Fun With Art Glitter

Today, I would like to share a glittering birthday unicorn.   It was very easy to create and would please anyone young, or young at heart. 

MATERIALS:

Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 85 Crystal

Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 32 True Blue

Dreamweaver Double Sided Mounting Paper

Dreamweaver Stencil LG 705 Unicorn

Dreamweaver Stencil LM 248 Happy Birthday

Dreamweaver Stencil Brush

Dreamweaver Handmade Hawaiian Coconut Soap

Distress Ink in Weathered Wood

Patterned Paper

Card Stock

DIRECTIONS:

1)  Soap up the back of the stencils, removing any extra crumbles with the stencil brush.

2)  Lay the unicorn stencil, soap side down, on an exposed piece of double sided mounting paper.

3)  Pour on the crystal glitter, rubbing it in a little with your finger.  Brush off the excess.

4)  Use a stencil brush to apply the Distress Ink to the shaded areas,.  Let dry.

5)  Place the project face down on a smooth, hard surface and carefully peel off the adhesive.

6)  Pour the blue glitter over the top and rub in a little with fingers.

7)  Place the happy birthday stencil soap side down on mounting paper.  

8)  Cover with the blue glitter, rub in, and brush off excess.

9)  Remove the paper with the stencil flat on a smooth, hard surface.

10)  Cover with crystal glitter.

11)  Cut around the images.

12)  Assemble the card, peeling the paper off of the back of the glittered images and sticking them to the card.

That is it.  I hope you enjoyed the glittering project today.  Thanks for stopping by,.

Art Glitter & National Craft Month

I started with a frame from a hobby store and this is how it turned out! What will you do during National Craft Month?

1. I sanded the frame to get the rough areas smooth and more uniform then I painted the frame with metallic acrylic paints and let dry.
2. While the paint was drying I started looking through my paper collection to see what struck my fancy. 
3. I used the wonderful NEW Mixed Media Adhesive by my friend and creative genius Pam Carriker.  This is the best adhesive I have found to work in mixed media.  I started piecing the paper to the frame making sure to cover the areas with the adhesive in between layers.  I LOVE the layered look it created!  Let Dry.
4. Do the same for the back of the frame. As you can see I do a lot of tearing.  Once the piece is completely dry trim the edges.

5. I decided with the bird in the corner on the front that I needed flowing stencils for the design so I chose LJ896 - Flourish & LG713 Small Flourish from Dreamweaver Stencils!  I did the large flourish first in DGWP Glossy White Embossing Paste then used glitter from Art Institutesprinkled over the image while the paste was still wet.  

6. I SHOULD have waited until the corner was dry before attempting to apply paste to the smaller flourish, but I am instant gratification so applied the same paste to the stencil in two areas VERY carefully and sprinkled with two colors of glitter!

7.  I did wipe off the excess paste that sneaked through the stencil on to the frame and set it aside to dry.
8. Once completely dry I sprayed with a coat of clear Krylon paint.

Happy Creating this month and the rest of the year!
Kristi

Art Glitter Shamrocks

 Today, I present a trio of shamrocks.  All three were made in almost the same way.  The first has been made into a pin to put on a shirt or to hold back a scarf, as seen here.

 The second does not currently have any backing on it.  My plan is to use it for a scrapbook page.

 The third would be great on a hair pin, which would be easy enough to do.

 Since they were made in basically the same way, I will show you the main tutorial (for the pin) and note the differences.

 MATERIALS:
Art Glitter in Opaque Colors
     PIN:
          Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque Hologram 128 Quark
          Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 48 Emerald
          Art Glitter Microfine 514 Bavarian Forest
          Art Glitter Microfine 508 Silver Moon
     SHAMROCK 2:
          Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque Hologram 128 Quark
          Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 48 Emerald
          Art Glitter Microfine 514 Bavarian Forest
          Art Glitter Microfine 508 Silver Moon
          Art Glitter Vintage Glass Glitter 611 Antique Silver
     SHAMROCK 3:
          Art Glitter Microfine Opaque 514 Bavarian Forest
          Art Glitter Microfine Opaque 503 Regal Green
          Art Glitter Microfine Opaque 519 Reed
          Art Glitter Vintage Glass Glitter 614 Jerome Gold
Art Glitter Sticky Paper
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear
Metal Tip
Dreamweaver Stencil PIN and SHAMROCK 2 used LJ 901, SHAMROCK 3 was LJ 863
Large Stencil Brush
Soft Bar Soap
Double Sided Adhesive Paper
Heart Shaped Punch (I used Epiphany Crafts Heart Punch)
Ranger Glossy Accents
Thin Cardboard (I used a cereal box)
Pin Back
Embossing Ink (I used Globecraft Embossing Fluid)
Silver Embossing Powder
Scissors

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Soap the back of the stencil you would like to use.

