Friday, December 09, 2011

Liquid Pearls Tutorial for Fabulous Friday Fun 12-9-11

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This week for Fabulous Friday Fun I am continuing on with last weeks projects using Liquid Pearls. I came up with so many examples of ways to use it that I had to break it into two posts. HERE is last weeks post and on to this weeks post.

I have these large flowers that are not paper but more like a Mulberry paper but a little bit stronger. For the first idea, I used the White Opal and a rubber background stamp by Hero Arts.


I sprayed a blob of Liquid Pearls with water and painted it onto the stamp.



I placed the flower on the stamp and pressed down onto the stamp. This is the fun look that I got.


The second flower I painted with just white opal Liquid Pearls. After it dried I used platinum pearls mixed together with a couple drops of ink from a Ranger Industries re-inker, color aged mahogany, on wax paper.




I used my paint brush to mix the two together


Then I added more Platinum Pearls to make the mixture thicker.



I painted the petals of the flower lightly with the mixture to get the following look.


Combining the flowers together along with a circle die cut and an epoxy sticker I layered them on to a journal box. Here is a close up of the flower. I like the way the Liquid Pearls add color and texture to the flowers.



For the third flower, I used the same mixture as above on a clear background stamp.



Here I painted the background stamp.  


Place the flower on top of the stamp to transfer the image. 


Here is the flower after being stamped.


The stamped image didn't transfer completely but I was able to use the flower on a card.
Using a snowflake sticker and a rhinestone for the center I was able to hide the imperfection.


There is another Liquid Pearl aspect to this card. I heat embossed snowflake stamps using clear embossing powder. I wanted to see if the Liquid Pearls would resist an embossed image. Adding a few spritzes of water to the Liquid Pearls and painted the patterned paper. 


Thankfully the sun was shining the day I took these photos. You can really see the snowflakes pop off the paper in these shots.


Well, that's all I have for you today. I hope you have enjoyed the different ways to use Liquid Pearls.

Thanks for looking.

2 comments:

Jessica Buffa said...

Cindy, Cindy, Cindy, WOWZAS! This is an awesome technique with a beautiful end result!
I am sitting here laughing my butt off right now because I left a silly comment at IDIC thinking I was at your personal blog. I hope they don't mind my sense of humor over there. Anyway, I got my supplies today and can't wait to try one or many techniques you have shared over the last few weeks!!!
:O)
Jessica

Jessica Buffa said...

p.s. Can you use the Perfect Pearls in place of the liquid pearls you used here?