Card 1

Card 2 1

For the card on the right I punched out shapes from a piece of cardstock narrower than my piece of Scor-Tape™. I lay down a strip of Scor-Tape™, removed the backing and applied the piece of the punched out cardstock down the middle. Then I glittered with Copper.

For the card on the left I used the punched out cardstock pieces out shapes from a piece of cardstock and lay them on my exposed tape. I added two cardstock strips down either side. Then I glittered with Copper. Don’t forget to burnish,

Now for the sticky adhesive piece of cardstock that we first made, apply glitter all over. Burnish. Apply a piece of Scor-Tape™ to the reverse side. You can now cut strips of this “Glitter” piece. It is best to use Teflon Scisors to cut this as you are cutting through adhesive. You can also emboss on top of glitter, words for example. Be sure that you have burnished well. Go over it again with the blush brush. Stamp your image or words with Versamark. Emboss with embossing powder. If you want a raised effect, while your embossing is still warm, cover again with embossing powder and re-heat.

 

1. When placing the Positive Mask deliberately line it up to leave a border of exposed sticky tape. Press firmly into place a tape backing.

2. Glitter (Copper) - BURNISH!!!

3. Remove Mask – Glitter (Blue Teal) - BURNISH!!!

4. You may be thinking why didn't I lay down a piece of 1/4” tape instead to create the border.. Unfortunately when you butt two pieces of Scor-Tape™ together it can leave a seam mark. Doing it with above method your line of color is seamless.

Offset Technique

Overhang Technique

Exposed Tape

1. Apply Scor-Tape™ and remove tape backing.

2. Use Tweezers place the negative masks overhanging the exposed tape. Press firmly into place with the tape backing.

3. Glitter ( Blue Teal) - BURNISH!!!

4. Using the tweezers remove fern masks, gently brush away any Blue Teal that might of gotten underneath the overhang - Glitter (Copper) - BURNISH!!!

5. Using the tweezers remove large leaf masks, gently brush away any Blue Teal that might of gotten underneath the overhang - Glitter (Champagne) - BURNISH!!!

6. Using the tweezers remove small leaf masks, gently brush away any Blue Teal that might of gotten underneath the overhang - Glitter (Grasshopper) - BURNISH!!!

 

This method has a very “artsy” feel to it. .

Micro-fine Glitter can also be mixed with embossing powder, 1/2 embossing powder to 1/2 glitter. The beautiful cards below are made by Sandy O’Sullivan who was the winner of our Grand Design Contest Fall 2007. Sandy has agreed to be a Guest Designer and her awesome winning entry will soon be online.

Micro-fine Glitter and Embossing Powder

Here are samples of other cards I have made. I will share more “Glitter Illusions” in later issues, such as “On Top of the World”.

These are very special indeed. Thank you Sandy for sharing.

 Glitter techniques with double sided tape are based on ideas developed by Haroldine Wingfield and Deanna Pannell.