Mixed Media With Georgia

 

 The month of June, Art Glitter is partnering with Authentique Papers. The papers are so pretty and the addition of Art Glitter makes them POP! Use the code: AQ20 on your order at www.artglitter.com to save 20% on your order of $25. or more. Happy Shopping and hope you enjoy the month of Art Glitter and Authentique.

The Supplies I used were:

Authentique - Seasons Collection

D50- Baja Cove Dazzlers

#85 Crystal Transparent Ultrafine Glitter

#40 Ocean Ultrafine Opaque

#27 Navy Ultrafine Opaque

#513 Mediterranian Microfine Opaque

#521 Cayman Microfine Opaque

#612 Golden Glow Fine Vintage Glass Glitter

#822 Hiawatha Sm. Opaque Glass Beads

Dries Clear Adhesive and Ulrafine Tip 

I really had some fun with this project, I"m normally a cardmaker, but at CHA the Faber-Castille booth used this book portfolio for their info. I just felt the need to alter this for my own use. I love the Authentique colors of yellow and turquoise used in these papers.

I picked the colors above because they represented a nice range of color to blend with the papers. I glittered a fes of the hexagons on the paper and then applied dries clear adhesive with a brush and just started adding the different colors and textures of glitter. Using the different papers I punched out 3 butterflies painted them with the adhesive and sprinkled them with crystal transparent glitter to make them POP. As you can see I added several embellishments to my project. I'm looking forward to doing  some more altered art adding elements of glitter. I hope you all have a sparkling day.

Georgia!

 

 

 

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Glittering Mixed Media Frame

  Heather here and today I would like to share with you a frame that I created using a lot of fabulous Glitter from Art Glitter!

Supplies

• Art Glitter Designer dries clear Glue
• Ultra fine Metal Tip
• #295 Ensalada, #267 Cheeky Pink, #142 Coral Reef, #236 Clementine, #109 Cavalado, #300 Camel, 
• Wood Frame
• Lace
• Ranger's Vintage Photo Distress ink
• pop dots
• old brush
• collage sheet
• digital papers
• button
• baker's twine
• flatback pearls
• flourish die from

Directions

Step One

Using a large old brush, apply the Designer dries clear glue to the frame front.

Step Two

Print out Digital Music Paper and place it on top of frame front and apply pressure, making sure the paper is sticking to the glue.  Flip  the frame over, and use a craft knife to remove all excess paper from frame.  Don't worry if the edges are not perfect, we will be adding glitter to cover later.

Step Three

Ink the edges of the frame with Ranger's Vintage Photo Distress ink.  Use the fine tip applicator, apply Designer Glue dries clear to the edges of center of frame.  Then use your finger to spread it out, so you don't just have a straight line of glitter.  Apply Camel glitter.

Step Four

Use your old brush to add Designer Glue dries clear to the edges of the entire frame, and then add Camel Glitter.

Step Five

Cut out your collage pieces, and using the flourish die cut out a couple flourishes,  ink all the edges with Ranger's Vintage Photo distress ink.

Step 6

Glue them together using the Designer dries glue (dries clear or white, doesn't matter), and apply pop dots to back.  Add a line of glue to the bottoms of the text boxes to hold on the lace.

Step Seven

Use the fine tip applicator to add glue to the inner part of rose.  Then apply the Coral Reef Glitter.  Outline the outer petals of the rose.

Step Eight

Add the Cheeky pink glitter to rose petals, then add glue to the leaves.

Step Nine

Use the Cavalado and Ensalada glitters to cover the leaves (these two colors together look fabulous...I put the excess glitter into a new jar for a fabby green mix..love it). 

Step Ten

Use the fine tip applicator and add the designer glue to the flourishes,  just freehand some comma strokes.  Apply Clementine glitter.

Step Eleven

Use the fine tip applicator and Designer Glue dries clear to outline all your text boxes, then add glitter.  Use the clementine glitter on ivory text boxes and cheeky pink glitter on pink text boxes.  Add the glue and glitters to the rest of the leaves as shown above.

Step Twelve

 Cut the 2nd flourish into pieces, and add glue and glitter just like the other flourish above.  Use the fine tip applicator and designer glue to add your lace and pearls.  I used a piece of baker's twine to create a bow in my button, before gluing it down.

