Sparkle pens and embossing powder!

Evening folks, I hope you are well.  What crafty delights have you treated to yourself lately?  Anything good?  I have been quite reserved of late - mind you, having the Wednesday shows does mean I'm really really lucky, and get to pick amazing products to work with....there's always something else I fancy though.  Addictive this ere crafting isn't it!!

Now then, talking of Wednesday, I wanted to share another demo I'm going to be doing.  This time I thought I would have a play with my glitter/sparkle pens, and embossing powder!

First, I cut hearts using my Lots of Love mixed media die.  This is a deep die, so allows me to cut through thicker materials.  This heart is cut from mount board. I covered the heart with versamark and then melted it with my heat gun, repeat this until you have 3 layers.....but on the 3rd layer

......drop in ink directly from the sparkle pen, and then heat.

Take a pokey tool or a cocktail stick, and swirl the ink around in the embossing powder.  This will give you a lovely pattern.  Reheat the image - you may also want to put another layer of embossing powder on the heart, to trap the mica 

I love the subtle sparkle from the ink, and the texture the ink creates

I used my lovely heart as an embellishment on my card, which I also used my Fairy Godmother, coloured in with the Sparkle Pens.  The background is my lovely Softly Falling Embossing Folder.

I hope you like it - I'll demo this on Wednesday - fingers crossed it goes right!!