"Wicked"Commitment...

I finished up a recent journal page for my swap with my friend, Kate. I decided to use some stuff (technical term) that was on my desk. So, tearing papers, painting flowers, and painting/gessoing the pages. I really had no plan. It was looking fairly green as I had a mini kit given to me by my friend, Nancy. So, I decided to go with the "wicked" green theme...

The yellow sun up in the right corner is molding paste through a stencil (yes, both were sitting out - on a counter not on my desk!). The wicked witch was from a coordinating stamp set to Graphic 45's Oz collection. There is a bit more sparkle and glitter in real life as I used some Glimmer Glam and Glimmer Glaze.
Give yourself a challenge - use only a few items or leftovers from your desk, a drawer, a basket, etc. You never know where it will lead!

Tuesday's Tip

Those who love all things "Tim" (ie Tim Holtz) will have plenty of Distress ink applicator tools. These consist of wood handle and changeable rectangles of Cut and Dry foam. Not only are they great for Distress ink, but you can use them with other art mediums. I took a class from the founder of Tattered Angels and we used the applicator tools with Glimmer Mists and other paints. They work great for easy spreading of paints and give a different textural effect.

Glimmer Glaze/Glam and Twinkling H2O's

I tried Glimmer Glam and Glimmer Glaze at the the Tattered Angels booth at the Santa Clara Scrapbook Expo. I bought a couple of each and thought I would compare them with Twimkling H2O's.   For the make and take at the Tattered Angelsbooth, I used their preprinted acetate die cuts.  I stamped my own acetate with permanent ink for this comparison.

On the top card, I painted the tulip images with Twinkling H2O's.  I painted the back of the stamped image. The colors are vibrant and dried very quickly.  The card below was painted with Glimmer Glaze and Glam from Tattered Angels on the reverse of the image.  Although the paints dried quickly, the colors were less intense.  The "twinks' can be further diluted to lighten the intensity - I would not recommend lightening the Glimmer Glaze/Glam paints.

  For a color that pops, I would recommend the "Twinks".  The Glaze and Glam would be fun for a background or stain.  I also tried both on white cardstock that has the image embossed. Stay tuned for my next post!

Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam and Glimmer Glaze

While at the Scrapbook Expo in Santa Clara, I sat at the Tattered Angels booth for a make and take. I have used their Glimmer Mists since they were released and like the sprays.  The make and take gave me an opportunity to use their newer products - Glimmer Glam and Glimmer Glaze.

Glam and Glaze are similar to the mists - mica infused water based colorants. Glam and Glaze are to be used as paints. Glaze has a paint brush top, while the Glam will need to be used with a paint brush of your own.  We used these to paint printed acetate  die cuts (also a Tattered Angels product). The Glimmer Glaze has more colorant than the Glimmer Glam. Think of the Glam as a dilute watercolor with larger pieces of mica.

I used a combination of Glaze and Glam on the automobile on the tag. I used the paints sparingly - think of stained glass. I also painted the reverse side, in the event that it would take a while to dry. The frame and the tag were colored with Glimmer Mists.  I decided to try a few other tests of the products - so that meant purchasing a few of each.  I will be demonstrating these 2 products over the next couple of blog posts.