Items Needed:

White felt, approx 3x3 inch squares
Homemade ink (You can also use Tria, Studio or any alcohol based inks) in various colors

*You can also use non-alcohol dye inks for this technique. Wet your felt with rubbing alcohol then add your inks.
Glossy cardstock cut to 5-1/2" x 4-1/4
Metal leafing pen (it MUST be a leafing pen, regular metallic pens will not work) OR Spray Webbing (see below)
Rubber gloves (to protect your fingers from dye ink marks!)
old newspapers or other protective paper for your table / work surface.

**Use alcohol inks in well ventilated areas!

Directions for Leafing Pen 

1. Carefully open your ink bottles and keep them open while working. 

2. Shake the metal leafing pen, and start the metal ink flowing onto the pen nib.  Protect the work surface with several layers of newspaper. Lay the glossy cardstock on the paper glossy side up.

3. Put a small amount of ink on the felt (use an eye dropper OR cotton ball) by squirting it directly onto the felt. Make the ink spot smaller than a dime for each color.  Repeat this, putting three colors of ink right next to each other on the felt.  Do not worry about overlapping the ink because the ink is alcohol based and will not mix.  After putting the last ink color on the felt, take the gold leafing pen, and make random dots of metal ink on the glossy cardstock.  I usually start with 8  dots on the first piece of cardstock.  

4. Right after applying the metal leafing to the cardstock, fold the corners of the felt up to make an applicator with the ink at the bottom and start dabbing the felt with the ink onto the gold dots.  Also, dab the ink randomly around the cardstock.  You need to get the ink onto the paper quickly before either the ink or the gold leafing dries.  The idea is to get the gold leafing to move in the ink and create the polished stone look.  The gold leafing should not be covering the ink in a consistent layer, but should make veins throughout the paper.

Sample by Wendy Kerr

*Flower piece created with the VersaMark Resist Technique

Sample by Paula Gremour

Spray Webbing

Using your can of spray webbing, spray a LIGHT amount of webbing directly onto your cardstock. Let dry.

Apply ink to felt, and directly above. Apply felt applicator to your cardstock and there ya go!

After your ink is dry (I usually let it set about an hour JUST to be sure) "polish" with a tissue, LIGHTLY rubbing your cardstock with it...

**HINTS**

Do not RUB your felt into your cardstock. Tap it with the palm of your hand. 

If using homemade inks, use an eye dropper OR cotton ball to put your ink onto you felt- don't pour. Too much ink results in a "Watermark" type look.

'Polished Stone™' was first credited by Suze Weinberg for use with Tria Inks.