 2)  Brush off the excess soap "crumbles".

 3)  Peel off the back of the sticky paper.

 4)  Place stencil face down on sticky paper.

 5)  Pour on the Ultrafine Glitter (except on shamrock 3--that is all Microfine due to the thinner spaces.)  Use 1-2 different colors.

 5)  Rub in with your finger.

 6)  Add Microfine Glitter and rub in.

 7)  Brush off excess glitter.  Flip over project and gently peel paper off the stencil.

 8)  Pour background color over exposed paper, rub in, and brush off excess.

 9)  Punch out three hearts from new, glittery background paper.

10)  Cut "stem" from the extra paper.
11)  Use Designer Dries Clear with Metal Tip to adhere the three hearts and the stem into a shamrock.

 12)  When the glue is dry, cover the shamrock with Glossy Accents.

13)  When Glossy Accents are dry, there will be slight cracks in the shamrock.  I am fine with this, as I think of it as "crazing" on the stones.  Place the dried shamrock on one side of the double sided adhesive paper.

 14)  Cut roughly around the shamrock, leaving a border of adhesive paper.

 15)  Remove backing and place on cereal box or chipboard.

 16)  Use Designer Dries Clear to adhere the chipboard to another piece, creating a double thick backing.

 17)  Cut, leaving a small border around the shamrock.

18)  Use Designer Dries Clear to adhere the pin to the back.

 19)  Use Embossing Fluid and Silver Embossing Powder on the back.  Do not heat any more than necessary.

 20)  Roll the border in embossing powder and HEAT GENTLY.  Do NOT overheat!

 21)  If you overheat, the Glossy Accents will bubble.  It looks horrible and cannot be fixed.  Like this one, which I overheated.

 I had to pull this off the double sided adhesive paper.  I replaced it with new hearts.  I pulled the Art Glitter Sticky Paper off the back of the shamrock.  This is what it looked like:

 I thought that was kind of cool, so I put it on the double sided adhesive paper and trimmed around it.

 I dipped the edges in Fine Vintage Glass Glitter.

  And then went over the whole thing with Glossy Accents.

 For the final one, I did the Glossy Accents before I put it all together on the background.  I left a little extra space between the hearts.

 I dipped it into the Jerome Gold Vintage Glass Glitter.

 And then I used the Glossy Accents.

Here is a closeup of the final pin:

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoyed my project(s)!

"Dreamy" Valentine

Would you like to know how to make a simple Valentine card that is still full of luscious glitter?  I have the SIMPLE secret.

Adhesive paper.  That is the secret.  Well, that and the Microfine Glitter.

MATERIALS:
Sticky Backed Paper
Microfine Opaque Glitter 528 Crimson
Ultrafine Transparent Glitter 85 Crystal
Dreamweaver Stencil LJ928 Swirly Hearts
Soap
Stencil Brush
Adhesive
Card Stock
May Arts Ribbon

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Soap up the back of the stencil.  Make sure to get a fine layer of soap on the back.  This is the releasing agent so that you can remove the stencil from the paper later.
2)  Brush off any excess soap with a stencil brush.
3)  Place the stencil, soap side down, on the sticky side of the Sticky Paper.
4)  Cover it with Microfine Opaque Glitter in 528 Crimson.  The Microfine glitter really gets into the grooves of the stencil and makes the image crisp and clean.  Rub it in a little, because the fine texture can some times fly around.
5) Brush the extra glitter off using the stencil brush.
6)  Place the project face down on a table and carefully remove the sticky paper.
7)  Cover the now exposed background with 85 Crystal Ultrafine Transparent Glitter.
8)  Assemble the card using adhesive, card stock and  ribbon.

