Every second Friday one of the Design Team members over at the wonderful Let's Scrap community provide an interesting tutorial and once again it was my turn :)
Glimmer Misting
This is
such a fun technique and really simple. I am sure we all have some sort of
Glimmer mist spray in our stash, if not check further down this tutorial and
you’ll find a quick and easy substitute. Mists are generally water-based,
archival safe, acid-free and non-toxic that add a touch of glimmer in a fine
mist to your projects.
Step 1:
Firstly gather all of your supplies.
Step 2: Arrange
your mask, stencil or objects onto your flat surface.
Step 3 :
Spritz your project with a lighter spray of glimmer mist at first, keep spraying
until you get desired colour and coverage. To achieve a subtle misting affect spray from
a distance. You can add additional
colours if you like.
Step 4 : Remove
mask carefully (at this point you can add a liberal amount of embossing powder
or UTEE adding a great texture and effect), allow to air dry or you may wish to
use a heat gun to speed drying process. (of course your heatgun is required if
you went the extra step with embossing powder!)
Step 5 :
Finish off with embellishing and decorating your card, layout or project as you
wish.
Alternatives
to masks are chipboard pieces, negative images, leaves, flowers, die-cuts, mesh,
the list goes on. You can even create unique backgrounds without the stencils,
mists help alter the colour of your paper. Go be creative and have FUN!
Making your own Glimmer mist Spray
Small misting spray bottle filled with water
Ranger Perfect Pearls (colour of your choice) or Shimmer
paint
Adirondak Alcohol Ink (few drops)
Mix Well!
Hope you enjoyed this quick and simple tutorial. Have a very scrappy day!
