Glitter Mist Christmas Card

I am having so much fun with Glitter Mist.  You can't really see the detail of the Glitter Mist in this photo but in person, it SHIMMERS!  It takes an ordinary snowflake and makes it extraordinary.  Glitter Mist is fast becoming one of my favorite techniques.

Recipe for making your own Glitter Mist:

1.  Find an empty spray bottle.
2.  Mix Pearl Paint, Rubbing Alcohol, re-inker of choice (I used Juniper for this card), and prisma glitter in spray bottle.   I put equal parts of alcohol and paint,  a few drops or re-inker and lots of prisma glitter.
3.  Spray background of card, dimensional element, or accent  (in this card I sprayed the snowflake dimensional element) with glitter mist
4.  Let it dry for about 15 minutes and finish card.

Try this technique... you will love it!

Recipe for Card:

Jingle Level 2 Paper
White Daisy Ric Rac
Twilight Ink
Peace On Earth Stamp Set
Glitter Mist (see recipe above)
Snowflake Dimensional Elements

Have fun creating with Glitter Mist!  I would love to see your Glitter Mist Creations!

Tina

I'm on a diet so it is faux chocolate for me!

It's my birthday, but no cake for me! I am going to Paris on October 29th, so I need to lose 10 pounds. I'm sticking to faux chocolate! Let me share the recipe with you!


I used my distressing kit for this card! It is so handy for making faux chocolate. If you don't have a distressing kit yet, I know where you can get one. (Smiles). I'll put a link at the bottom of this post!

I used the following tools from the kit:
Paint Brush, White Magnolia Delta Paint, Cocoa Reinker. You will also need liquid glass.

Here is the recipe:

1. Take your paint tray from the distressing kit. Mix Liquid Glass, White Delta Paint and Chocolate Re-inker on the tray.
2. Stamp your image.
3. Paint the part of the stamp that you want to look like chocolate!

Fun, fun, fun! What a great way to add dimension to your artwork!

View or order distressing kit here!

Paper Used: Good Times- Level 2
Stamp Set- August Stamp Of The Month- It is your Day (last month's SOM but I have a few left- just email me if you are interested)
Inks: Sweet Leaf, Twilight and Buttercup

Fan Brush Re-Inke Technique

Like the look of the leaf in the picture highlighted on the right? That technique is called the Fan Brush Re-inker technique. This is how you achieve it.

1. Pick out a stamp set to use. I used D1379 Flourished Blessings Stamp Set. (My new favorite).
2. Choose one or two reinkers. I used Chocolate and Autumn Terracotta.
3. Squeeze a few drops out on the the paint tray from your distressing kit.
4. Take the fan brush from the distressing kit and load it with re-inker. Do not wet your brush. You want your brush to be somewhat dry.
5. Paint the re-inker on to your stamp and then stamp the image on the paper.
6. Magic- you now have a beautiful stamped image with a unique pattern.

Here is my finished card-

Recipe:

Z1188B Twitterpated Level 2 Paper Packet
D1379 Stamp Set- Flourished Blessings
C1372 Grateful Hearts (words on card)
Z2111 Chocolate Exclusive Ink
Z2101 Autumn Terracotta Ink
Z1206 Basic Button Collection




Creatively yours,

Tina