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Saturday 18 June 2011

I've been getting in a Mess!

I know I haven't blogged for a few days, but I haven't been idle. I have been creating a right mess and having a lot of fun. Every now and them I want to play and experiment. I  also felt it was time for my class to get down good and dirty. Boy! Did they have fun. I used photo gloss paper, cheapest I could find, it works fine. I used a mixture of mica powders, placed into  puddles of water, mixed and with a  paint brush, added both lansdcape wise and portrait wise, put aside to dry. This type of card  dries very quickly.Don't be tempted to use a heat gun, for after only seconds the film on the coated card will start to melt. Using the same method , I also used LuminArte powders. Other samples are with the solid mica watercolours from Cosmic Shimmer, and  H2O's mica paints. Also I used, Cosmic Shimmer Mists, a few Moonglow Glitz sprays. Most of the results are above, some I have made into cards. Here are a few:-


I am entering the fairy card into the Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog for Things with Wings.
If your now off to experiment, wear a pinny, a pair of rubber or plastic gloves, cover your work surface, relax, make a mess and have lots of fun. I did!
P.S. More of a different painting mess to follow.



11 comments:

  1. That sounds fun Caz and your backgrounds are gorgeous. There's nothing like a bit of messy crafting is there?
    Claire xx

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  2. These look gorgeous Caz and the cards are just fabulous. Lovely colours.
    I've got very inky fingers here getting some background papers ready for my samples for a class I'm doing on Monday.
    Your technique sounds great so I might give it a go too. Love being messy!
    Hope you're having a good weekend.
    Hugs, Fliss xx

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  3. Hi Caz - your cards are lovely, I love silhouettes - Jacqueline xx.

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  4. Great fun Caz. lovely backgrounds,its my favourite thing to get all messy with inks and paints

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  5. Messy is good...you've given me a prod to have a play - the cards are lovely

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  6. Sounds like you had a super time Caz. Worth it, those backgrounds are Fab. Yvonne xx
    p.s. love the cards as well.

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  7. wow you have been busy i love getting messy lol. Gorgeous cards love the backgrounds. I'm just having a browse around the blogs lol. I think I'm going to try and join a challenge Caz...lol....Im slowly finding my way round blog land and loving it. Love NJ XX

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  8. Ooh I love doing this too & looks like you've made some beauties there!! Your fairy card is totally stunning, a real wow! The flowers look great too. Your link up on Sweet Stampin went a bit wrong but with a little googling I found you & have let the other girls know where to find you too, Thanks so much for playing along with our Sweet Stampin challenge x

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  9. this is lovely, fab silhouette and it's really effective against the background you have used. Thanks for joining us Sweet Stampin this week.

    Fi
    x

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  10. I love your cards and the messy backgrounds.

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  11. Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing at Sweet Stampin this week. Wedgie xxx

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