{scrap and stamp with mary}: Shimmer Paint Techniques

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Shimmer Paint Techniques - Direct to Rubber and Crayons

Here are the other two cards I featured in the Stampin' Addicts Birthday Blog Hop - Techniques. I used Shimmer Paint in a variety of ways to create my projects and I want to share a few more details of the cards I created. For these cards, I used Direct to Rubber techniques. Then I have another technique using Shimmer Paint to share with you on Friday with two new cards!

I applied Frost White Shimmer Paint directly to the rubber of the cone flower and grass images from Inspired by Nature

stamp set. Each time you use the Shimmer Paint, you should shake the bottle. Then I use a Sponge Dauber to pull a dab of the ink from the inside of the lid and tap, tap, tap it onto the rubber of the stamp to get nice consistent coverage. Then stamp it onto your cardstock - dark cardstock, such as the Basic Black that I used on this card works great to give a good contrast for the Frost White and the Platinum Shimmer Paint. The Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint is a bit more translucent and doesn't give as much contrast for this particular technique. You can also add Reinker to the Frost White Shimmer Paint to create your own color of Shimmer Paint to use with the Direct to Rubber technique.

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Recipe:

Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Occasional Quotes

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver

Ink: Frost White Shimmer Paint

Accessories: Basic Black Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 Circle punches

Here is the final card I shared during the Blog Hop, using Frost White Shimmer Paint and Watercolor Wonder Crayons with Two Step Stamping. Again, this is a Direct to Rubber technique where I applied both the WW Crayons and the Shimmer Paint to the rubber image and then stamped.

I used the Regals collection of Watercolor Wonder Crayons and scribbled the color onto the solid

flower, butterfly and leaf images from Awash with Flowers stamp set. Then I added a light layer of Frost White Shimmer Paint using my Sponge Dauber and stamped this onto the Whisper White cardstock. For the detail line image for the outside of the flowers, butterflies and leaves, I stamped in the corresponding Classic Ink pad. I also added Shimmer Paint to the Night of Navy Classic Ink on the Happy Birthday sentiment from Afterthoughts stamp set, a Level I Hostess Set.