Second Thursday Tutorial: a review

I had planned to have a tutorial today, but time and young people got in the way.  Instead, I will bring back a few of my favorite Second Thursday Tutorials from the past.  This will NOT be on my tutorials page because the individual tutorials are already there.  However, some of you are quite new to my blog, so they may interest you.  Feel free to follow the links.

Last year I created a masterboard using one color and one stamp.  I even made my own stamp pad by placing three baby wipes on a large acrylic block.

Ideally, you should rotate your stamp so it appears there is movement.  However, I often forgot to rotate it and many of my butterflies were headed in the same direction.  You shouldn't be afraid to stamp off the edges, either.

I was hoping to learn from my mistakes, so tried again.

I think this page was worse than the first!

One of my favorite posts was when

I showed how I played with napkins.

I created three technique, two of which were successful.  The cling wrap was not successful, though.

Results using Pellon/Wonder Under and Freezer Paper.

Back in April of last year, I compared

water color pencils to water soluble crayons.  You can follow the step by step, if you like, but I will always favor my water soluble crayons over the pencils.

Second Thursday Tutorials aren't always about paper and tools for paper.

Sometimes I share how I dye products, like turmeric.

I take you through the process, then share the impressive results

including felt that a wasp was attracted to.

Another time,

I dyed fabric using juice siphoned from and after soaking black beans.

You can follow my process and see the results I got.  I'm incredibly pleased with how this turned out.

I was always told you had to use a special paint when sun painting. 

Not only do you not need special paint, you also don't really need sun as I showed in this tutorial on sun painting.

The object is the exposed fabric dries first. 

These became the inside and outside of a scrappy journal cover.

To save money on a staple that became popular back in 2016,

I created my own baker's twine using Sharpies.

Maybe not as precise as you would get if you purchased ready made baker's twine, but you have lots of colors for just a few pennies.

While we're on the subject of Sharpies,

it might be fun to see how I colored fabric with them.

Even though I am usually unable to draw even the simplest of shapes, these turned out decent.

Of course, straight lines remind me of a serape.

My first Second Thursday Tutorial

was all about rusting fabric using green tea.

I even explained the science behind it,

as well as the safety precautions you needed to take when handling real rust.

In the end, you get something this beautiful if you have enough time and patience.

However, if time and rusty chains are not your forte,

you can always make faux rust.  You can do this with any material from fun foam to corrugated cardboard to plastic.

All you need are a couple of colors of paint, cinnamon, and a bit of glue.

I originally called this "Homage to my rusty friend," but it was actually showing two different ways to create faux rust, while creating a single page for a six person swap I was in.  All six players' themes were included in this example.

As always, I appreciate you taking time to visit and staying for my Second Thursday Tutorial review.  I only have a few more days to spend with my guests, so I hope you understand, and maybe review a few of these tutorials you may have missed or weren't interested in at the time they were published.