Stamp moth on black cardstock
in gold and emboss with gold detail embossing posweder. Cut out.
Stamp dragonfly randomly on 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 black cardstock with
VersaMark pad. Brush various colors of Pearl-X powders
over the dragonflies. Gently brush over card with a Swifter cloth
to remove excess powder. Spray with a fixative.
Mount on a 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" mettalic gold wavy cardstock.
Mount gold wavy cardstock on a 5 x 7" black folded card.
Mount moth with foam tape. |
"Moth Dreams"
Stamp Artist - Mary Courtney
Images: Stampin
FUNaddict
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Pearl Ex Watercolor Paint
Recipe!
Recipe by Darcy Ashley,
USAQ Pro Instructor
Ingredients
10 - 3 gram pots of Pearl Ex
10 - Little Dippers
1 - 1 oz. dry Gum Arabic
10 Well Palette (optional)
Distilled water
This method of watercolor making requires no Palette. Keeping
the mixture right in the small jar means no waste. However,
each color may be poured into a Palette well if an easy-to-use
watercolor palette and mixing area is desired.
Directions
Arrange the 10 open jars of Pearl Ex on a solid surface, such
as a kitchen counter.
Using the Little Dipper, add 2 scoops (½ teaspoon) of
Gum Arabic to each jar. If it makes a little mountain,
it is okay.
Add 2 scoops of distilled water to each jar. Notice that
adding water decreases the volume of the powder. Now there
is room to mix.
Use the handle end of the Little Dipper to gently blend the mixture.
Continue adding distilled water 1 scoop at a time, until
it is the consistency of heavy cream. Be sure to scrape
the sides of the jar. Blend completely until the Gum Arabic
is evenly distributed throughout the mixture. Let the jar
stand with the Little Dipper still in it. Continue with
the rest of the jars.
When each of the 10 jars have been thoroughly mixed, restir each
one.
Leave the jars open until completely dry, or pour the mixture
into the Palette wells. Drying may take 48 hours or slightly
more, depending on the humidity in your area.
To use the Pearl Ex jars or Palette as watercolor, simply wet
a paint brush to re-activate a specific color.
Tips & Hints
When making the Pearl Ex and Gum Arabic mixture, it is best to
add the water gradually, so that your mixture does not get lumpy.
This is why the water is added in the increments listed
above, and not all at once.
Distilled water is recommended to prevent acidic paint mixtures
or mineral contamination.
If the mixture appears to be separating, simply stir it again.
Custom color Palettes can be made by mixing two colors together,
such as...
• Teal - 4 parts Spring Green, 2 parts True Blue
• Wedgwood Blue - 1 part True Blue, 3 parts Pearl White,
hint of Antique Silver
• Good Red - 3 parts Red Russet, 2 parts Flamingo Pink
For other color combinations, please refer to the “Pearl
Ex-tras” section in the booklet
“Perfectly Pearl Ex,”
from USArtQuest, Inc.
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Pearl Ex Powders
Submitted by: Lynn Stevens |
Use 1/4 sheet of Judikins matt finish card stock, Rub with silver
pigment ink. Then rub in permanent ink with fingers right
out of the bottle in a few different colors. wipe off with tissue.
Tear edges and edge with gold marker. Emboss pansy
stamp with gold powder. Paint flowers and leaves with pearl-ex.
tear edges and edge with gold marker.mount on purple card stock.Embelish
with fibers and heart.
Spray with fixative to set. |
Stamp Artist - Lynn Stevens |
Pearl Ex Powders
Submitted by: Janice Bryant |
Stamp Artist - Janice Bryant |
"Starry Thanks". I created it on black cardstock
with Stamp Zia's Forsythia
Arch, Iris Fan, Azadi's Thanks, and CoMotion's three stars. The
arch and fan are stamped and embossed with detail gold; the rest
are stamped with Encore Teal ink. I colored in the arch and iris
fan with Powdered Pearls and Pearl Ex in blue, green, red russet
and bright gold by dipping my Dove blender into the pigments
and applying them to the cardstock, and blending it with my finger.
I think it makes a great thank you card.
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Pearl Ex Powders
Submitted by: Janet Bell |
The Background is painted and sponged.
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First takes some liquitex
- painters pearl medium and squeeze about a tablespoon out onto
a mixing palette or suitable surface.
The liquited medium is great for mixing the pearl-ex into for
some wonderful effects. |
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Then add enough Pearl-x
super russet until the colour is rich in depth of colour.
I found matt card the best for this card. Although if you want
to use glossy you can but you will find it will take longer between
coats as it takes much longer to dry. |
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Stamp Artist - Janet Bell |
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Using the matt paper apply with a brush
or sponge quite a thick layer of paint mixture. You can hurry
the process by using your heat gun. Just be careful if it is
a very hot gun. It is best to
keep at least 12 inches away for a better heat with these guns.
The final layer I worked into a rough
finish with a coarse sponge and let dry for texture.
Background circle looks purple but is navy-blue and sprayed with
gold spray webbing.
