Wednesday 9 March 2016

A little bit of glitter...

Morning crafters.

It's Wednesday - they come round really rather quickly don't they! And I've another show for you today. This time I've selected some beautiful stencils from dreamweaver, a company I've admired for many years now. I've played with quite a few techniques, so hopefully in today's show I'll manage to share those with you.

The first one is glitter overload. I was utterly covered in the stuff.

First, cut a pice of double sided adhesive sheet down so it's just bigger than your stencil, and stick it to a piece of card:


Next take your anti static bag (we'll have these on the show) and dust over the stencil


This helps you lift the stencil from the adhesive.

Next, remove the second protective sheet on the adhesive paper and place your stencil down:


Use the protective sheet to help secure the stencil in place. Make sure you use the side which will not stick to the adhesive - which is the slippy side

Now sprinkle your colours of glitter, building up your picture :


Remove the stencil when you have completely covered the image, and then fill in the remaining adhesive with another colour - I went for the crystal. Look how effective that it! 


You don't need to stick to glitter, you could use mica, gilding flakes; flower soft etc etc. I think this is one I should leave to the end demo today - or else....every demo will end up glittery. Let's see if I remember that thought!


17 comments:

Furry Log and Badger said...

Love it - it looks beautiful - Been waiting for today's show since last Wednesday! love watching you demo, you are so funny and honest. Looking forward to later on.x

carol edwards said...

Thanks Leoni this looks great. I can't wait to see just how much glitter goes on the card and hopefully not too much on you. Enjoy playing, it's good to see you happy. X

nancyd said...

Hi Leonie, a fabulous card looking forward to your shows have set the recorder in case I'm not home in time.
Nancyd xx

BridgetCG said...

Hi Leonie, this is so lovely, the colours are fab, great idea for using stencils. Looking forward to the shows. Bx

A Happercrafter6 said...

Hi Leonie. This looks so pretty - look forward to your demos today. On a workshop I went on when I first started crafting, I remember doing this with a piece of net curtaining. Glad you had one show with John yesterday as you make a great pair to watch.
Jan
Northampton

shad said...

Hello Leonie colours are awesome love watching your demo

Anonymous said...

Looks great Leonie. Tape set as I'm out this afternoon but I will have an enjoyable evening catching up. Best wishes Jackie x

hollyberry said...

Am set and ready to watch this afternoon.
Love this technique,the colours are beautiful that you have used. Hope you don't get too much glitter everywhere!

Linda Simpson said...

Brilliant step by step Leonie, love the colours you have used too.
Hugs
Linda xxx

karenlotty said...

Very glittery! Enjoyed the show(s) stencils and pastes to add to my Wish List

Anne said...

Really enjoyed the show today, Leonie. You have given us plenty of ideas - thank you.

Anne (Northampton)

Tracy Welham said...

Wow, wow, wow - to quote you from the show today "all the glitter in the world - yay!" Creative Blessings, Tracy x

Patricia Howarth said...

Hi Leonie, A fantastic show, with beautiful end projects, I loved it !!
Lots of love from Patricia xx

julie laz said...

Go girl xx

kittyedavies47@gmail.com said...

Hi Leonnie.
A brilliant two hours Thank you so much.
You are such a talented lady, so funny. and so messy.
Take care and have lots of fun Kitty.

Myra said...

Hello Leonie,
I was out yesterday afternoon so haven't seen the Shows yet! That's my planned treat for tonight on Catch up!
Looking forward to that! It looks sparkly and messy . Ha ha ! Xxxx

Sylvia said...

Hi Leonie, Missed the show - tried to watch on catch-up. Must use my stencils more!