Shimmer and Glimmer

Good Monday afternoon! I can’t believe it is already this late. I started the morning off running errands, bank, store, blah blah blah. Now here’s the best part of my day! I emailed Jeanne to see if she was getting close to being ready to fly in on Thursday. I went on downstairs to work on today’s Try a New Technique Challenge, and Jeanne called. Jeanne isn’t coming in on Thursday. She gets here TOMORROW! You know I vaguely telling me her plans had been changed but it was probably one of those moments when I really wasn’t paying attention. It also goes to tell you how often she ACTUALLY reads my blog, because I’ve only been talking about her getting here on Thursday for a week! On the downside, the house may not be as spotless as I would want it to be. However, on the upside, I’m gonna have some help getting the shirts made for the Epilepsy Walk this coming Saturday! WOO HOO! One of my errands this morning was to go buy mine, Jeanne’s and Mallory’s shirts as well as the transfer paper. Now I just have to rework the design in a program that allows me to print iron-on transfers, and I’m golden!

Speaking of the Epilepsy Walk, I’m going to give a shameless plug. If you haven’t read Kate’s Story, we are doing the Walk Around Kentuckiana this coming Saturday for the Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana. Even though through your great generosity, we have far exceeded Kate’s goal, we are still taking donations through the week. Before I start to get weepy again, I’m going to move onto today’s stamping.

When I checked on Beth’s Splitcoast Try a New Technique Challenge today, I laughed myself silly. Beth and I had been working on this technique during the demos at the Collinsville Stamp Show a few weeks ago, and I was teasing her that it would make a great challenge. By golly she did it – and better yet, she made her own samples! WOO HOO Beth!

Today’s Technique Challenge is to use Shimmer and/or Glimmer Mist to add some shimmer and shine to your project. To make my own Shimmer Mist, I use a Ranger Mini Mister, add one dropper full of Tim Holtz Distress Reinker and then a bit of Ranger Perfect Pearls. I actually use my scissors and pick up the Perfect Pearls on the end of it and drop them into the Mini Mister. Fill the bottle with water, just a bit down from the top, and give it a good shake. It lasts forever and I make a number of bottles at one time depending on the color I’m using. (i.e., I will make 4 Mini Misters at one time all with the same color of ink, but each with different colors of Perfect Pearls). I write on the side of the Mini Mister the combination – Scattered Straw Gold, etc., and then keep them stored in an old coffee mug on my desk.

Instead of making a card today, I decided on a tag using a number of sets from Lizzie Anne Designs.

I took a manilla shipping tag and stamped a few swirls from So Swirly in Milled Lavender. Once that had dried, I misted the tag with Broken China Gold, Dusty Concord Pearl and Scattered Straw Gold Shimmer Mists. The swirls that I had stamped earlier absorbed some of the color of the Shimmer Mist and popped out from the background. Flowers from In the Meadow were randomly stamped in Dusty Concord. The sentiment, from Say It in Script, was stamped on a separate tag, trimmed, and then misted with Scattered Straw Gold and Broken China Gold Shimmer Mist. The edges were distressed with my distress tool and then sponged with Dusty Concord. The sentiment panel is raised on mounting tape. For some added dimension to the tag, I inked a Grunge Board flourish with Milled Lavender and then misted it with more Shimmer Mist. The Grunge Board is attached to the tag using Ranger Glossy Accents.

Here’s a close up of the sentiment panel and Grunge Board hoping to show some of the shimmer on the tag.

• Stamps: In the Meadow, So Swirly and Say it in Script from Lizzie Anne Designs
• Paper: Manilla Shipping Tag
• Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Tim Holtz Broken China, Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord Distress Inks
• Accessories: Ranger Mini Misters, Pearl and Gold Perfect Pearls, and Glossy Accents; Tim Holtz idea-ology Grunge Board Elements; Tonic Tim Holtz Distress Tool; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Paula Best Fibers

I hope you enjoy your day, and I’m gonna try and get started on some laundry (Jeanne will need clean sheets)!

Sherry