Sunday, 26 May 2013

Challenge 21 - Bling It

Bling It...kinda speaks for itself this week, we want to see as much bling as you can throw at us, subtle, lots of it....as long as it's got bling then it's in.

Let's see what our super talented Design Team have conjured up to inspire us.




















Saturday, 25 May 2013

Special Feature - Making Embelishments using Rubber Stamps



Making Embellishments using Rubber stamps,  Maimeri Mediums and PanPastels: Tutorial by Claire

You can make some really fun embellishments for your projects using your rubber stamps with PanPastels and Maimeri Mediums.
  1. For this technique you will need: rubber stamp, stazon inkpad, Maimeri Iridescent Paste, PanPastels (I used Magenta Extra dark for this project), a spatula and a mixing pot.


 2. Put a little Maimeri Iridescent Medium into a mixing pot, use your spatula to scrape a little PanPastel in and mix with the spatula.





 3.       Ink up your rubber stamp with stazon ink and then scrape the mixture out and ‘blob’ it on to the  stamp:



4.       Spread the mixture over the surface of the stamp using the spatula, you should have a thick even layer of mix


Once again you have to have a little patience now, leave it for a couple of days to dry

5.       Once the mixture has dried, gently peel the embellishment off the stamp



The mixture will have dried to create a flexible embellishment so you can use it on 3d projects, it will also have picked up all the detail of the stamp