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)!