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When back ground is dry
sponge on Pearlex blue/green dry. (this will give the nice effect
that copper often gets like on the card. Leave it quite thick
on the card. Then spray with a finish.
I use a thick hairspray in a pump - pot as this gives the pearl-ex
blue green time to slightly run, giving a pleasant effect. |
| 3. |
The duck and saying is
stamped using EP starry night. |
| 4. |
Beads chosen to go with
the copper blue and navy blue of the background card . leather
thong and beads were added last |
| 5. |
Black Shrink-plastice is
made using bronze EP. |
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Extras you could add- A
feather would be nice instead of shrink-plastic. |
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Pearl Ex Powders
Submitted by: Angela Foltz |
Stamp Artist - Angela Foltz |
I stamped the nautilus shell
image 3 times on black card stock, embossed it with clear powder,
then colored it in with watercolor pencils, metallic pencils,
and pearl ex using the dove blender. The mat is done with paper
applied with perfect paper adhesive and then I use cat's eye
colorbox inks and "scribble" with the pearl ex powders
to create the swirled colors on the mat. The ink holds the pearl
ex powders. I use mostly the new pearl ex colors that come in
the tub container (the new colors).
Image: Stamp Zia |
Pearl Ex Powders
Submitted by: Toni Whitnell |
This card is simple to do.
Stamp an image onto black cardstock and emboss with black embossing
powder.
Paint a watery wash of Pearl Ex, Gum Arabic and water over the
embossed image. The embossing will act as a resist. I
used two colors of Peral Ex powders, Duo Blue Green and Gold.
Trim image, mount onto gold paper, then onto a rectangle of black
cardstock, another layer of gold paper and finally mount onto
a black card.
Stamp image by Moote Points. |
Stamp Artist - Toni Whitnell |
Pearl Ex Powders
Submitted by: Deborah
Conley |
Stamp Artist - Deborah Conley |
Use a Versamark pad to stamp designs. The
use sunset gold, super copper, super bronze and brilliant gold
Pearl-Ex powders and apply with a soft brush over the Versamark
image. Brush off the excess Pearl Ex powders and use a fixative
spray to seal your work. Attach the layers with a Xyron adhesive
system.
Images used -
Magenta Frame in a Frame
Magenta Floral
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Pearl Ex Powders
Submitted by: Marcy Hudziak |
| 1. |
Paint a black tag with
Perfect Paper Adhesive and rub Gold Pearl Ex on tag with finger. |
| 2. |
Paint edge of tag with
gold Krylon pen. |
| 3. |
Glue postoids to tag. |
| 4. |
Attach black ribbon and
gold metallic threads to tag. |
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Attach bead to ribbon. |
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That's all there is to
it. |
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Stamp Artist - Marcy Hudziak |
Pearl Ex Powders
Submitted by: Cheryl Bacon |
Stamp Artist - Cheryl Bacon |
Here is a card I made where I used Pearl Ex for the Mermaid image,
from Time To Stamp
I started with a blank piece of cardstock, and covered it with
Perfect Paper Adhesive, then randomly applied dried Pearl Ex
over the Perfect Paper Adhesive.
When it was dry I stamped and embossed the Mermaid image on the
Pearl Ex.
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Brayering
& Pearl Ex Powders
Submitted by: Peggy Ruff |
My favorite technique is to brayer from a "Big and Juicy"
pad onto glossy cardstock, let dry. Mix ¼ tsp. of
gold Pearl Ex with 1 Tbs. of water and 1 Tbs of gold acrylic
paint (if you don't have paint, add 1 Tbs of Perfect Paper Adhesive).
Put into a fine mist bottle. Spray this mixture over the
brayed cardstock and let dry. Stamp your image in black pigment
ink and emboss with black embossing powder. This technique is
really great with scene stamps. |
Stamp Artist - Peggy Ruff |
Pearl-Ex & Dove Blender
Contributed By : Arlene
Rose - sunday@rochester.rr.com
Stamp Artist - Arlene Rose
Stamp Artist - Arlene Rose |
Supplies:
Dove blender
Dove Blender refill liquid
Pearl-Ex Powders Assorted colors
Assorted smooth card stocks
Paper towels & water
Stamp (I like Magenta for this)
Ancient Page Black ink pad
(any permanent ink will work but I like Ancient Page)
Krylon Matte finish spray
Instructions:
1. Ink up stamp with Ancient Page and stamp on card
stock. Lighter colors work best. Clean stamp.
2. Allow to dry while you check your Dove blender to
make sure it's moist. If not then use refill liquid to
moisten…NOT WET… the tip.
3. Open several colors of Pearl-Ex . Moisten a paper
towel and have it nearby to clean the tip in between
colors.
4. Dip end of tip lightly into Pearl-Ex powder and color
as if with marker, smearing the color. You will find it gives
an almost watercolor look. If too dry wipe off tip on paper towel
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5. To shade go back over areas you want to shade
with same color it will automatically darken.
