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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.

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?