Hello! Today's project is about adding texture to your projects using embossing paste and glitter glue on stencil. There are a lot of mediums available and it can be pretty overwhelming. In this post, I will be discussing how to customize the embossing paste and glitter glue to fit your project.
I used the new Blank Page Muse Sunflower and Dragonflies Stencil on this project.
I created a background panel first. On a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock, I applied ink using a brayer. I picked the ink with the brayer then transferred the ink to the paper. If you don't have a brayer, an alternative is to apply the ink directly from the ink pad to the paper.
I suggest moving the brayer to one direction, either forward or backward instead of going back and forth. This is just a personal preference. Feel free to do otherwise.
I layered two shades of brown ink on the panel using the brayer.
Since I used a water reactive ink, I set the panel aside to dry. You can also heat set it to speed dry it.
I adhered some non-tacky tapes on the back of the panel with the sticky side up. I positioned the stencil over the panel and pressed the stencil to the tape. This kept the stencil in place when I applied the medium. I used a white embossing paste which I customized by mixing it with brown ink to fill in the center of the sunflower. I used a brown colored reinker for this. You can also use an ink pad or a marker to color the white paste. Just dab the ink pad or scribble the marker onto your work surface and mix this with the white paste.
You can definitely mask the areas of the flower to prevent contamination of colors. I did not. I just made sure to be careful in applying my colored medium.
I was also dabbing the medium on the openings to make sure that the hole is covered with medium. I did not smoothen this out since I am working with different colors and different mediums.
I sprinkled black glitter to the embossing paste while it was wet. I end up modifying this later.
When working with different colors of embossing paste or glitter glue, you have stop and pause in between colors to allow the medium to dry. It is also very important to clean the stencil and the applicator in between colors. I sprayed my supplies with water before wiping off the excess glue with a paper towel or rag. We don't want that washed out and clogging our drain.
If the medium still won't come off, just soak the stencil and the applicator on warm soapy water. Use your fingers to loosen the glue. I do not recommend using a brush since this can damage the stencil especially if the stencil has some dainty parts.
Before I worked on adding medium to the petals, I added tape to the front of the stencil to guide the alignment of the paper panel. For each medium application, I simply align the panel to these guides.
For the petals, I used a gold glitter paste. To mute the gold color, I mixed a drop of a dark yellow reinker to the glitter glue and mixed it before applying it to the flower petals.
I worked on the leaves after the petals. I also mixed a green ink from a reinker to the green glitter glue.
I applied brown medium to the stem which I modified later on.
I applied another layer of brown colored medium to the floral center so I can add more black glitter powder to it.
I poured black glitter to the medium while it is wet. I set this aside to dry. Unfortunately, not all of the glitter stayed adhered to the medium. I should have patted the glitter to the medium to make the glitter stick to the medium.
I did not like the look of the brown stem with the green leaf.
I mixed up another green medium and applied this over the dried brown medium to cover it up. This is what I call a make or brake step since this is when it can either go right or go wrong.
The embossing paste did look green until it dried.
I die cut a postage frame on a black cardstock. I die cut the floral panel using a rectangle die slightly larger than the inner postage frame. I think the embossing paste has not dried yet that's why it got squished when I ran it through my die cut machine. I should have used a craft knife instead but too late for that. We learn from our boo-boos anyway.
I ripped a pre-printed vellum for the sentiment. The ripped edge added texture to the panel. I ran the vellum through a sticker maker to add adhesive to the back. I adhered this to the panel.
I hope you like today's project. I encouraged you to use those lovely colored mediums on your stencils.
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