6. Let dry over night then spray with a coat of matte
finish spray by Krylon.
7. Trim and use on a card. See examples above! |
Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments
Contributed By : Lori
Hable - lori_hable@nacm.com
If you use your blender pen to apply Pearl-Ex you don't need
to use a sealer. Just pick up a little bit of the powder with
your blender pen and apply to the paper. I emboss butterflies
with black ink on black cardstock and then just sit and color
them using this method. They look like real butterflies!!!
Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments - The Basics
By: Tyra Smith
Cloud9@execpc.com
Pear Ex (PE) is quite easy to use, although it took me forever
to get it figured out. The key to understand PE is simply to
experiment with it. I'll give you a few ideas to get your started
here. This is pretty much what I like to do...and have found
that works for me.
DESCRIPTION: PE is simply a dry powdered pigment. (which
has a bit of sparkle in it!! ) You can use it as a powder or
mix it into something and apply it wet.
DRY RUB: Take a tiny tiny bit of PE powder...rub it on
cardstock. This is very similiar to chalking. You can "rub"
it with your finger, with a q-tip, with a brush, with a sponge..just
whatever. It seems to look best on when rubbed on darker cardstocks,
most noteably on black. This creates a beautiful background...and
you should spray it with a sealant when you finish.
DRY APPLICATION/NOT RUB: There is a really cool way to
use your PE for backgrounds or for the main image of a card.
First, ink up your stamp with embossing ink (clear) or some color
of pigment ink. Stamp on colored cardstock. (Bold Stamps seem
to work best, as does darker
cardstocks) Now, take a small soft paint brush...dip it gently
into the PE. Now swish the PE powder over the area you just stamped.
The PE will cling to the embossing/pigment ink. Try using different
colors of PE over different colors of pigment inks, and on different
colors of background cardstock. By changing ONE element...the
color or PE, the color of the cardstock or the color of pigment
ink used, you can change the entire feel of your artwork. Matte
cardstock is best used for this. Spray with a sealant when done.
WET APPLICATOIN:
**Since PE is a dry pigment powder, it can be added to just about
any WATER BASED product and then used on your artwork. What you
use depends on what look and what medium you wish to work in.
You can add PE to watercolors, acrylic paints (either craft acrylics
or artist acrylic
paints), gouache, etc.
PE AS AN ADD IN:
Watercolor: The tube variety of watercolors work best for this
application. Just put a small amount of whatever color you want
(of the watercolor paint) into a small dish or pallette, thin
it a bit with either water or gum arabic, then add in a dash
of PE. Paint as you normally would. It adds sparkle and sheen.
No sealant is necessary. Acrylic Paints/Gouache: Same directions
as above for watercolors.
PE APPLIED STRAIGHT: (wet application)
This can be accomplish two ways
USING GUM ARABIC: To use the PE itself as a paint, you
have to mix it with something (a binder) first. The first choice
here is to mix it with gum arabic (GA). GA is a binding agent..which
mixes with the PE and helps to BIND it to the artwork. Using
a small cup or pallette, put a
tiny bit of PE in the well of the pallette, add in a bit of gum
arabic. Mix it well. If it's too thick, you can thin it down
with a TINY bit of water. Paint your artwork with this. Note
here, that if you paint with the GA/PE mixture, you really need
to stamp your image with a watercolor ink pad of some type. If
you use a dye ink pad to stamp the image, when you "paint"
with this PE/GA mixture it will smear your outlines. YUK!!! Spray
with sealant when done.
NOTE HERE: You can mix the PE with straight water. However,
when it dries it "falls off" your artwork as there
is no binding agent to hold it on.
There is one last way I've found to use the PE. I prefer
this method, mainly because it allows me to apply a the PE mixture
directly over the top of dye ink work..I can add a bit of sparkle
here, some shimmer there...depending on what I"m working
on. It's a great way of adding texture and dimension to your
artwork.Use a waterbased gloss varnish/medium or a waterbased
satin varnish.
These can be found at about any art supply store and I know Michael's
craft store carries it as well. (I got mine there) Just take
a small paint brush, dip the brush in the satin/gloss varnish...then
dip the coated brush in the PE powder....paint right on top of
your artwork. It dries quickly..and doesn't smear your underlying
artwork. You can use this to "paint" on top of existing
artwork or you can use it to paint on uncolored artwork. On glossy
cardstock or matte..doesn't matter, it works well
either way. If you are "painting" a larger area....just
mix a bit of the PE with a some of the varnish in a small cup
or pallette, and continue to paint as you would normally. You
do not need a sealant when done, as the varnish itself is a sealant.
BIG TIP HERE: Make SURE you get a waterbased gloss medium/varnish
or satin varnish. AND..it doesn't matter WHICH type of ink pad
you use here... nothing seems to smear when you paint on top
of it with this technique. In a pinch, you can also mix the PE
with clear fingernail polish!!
The ONLY mystery to PE is in the adventure
of learning to use it effectively. And you can only learn to
use it by "process"...by DOING IT!!!!
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