Next up in my ATC Technique classes is Perfect Pearls. These have been around for years in the stamping community but clever people keep coming up with new ways of using them so they never get "old"! Here are a few samples of what the girls will be learning in my classes.
"Too Many Freaks"... Zetti stamps with the face, also by Zetti, done on shrink plastic.
"Invertebrate #1"... (Stampers Anonymous Dragonfly Legend stamp....again!!!)
It's a real pity that the beauty of Perfect Pearls just can't be appreciated on the computer, it's definitely a must-see in real life for their shimmery colours are just wonderful, especially on black card stock. You'll just have to trust me, or better yet, go buy some and try it out!
"Invertebrate #2"... (same Dragonfly Legend stamp - but the other side of it)
"Melancholy"... (Hero Arts (discontinued) Vintage Map Stamp). The Perfect Pearls is sprayed onto the background of this atc - I used a combination of Weathered Wood Distress Re-inker, Pewter Perfect Pearls and water in a mini-mister and spritzed the card. Also, down the bottom is the new colour of German Scrap we are selling at Scraptivate, Iridescent White. Very different from the normal plain white German Scrap we sell in the various styles, it looks like it's had pearlized paint applied to it, more creamy in real life compared to the starkness of the normal white. Something else to try? Yes, we do post all over the World and we have excellent prices on the German Scrap, probably the best you'll find across Australia!
"Captivating"... Not sure who's stamp this is? The Perfect Pearls are brushed onto a piece of acetate that's been run through the xyron first so it looks like a shimmery painted image.
"Royal"... (Another stamp I'm not sure of? The crackle effect over the top is Perfect Pearls in Pewter brushed over the top of the stamped card (after the face was stamped) using Versamark and the Perfect Pearls. If you tilt it to the light you see the shimmer effect of the Perfect Pearls rather than just a flat grey crackle as it shows here on the computer.
"Awaken"... Stamp by Cherry Pie, background sprayed as "Melancholy" was but using Brushed Corduoroy Distress Re-inker, Gold Perfect Pearls & water in a spritz bottle.
This next atc isn't anything to do with Perfect Pearls, it's a gel medium transfer atc that's for a Yahoo Group I'm in, Paperarts. One talented bunch of girls in this group! It's for the WTA - Winner Takes All - sort of a lottery that runs every month where one person gets to win all the wonderful atc's that are entered for that month.
More Perfect Pearls atc's to come....some are still happening in my studio - have to wait for that Texture Paste to dry!!! lol
6 comments:
Love them kelsey!!
Cant wait to see the texture paste ones. I have the stuff but have no idea what to do with it, ive tried and it looks crap LOL
They are all fantastic!! I really love the technique used in `Melancholy,' and the colours used in `Too Many Freaks.'
I'm a new convert to Perfect Pearls, especially for my opals stuff. I really like Awaken, great stamp Kelsey.
These look great Kelsey! Wish the Texture Paste would dry quicker, lol ...
Ooo.. love the royal ATC. great ideas for perfect pearls. i always struggled with my perfect pearls. but now you've inspired me to try your ideas..thanks, kelsey!
Kelsey,
Love the atc's like always sheer tallent you have. I love using the perfect pearls with the glue pad. I also love it mixed in the mini misters with ink.
I will keep watching to see what you are upto.
Hugs Elizabeth
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