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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Art Every Day Month. Day 4

Bah, Humbug! Who knew creating Christmas dominoes could be so frustrating? When I think of decorations at Christmas time, I think SPARKLE! Red, silver, gold, green. More SPARKLE! (This thanks to my mother, the queen of Christmas.)  I tried the traditional Christmas colors on the dominos, and they just looked washed out, kinda pink. Pink is for Easter. So, I tried some stickles, to add bling and SPARKLE. Huh.



Didn't care for it, so I took off the stamped part and will re-sand and start over.
Then I thought, well, think outside the box. Purple is good. Looks good with gold. Huh.




I am so far from finished with these!! I guess dominoes don't naturally SPARKLE, and I will have to add that in as I go. O.K. I can live with that.
I did like the angels, and I do have a vision for the "Merry and Bright" domino.




And sometimes, color will have to come in a form other than beautiful pencils. We will see what happens!




Every day is a new challenge!!

~Lynn



Posted by Unknown at 4:36 PM

11 comments :

  1. AnonymousNovember 4, 2009 at 6:16 PM

    Very original. I really like the "JOY tree" ones

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  2. Lee AnnNovember 4, 2009 at 6:26 PM

    I love the angel ones especially, but they're all very nice. A great idea.

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  3. SusieNovember 4, 2009 at 6:39 PM

    They are looking really wonderful. Sorry you have been frustrated with the colors. I especially like the angels, also.

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  4. carol sNovember 4, 2009 at 11:36 PM

    try rhinestone bling for SPARKLE, you little sparkle queen :-) in the black dots on the tree. all kinds of xmas colors, probably at michael's or your favorite scrap store. also, you can get some kind of diamond glaze like thing that has built in Sparkle, but kinda the wrong color. wonder if you added your own sparkle to diamond glaze what would happen. Isn't production FUN?? Way cool angel...all of it is great.

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  5. after irisNovember 5, 2009 at 1:12 AM

    These are fantastic!

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  6. lindaNovember 5, 2009 at 1:22 AM

    Beautiful...I just love the style of your work...

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  7. UnknownNovember 5, 2009 at 6:50 AM

    I think these are great. Have you tried alcohol inks? I know what you mean about red turning pink. Pink and green would be a great alternate Christmas color combo. Good luck; I know they'll turn out beautifully!

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  8. SuzNovember 5, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    I love your dominoes.I am the proud owner of two!!!I think you should sell some one here, Lynn. I love pink and green at Christmas...a little turquoise for the green. The angels and joy ones are my faves.

    Lynn, have you ever tried mica for sparkle? I love it. it is nice and old-fashioned.

    Hope all are doing well at your house.

    xo,
    Suz

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  9. AnonymousNovember 6, 2009 at 6:46 AM

    Wow! What a clever idea and nicely done! I like your designs and the colors still look Christmas-like to me.

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  10. UnknownNovember 6, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    Wow, what great altered dominoes and what a great idea. All the best with these and your new endeavors. ~ Laura Daub

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  11. UnknownNovember 6, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    these look so much fun! thanks for stopping by my blog:)

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