POLISHED STONE

Polished Stone is a technique that has been around for quite a while and while using alcohol inks has made it a really simple technique, not everyone has all the beautiful colours of alcohol inks.  Most people do have some dye re-inkers though and these are what is used for this particular version, along with rubbing alcohol (which is like the Blending Solution that you use with the alcohol inks).

I have used the Ranger Distress Re-inkers because this is what I have most of but you could try out any other dye re-inkers you have on hand.  I always like to start with the lightest colour and generally use two contrasting colours first, like blue, green or yellow and orange and then use a darker third colour to build up interest and intensity.  Depending on what particular stamp or image you use, you place your colours on the card where you like.

One of the obstacles of working on an atc sized piece of card (2-1/2" x 3-1/2") is because the area is so small, you need to not be too heavy handed and totally cover your card with the darker colour as you'll lose the lighter effect of the first application.  You might want to try this technique on a larger greeting card size first to get an idea of how it blends etc before tackling the smaller atc card.  I used a cotton wool ball for application.

"Eternity"... 

"Little key"... 

"Heels"... 

"Pixie Dust"... (the sparkly bits on the wings

are Angelina Fibre cut and added onto 

Glossy Accents while still wet)