True's "Hippy" Hemp and Glitter Necklace

Hi Everyone!

True here and today, instead of a card, I am going to share a fun wearable art project with you.

I created an easy to make necklace with a 1 1/2" wooden circle shape and a few beads, that can be purchased at any hobby store.

I started out by picking a few assorted colors and styles of glitter to add visual and tactile interest. I have some beautiful hydrangeas in my garden right now and am in love with the colors, so I chose colors that mimic them. #D56 Dragonfly Dazzlers, #807 Black Vail Small Glass Beads, #924 Vienna Vintage Glass Shards Glitter, plus 2 others that I didn't get in the photo which are #109 Cavalado, and #115 Heather Ultra fine Opaque Glitters.

I started out by drawing squiggles of Designer Dries Clear Adhesive on random areas of the wooden circle (I drilled a small hole before I started), then sprinkled the adhesive with my first color of glitter.

I continued applying glue then glitter until the entire surface was covered. I made sure to press all of the glitter into the glue.

After the glue had dried, I applied several coats of a gloss sealer, allowing it to dry between applications.

I took all of the loose glitter that was left from the front, mixed it together, and finished the back by coating the entire circle with adhesive, then glitter, and again with gloss sealer.

I used some natural hemp cord that I got at Really Reasonable Ribbon, and some large holed assorted beads and strung the necklace. I tied a knot between each bead and after the last one on either side so they will all stay in place.

Here is a close up shot of all the pretty sparkles. :)

Thanks so much for dropping by today!

BUT WAIT.....I would love to know what you think about my necklace before you go!

Hugs,

Glitter Galore!

For some time, I have chosen to showcase various types of glitter in each of my card posts. For this post, I am using a variety of glitter on one card.

Here is what I used:

Ultrafine Transparent 145 Blue Boy

Ultrafine Transparent 270 Chesapeake

Ultrafine Transparent 172 Calypso

Ultrafine Opaque 32 True Blue

Dazzlers D51 October

Dazzlers D54 Roman Coin

Microfine 500 Ruby Red

Ultrafine Transparent 85 Crystal

Handmade Hawaiian Soap

Double Sided Mounting Paper

Dreamweaver Stencils LJ 901 Mosaic Swirls

Dreamweaver Stencils LM 220 Gecko

White Cardstock

Blue Cardstock

Adhesive

3D Dots

2 Want To Scrap Rhinestones

To create this card, I used the Dreamweaver Double Glitter Technique. I soaped up the back of the stencils, brushed off the "chads" of soap, and placed them soap side down on the mounting paper (cut to the size of the stencil). For the background, I used 145 Blue Boy, 270 Chesapeake, 172 Calypso and 32 True Blue. I place a little of each color at various spots around the stencil, and then used my finger to push them towards each other and blend them. I used just a very little of each color because a little goes a long way. I used the least of Blue Boy, because I knew I was using it on the background as well. The three transparent colors blended the best. I had only one opaque color, so I was a little more generous with that color. After I pushed the colors towards each other and into the wells, I brushed off all the excess glitter and carefully removed the paper from the stencil. Then, I covered it with the Ultrafine Transparent 145 Blue boy and brushed off the extra. You can see in the picture how the background fades in and out. This is because I used transparent colors as well at the opaque, including the color I used for the "mortar".

The first thing that I did on the gecko was place small rhinestones in the eyes. I put them right into the stencil wells and attached them to the adhesive. For the gecko body, I used the Dazzler colors October and Roman Coin. I put a little of each on the gecko and pressed them into the wells firmly. I brushed off the excess. Because the Dazzlers have such large pieces, there is plenty of room all around for more glitter. I used Microfine 500 Ruby Red to fill in these gaps. It created a sharp look around the edges of the image as well. I made sure to rub it well onto the mounting paper and brush the excess off just as well. Then, I carefully removed the adhesive paper from the stencil, starting in the eye area and being especially careful around the rhinestones. Then, I covered it with Ultrafine Crystal 85. I peeled off the backing and attached it to the white cardstock before trimming around the gecko.

I think the rest of the card assembly is self explanatory. The finished card has a very bright gecko with a much more subtle background. It was all by design and careful use of just the right types of Art Glitter.

 

Sparkle On!

Laura

 

Paper Flower & Glitter Party Hat by Carrie Hannegan

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Today, I'm going to make a pink, blue and green party hat!



