Shining Stones Backgrounds

The first "noise" challenge was Julia Andrus's "Shining Stones" background a la Trish Bee. It involves rainbow dye ink pads, glossy paper, mica pigments (I used Moon Glow w/ gum arabic for the binder), water, a heat gun and paper towels. For a how-to, please visit Trish's blog at
http://trishbee.co.uk/?p=309.

With the exception of the creole spice, which is a Kaleidocolor pad, I used Adirondack Big & Juicy rainbow dye ink pads. In order: Beach Comber with Moon Glow Fool's Gold; Waterfall with Pay Dirt Gold; Creole Spice with Fool's Gold; Hydrangea with Fool's Gold; and Tutti Frutti with Pay Dirt Gold.

This is an easy technique and the scans don't show the lovely gold shimmer.