Glitter, glitter everywhere! Lynn from Splitcoaststampers had a great Technique Lover’s Challenge for us on Monday. We were to use tacky tape adhesive to create glitter embellishment background papers for our project. I didn’t have tacky tape but my ATG
gun worked just fine. I do have glitter all over my work area as it seems to fly all over the place when I use it.
I just got the newly released Raspberry Fizz cardstock and twill from Papertrey this week and thought it would be perfect to mix with gold glitter to create a Valentine. I picked two adorable small images from Rubbernecker to work with as I really wanted the brilliantly colored cardstock and gold trim to shine and to let the images be a sweet addition.
I stamped the images with versa, embossed with gold embossing powder and watercolored using SU Pixie Pink and Celery. I punched the scalloped border on two sides of white cardstock and then ran my
ATG adhesive gun over the scallops. I carefully removed the additional adhesive between each scallop by tucking it back behind the paper so my scallop border would be perfectly shaped with glitter. I placed the scalloped cardstock face up on a sheet of printer paper and poured on the glitter. I wanted to be sure the glitter would stick well and not have tons of loose glitter falling off (which it does anyway) so I folded the piece of printer paper over the glittered cardstock and pressed down on the adhesive to smoosh the glitter in well. I embossed a piece of the Raspberry cardstock with the Textile Cuttlebug folder as it matched the Victorian look of the gold and sweet images. I assembled the card front by attaching the glitter layer and by running a piece of twill around the inside of the card leaving the ends on the outside to tie and attach a multi loop bow. The bow is what really makes this project special to me. When I went to attach the little images the gold embossing powder just did not match up to the brilliance of the gold glitter. I pondered a minute and decided to take the change to use my versa marker (small point end) and applied the versa just on the gold lines of the images. I poured Heat and Stick powder on, heated and then applied glitter. The lines of versa were very thin but did manage to hold onto enough glitter to make the images pop and to match the gold scalloped borders. I attached gold cord to the two little hearts to make them appear to be hanging from the envelope image. I love the sweet look of this project even though it is really out of my normal comfort zone. I know it is good for me to stretch myself to learn new things. If you would like to try this technique I would love to have you post a comment here with a link so I can check it out.
Stamps: Rubbernecker-From the Heart Collection, Rubbernecker KK Originals-Heart Collection
Paper: White, Raspberry Fizz, Watercolor
Ink: Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Cuttlebug Textile Folder, ATG Gun, Gold Glitter, Twill, Mounting Tape, Gold Cord, Brushes, Snips
what a very pretty card love it
hugs
Norine
Oh, so pretty and I love the RF paper! tfs
Beautiful Kittie.
so pretty, love these colors and the dangling hearts are cute, beautiful ribbon and sparkle!
OMG, Kittie, the colors on this are STUNNING!!! I love the little images and the gold glitter, too!!! I better go check out the new PTI papers!!!
totally cute the little envy and hearts are adorable
Very cute (and girly! hehe….I tend to stay away from girly, as my boys at home always say “that looks like a girl thing!” hehe)
Kittie, this is exquisite!
Gorgeous card, Kittie.
The color is amazing and your embellishments are perfect.
Karen x
This is luscious!
This is luscious! Reminds me of a beautifully decorated Valentine heart box.