Here is what you'll need:

1. 1 party hat that you are going to take apart & put back together
2. 1 piece of 8 1/2 x 11 card stock in white
3. White, light blue and magenta crepe paper
4. Watercolors & acrylic paint in light and bright pink
5. Scissors
6. Glue - I use Designer Dries Clear adhesive from Art Institute
7. Hot glue gun
8. Art Institute Glitter - #89 Martini Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
9. Art Institute Glitter - #358 Jungle Green Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
10. Art Institute Glitter - #141 Magnolia Pink Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
11. Art Institute Glitter - Faux Snow glitter flakes
12. Art Institute Glitter - #806 Sonata Small Glass Beads
13. 15 +/- rhinestones
14. Flower petal paper punch
15. Ric rac and ribbon or a thin tinsel

Okay, to start, you'll need to take that party hat, undo it, make it flat and trace it, color side up, on a piece of white card stock. I then painted that party hat template pink. Darker pink on the bottom to a lighter pink on top.



While that paint dries, I took some white tulle and crepe paper and hot glued it on the bottom of the hat. The tulle is unruly, but it's okay to make a mess since the painted template will go over it and hide the mess!



So, I skipped a lot of steps here, but if you'd like to see the missing steps, I made a similar party hat a few weeks ago, click here to see it! So, after I put on the tulle, the crepe paper, fringed up the crepe paper, glued on the pink painted template piece, I hot glued on this pink vintage tinsel.



Now we're going to play with watercolors. First, I'll get the top flower done. I cut out a strip of the white crepe paper. About 4 ft. long. I then accordion folded it and cut scallops out along one side. I then painted it (this makes a mess! But watercolors clean up easily!). I left about 1 1/2' white, then next section I did a light pink and then got progressively darker with the pink by adding red and a hint of purple. I hung this up and let it dry thoroughly.



Here's what it looks like when I was finished. It doesn't have to be even close to perfect. Have fun with it!



While the painted crepe paper is drying, I punched out a bunch of little flower petals. I did as much as an 8 1/2" x 11" white piece of card stock could yield.



I set about 12 petals aside to become leaves. I then painted the rest of the petals with watercolors. Some were super light pink and others were darker pinky-red.



As the petals dry, I started glittering up my leaves. I covered the white petals in glue and dunked them into the glitter and let it dry. I used the #358 Jungle green glitter listed above.



Then, it was time to glitter up the flower petals. About a fifth of the petals got rhinestones in the middle. And some got some the faux snow glitter...



Some got that bright pink #141 Magnolia glitter. The rest got clear #89 Martini glitter.



I then started putting the hat together by gluing the petals and leaves on one by one using the Designer Dries Clear Art Institute glue. Some of the leaves were cut in half, but most were cut into fours.



For the top of the hat, I balled up a piece of magenta crepe paper, a little bit bigger than the size of a marble and hot glued that to a folded piece of pipe cleaner. Then, starting with the darker side of the crepe paper, I glued that to the inside magenta ball. I turned and glued, turned and glued.
I added leaves to my crepe paper flower and hot glued it to the top of the hat with the pipe cleaner going into the little hole at the top of the hat. I also glued on some of those fun small glass beads #806 Sonata in the middle of the flower to give it some fun texture.

And here it is all finished with all the flowers glued on, a little ric rac thrown on and that top flower added, too:








My dog, Nutmeg, was kind enough to model this for us... isn't she adorable?
Here's to hoping you have a LOT to celebrate, thus needed several party hats in the near future ;)! Happy Summer everyone!

Glittering is so transparent

I admit it. I’m a hoarder of Stampington magazines. I have them in racks everywhere with sticky notes sticking up from the tops and sides, marking techniques I have yet to try. Finally, I can mark one of those techniques off! 

One of the articles that caught my eye in the Apr/May 2010 of The Stamper’s Sampler issue is titled “Beautiful Brayering.” I took the general idea of the technique and changed it up to see if it would work with transparent Art Glitter – and it did! 

The artist originally did some masking using clear embossing powder and then brayered over the design with ink.  

Here’s how to recreate: 

Get out a favorite stamp to use as mask (you want it big enough to make it easy to cut out). I used my brand-new Fred Mullet Big Distress Wild Raspberry stamp (looked like a Fall leaf to me). Tear a page from an old book; gather some pigment inks, cardstock, clear embossing powder, a Xyron Creative Station, Art Glitter Petrified Microfine Transparent glitter and a package of Finesse Swirls Pearls – LeCreme from Want2Scrap. 

Begin by stamping three leaf images on white, heavy-weight cardstock and cut them out (these are the masks).

Run them through the Xyron Creative Station with repositionable adhesive, remove the protective cellophane and use a stylus to outline each image. 

