Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Alice in Glitterland!!

Welcome to my first ever tutorial for One Crazy Stamper!! 
This is going to be a long post, so grab a cup of coffee or tea, sit back, relax, and learn how to do the fabulous burnished velvet technique with micro fine glitter, that I have used for the front of my card!!  The image and sentiment are from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Alice in Wonderland" stamp, colored with Copics then fussy cut, and popped up on the glittered card front.

You will need the following items to get started - paper of your choice for the front of your card, Glitter Ritz in the colors of your choice, Scor Tape, large makeup brush, punches, fine tip tweezers, glitter clean up cloth, saved Scor tape white cover paper, and scissors.






Adhere the Scor Tape to the paper that will be the front of your card by removing the brown backing paper from the tape.  Remove the white cover paper and save for later use.  Do not touch the sticky tape with your fingers, as the oil from your hands will affect the adhesive and may cause the finished glitter to appear blotchy. 

Using saved pieces of the white cover paper from the Scor Tape, punch out any shapes that you want to use, and then using the tweezers carefully apply these shapes to the front of the card.  Make sure to rub the punched pieces down on to the exposed sticky tape to prevent the glitter from adhering under the punches.
                                            
Again using saved Scor Tape pieces, cut out the center where you do not want the glitter, and adhere over the sticky tape.  Pour the first color of glitter over the sticky tape, this will be the main color of your card front.  Using your fingers rub (burnish) the glitter into the sticky tape until the entire card front is covered.  Remove the excess glitter by shaking it off and using the make up brush.
Carefully peel off the large piece of Scor Tape cover paper, cut it into strips, and then replace some of those strips, apply different glitter colors using the same method as above.  Repeat until the card front is totally covered.

To finish the card front, remove the punched shapes with tweezers, cover with the last color of glitter, burnish, shake off excess, and surprise - you have completed a beautiful burnished card front!!
I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial, and that you will try out this stunning technique as I know that you will love the finished project!! 
You still have 10 days to enter the monthly challenge at One Crazy Stamper to win a fabulous prize, so get creative, and play with us!
Have a wonderful day!!

Craft Room Challenge - Bling & Glitter/Sparkle
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That Craft Place - Anything Goes
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9 comments:

  1. Fantastic card, Shari! Thanks for the tutorial! The glittery card front is awesome!

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  2. what a wonderful card ,love the glitter tutorial too ,thanks for sharing
    thanks for joining us at the poodle parlour and good luck
    tracey x

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  3. WOW! Fabulous card with all that glitter! and awesome tutorial too! Thanks for joining us on ATS Wednesday Challenge! ;D

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  4. Oh Yes Glitter!!! great card, thanks for joining us at craft room challenge, debi x

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  5. This has certainly got the glitter factor! wow. Thanks for taking part at Craft Room Challenge and good luck. Julia xx

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  6. Wow, what a gorgeous card. Thanks for joining us at That Craft Place challenge this time.
    Lisa xxx

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  7. Fabulous! I love how you've created the glitter background, it looks amazing. Thanks for joining in with us at the Craft-Room Challenge, and good luck.

    Maria x

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  8. OMG This is an Awesome card!!! I love that KK stamp you used too! Thanks for the tutorial!!!
    hugs,Heidi

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  9. This is a beautiful card, I love all the glitter. Thank you for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge.
    xxx Hazel

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