Here are a couple more close ups of the frame.

Close up of the lower left corner.

One last look at the finished piece.

I hope you enjoyed my frame tutorial, and that you are inspired to get out your glitters and play!  Please feel free to stop by my blog to see some other projects I have created using Art Glitter!

Have a great day!!

Heather

Love Story That Sparkles

Today, I have a blog post that was suggested to me by my lovely niece.  She wanted some wall art, as inspired by Pinterest.  She also wanted the lyrics to one of her favorite songs--Taylor Swift's "Love Story".  This is the glittering creation that I came up with:

Of course, you wouldn't have to use a Taylor Swift song.  You can have any words and images that you would like.  Here is how to do it:

MATERIALS:
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 198 Green Briar
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 284 French Lilac
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 303 Volare
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 168 Black Light
Art Institute Designer Dries Clear Adhesive
Gallery Wrap (wrapped around the edge for easy hanging) 16 x 20 Canvas
Digital Die Cut Machine (I used the Silhouette)
Vinyl for Digital Die Cut Machine, any color
Transfer Tape for the Vinyl
Small Flat Tool to Help With Transferring Vinyl
Tape
Ruler
Small and Medium Large Brushes
Acrylic Paint in Light Green, Dark Green, Purple and White
Sponge Tipped Pouncing Tool
Scissors
Craft Knife
An Empty Jar (you will use the jar for water and the lid as a palette)
Old Newspapers

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Use your die cut machine to cut your saying out.  Use whatever fonts you like.  In the Silhouette Studio Program, I created a file that was 8 x 10 (one quarter of the canvas size).  Then, I laid out the words to fit the 8 x 10 size.  Once it was exactly the way I liked it, I doubled the size of the words.  That way, something that fit well within the 10 inch horizontal now fit perfectly on a 20 inch side.

2)  Use the craft knife or the picking tool if you have it, to remove the vinyl from the background of all of the words.

3)  Lay out the words on the canvas and lightly tape them in place to ensure that they are positioned well.

4)  Remove one set of words and place them upside down on the transfer tape and burnish with a flat plastic tool.

5)  Flip over and burnish again before very carefully removing the original vinyl backing.

6)  Line the ruler up with the side of the canvas and use it as a guide to align the words.

7)  Burnish down and then carefully remove the tape.  You may need your fingers to rub down the letters as you do this.

8)  Repeat steps 4-7 until all the words are on the canvas.

9)  Flip over the canvas on a flat, hard surface.  Burnish hard so that the letters will stick well.

10)  Make sure that you are now working on newspapers.  Using the lid of your jar as a palette, squeeze out the lightest green and apply all over the center of the canvas.  Paint right over the words.  Leave some space around the edges of the canvas.

11)  Add the darker green to your makeshift palette.  Dip your brush into both colors and paint from the outside of the canvas into the center.  This step creates the blended, shadowed effect.  Be sure to paint the side of the canvas, too!  Let dry.

12)  Working in sections around the outside of the image only, add another layer of paint immediately followed with a sprinkling of Green Briar Glitter.  Be sure and add it ONLY to the outside of the canvas.  You don't want to have to paint the heart over glitter.

13)  When the paint is dry and the palette and brush clean, add purple to the palette and paint on the heart.  Paint right over the green paint and the words.  Let dry.

 14)  When the paint is completely dry, the heart is very dark and non dimensional, as you see here.  We will be creating dimension with the transparent glitter.

15)  Squeeze some of the Designer Dries Clear into the palette.  (The Fine Tip you see in the picture is not necessary, but mine ALWAYS stays on my glue.)  Add a little water.

16)  Dip the sponge tool into the glue.

17)  Starting with the top of the heart, "pounce" the glue over sections of the heart that you would like lighter.  Pinch on some French Lilac Glitter.

18)  Continue working around the outside of the heart and pour on the Volare Glitter.  You will use the most of this intermediate color.

19)  Finish off the center portion, which will look roughly like a heart itself, and cover with the Black Light Glitter.  Let it all dry completely.

20)  Use the craft knife to remove the vinyl.

