I love... Glimmer Mist

Hi, It's Tina here with my "love" blog post for Artfull Crafts!  I'm not really one for too much lovey dovey stuff, so I thought I'd tell you a bit about a product that I absolutely love, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  This is seriously gorgeous to work with, plus you can get messy (which is half the fun!)

A few tips...
* It's very easy to clean up, just rinse with water (but the darker/stronger colours will stain your fingers)
* You don't need to use alot.  The glimmer starts to show as it dries, so you don't need to soak your paper (which is a common mistake, and wastes alot of the product)
* You can wipe off the excess, but this also wipes off some of the glimmer.  This comes down to personal preference.
* Use a cardboard box as a spray booth.

* Holding the Glimmer Mist bottle close to your item will give a strong concentration of colour, holding it approx 20-25 cm away gives a light mist.

* Use it to custom colour your flowers (see below), doilies, and laces (as on the layout above).

* Works extremely well on absorbant materials such as paper, chipboard, & fabric, but it will eventually dry on other materials.

* Spray over stencils and masks to create your own patterned paper.

* Custom colour white cardstock for a unique effect.  Stamp with the Glimmer Mist as I've done with the butterfly on the layout below.

* You can also use the "left-overs" from Cricut cuts, or chipboard letters as stencils.
* Press the nozzle quickly for a finer mist or slowly to create more "blobs" when spraying.
If you're wondering which colour to try I'd suggest gold (which goes with everything), or chosing a colour you use often in your scrapping.

Now to show you some of the new goodies Liz has at Artfull Crafts. I painted the Twiddlybitz Filagree shadow box with gesso, then Kaisercraft white paint, then added some Tim Holtz Crackle paint to the front.

Once dry I applied Distress ink to highlight the cracks and then spritzed with Glimmer Mist

I used the Kaisercraft Wooden Flourishes "Magical Butterflies" and sprayed them with Glimmer Mist.

I also used Glimmer Mist on the Kaisercraft Paper Blooms, Sullivans mini roses,  and Kaisercraft English Rose paper.

I added Diamond Dust and Distress Stickles to the flowers

There was lots of diecuts to choose from, and this saying totally suited my project.

The Kaisercraft rub-ons added that little bit extra, and are a really nice quality.

The final result.....

Let me know what you think!
Happy scrapping,
Tina

Can't tell you yet....

Received some super, exciting news tonight....but I can't tell you till tomorrow! Yes, I know,....I'm being a tease! But I do have some pics to show you. And...I forgot to share my other exciting news which was that my layout "Beach" was published in Issue #3 of Australian Scrapbooking Ideas. This was my first layout to be published in print, which was a real buzz.
I've gotten a bit of scrapping done this week thanks to the fun challenges the girls gave us for the Scrapping Outback Wicked Wonderland Cybercrop. This was awesome for me because my youngest daughter has danced in "Alice in Wonderland", "The Addams Family", and "Horror Movies" this year, so I had photos which are just perfect. Plus I'd bought the gorgeous Halloween in Wonderland papers by Graphic 45!

 This is my take on the Mad Hatter challenge,  I had lots of fun putting this together, & creating lots of different textures. 

These were the challenge requirements-
1. Your project must be in the shape of the MAD HATTERS HAT.
2. You need to draw inspiration from the colours of the Mad Hatter and there are quiet a few to choose from Smile .
3. Just like the Mad Hatters Hat Pins you need to have something sticking out of you project.
4. A black & white photo.
5. Must have at least 1 bat.
6. Have fun with it!!

I drew the hat shape freehand, cut it out, and inked all the edges.

I used Distress Stickles, Dimensional Magic, and Tim Holtz embossing folders to give lots of texture.

Hope you like it. I'll have photos of my layouts for Julie's "Nature Challenge" and Alicia's "Off with her head challenge" tomorrow. And I'll tell you my news!
Happy scrapping
Tina