Shaving Cream Marbled Backgrounds by Wendy Kerr

Items Needed:
White Glossy Cardstock
Dye Inks - Click here for instructions on making your own
Cheap FOAM type shaving cream (not gel).
 

(1) Place your cardstock in a cookie sheet (to aid in the clean up!) glossy side up. I found it easier to cut your cardstock sheet into 1/4 (5-1/2" x 4-1/4" (standard card sized.)) (2) Put a GOOD amount of shaving cream onto your cookie sheet or pie plate (as shown)

(3) Next, put a few colors of dye inks into the shaving cream. I like using just two colors, you can use more if you like.

(4) With a pencil, your finger or non-brush end of a paintbrush - swirl your inks. Don't mix TOO much.

(5) Place the glossy side of your cardstock down onto the shaving cream. SMUSH it down to make sure it gets even coverage.

(6) Gently "peel" the cardstock off of the shaving cream. (7) With a squeegee or a paper towel, remove the shaving cream from your cardstock. After it is all gone, you can lightly buff your cardstock with a tissue or soft cloth.

(8) Stamp! :)

ALSO SEE STARCH MARBLING

MORE TIPS!

When doing the shaving cream technique, you can save on shaving cream and ink if you smoosh a second piece of card stock on top of the first one just after you peel it off of the shaving cream pile and before you scrape off the excess. Sent in by Cheryl Ann Miller

Recycle the shaving cream that you just scraped off and just add more ink. Sent in by Cheryl Ann Miller

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