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Saturday 4 September 2021

mica flutters (by Veronica)

Today I am sharing cards using the insects designed by Fiona Randall featured in last month's tv shows. I had the set called sacred which also had some very intricate geometrical designs. 

For both of these I used one of my favourite techniques, a bit fiddly and takes a long time to dry but a fab result - well, i think so anyway!

First ink the stamp up - I used black versafine -  sprinkle with mica powders and then cover the stamp with pva glue (the cheap stuff is absolutely fine as long as it dries clear) then leave to dry. Depending on the weather  and how much pva you used it can take up to 2 days to dry completely. Once dry, peel off from the stamp and trim the edges and it is ready to use.

Both cards have a light grey card background.

The DL card was stamped with one of the geometric designs using grey ink and the words stamped between the butterflies, which were glued on with more pva.

The square card uses the dragonfly and moth stamps, with the background stamped with the geometric designs in grey and randomly sprinkled with clear embossing powder. The powder bubbles up when you heat it without using versamark and I rubbed some mica powders randomly over the background as  well. The word was stamped using versamark and gold embossed, then the insects were added.
 

3 comments:

  1. WOW,what an amazing technique and wondeful results that you have shown.I am not a patient person,when it comes to this so wont be trying it hee hee sorry.x

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  2. I have never hear about this technique, thanks so much for sharing, I will try! The result is fabulous and LOVE your cards!

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  3. Both cards are so bright and sparkly Veronica and love the look of the grey card as the background. Two brilliant looks. x

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