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| The Sharpie Domino Queen Leigh Anne Snaith-Brunton Artwork featured in Somerset Studio's July/Aug 2003 issue, article titled 'The Sharpie Domino Queen' on page 50 |
Altering game pieces has fast become very popular in the world of rubber stamping. One of the favorite 'canvases' is dominoes. One evening, while working on dominoes for a swap, one of my images didn't stamp properly. Remembering how I've frequently grabbed a black marker to touch up in other projects, I decided to try repairing the image with a black Sharpie pen I had on hand. Pleased with the results, I used the same pen to sign the backs of my swap. I had so much fun using the black Sharpie that I got out my set of coloured Sharpies that I'd recently purchased for colouring shrink plastic. I was extremely pleased with the brightness and vibrancy of the colours on my finished pieces and, excited with the results, I shared my dominoes with my Yahoo group called DominoArt. My dominoes were an instant success. I was soon flooded with e-mails from friends asking how I'd achieved such amazing colours. Everyone frantically dashed to local stores to buy the new range of Sharpie colours. If I'd known before hand that I was going to start a new style in domino decorating, I would have bought shares in the Sanford Company, LOL! I'm now known in the online stamping community as the 'Sharpie Domino Queen' and my dominoes and triominoes are featured on www.skybluepink.com and Beeswax Rubber Stamps art galleries as well as other websites such as Hearts In Touch & Innovative Stamp Creations. Materials & Tools Art Stamps, Wooden beads, Beaded ribbons, needle & thread, Heat-It Craft Tool, 3-D Crystal Lacquer, Tiny-Touch applicators, E600 jewelry adhesive, Drill and small drill bit, gold pocket-watch charm, Red seed beads with holes, #9 Pink Marvy LePlumme II marker, Delta Ceramcoat gloss varnish, Ancient Page coal-black dye inkpad, Small silk leaves with wire stems, Terrifically tacky double-sided tape, 12-pack of Sharpie pens in fine & ultra-fine point, White standard dominoes & white poker dominoes, DecoColor Liquid Gold Opaque paint pens (broad line & extra-fine points). Materials for the Tree Sculpture Paint brush, Sculpture tools, Gare Opal Glitter-It Gare ceramic acrylic stains, Das Pronto white air-drying clay 1. I made the tree with air-drying clay and formed it around the dominoes, which were then removed from the trunk area to allow the tree to dry. 2. It took approximately two weeks for the tree to dry and due to shrinkage during the drying process the slots had to be enlarged with sandpaper so that the dominoes would fit. 3. I painted the tree with Gare ceramic acrylic stains using the ceramic technique called dry-brushing. 4. Once the paint was dry, I brushed on Gare Opal Glitter-It. The Dominoes 1. Use untreated dominoes straight out of the box; there is no need to pre-treat them with bleaching or sanding. 2. Drill holes in one end of each domino. 3. Stamp the dominoes with Alice In Wonderland images using coal-black Ancient Page dye ink. Heat-set the ink with an embossing (heat) tool. 4. Colour the images with permanent, alcohol-based Sharpie markers. Add details with an extra-fine-point gold paint pen. Add 'blush' to the faces of the people and the ears of the rabbit by dabbing on a little bit of pink Marvy LePlume marker and blend with a tiny-touch applicator. 5. Colour the sides of the domioes with a black Sharpie pen, and then edge with a broad-line-point gold paint pen. 6. Once thoroughly dry, apply a layer of crystial lacquer to the surface of each domino to proect them from being scratched. 7. Eight of my dominoes are embellished with red beads and silk leaves by gluing the stems into the drilled holes. The ninth domino, the white rabbit looking at his pocket-watch, is embellished with a red bead and a gold pocket-watch charm. Beaded Domino Necklaces 1. Untreated Poker dominoes were used to create the beaded necklaces. I chose the Queen of Hearts for The Red Queen', Ace of Hearts for 'Alice' and the Jack of Hearts for 'The White Rabbit'. 2. Stamp and colour the dominoes as described in steps 3-4 above. 3. Colour the sides of the dominoes with Sharpie markers to match your selected beaded ribbon embellishments. Edge the sides with a broad-line-point gold paint pen. 4. Apply strips of double-sided tape to the sides of the dominoes. After knotting the two beaded ends together, wrap the ribbon around each domino, adhering the ribbon in place on the tape. At the top of each domino the ribbon may be sewn together to ensure a snug fit against the top edge. 5. Wooden beads may be coloured with Sharpie markers, sealed with a glossy varnish and allowed to dry before adding them to each domino necklace. Thread the ribbon through the bead holes, and secure in place by tying a knot in the ribbons. Next Page Sharpie Tips Colouring Tips Drilling Dominoes |
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