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wildauangel


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the whole mottled look is beautiful and there are so many ways to achieve this but i have learnt a great tip from another reborner and its SO SO SO SO easy and leaves a fantastic result.

go all and attack your sponges with tweezers (and dont forget the edges)

https://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j156/wildauangel/IMGP0007-1.jpg

https://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j156/wildauangel/ZOE/2.jpg

(I had to make your pics into links instead because of no pics unless they are in the artist showcase).
to make your pics into links just paste your pic code, then remove the "[IMG]" from the link on both ends.

-- Edited by Buffington at 18:06, 2008-10-07

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Brilliant!!
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Rach, What a wonderful Secrit, When I try Genesis again I will try this methood. It looks great.

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OOOO that is soooo cool! Thanks for the secret!

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Nice! I will have to try that method!

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I have been teaching tonight and showed them your Secrit, and once I do a few with Gensis, we'll be trying it, Thanks Rach. My daughter Samantha lives not far from you and visits every other weekend. Maybe she could have coffee with you or meet at the duck pond.

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thats a great idea june, does she have any kids i have an 8 year old and a 3 month old.

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Love the effect! Thank you for the tip.  Do you use any sponge? About how big of a sponge do you use? Looks great can't wait to try it!

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That Is What I Have Been Looking For!! Lol

So You Just Get A Sponge, Attack It With Tweezers Then Put Paint On It Then Your All Ready To Go?

Thats Amazing! Hehe Must Start Another Baby To Try It!!


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Me too! That's GREAT!

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i just got a kit and i am going to try this technique, thanks for the secretsmile

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I wonder how a natural sea sponge would work????

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Natural sea sponges are FABULOUS, WONDERFUL, WOW! That is what I use on all my babies. But make sure it's not a silk or synthetic, not the same. And you can pick your hole size :)

Oh yeah Tiina... use a sponge the appropriate size of your doll parts. I mean you wouldn't want to use a large sponge on a preemie! lol

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That's great!! Thanks for sharing

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I was wondering how a make up sponge would go if you punched out holes with a hole punch, in varing sizes. would that work the same. I think I will try it anyway. XXX June.

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Yes June, give it a go and let us know how it turned out! I would think that the holes would be too uniform. But then again so are the berrymakers.

I like the sea sponges as the patterns are very random just like motteling.

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I tried this technique on my last baby with a cosmetic wedge and my trusty tweezers.  WOW what a beautiful and easy way to achieve that mottled look. I had a tough time before but this was a breeze biggrin. I do want to try the sea sponge though I bought a few cheap ones (don't do that they give you the look you want) I'm going to try the natural ones. Can't wait to see that outcome!

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The synthetics don't do a good enough job for me and I don't like the feel of them. Give the naturals a try, you'll see a difference. :)

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I tried this a got a fantastic result!  Thanks so much for the tip!

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glad we could all be of help

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Yay! I'm so glad you shared that secret! w00t.gif I can't wait to try it out.
Thanks so much for posting that tip. I saw the pics and it looks amazing.

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Pretty amazing artists here! :)

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