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Rusty texture technique ("DIY Rust Paste"); this is a technique for making an embossed or bas-relief surface look like it is all rusty and neglected. It is a multi-layer technique, not just a single application of a paste to make things look rusty. It requires dark brown (Burnt Umber) paint and rusty-brown (Burnt Sienna) paint for the under-layers; these have a texture powder added to the paint to give it... texture! If you can't get the grit powder, cinnamon will do (it's bark, it isn't going to dissolve or go rotten). Other paints are then added in more layers to get a metallic and patina look.

Make your notebooks & journals unique by painting the edges! Also a great way to revive books on your shelf. It helps to have a book press, but one can use heavy weights or clamps if need be.

Step-by-step tutorial for consistent dendrite fractals in varying sizes and styles using a "mystery" liquid, acrylic inks, India ink, fluid acrylics and regular acrylic paint. See how to create beautiful snowflake - like patterns in any color. For these fractals the author used :

Artist Loft Flow Acrylic white paint from Michaels as the background... but ANY white paint seems to work (She tried at least 4 others too, including craft paint, with similar results).

Liquitex Acrylic Ink - Deep Violet Golden Fluid Acrylic - Quinacridone Magenta DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic - Titanium White Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India Ink - Teal

91 % Isopropyl Alcohol "Mystery product" ... watch the video to see what it is.

Pretty thorough introduction to acrylic pour (fluid art) techniques. This video covers techniques on how to prepare your canvas, puddle pouring, dirty pours, funnel pours, flip cups, swipe / spreading, surface dipping, and more.

Create a galaxy effect pendant tutorial. This one makes the galaxy background with white acrylic paint and (sparkly) black/blue/purple/clear nailpolish painted into a bezel. The 3D effect is done by layering glitter and stars and microbeads on top, and doming it all with (UV?) resin and adding a few more glitter-stars into that.

Pendants made using nesting punches and metallic acrylic paints, domed with resin to make beautiful jewelry, buttons and more.

Watercolour/Dye/Food-colouring + Epsom Salt + Table Salt + water + paper = pretty! Basically. adding Epsom salt and table salt to watercolour painting means that the salt crystalizes as the paint dries, adding a shimmery surface. Since both Epsom salt and table salt dissolve in warm water, no need for boiling water. Though on the downside, this also means that unless the painting is sealed, the crystals might dissolve away from the painting if it gets wet or humid.

Cardstock + water + stamp + paint = faux leather. This is probably most effective when the colour of the cardstock matches that of raw leather - that beige/tan/peach sort of colour.

This is part 1 of a tutorial in making faux books that open up as drawers. (There are links to the other parts by following the "next post" link on each page) This tutorial does it from scratch, from chip-board, which is rather daunting. But it also has ideas about decorating the resultant faux book, which is good.

Tutorial for decorating a faux book. This one solves the _pages_ problem by using adhesive caulk and texturing it with a plastic fork. I wonder if this would work with air-dry clay?

Decorating a faux book. Really cool ideas. This references a paid tutorial... if I wanted to get all those exact effects it would be worth buying; as it is, this has simply opened my eyes to the possibilities, such as using brass stampings, old newspaper, string, etc.