Designer Lauren Johnston uses pearlescent paints to create a Christmas candy cane page that looks good enough to eat! Materials: Color photos
Maraschino and Malachite Radiant Pearls
2 stipple brushes
Make-up wedges or stamping sponges
Sheet of plastic or old CD for palette
Several sheets of 12" x 12" ivory cardstock
Candy cane rubber stamp
"Christmas" and "Joy" dies (2 of each)
Acid-free glue
Circle cutter and scissors
Red glitter gel pen
- Use circle cutter to crop photos, then cut one ivory mat 1/4" larger than photo, and a second one 1/2" larger.
- Then, use a makeup wedge or stamping sponge to apply Maraschino paint to stamp. Stamp around edges of 12" x 12" page (figure A). Repeat paint application process before stamping. Allow stamped edges to dry thoroughly before proceeding.
- Next, use stipple brush (figure B) to cover entire surface of Christmas-themed dies ("Christmas" and "Joy") with Radiant Pearls paint. Cover one of each shape with Maraschino and one of each shape with Malachite. Allow to dry thoroughly.
- For mats, use stipple brush to cover 1/2" of outer edge of each ivory mat. Apply Maraschino to smaller mat, and Malachite to larger mat. Again, allow to dry thoroughly before moving to the next step.
- Adhere one cropped photo to red mat and one to green. Adhere matted photos to scrapbook page.
- Then, adhere red "Christmas" and "Joy" die-cuts to the corresponding green die-cut shapes and adhere to page.
- Use red glitter gel pen to add journaling to page as desired.
Die-cuts/templates provided by Ellison Craft & Design. For more information about Ellison, see Resources. Click here for DIY's Scrapbooking Glossary.
RESOURCES :
Die-Cuts and Templates (Ellison Craft & Design)
Cropping and cutting system are not available
Ellison
Website: www.ellison.com
Radiant Pearls (paint)
Angelwings Enterprises
Fresno, CA 93721
Christmas-themed dies
Accu-cut Systems (Customer Service)
Website: www.accucut.com
GUESTS :
Lauren Johnston
Designer
E-mail: heeltoto@hotmail.com
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