I've been working a bit with glitter & everything glittery. It's a good idea to wipe the page area where the glitter will be going with an antistatic pad. A paintbrush can be used to wipe the excess away & a vacume cleaner comes in handy too! A few ways to apply the glitter are: gemstone glue, spray adhesive, double sided tape, jack paper or glue pad & stamps. It can be mixed with gel medium & sprinkled on embossing powder. For more "bling" try using glitter glue, gems or jewels or pearls. Metallic & glitter finishes come in papers, inks, paints, glimmer mists, ribbons, threads, buttons & patches as well as stickers & flowers & transparencies. If it doesn't have it already then you can add some bling yourself. Plastic, timber, chipboard, embellishments & paper can be made to "pop" with a bit of bling!
Some of these glitter techniques will be used in the above layout that I am teaching later in the year at the Greenbank Scrapbook Shop(see link).
With all the Christmas cards made & posted out (I still like the old fashioned way of sending & receiving cards through snail mail!) I started on cards for next year. These are the "Summer Bright" cards we did in our card class at the Greenbank Scrapbook Shop. The shopping has all been done for Christmas celebrations and with any luck I won't have to venture near a shopping centre again until next year! Wishing everyone a joyous peaceful Christmas and great blessings in 2010. Happy Scrapping!
of Fairburn Dam at sunset out at Emerald. It is a huge dam that has yummy redclaw yabbies in it. The caravan park is great & the people who run it are wonderful. We had a fabulous Monday Music night & met lots of new people. We've travelled from Brisbane out to Longreach & Winton & to Cania Gorge. The scenery has gone from green to dry to green again. I definately prefer the water to the arid areas. I found some nice scrapbook shops along the way & shared some ideas. I brought along my scrapbook kit & bag so that I wouldn't get withdrawals! I finished about 8 pages but with all the photos I took I think I will be planning some more. David's happy because he has caught lots of fish & redclaw & met new fishing buddies! Our camper, otherwise known as "The Tardis" has travelled very well & is very comfortable. The photo here was taken at Flying Fish Point which had another nice caravan park. Its a hard life but someone has to do it!!
