Marbling Paper With Nail Polish

Nail polish marbling is cheap and easy even if it is a smidge messy.

Marbling paper with nail polish. While the options of how to marble and what to marble are varied this nail polish version is pretty much as easy as it gets and you can marble paper wood slick surfaces just about anything. When i was coming up with cheap homemade art for the wall for our bathroom makeover i had a few false starts. Create beautiful unique backgrounds and more with the nail polish marbling technique this week s wednesday in the works. Paper marbling with nail polish may 5 2014 at 5 30 am reply marbling with design mom diy trends 12 marble projects diy craft kits craft supplies online craft supplies monthly craft subscription box craft projects whimseybox may 8 2014 at 10 00 am reply 4.

Diy marbling with nail polish. Fill plastic tub with water and then pour in nail polish. Immerse your project item into the water. Nail polish marbling dries quickly and there s less mess because you don t have to scrape away the shaving cream.

Swirl nail polish with stirring stick. Dissolve 2 tablespoons of the alum in 2 cups of warm water. I liked using a bit of a dragging motion into. You can easily make your own rake for making patterns in your paint by sandwiching toothpicks taped at 1 4 to 1 inch intervals between layers of corrugated cardboard prepare the surface of your paper.

Marbleizing supplies are inexpensive and readily available at art supply and crafts stores. Drag a toothpick around to mix and marbleize your colours a little. Marbled paper art using nail polish mad in. Do this quickly as the nail polish starts to get a little gummy quite fast.

Let the face of the box touch the surface of the water and then lift. First i tried painting watercolor peacock feathers but. The nail polish will be stuck on the face of the box. Sink a few drops of various colours of nail polish into the tub of water.

Since marbling is at its best when done in colorful hues we decided that a bright marble pattern would be the perfect addition to a black and white.