AmiraInOz

Hi everyone, Has anyone ever sent you a big bottle of green glitter? Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter What does one do with a big bottle of green glitter? Just kidding!!! As soon as I saw that bottle of glitter I knew that I was going to use it compare texture paste against matt medium. Remember this stencil by Kaisercraft?  It was perfect for my little experiment. Team Beaker - assemble!  For card #1, I mixed the glitter with texture paste (Jo Sonya) using my palette knife and applied it evenly through the stencil. Since texture paste is heavy bodied, it went down smoothly with minimal seepage under the stencil. This is the reveal. For card #2, I used Liquitex Matt Medium and once again poured on some glitter.  I perhaps added a little more glitter here as matt medium is a lot runnier than texture paste so I attempted to achieve the same thick paste so that I didn't get any seeping u...

Hi everyone, I have a quick share for my 4th and final September Kit project using this wonderful  Stampendous cling rubber stamp - Flower Jars. I needed to make some ATC's for my monthly ATC group swap and these flowers are just the right size for a 2.5" x 3.5" artist trading card. I went ahead and stamped these images using Archiva, Black ink onto water color paper. I then used my Sakura watercolors to color them in one night while we were watching Australian Survivor (are you watching that??). I then broke out my Pixscan mat (LOVE THIS BABY) and asked it to pretty please fussy cut them for me .... and voila!!! Check it out !!  I am so happy to be at this stage of using my Cameo for crafting :) Next it was time to make a background for my ATCs. I used an A4 piece of mixed media paper and I created a frenzy.  I didn't take a picture at this stage but I have a picture of it at this stage when I had cut the...

Hello everyone, I hope you are taking the time to go out there whenever the sun peeks its warm little self out and catch some lovely warm rays. I have! And as I stroll along the perimeter of my garden, Ive been pulling out a few weeds here and there and admiring the new blooms on my peach tree. She's a beauty this time of the year! She inspired me to pull out the  Garden stencil by Kaisercraft  from the  Making Daisy Chains  September 2018 Kit and play! See what I mean!!! But I'm jumping ahead of myself! This is the stencil I'm talking about. I gathered some heavy weight water color paper and  Distress Inks  and  Oxides  in my craft room and sat down one warm afternoon and enjoyed myself thoroughly. I have 4 stenciling techniques I wanted to share with you. My card front panels are cut to 4.25" x 5.5". Stenciling Technique #1 - Basic 2 Tone Stenciling In this technique, I coloured in the flow...