Magnetic Easter or Mother's Day Project

This is such a fun project that can be used for either an Easter or Mother's Day project that I wanted to re post it.You can use whatever themed rub-ons you happen to haveon hand or rubber stamps...don't limit yourself to thinking that your project has to be exactly like this use it as an inspiration to create your own one of a kind piece.Click HERE to see my tutorial

Magnetic Background

Magnetic Paper Towel Background

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Here's a twist on a paper towel background technique my son came up with. He had a bottle of iron dust he'd collected in sandboxes at school when he was a kid using a magnet (evidently sand has iron in it, who knew!).

Mix together

1 Tablespoon Iron Dust collected from sand using a magnet

1 1/2 -2 Tablespoons Future Floor wax (liquid acrylic)

Pour on and paint the paper towel with the mixture and allow to dry. I then drizzled gesso mixed with tar gel and a little bit of water. While it was still wet I sprinkled it with bronze mica powder and allowed that to dry. Last I painted the hearts and dots with gold acrylic craft paint. Notice the letters spelling out LOVE those are magnetic letters from the fridge. For those wondering-- the paper towel is still a little stiff but still very pliable.

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