Drunken Scotch Technique

I found a new technique at: Kattoys I also saw this technique on another blog, too, which I can't find now, of course... I played with 5 liquid glues and Ranger's alcohol inks. What fun - smelly, but fun!


My fave was the sample using Aleene's Tacky Glue.

For these sample tests:
1. I punched scalloped circles from cardboard.
2. Painted circles with Ranger's Dabber in Gold and a few other colors. Let dry. 3. Applied glue all over with paint brush.
4. Applied 2-3 drops of 5 different Ranger Adirondack alcohol ink colors (not metallic). 5. Dried each sample with heat gun, encouraging bubbles.

Notes: I let finished samples dry overnight. The sample with Aleene's Tacky Glue is my fave, seems to have a lot of thick texture. Least fave was the sample with Modge Podge Gloss. I also like the crackling with the Craft Smart All Purpose sample. I plan to do a few more tests - at least one test with Elmer's White Glue and another test mixing a couple glues together.

What do you think of these textures? Have you ever tried this technique?

Book Giveaway!

There is an awesome book giveaway at: http://krishubick.blogspot.com/2010/03/book-giveaway-three-books.html LuLu

How to organize acrylic paints stash

I don't have a LOT of acrylic paints. But one way that I organize my most often used acrylic paints is in the top 2 drawers of a rolling cart. The long skinny bins I found in sets at JoAnns. These bins keep the drawers categorized and also keep things from rolling around too much.

Tube acrylics and Claudine Hellmuth paints - stored bottoms up for quick access. Ranger Dabbers, Golden FLuid acrylics and Making Memories.

My other, least used bottle and tube acrylic paints are kept in bins in the large middle drawer of a 3-drawer rolling cart.

How do you store your acrylic paints?

Old Galena Farm

Here are digital photos I took of an old abandoned farm building - during our vacation last May in Galena, Illinois. Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think. Fyi, the watermark URL is wrong - should read http://www.lulu-too-beaucoup.blogspot.com/...

Digital Photo -
enhanced with layers and effects

Microsoft Digital Image Editor

Galena Farm Hayloft

Digital Photo - 5" x 3.75"

Doodle-bugs

Here is a zentangle I drew in February - using a Sakura Pigma Micron pen set in Sepia. I drew and painted the color version first. Then scanned it. I used Photoshop to remove color resulting in black and white version. Please leave a comment, and come back to visit often!

'We're not in Kansas anymore' - 3" x 5"

Ingredients: ink, watercolor crayon, on watercolor paper

'Zetti-tangle'

Digital scan: Adobe Photoshop

Scrapbooking with Aunt Alma (94 yrs old)

This past Sunday my hubby and I visited my great-Aunt Alma (my paternal grandmother's sister). Usually my father (77 yrs old) and I visit Aunt Alma on the 1st Saturday of every month to identify old photos for heritage scrapbooks I'm making. But Daddy wasn't feeling well this weekend so my hubby went to visit Aunt Alma with me instead.

Aunt Alma

My grandmother was the original family historian and made dozens of scrapbooks, that I am now trying to save with archival materials. Granny scrapbooked all the photos, but she didn't write much info on the backs or in her books. So we are trying to fix all the photos now while Aunt Alma can help us.

LuLu (me)

At Aunt Alma's house we look through old photos. Aunt Alma identifies the people that she can, with my help and (usually) my father's help. Then I write down the info, sort the photos into piles by location or event, and store them in accordion file folders until I get a chance to crop and mat them.

We all have a great time with the old photos! It's so interesting to see all the old places and how folks looked long ago. I've already made 5 scrapbook albums (a LOT of work) and taken them to our family's annual reunion for the past 2 years. They were a huge hit - even with the little kids!

Handsome Hubbie

My hubbie was the 'official photographer' on Sunday.