I have loved stamping with
Shimmer Paint since
Stampin' Up! first offered it two years ago. My favorite way to use it is the
Shimmer Paint Spray, but I love using it in so many different ways and I hope you've gotten some inspiration this past week with a few
Shimmer Paint techniques. Someone shared the following technique and I have had a lot of fun creating different cards with it and using different colors of ink to finish it. Certainly your interpretation of
Mother of Pearl will be different than mine and I hope you play with this
Faux Mother of Pearl technique to find the right color combination for yours!
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First stamp your image and color it or add whatever detail you'd like. For this card, I used the roses image from
Elements of Style stamp set stamped in
StazOn Jet Black ink and colored with a variety of
Stampin' Markers. Then use a wedge of
Sponge, or crumpled up Saran Wrap (both have great blotchy texture) to add a bit of
Shimmer Paint over your image. Add as much or as little
Shimmer Paint as you'd like, but keep it uneven and splotchy. Set it aside to dry for a few minutes and when it's no longer tacky to your touch, add some color over the top with a
Sponge Dauber or with a
Brayer. Finally, use a tissue to wipe over the stamped, shimmered and inked image to wipe the extra ink off the
Shimmer Paint areas.
For this card, I added
Early Espresso ink with a
Sponge Dauber. The
Early Espresso gives it a nice dark, aged look. If it's too dark for your liking, try a softer color, such as
Soft Suede or
Crumb Cake. At
Technique Club this month, a few of my stampers chose to leave off the added color step, leaving their image whiter and crisper looking, but still with that
Mother of Pearl look to them - so beautiful!
Recipe:
Stamps: Elements of Style, Occasional Quotes
Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Concord Crush, Very Vanilla
Ink: Concord Crush, Frost White Shimmer Paint
Accessories: Vintage Wallpaper Texture Impressions Folder, Oval Die, Modern Label Punch, Basic Jewels Pearls
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Here is another example of the
Mother of Pearl Technique, using
Pretty in Pink ink applied with a
Brayer to give a little different look to it. I stamped the line of trees image from that classic
Stampin' Up! stamp set
Lovely As A Tree. Then I added
Frost White Shimmer Paint with crumpled up Saran Wrap and let it dry. Finally, I used my
Brayer to add a layer of
Pretty in Pink ink over the top. This is really a resist technique, using
Shimmer Paint, instead of
VersaMark or
Embossing Powder, but it gives such a unique look!
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Recipe:
Stamps: Tiny Tags, Lovely As A Tree
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Frost White Shimmer Paint
Accessories: Jewelery Tag Punch, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon
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