Do you have a favorite stamping technique? I have many. Some of my favorites I haven't done in a long time. How can it be a favorite then you ask? Well, it's just one that always makes me happy with how it turns out. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do.
I loved the look of frosted glass and you can incorporate that look easily into your stamping projects. What you need to start with is some kind of clear acrylic accent. I'm using a Tim Holtz Fragment tag for mine.
When you start off your acrylic accent will be perfectly clear. We want to make it look frosted and sandpaper is a quick and easy way to do that. Simply sand the surface of the acylic horizontally and vertically until you get a nice smooth frosted look. It will look like sea glass. You only want to sand the top surface for this technique.
It's hard to see the frosted look but I've place my tag onto a piece of patterned paper in hopes that you can get an idea of what this step looks like.
Next up...some very simple stamping. A fairly defined simple image works best for this technique. You don't want too much fine detail or the embossing powder will all melt together. I've chosen a pretty Hero Arts flower, inked it with Versamark Ink and then stamped it onto the sanded acylic surface.
To finish off the technique, apply clear embossing powder to the stamped image and remove excess. Use your heat gun to apply heat until all the embossing powder is melted. Voila! You're Frosted Glass Technique tag.
You can see how the embossed image shines and makes the translucent "frosted glass" clear. Sweet, right?!
Thanks for stopping by the CLASSroom and have a fabulous weekend!
Supplies:
sewing machine, Solar White Cardstock by Neenah, Graceful This & That 6x6 paper pad by Echo Park Paper Co. , twine, ClearDesign: Blossom Art Stamp Set and ClearDesign: Yummy Treat stamp set by Hero Arts, Round Pearl trinket pins by Maya Road, Tim Holtz Fragments Charms by Advantus, Versamark Ink by Tsukineko, Jet Black Archival ink by Ranger, Clear Embossing Powder by Ranger, Sanding Block by Advantus
