Friday, February 29, 2008

Door Decor Using Heated Pearls Technique

HEAR YE... HEAR YE...

don't throw your microwavable covers from your to-go's!!!! you can make these into decors and other possibilities!


materials needed:
plastic microwavable covers
cardstock
pearl ex powders
white glue
kandc glitter chipboards
prima IOD brads
marah johnson epoxy stickers
gouache paint ( black)
krylon fixatiff
krylon leafing pen
stamp
staz on

how do you go about doing the heated pearls : there is a cool site (http://stampinmama.typepad.com), just browse through it. i also made a tutorial on this technique over at scrapbytes march issue, watch out for it!


instructions:
1. paint the cover with gouache black paint. let dry.
2. use krylon fixatiff ( good for watercolors, chalks, pearl ex) and spray on the paint.
3. hand tear cardstock with heated pearls technique.
4. outline with krylon leafing pen.
5. stamp image on the cs-pearl combo.
6. add embellishments.
7. adhere using pop arts.




4 comments:

Ella Go said...

cabbie... u're really an idol! like ur idea here!

Liza said...

cabbie, galing mo talga with all these altered stuff. great technique! you should conduct a class with all these great ideas of yours.

Christine said...

oh my goodness Cabbie!! you are truly the queen of altered art!

feli said...

hey cabbie! i love what you did here.. it's just amazing.. how did you use the pearl ex powder? it gives such a great effect...

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