Hello lovely peeps
Karen P here to talk and share with you today
We are one week into our CAUGHT IN CRYSTAL challenge
and I'm here to share tips and variations for this fun and easy
technique.
Mynn's
Tips
1. When sprinkling glitter, use a shaker top
(with small holes in it). The non-shaker I used was hard to get an even
covering with and I "wasted" quite a bit of glitter.
2. Keep the baby wipes close so you can clean your hands quickly if needed.
3. Instead of stamping on your acetate, try
doodling with Sharpies or other permanent markers for a fun and one of a kind
creation.
4. Make sure your panel is COMPLETELY dry before die cutting...ask me how I know. ;)
5. If you don't have a craft sheet, a piece of
cardboard under your panel will work just as well. Just be careful that
you don't adhere your panel to the cardboard by accident, though!
Julz Tips
1. Lightly sponge ink onto white tissue to colour the tissue any colour you want.
2. You do not have to stamp onto the acetate.
3. After the acetate and
tissue has dried you can colour the stamped image from the reverse of the tissue if you want to.
Karen’s Tip
If you don’t own a Staz On IP stamp onto the background tissue
paper or onto a piece of card instead and if you do this use light coloured
inks lightly with whatever medium you have.
Katy’s Tip
Stamp your image off centre
on the acetate. That means that you
should then see any images you have stamped onto he background paper or card.
Louise’s Tip
If you want to matt your
acetate and tissue creation onto card use a darker ink than usual to stamp the
background.
Rocky Tips
1. Sakura Crystal Lacquer
works really well.
2. Try coloured tissue.
3. Scrunch up your tissue for
lots of creases.
4. This technique makes great
gift boxes.
Karen P Tips
1. If you are an old time stamper and craft
hoarder, like me, you might have the product I used in your cleaning cupboard. I used Johnsons Klear wood polish (Klear is
the product name) instead of Glossy Accents/Diamond Glaze or Sakura Crystal
Lacquer.
2. Mynn stresses the
importance of not using a lot of dye on your creation – I cannot stress enough
how important that is.
3. If you have not got
acetate use overhead projector film or the clear packaging that comes on so
many products these days.
4. Always use a washable
craft mat underneath your acetate. When
adding glitter or mica to the acetate the ink moves. It can and regularly does go over the
edge.
Here is a card I have
made with the tips and variations …
And I have second creations to share that our talented team mate Rocky made ….
If you want to know what
supplies we used to create these projects please pop over to Rocky’s blog and
my blog for all the details.
Thank you very much for stopping by
to the original challenge post
found here
I hope you have a lovely day and get
to do some stamping!
ttfn Karen P x
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