I love when I discover a new technique. It does not matter if it is an old technique that everyone in the world already knew about … it is new to me and so, I have to share!
I purchased these little metal pieces from The Green Door Studio in Brighton to use on some shutters and windows I was repurposing. I knew they would be easy to transform …
I used alcohol inks and it was pretty, but it was not quite the look I was going for, so I decided to paint over them.
Now, many probably know that acrylic paint does not go over alcohol ink well, but I did not. And this is where the magic began …
When the paint dried, even more of the color came through and I had this beautiful arrow filled with depth and texture …
Then, I decided to gloss it up a little with a thick layer of Glastique.
Resulting in this beautiful piece …
Here are some other pieces I did using the same technique.
candy scraps 
These are gorgeous! You need to put up the pictures of the shutters after you put up the arrows too. I didn’t know this technique either but it looks great. I’ll have to try one day. Hugs, Robin