Randomly apply inks to old book page (these colors will show beneath the masked images); heat set and cool before next step.  Ink the stamp with pigment ink and stamp onto colored book page, spoon on clear embossing powder and heat set. 

Place leaf masks on top of clear embossed images then run the entire piece through Xyron Creative Station with permanent adhesive, facedown.

Remove protective cellophane covering, flip face-down on table and outline each leaf image (this ensures a clean and neat removal). The book page is very delicate and parts may tear away – I happen to like that look so chose not to repair it. Gently remove the masks, pace page in a bead tray and spoon on Art Glitter Petrified Microfine Transparent glitter; tap off excess.

Mount onto coordinated cardstock and add one Finesse Swirls Pearls – LeCreme to left side of matted card front. Edge each layer with a dark ink prior to assembly. 

Stamp a sentiment on coordinating cardstock and mount with dimensional foam squares.

 And there you have it! My version of a brayering technique, minus the brayer. Notice the words and color can be seen through the transparent glitter. That’s what I find so wonderful!  

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Visit my blog http://linda-neff.com to see more glittering techniques.

Glitter Star with Cherie

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I hope you all had a wonderful holiday week! Being patriotic does not just stop at the 4^th of July though! Being a military wife, we celebrate year round, and there is nothing more pretty than a glittered star! Best thing is, you can change the colors and make one for any season, holiday, country, or event. I chose to use blue and silver to use for the holidays and to use as a nautical star after!

products used:

Wooden Star (picked up at a local craft store)

Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

#84 Shiney Si Ultrafine Opaque Art Glitter

#D31 Patriot Dazzlers Art Glitter

Paint Brush

I started by using the #D31 Patriot Dazzlers and painted a section of the star with the adhesive. I then sprinkled the glitter on, shook it off, and proceeded to the next section. When I was done with the blue, I moved on to the #84 Shiney Si Ultrafine Opaque doing the same thing.

I finished it off by painting the trim with Designer Dries Clear and sprinkled #84 Shiney Si glitter around the edges to give it a clean finish.

I hope you enjoyed this simple glittered project.  I had a lot of fun with this one, and loved mixing the glitter sizes. Be sure to stop by my blog today for more glitter fun! http://oneheartscrapper.blogspot.com

Cherie

Chipboard Fleur-De-Lis with KC

What an awesome month it is going to be on the Art Glitter blog!!  For the month of July, Art Glitter is teaming up with Graphics 45 and Want2Scrap.  What fun!!!!

For this project, I've use papers from Graphics 45 Steampunk Debutante Collection, Chipboard Fleur-De-Lis (found at my local box store), Mod Podge,  Swirls Finesse - LeCreme (pearl flourish designs) from Want 2 Scrap, Brown Copic Marker and blender, Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, and Ultrafine Transparent Glitter - #249 - Wood Berry from Art Glitter, and a few Prima Marketing Paper Flowers.

I started by tracing the Fleur-De-Lis onto the 12" x 12" piece of steampunk paper, and carefully cutting it out.      I painted the sides and back of the chipboard with brown acrylic paint.  I then decoupaged the paper to the chipboard.  I cut out the round medallion from another paper in the collection, and a few of the roses from the rose paper in the collection.  I placed the medallion where I wanted it and then flipped the chipboard over so that I could mark and trim the excess that stuck out beyond the chipboard.  I did the same with the roses so that once glued in place, there would be smooth edges along the line of the chipboard.  These pieces were then decoupaged in place with the Mod Podge.

To add a little more depth, and make the designs stand out a little more, I took a brown Copic marker and outlined the rose pieces and the round medallion.  Then I took the blending pen and blended the marker out a little.  I used the same marker to go around the edge of the whole piece.


The Want 2 Scrap pearl scrolls were place so that they spanned from the "arm" down to the curl at the bottom.  Once in place, I snipped off the small section of pearls that was suspended between these two sections.  

Finally, it was time for glitter!  I used the "sprockets" as a guide and made tiny dots of Designer Dries Clear Adhesive (DDCA) - using the fine point tip, and then coated these in Wood Berry Glitter.  I used the fine point tip to add DDCA over the lady's earring and then glittered that.  Finally, I drew DDCA along the petals of the paper flowers and then sprinkled these with Wood Berry Glitter.  Once the DDCA was dry, I used a soft brush to brush any excess glitter off the flowers and Fleur-De-Lis, and then glued the flowers in place, using DDCA.
















I can't wait to do more with these wonderful products!!  Please come check out my blog to see my other projects.   http://kc-distractedbyshiny.blogspot.com/

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KC