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Materials Needed:
- Rubber Stampede Star Flake
Ornament A1047H
- Pearl Dust Powdered Pearls
- Gold Dust Powdered Pearls
- Gold Powdered Pearls
- Silver Powdered Pearls
- White Powdered Pearls
- Clear Ink Pad
- Gold embossing powder
- various beads
- head pin
- hanging thread or cord
- glue or double sticky
tape
- brayer
- Clear dimensional medium
like Royal Coat Dimensional Magic by Plaid
- Spray sealer like Krylon
Crystal Clear
- Large fluffy brush
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Stamp Artist - Sandy Lemons
Powdered
Pearls |
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| NOTE: Don't let the length of the directions
deter you. They are long only because I went into detail on how
to do each step to make it easier for beginners and to make everyone
more comfortable. |
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First we need to make a background sheet of Pearl
Paper! Choose 3-5 Powdered Pearl colors. I used white pearl,
silver and gold in my sample.
PEARL PAPER - instructions:
On a piece of white or colored paper, brayer with either a Versamark
or a juicy clear embossing pad. Cover the whole surface of the
paper in a medium-to-heavy coat of clear ink. With a soft brush
(I use a #8 round watercolor brush), dip the tip of the DRY brush
into one of the DRY Powdered Pearls color. Flick the color, covered
brush in various places over the inked, wet cardstock. Wipe the
brush on a paper towel to clean.
Load the brush again with a second color and flick this color
over the paper in-between the areas where you flicked the first
color. Clean your brush on a dry paper towel and load your dry
brush with another color - repeat flicking.
You can use as many colors as you want, but to keep from forming
a muddy color, limit your color selections to no more than five,
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You now have a sheet of
cardstock with little flicks of Powdered Pearls scattered all
over it. Using a large soft brush (I use an old makeup brush,
like for blush or powder), sweep/brush over the Pearl covered
cardstock in a circular motion (hold the Pearl covered cardstock
at an angle over clean paper to catch excess). This will blend
the Pearls, as well as remove any excess pearl powder . Go over
the cardstock again in the same circular blending motion, to
remove all the excess powder you can. Don't be afraid to really
brush off the extra and then save the extra powder! It can be
used again and again until it gets muddy...it can take a lot
of 'abuse'.
You should now have a sheet
of pearlized marbled/mottled paper that really shimmers. Seal
with a spray sealer.
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Now, stamp the ornament
image four times and emboss with a matching or complementary
embossing powder on the Pearl Paper cardstock you just made.
In case of mistakes, stamp an extra image if you have room.
Make your selected colors
of Powdered Pearls into paints by mixing them with water and
gum arabic. Complete directions are found on the Powdered Pearl
Tips and Techniques
page of this website.
Paint and decorate the
images as you like, including beads, glitter, Beedz, etc. Just
remember that the images will have to be folded in the middle
and glued together. On the sample shown, I mixed Gold Powdered
Pearls with Dimensional Magic into a paste-like consistency.
Use a tooth pick or the tip of a brush to make 'beads' with the
pearlized paste.
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Carefully cut out the images, leaving a thin margin
of paper around the edges. Set aside. |
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String a few beads on the head, leaving enough
at the end to form a loop. Cut off any excess. String the loop
on your hanging cord/thread and set aside. Leave enough cord/thread
on the end to reach from the bottom of the ornament and up through
the middle to leave a three inch loop on top. |
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Be careful of your embossed areas and any other
decorating you have done as you fold the images down the center
and crease lightly. Coat the back of each image with either glue
or double-sided tape. Match the backs of the images in order
to form a three dimensional object. Leave the last 'petal' of
the four folded images free. If you use glue, let the project
dry. Run a bead of glue up the center of the project. Place the
cord in the glue, leaving the dangle of beads to fall freely
at the bottom of the project. The loop should extend out the
top. With glue or tape place the fourth and final 'petal' in
place. Let dry. |
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