Done--simple and sparkly!  Thanks for stopping by today.  Come by and visit my blog at www.rememberinglifesmoments.blogspot.com any time!

Stunning Wedding Page

This month Art Glitter is teaming up with Dreamweaver Stencils.   Art Glitter is offering 20% off retail for $25 purchase is good with the code DW20 at their online store.  

Supply List

Art Glitter 343 Chestnut Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
Art Glitter 110 Taupe Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
Art Glitter 56 Pumpkin Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
Art Glitter 92 Bananan Ultrafine Tranparent Glitter
Art Glitter 280 Lime Rind Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
Art Glitter 79 Black Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
Art Glitter 85 Crystal ULltrafine Transparent Glitter
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Glue
Dreamweaver Metallic Gold Embossing Paste (leaves)
Dreamweaver LG 616 Leaf Texture Stencil
Dreamweaver Palette Knife
Dreamweaver LM2010 Paste Spreader
Dreamweaver Homemade Hawaiian Soap
Dreamweaver Stencils-  "Autumn"-LM 295
Dreamweaver Double-sided Mounting Paper
Dreamweaver Metallic Fix 11 Ivy Garden
Dreamweaver Metallic Fix  02 Amber Glow
Dreamweaver Metallic Fix 15  Kimono Red
Basic Grey Take Note Journaling Card with Transparencies
Basic Grey Origins Authentic paper
Basic Grey Origins Revitalize paper
Cricut George Basic Shapes Cartridge
Cricut Art Nouveau Cartridge
Cricut CTMH Artist Cartridge
Cricut Craft Room Software
Flower bling
Yellow Card Stock
Black Card Stock
White Card Stock
Brown Card Stock

Clare Dempsey made this fabulous page to celebrate a niece's wedding using Art Glitter and Dreamweaver products to capture the beauty of Autumn!  Clare started by using the Dreamweaver Leaf Texture template with Dreamweaver Embossing paste.  To get the ombre look she mixed the Gold embossing past with the Amber Glow Metallic Fix and spread it over roughly half of the leaf stencil. She then mixed the Gold embossing paste with the Kimono Red Metallic fix and spread this over the half of the stencil not yet filled.  Once the stencil was filled she sprinkled the Ivy Garden powder ONLY on the right half of the stencil (Clare says to be sure to do this while paste is still wet!) and allowed this to dry overnight.  In the morning, Clare used a Swiffer cloth to buff off the excess green metallic paste.  Clare then trimmed the card stock and cut the piece in half to make a border strip.  By slipping the border strip under the circular die cut, no one can see that Clare had some missing leaves on the border strip and that it has a seam!

Clare created the oak leaf and acorn circle die cut using the Cricut Craft Room software to weld a circle from George, Basic Shapes and Art Nouveau.  She hand cut the white mat. Clare used the Dreamweaver template and some ink with a sponge dauber.

For the Autumn title Clare used the Dreamweaver double sided mounting paper and cut the frame with the Cricut.  To make the application of the Art Glitter neat and accurate, Clare set the blade depth to a 3 and cut ONLY the inside line of the ribbon frame.  She then set the blade depth back to a 6 and cut the outside layer of the frame all the way through the double sided mounting tape.  Clare carefully pealed up the outside top layer ONLY and applied the Art Glitter with a fine tipped dry brush (see photo below).  Maybe it is the painter in Clare, but she likes the control a brush gives her when applying the glitter.  She says to use a dry brush and to clean the brush off between colors on some scrap fabric. See how Clare also soaped up the back of the Dreamweaver template and taped it in place before removing the center portion? 

 Clare flipped down the template and painted the word Autumn in Art Glitter.  She carefully cleaned off excess glitter on the template, her hands and her work station and then flipped up the template to apply the white glitter.  For the bottom portion of the title "Wedding", Clare cut the title using the Dreamweaver double sided mounting paper, a heavy duty blade, and the Cricut CTMH Artiste Cartridge.  She used the dry paint brush technique for applying the different colors again.  She then matted it on white paper and hand cut the offset white area.  

You can find more of Clare'e work at her blog:  Cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com.