21)  Touch up any parts where the color may have leaked under the vinyl with white paint.  While you are at it, you can completely paint the letters for a finished effect.

See the sparkle?  Notice the dimension in the heart and the light glitter around the edges?  That is a great way to use the transparent glitter to create something that truly fits your style and personality!  This painting will be adorning a wall in East Lansing soon.

Thanks for stopping by.  Feel free to visit my blog at www.rememberinglifesmoments.blogspot.com anytime!  I hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

Imitating Fall Splendor

For the month of November the Art Glitter Design Team is working with Tombow products and I wanted to share a project I created with both these products. I was fortunate to receive a set of Tombow markers with my favorite color range - earth tones! The theme I chose to create my project around is Fall. It's been so beautiful here in Michigan this year. The colors are so bright and vibrant - they just pop and really make you take notice, especially when the sun shines. I just wanted to imitate those colors and bring that fresh, colorful feeling into my home. I started with a 10-inch-by-10-inch primed canvas. To add a background color I scribbled Tombow Markers no. 969, 837, N57 and N35 onto the canvas then spritzed with plain water. I held the canvas up and twisted and turned it to control where the colors ran and how. Then I spritzed it with a homemade mix of Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls and water to add a golden Fall shimmer.
The Tombow markers are water base so they'll react nicely with the water. When you achieve the look you like turn a heat gun on the canvas to stop the reacting.
I needed Fall leaves so die cut them in a variety of colors, dry embossed, inked the edges and coated them in Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint and left them to dry for several hours. They crinkle and curl and actually look like a bunch of fallen leaves when done!
I wanted to use a tag on the canvas so I used the same Tombow markers to color a Fred Mullet leaf stamp. Then I spritzed the stamp with plain water till I could see little color beads on the rubber then stamped onto the tag. I love the look this makes. It's creates a watercolor effect and the colors are very vibrant. I heat set the tag then spritzed it lightly with the homemade shimmer mix to add a touch of shimmer to the tag. I distressed the edges of the tag and ran the Tombow markers around the edges, mixing the colors and making sure to set some color in the cracks and tears. Then I held the tag over the non-stick craft sheet and spritzed just the edges with water. This makes the colors run and absorb into the tag edges to create a wonderful distressed look.
I wanted to add some glitter to the tag as well but didn't want a straight solid line. After checking my tools I decided to try a stipple brush. I squeezed some Tombow MONO Liquid Glue onto my craft sheet using its Broad Tip, dipped my stipple brush into it then stippled the craft sheet till I was left with just a light coating of the glue on my stipple brush. Then, I stippled around the edges of the tag, sprinkled on the glitter and used a clean brush to brush most of it off. It turned out great - just a thin coating of the glitter was left on the tag.I added a brad charm to the top, some Filmstrip Ribbon with staples and tied some pretty ribbons around the tag and added some decorative pins to the knot.
For the title I used die-cut chipboard letters and coated them in the same glitter used throughout the project, Art Glitter Gingerbread No. 243. It's the perfect color for Fall, with its mix of golds and reds. It blended it perfectly with the Tombow markers used for this project. After coating the chipboard letter in glitter I glued them in place on the canvas using the Tombow MONO Liquid Glue. This glue has duo tips, which came in handy. I used the Pen Tip to glue the letters to the canvas so I wouldn't get too much glue on the letters. This prevents it from squishing out from under and making a mess. I also used the Pen Tip on the glue to adhere all the leaves and acorns to the canvas. I put just a tad bit of glue on the high point of the leaf, spread it a bit with the glue tip and pressed the leaves and acorns in place, one at a time. By adding the glue only to the high points it allows the curled leaves to remain curled and add dimension to the project.
I also added a few leaves and an acorn to the corner of the tag and a metal corner tip to one corner of the canvas.
The tag is glued on last and I used just a squiggle of the Tombow glue down the center back of the tag and pressed it in place. By using the glue only in the center the edges retain their slightly curled dimension. A variety of the techniques I used on this project are ones I've done before, but, the stippling of the glue to add a light, random coat of glitter was a new one for me. Have you stippled glue before to add glitter?

Thanks for letting me share!
Linda