I love a new technique - thanks Spellbinders
Don't you just love finding new techniques? I do and last night I found this great technique over on the Spellbinders Blog . Now today the sun is shining brightly in Sydney and it was difficult to photo - these cards actually have a lot of shimmer and shine. I have recently become attached to idea of mixed media work in my scrapbook layouts and these cards are certainly meeting some of the criteria for mixed media. Technique: 1. Scrape a layer of Impasto onto the card and spritz with shimmer Smooch Spritz. I used a red and silver as I had in mind making Christmas cards. 2. Let this dry - for me it was overnight 3. Using Spellbinders Nestabilities square die and Sizzlet star die cut out shapes from paper in 3 sizes. 4. Take the little set of papers to the sewing machine and sew them with a straight stitch. Leave ends dangling. I could have stitched straight onto the card. 5. I then adhered the shapes (with red tape as it was strong...