Recently, the owner at my local scrapbook store (
Scrapbook Centrale) gave me a couple of
Quick Quotes Frosted Embellishments and asked me to make a couple of tags to be displayed near the product in the store. She felt that customers weren't seeing the real potential in these items, and I had to agree with her, so I took up the challenge and here are the results.
Here is what they look like in the package:
I guess even the manufacturer realized they don't photograph well, because here's the image they use in their webstore:
These are intended as one-use embellishments - you stick it to your project and away you go. Well, I'm going to +1 that. I used the 1 dragonfly I received 3 times, because that's how I roll. They are made out of a frosted plastic material similar to that you see in many masks, including the Tattered Angels glimmer screens, so you can see where this is going...
I started by removing the gems so the shape would be easier to clean afterward. I placed the dragonfly shape on my misting mat, sprayed it generously with Glimmer Mist, then flipped it over on to the white tag, using it as a stamp. I did not lift the shape - because the next thing I did, was proceed to use it as a mask, and glimmer misted the entire tag in purple mists. I lifted the mask, and allowed the tag to dry (then I washed the dragonfly embellishment, to get it ready for the next tag).
You can see in this image I added a little clear crackle paint to parts of the tag, for texture.
I coated the completed tag in Chandelier Glimmer Glam (a girl can never have too much Glam, right?). I tried to catch it in the light so you could see how much it shimmers.
Supplies (stamped tag):
frosted dragonfly -
Quick QuotesCS - Bazzill
glimmer mist, glimmer glam - Tattered Angels
clear crackle paint - Ranger
other - organza ribbon
OK - on to the next tag. I'll be honest, this one is my favorite of the bunch, and I could have stopped there (but I didn't).
I started by painting the cardstock with regular gesso, and heat dried it. Then I placed the dragonfly as a mask, and used a palette knife to layer impasto gesso over top. I pulled up the dragonfly and cleaned it well (if you let the gesso dry on the mask, you will likely never get it off).
I won't lie - this is something you'll have to let dry overnight, but it's worth it. When it was about half dry (dry to the touch, but you could tell the underneath layers weren't dry), I mashed a couple of rubber stamps into it, to create texture.
The next day, when it was completely dry, I misted it generously with 2 colours of glimmer mist (Dragonfly - of course - and Gumdrop).
When the mist was dry, I added Glimmer Glam to the dragonfly impression:
I love how this looks in the sunlight!
Supplies (mask with gesso):
frosted dragonfly - Quick Quotes
CS - Bazzill
gesso, impasto gesso - Liquitex
glimmer mist, glimmer glam - Tattered Angels
other - random rubber stamps
Here's the next one - this time I used the embellishment as an actual embellishment, ha!
For this tag I misted the cardstock with glimmer mist, and stamped with Tattered Angels texture stamps. Then I painted Glimmer Glam (in 2 colours) onto the frosted dragonfly embellishment. Now, if I had taken my time and been neat about it, there wouldn't be dried bubbles of glam. But I like that look, so I just glopped it on. (Hmm, spell check says that 'glopped' isn't a word, but I think it should be.)
I love the way the glimmer pools in the texture on the Bazzill cardstock. I adhered the dragonfly to the tag with clear adhesive foam to give it a little lift, and then re-attached the gems with glue dots.
Supplies (Dragonfly tag):
frosted dragonfly - Quick Quotes
CS - Bazzill
glimmer mist, glimmer glam, stamps - Tattered Angels
stamping ink - StazOn
baker's twine - Pink Paislee
I said 3 ways, right? Well, I lied. It's 3 + 1. Since this is a different embellishment, I'm not counting it in my original tally. So there.
I realized I hadn't shown one of the easiest ways to customize the frosted embellishments, and that is with alcohol ink (I used 3 shades of alcohol ink, plus a bronze mixative).
The gems started out clear on this flourish. I coloured them with a Copic marker to give them a warmer tone, coordinating better with the other colours on the tag. I attached the flourish with tiny staples.
Supplies (kraft tag):
frosted flourish -
Quick QuotesCS - Bazzill
alcohol ink, distress ink - Ranger
stamps, staples - Tim Holtz
marker - Copic
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
stamping ink - StazOn
other - twine
So tell me - is this kind of post helpful/useful? Should I do this more often? I would like to know what you think!
