Hey everyone, Thanks for visiting my new blog. I have some new tricks up my sleeve that you might enjoy. Have you ever heard of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist? It is a pearlescent water based spray that will change your life, and it will change the color and add a shimmer to flowers, patterned papers, card stock, chipboard, wood, ribbon, tear bears, fabric, and anything else that can absorb water.I have used it on plastic and buttons, but on plastic and buttons you have to dry it completely and seal it with something like clear embossing, glossy accents, or Crystal lacquer. If you are using an absorbent material such as paper or fabric, you can dry it with a heat tool, but I like to use the microwave for 5-15 seconds because it flattens the paper perfectly smooth and dry almost every time. Polyester, likes to shrink and melt violently in the microwave so don't nook your shinny polyester ribbon and flowers. Lets go over some step by steps shall we.
Today we're making this Mother's Day card.
We will use Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (suede, riptide, passion red), Core'dinations Color Core Cardstock, 2 stamps, Brilliance Dew Drop Onyx Black ink pad, Ranger Clear Embossing Powder, corner rounder, Sanding block, K & Company Craft Glue, Kaisercraft white paper flower, and large Kaisercraft rhinestone.
We will start with a piece of Core'dinations Color Core Card stock cut to 10"x4" and 2"x2". I folded the 10"x4" in half, rounded the corners and sanded the edges on both pieces for added interest.
Now I spray. Holding the bottle about 12" above my paper. I press the nozzle down quickly and move my arm is a fast sweeping motion across the paper. Don't worry about using too much, the mist is very fine so it seems like you are using allot but you're not. That little bottle goes a long way.
Before
After
I achieved this effect by first using the Suede color. I misted the entire piece. Then I used Riptide which is blue and aimed for the folded edge and the bottom right corner then I nooked it for 10 seconds or so until the paper was flt again. Notice that for this card I didn't dry the first color before applying the second color. I did this because when both colors are wet they run together making cool drips that remind me of the veins in marble.
I cut a flourish using the Home Decore Cricut Cartridge, placed it on the bottom of the card. Holding the bottle 8" away and using a fast sweeping motion, I misted the bottom card over the flourish with passion red. Next I removed the flourish and nooked the card flat and dry. Notice the impression left by the flourish.
Digging through the stamp bin, I found this beautiful never used stamp just waiting for it's day. I inked it with a Brilliance black onyx Dew Drop because it is a pigment hybrid which will set on top of the background I created rather than soaking in like a dye ink. Plus, with Brilliance Dew Drops I can pour clear embossing powder on the Brilliance Ink, and heat it with a heat tool for a totally different effect.
Remember that 2"x2" square? Well I rounded the corners, sanded and inked the edges, then sprayed it first with suede, the corners with riptide, and the bottom with passion red. Dried it in the microwave, then stamped and clear embossed the scallop frame. I also changed the color of the white Kaisercraft flower to a glimmery passion red and glued a rhinestone to the center.
Now I glue everything together.
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