Sunshine Gal glitter background

Hello. Thanks to a friend and a recent shopping trip to the craft store, I learned how to make my own glitter paste. You can make it shiny, clear or any color you may need.

This lovely new stamp from Unity Stamp Co and her awesome sentiments just begged for a sunshiny background. I thought, why not make it shiny and glittery while I was at it. 

These are the basic supplies to make your own glitter paste. You can use colored glitters but I wanted to experiment first so I picked up a clear one. I decided my Vicki Boutin art supplies would be perfect for changing the colors because they don't make the paste runny. I started by scribbling my yellow crayon on a non-stick surface. Then I squirted out a 50 cent piece size of the gloss gel medium, then sprinkled some glitter on and started mixing like a mad woman. I kept adding glitter until I got the sparkle I wanted. Then I just used a palette knife to spread it through a sun ray stencil onto my card stock and set it aside to dry. I left it over night because dinner had to be made so I don't know how long it takes to dry. 

It is so shiny and glittery in person. I am going to have a lot of fun playing with these supplies.

Copic colors used:

Skirt Y19, YR23 & YR24

Shirt, belt, hairband-BG10, BG11, BG13

Flowers-BG13, BG15

Skin: E000, E11

Hair: E35, E37

Purse: E53, E55, E57

I cut the sun ray panel down with a stitched rectangle. Then I cut some white card stock about 1/8" larger and I used the BG11 marker to color the edges for a perfectly matched mat. I cut some yellow card stock with a scallop die and then I matted it on white card stock cut to an A2 size and then colored with the BG11 marker along the edges also. The sentiment was matted the same way. 

Supplies used

Hello Sunshine Girl-image & sentiment

Radiating Rays Stencil

Stitched Rectangles-die

Scallop Rectangle Dies

Vicki Boutin Art Crayons

Gloss Gel Medium

Extra Fine Glitter

Happy Birthday Cake card

Hello. I wanted to make something bright and cheerful today and this new stamp set and a paper pad from the clearance section of Hobby Lobby provided just what I needed. I tend to make a lot of birthday cards because that is what I need most. 

I used lots of layers on this one. I trimmed down the patterned paper and mounted it to an A2 piece of orange card stock. I then cut a white panel for the cake image and stamped it using Gina K Amalgam ink. I mounted that on a slightly bigger piece of orange card stock.

I found this pom pom trim at Hobby Lobby also. I just sewed a piece onto my image panel before coloring just in case my sewing machine ate the card stock. 

I colored the cake using Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I have a swatch sheet, so I just held the patterned paper next to the swatches to pick the right pencils.

Colors used: PC923-red cheeks & candle, PC915-halo around flame, PC916-yellow on cake & candles, PC921-orange on cake & candles, PC1027-cake stand & candles, PC1051-shadow at base of cake.

I often want to pop something up just a bit, so instead of foam tape, I will cut a piece or two of card stock and place it behind what I want to pop up. 

Supplies used:

Prismacolor pencils

Gamsol

Happy Birthday to You-stamp set