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I've recently been through some big personal changes, which has totally shifted my taste in art and therefore what I want to produce, and also the direction I want to take. and I'm feeling optimistic and excited for new possibilities! I'm moving away from the blogging arena and sharing craft tutorials, and very much focussing on purely creating art. I'm currently working on developing a new style, and I'm not quite sure what that will look like

To make these stamped curtains you will need: - piece of wood plank off cut for the stamp back (mine measures 14 x 33cm or 5.5 x 13") - scrap fabric, scrap paper, spatula to scoop paint, rags for clean up, glue stick & sticky tape After testing the print, I added a second layer of foam strips to the first one to be more spongey, it enabled me to get a better more uniform print than just one later of foam. Using block printing ink (add your fabric additive here if using) and a brayer roll out an even layer of ink, then use the brayer to roll the ink on your stamp. I went all the way down one side of one curtain with the pattern, then I started the next line by placing the stamp down and then measuring with measuring tape where the edge of the stamp was, then marked with masking tape all the way down the length of the curtain so that my pattern didn't go off track.

Once you've marbled one rock, use a scrap piece of cardboard to lift any remaining paint out from the water surface ready to marble another rock. Easy Marble paints are waterproof and lightfast; which make them perfect to use for a project that will be outdoors in the elements.**Update: For my fellow Aussies it seems buying Easy Marble paints at this moment in time is quite difficult! and I would be pretty confident to try them!**You take a container large enough to fit your rocks in, fill with water and drop 2-3 of your chosen colours into it. Before you pull the rock back out, swish any extra paint still floating on the surface of the water away from the rock

You could also use paper and stick the tiles down using a glue stick if you wish. but for this project it doesn't matter too much as the tiles are just placed randomly, and the end product gives a nice flat surface. You could either use plain cement and sand and mix according to packet instructions, or just use some mortar mix which is premixed cement and sand. Mine had a few air bubble holes in them which I filled with a pale grout, or you could make up a little more concrete mix and use that to patch up any holes.