Happy Thursday friends! Carly here for another #throwbackthursdays, where we find inspiration in The CLASSroom archives!
I'm super excited that we are playing with glitter here in The CLASSroom this week because there is a technique from Miss Julie that I had been dying to try...Glittered Copics! Julie's cool technique combines the Burnished Velvet technique with Copic markers...instead of colored glitter, you can color your glitter! So awesome right?! Check out Julie's original article:
Glittered Copics by Julie Ebersole
And here's my take:
To create this card, start by stitching some curvy and overlapping lines on a 1/3 of a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 panel on solar white.
Next cut a piece of Be Creative tape to fit the remaining 2/3 of the panel and apply it to the cardstock, leaving the liner paper on one side and trimming any excess. Be Creative tapes comes in various widths but I like to purchase the 8 x 11 sheets of Be Creative tape for the maximum versatility.
Carefully peel off the remaining liner paper, trying not to touch the adhesive (oils from your hands can keep glitter from sticking). Apply die cut butterflies to adhesive. Tweezers are helpful in this process. Julie used stickers but I found delicate die cuts from black cardstock worked much the same.
Apply micro-fine glitter to panel. Highlight and diamond colors work best.
Shake off excess glitter and burnish into adhesive with finger tips. Here the oils from your fingers create the shiny, velvet texture.
Use the brush nib of a Copic marker to gently color glitter within butterfly die cut. Try to color lightly and not over-saturate the glitter & paper below.
Stamp sentiment on a strip of vellum. I have found using the MISTI has made stamping on slick surfaces like vellum and acetate much easier.
Add color to the sentiment by using a Copic marker on the "back side".
Stitch vellum strip with cardstock and add to panel. Then adhere to an A2 card.
I'm sorry the photos don't real do the glitter justice, it's so sparkly & happy!
Have a great day!
xo, Carly
