![]() ![]() ![]() This one has no DI added, and I did think (as I type) that a spritz of some pale glimmer mist over all might look quite pretty. This Olive is matt, rather than super-shiny – love that look.Īnd now to tie it all n with my printables (keep in mind the embossing folders don’t QUITE fit a 4 x 6 card blank – you can add a mat to make up the difference or, as with the Santa-suit card, split the piece and mask the gap with a strip of cardstock or ribbon) : Since it is embossed and the powder set, you can smudge over it all with Distress ink than lightly buff the embossed part to bring back the shine. ![]() Cool, hummm?Ĭheck out the sparkle on that gold highlight powder! Now, about the hiding of stray glitter. You should get it clinging to the raised bit, but if you do get a smidge in the dips either don’t worry about it and call it grunge (and later you will see a way to mask this a bit more) or whisk away the worst of it with a little fine tip paintbrush. Try to hit just the high points – you can do this easily working on a hard surface, or by leaving the card IN the folder, so the high points are supported by the folder and stay rigid. Now load your brayer with Versamark, or other clear embossing ink. I would say smooth card is best, too, rather than textured. You want to use a good weight cardstock, so the embossing is quite deep. as with the glitter gel you want a nice overall pattern, not one that has bug gaps. Here is what you do –Įmboss your cardstock. Now I have!It is not really much different to the brayer-on-glitter-gel technique except perhaps less messy and a step more. I have one called Clear Gold Highlight that I really like but haven’t found the right project for it. I love them because they are so fine and the colours just wonderful. Well, I was considering that and thinking of a way to update it and my eye fell on my drawer full of WOW embossing powders. You may remember my glitter highlight card. Still working on a few things to share at some point but still no quite there yet! I think I will see if I can make them work with these. I have a set of images from one of The Octopode Factory sets that I printed and cut out, then decided they weren’t right for the backgrounds I had made. I have a lot of stencils and many, but not all, work really well for this. Here is another idea then – I got out a handful of stencils, and with a small stylus/dotting tool, drew thru the stencil to deboss the pattern but keep the back of the card flat. The problem with that is that the card … contracts a bit, I guess, when embossed so it is slightly smaller than ATC size ( very slightly, but still) and the back is lumpy so harder to stick the back with the info on to it. ![]() I know the extreme shine makes it hard to see, but the smooth application after pushing it down to the ATC substrate with the scraper (use a credit card – it’ll probably work close to the same with enough pressure) is smooooth.Ī couple of the things I have been trying are embossing the card with an embossing folder then colouring it with alcohol markers OR dripping or sponging on alcohol ink or acrylic ink. I found this little scraper/spreader from Letratac that works a treat: For me the real issue is getting it smooth. It is not QUITE wide enough to cover an ATC in one pass, but I have been experimenting with either landscape or portrait strips abutted or slightly overlapped. I have been having a good old play with my 3M metal tape, on sale at LIDL in October. ![]()
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