How to make a scratch off lottery ticket?

You probably know the scratch off lottery tickets? Ever wondered how to make them? Well, they are very fun & easy to make.
I used to make greeting cards from them but now I'm going to use this technique as a promotional tool.
I made 25 scratch off tickets and will include 1 ticket with every order I ship.
On one of those tickets, there is a coupon code and a value of 25 dollars to spend in my shop on Etsy. Waaaahhh, exciting! :)

Here is what you need:
cardboard, a print-out of your lottery ticket, glue stick, sticky back plastic (contact paper), metallic acrylic paint (preferably silver) and washing liquid.
I prepared the paper cutting beforehand so I'll skip that part in the tutorial. :)
Beforehand you print out a design that you want to be on the scratch off lottery tickets.
If your printer can take thick paper you can print it directly on the cardboard and skip this part. If you do it in two steps, it is nice to get a fun color background paper and glue the design onto the card.
Then you take a piece of sticky back plastic and put it onto the design.
Mix some metallic acrylic paint with washing liquid. Try to use 1 part washing liquid and 2 parts of paint. Mix the substance.
Paint the plastic part on the ticket and let it dry.
Make sure that the picture underneath the paint is hidden. Add another layer if this is not the case.And then... scratch! Oops, no luck for me! :(
But you can certainly win a 25 dollar certificate if you are one of my next 25 customers in my Etsy shop. Happy shopping! :)

Dream in progress... part 3

Because the four row-squares take a lot longer to make, I haven't finished all the squares yet. I know the pattern by heart now so I can actually crochet this blindfolded! :)
Who would have tought that a few months ago? I still remember all my attempts on the slippers. The Babette blanket calls for 18 colors of yarn but after the two row-squares where finished, I found that the red was a bit too vibrant in comparison to the other colors. Instead of making all the squares all over again, I decided to add more colors of yarn to the blanket. I added seven more colors. So, I don't actually keep track of the suggested colors of yarn all the time - sometimes I just throw in a combination that I like a lot. I hope by doing this, that I'm not going to ruin the whole blanket... Off to finish 26 more of these...

My creative space

Today my creative space will partly be claying on some new stuff and partly applying oxydes & glazes to some fired things.
I'll start with the wall art tiles that are fired but need some color.
The creative bubble one is already reserved for someone special so I hope that it will come out as she likes. If not, it will be for someone else! :)

Here is the process of how it's done: the plain fired tile, the tile with the painted oxyde on, the washed off tile.
In a few days I will fire my kiln and show you the results! :)
They will look completely different!

Want to show your creative space? Hop over to Kootoyoo's to play! It's fun! :)

Flickr Favorites

After last weeks start of showing Flickr Favorites, I have to say that I loved seeing all yours! So many new favorites and contacts make up for great inspiration. Thanks for playing whoever played!
I decided to make this 'Flickr Favorites' a weekly feature on my blog so if you feel like playing and sharing your favorites, hop in on tuesday's! :)
You can show your mosaic of Flickr Favorites in your blog or Flickr. Just copy/paste the link where you posted it in Mister Linky. You can click on all the links to see the Flickr Favorites made by whoever participates!
Mister Linky is kind of wonky sometimes and last week he was a whole lot of trouble. I hope he behaves better this week! :)

I feel touched

When people buy a mini art feeling, they sometimes write why or for who they are buying it. My curious nature loves that but mostly I'm very touched by the story behind it.
One of my feelings courage went as a gift to a person who just recovered from a coma. Another one went as a gift to someone who's battling with cancer at the moment.
I hope that both these people will find the courage to conquer the hard times that they are going through. I feel touched to know that my work has reached their hearts and that my little feeling 'courage' will be part of their journey...
Both these sales are in my heart more then any other and I quite often look back and hope that 'courage' will help them remember to go on in hard times and that they are surrounded by people who care about them...
What touches you?

Test tiles results

Remember I made these test tiles the other day?This is how they loook after being fired at 1050°C
From left to right I used: Yellow ironoxyde, Synthetic red oxyde, Natural black oxyde, Mangan, Cobalt oxyde, Copper oxyde
A few close ups...
I love how they came out. How about you?

Dream in progress... part 2

I finished all the two row squares for my Babette blanket. It was fun & easy and I love the colors although I'm having doubts about the red because I kind of feels too 'hard' compared to the other colors. What are your thoughts?
I have a slightly pinkish red color cotton too so I might change to that.
The bigger square in the corner is the next set of squares containing 4 rows. I need 49 of those. I think these will take me a bit longer to make.
I didn't sew in the last thread yet 'cause I don't know if I need it to join the squares together. I have to find out about that.I'll keep you posted on the progress...
And I also want to share a nice feature Artsybeat did on me & my work.