set for a few seconds. Dab on Future Floor Polish for sealing. Edge with golden Krylon pen. Attach golden paper charm. Stamp doll parts (Perfectly Said) onto white shrink plastic with black brilliance ink. Cut out, punch holes and color with ochre, purple and green chalks. Stamp on images (ornament: Penny Black, all other: Stampers Anonymous) with black Brilliance ink. Shrink with heat gun Attach doll parts with golden wire to domino. Attach woman's head with carpet tape to back of upper domino.  If desired, you can cover the back with self-adhesive velcro, decorative paper or leave it as it is.

Stamp Artist Kathy Mailloux

Domino Time Piece Pin By Kathy Mailloux For this domino pin, I stamped Large Pocket atch(G2017) and Small Pocket Watch(C2018), by Handprints, in Memories Black. I then heat set but not enough to scorch the domino. I added several watch parts that I had lying around. I attached them with Judikin's Diamond Glaze. I also attached Suze Weinberg's Jazz Beadazzles around the edges with Diamond Glaze. Let dry. Brush with a final coat of Diamond Glaze to seal everything. Let dry. Glued a piece of cardboard on the back with 527 glue and also added a pin back with the same glue.

Materials used: Large dominioes 1"x2" brilliance inks (color of choice) luminere paints (color of choice) white tissue paper stamps (of choice) gesso heavy wire beads Suze Weinberg special effects(gold) Fray check Future floor polish keychain ring drill and bits Instructions: Drill a hole from top of dominio about half way through using a drill bit about 3/16-1/8".  As you drill keep pulling the drill bit out to let the dust come out of the hole.  If you try to drill and not do this you will break the dominio. Turn over and drill from other end till you hit the first hole.	Domino Art Key chains & Pins By SnowStamper Stamp Artist SnowStamper
Using gesso and a sponge , sponge the dominio completely. Being careful not to fill holes of dominio. As I like people to see it really is a dominio. Let dry. The next step is really your choice of color. I use luminere paint or brilliance ink. But try different inks. There is lots of others that will work. The paint you can just sponge on let dry. The brilliance I did one color at a time heat set and move to the next color till the dominio was covered. Using brilliance ink (I used copper) I stamped the dominioes with a texture stamp. Heat set again. Let the dominioes set and move on to next step. Using brilliance graphite black stamp on white tissue paper. HEAT SET GOOD!! You can use lots of different stamps. You can use a large stamp and tear off the part that you want to use. The keychains that have ladies faces is a large stamp that I tore around the part of the image I wanted to use. It makes you look at your stamps differently. I also used little stamps . When you have the mages stamped and heat set tear around all the images that you are going to need. Using future floor polish and a brush. Brush on the floor wax in the area of the dominio you want the image. Then lay the tissue image down.And brush on more polish over the top. Keep going till you have all the images you want on the dominio.You can let them go over the side if you wish. When dry give them another good coat of the polish. At this time I add Suze Weinbergs 'Ultra Effects in gold" in the wet polish. Let dry GOOD! Using a heavy wire cut a piece about 6-7 inches. Make a loop in one end twist good.This is the end the keychain will be attached to. Run it through the dominio from top to bottom. Pull it down tight. Now you will need to make another loop on this end. leaving about 1/2 inch of wire cut off extra. Make another loop. Add the keychain ring to the top and beads at the bottom. To add beads I just used beading string. I cut a piece about 6 inches. Loop it through the wire loop. Weave your beads on both ends. Making sure to add a little bead at the bottom. Tied off good. Add a dot of Fray check. Cut off extra string. I can't take credit for all this. I have picked up bits and pieces here and there from lots of great stampers. Just do what makes you happy.

Stamp Artist Wendy Vecchi	Domino "Evidence" journals By Wendy Vecchi Materials used: Small Journal 1 Domino 1 Formica sample...ugly green ! Krylon Pen...Gold Black Document Ink PPA...Perfect paper adhesive Fibers...LOTS!!! and beads & charms...LOTS of these too!...Use old buttons too! Metallic Gel pen Rub-ons Antique vial...part of the cork broke off inside...guess that's the Evidence! YES glue Ephemera...small washer from the hardware store...3-d letters...small key charm...small wooden marker...stamped with No. 2...I think this is also from Acey Deucy (it's unmounted) Tan Cardstock Stamps: "Found Object" - Stampers Anonnonymous "Evidence" - Stampers Anonnonymous "CaraMia" - Acey Deucy "Music" - Stamp Oasis
Coat the domino with PPA & let dry. Apply green rub-on sparingly & wipe some off to get a light background. Stamp CaraMia with black document ink. Heat set. Add another coat of PPA to dull the surface more. Add a small washer accent. Edge the domino with a gold Krylon pen. Coat the Formica sample with PPA. Stamp the Formica sample with Music stamp, and the Evidence stamp, using black document ink. Heat set. Add a final coat of PPA. Edge with Krylon pen. Coat the journal with a light coat of PPA. Use a gel pen & "dot" the background. Stamp Found Object with black document ink. Heat set. Cut out. Coat with PPA. To assemble... Glue the Formica to the cover with YES. Glue the domino at an angle , to the Formica, using YES glue. Glue the found evidence to the journal with PPA. Add the charm, key, letters , No. 2 and vial embellishments as shown. Finish with LOTS of fibers & beads & old buttons . REMEMBER TO SIGN YOUR CREATION!