Creating EPOXY-like accents

I wanted to share a couple cards today each having a little extra surprise to their designs.
This first card is my Card Positioning Systems card for this week. Sweet 'n Sassy stamp company was our sponsor for this week and I picked a set of word greetings to work with. What I really liked about their greeting sets is that they are more then just "thank you" and "happy birthday". Those kinds of greetings are great for many cards but once in awhile, a more thoughtful verse if a fun accent and so that is what you see on my card.

What I want to also point out on this card and the next one are the little "epoxy" kind of designs that I added to my cards. For this above card, I cut out some of the designs from this patterned paper by We R Memory Keepers and I then coated these cut out pieces with Aleene’s® Paper Glaze by Tulip/Duncan. I also added a little bit of bling on part of the design with the Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip. I love the amount of glitter you get with this paint. If you look closely you can see that glitter in part of the green design.

For this next card, I pretty much used the same idea. I cut out the design from a piece of patterned paper. You can also see that I used a plain piece of white cardstock to place behind the cut design and I ran that through my Cuttlebug machine with the Swiss Dot embossing plate.

I wanted this design to be very 3-D so I cut out additional pieces of some of the design so that I could make it layered. In this side view, you can see the layers. All of the pieces were coated with the Aleene’s® Paper Glaze by Tulip giving the pieces a great, epoxy look. Self-adhesive pearls finished the elegant look.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

THERE’S YOU card
Materials:
Stamps courtesy of SWEET & SASSY stamps
Cardstock
Patterned paper – We R Memory Keepers
Scallop oval punch - Marvy
Glitter Fabric 3-D Dimensional paint – Tulip
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®/Tulip
Rhinestones – Darice
Corner rounder punch- Papershapers/EK Success

IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU card

Materials list:
Cardstock - Prism
Patterned papers – Autumn Leaves
Cuttlebug embossing plate – Provo Craft
Scallop Scissors – Family Treasures
Machine Sewing
Self Adhesive pearls – Mark Richards, Inc.
Rub-on greeting – Making Memories

Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®/Tulip

THEN - NOW layout

The little photo on this layout was always my favorite school photo of our youngest daughter and when I got this great photo of her a year or so ago, I knew I wanted to use it for the comparison and then this song came to mind because I really don't have any idea where the time has gone and I know that I don't feel that much older!!!
I cut the flowers and designs from a patterned paper by We R Memory Keepers and then I used some Plaid Metallic Fabric Dimensional paint to add LOTS of accents. I love using these paints in either the glitter, the plain or the metallic for accents to cards and layouts. They come in containers with writing tips on them so you can control the amount you get and I just love what they add.
My title comes from the song and then I added in my journaling - all from the computer. I love to use the computer for journaling because I can choose the font and I can control the size of the box, etc. Two other things to notice - the machine sewing and the inking! These are my current "go to" techniques. Seems that I can't say something is finished until I have added these!
Thanks for visiting, Linda (aka lbpost)
Materials:
Solid Cardstock
Patterned Paper – Explore-Journey/White Out/We R Memory Keepers (design is cut from this)
Fluid Chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Rub-on letters – Making Memories
Orange rhinestones – Me & My Big Ideas
Paper Lace – Doodlebug
Metallic Folk Art Dimensional Fabric Paint – Plaid