Hi, I’m Christine Delgadillo.  One of my favorite things to do is to make Artist Trading Cards (ATC) using my Glimmer Mists and UTEE.  The ATCs are quick (but a little messy) because the design/embellishments are simple yet elegant.

SUPPLIES USED:

• Clear Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE)
• Glimmer Mist Colors of your choice.  I used Olive Green, Copper and Gold.
• Wood stamp
• Versamark Ink Pad
• Heat gun
• Box lid lined with a nonstick craft sheet
• Gold Krylon Pen

Pour Clear UTEE into a container and mix in some Glimmer Mist until the UTEE reaches your desired color.  I used Olive Green Glimmer Mist.

This process can get messy, so place the ATC into a box lined with a nonstick craft sheet.  You should also do this process in a well-ventilated area.

Cover a chipboard ATC with Versamark ink. Sprinkle on a layer of Clear (uncolored) UTEE. 

Heat the ATC with a heat gun until the UTEE is melted.

While the clear UTEE is still warm, put a layer of the Glimmer Mist colored UTEE onto the center of ATC card. 

Hold your heat gun about 2” to 3” from the ATC to melt the UTEE until bubbly, adding additional Glimmer Mist colored UTEE as needed to cover the entire ATC.  You can use your heat gun to “push” the melted UTEE around so it reaches the areas of the ATC that need to be covered.

Once the entire ATC is covered with UTEE, stamp firmly into the warm UTEE.  Leave the stamp on the ATC for about 20 seconds so that the UTEE will cool slightly and release the stamp.

Once the UTEE has cooled, the stamp will release. 

Remove the ATC from the box, turn it over, and while the UTEE is still warm, trim the UTEE with your scissors.

Spray the ATC with additional Glimmer Mist to get into the impression areas of the stamp.  I sprayed Copper and Gold Glimmer Mist on mine.

I used my Crop-a-dile to punch two holes in the ATC and threaded some beaded string through the holes to attach an Ideaology key to the front of the ATC.  I also used a Gold Krylon pen to outline the edges of the ATC. 

Here are a couple of other sample Glimmer Mist/UTEE ATC cards I’ve made.

Enjoy!

Christine Delgadillo

I don’t get a chance to go to crops as often as I would like, however, I got the chance last Saturday.  I got ready at the last minute and only grabbed my case of glimmer mists and screens a couple sets of paper from SEI and my tool tote.  I did not even bring any pictures.  So once I got settled in, I worked on a couple tags and ATC’s that I had to get done for a project, then had about 6 hours with nothing to do.  I went around asking for pictures from other croppers and got these three pictures.  I had very few embellishments, only the ribbon that came with the kit, an inkpad, a crocheted flower and few other various items, however, I had my glimmer mist and screens! 

The paper I had was perfect for these princess pictures, so I had to grab the crown screen and some  mist and went to work.

Thank you for stopping by and happy misting!

Candy

Here is a peek at Erin Bassett’s upcoming Spring Glimmer Mist 101 class at Remember When in Valencia, CA.

We will be making this cute mini album that opens up in sections to reveal a pocket that holds a bunch of tags.  We’ll also practice different Glimmer Mist 101 techniques through out the book and on each of the tags.

I’ll also show you how to make this gorgeous flower!

This is such a fun and springy class and the perfect way to be introduced to Glimmer Mist!  -We are going to have a glimmering good time!!

To find out class dates/time please contact Remember When at 661-254-7802.  Or, if you’d like me to teach this project or other Tattered Angles classes at your store please email me.

HEEELLLLLOOO everyone!!  It’s Jasmine from Sunny Island Singapore …. my turn on the Educator’s blog once again.  Since it is still February….. it is still not too late to whip up a lovey dovey page for Valentine’s Day!  If you’ve not gotten your significant other anything yet, i assure you this layout idea is easy peasy!

I will show you how to make your own paper flowers with glimmer mist, how to jazz up a journal sticker and piece together a simple yet stunning layout.

Here is how the layout looks like:

READY?

You will need:

1.  A cardstock for your base (I used Bazzill’s dotted swiss cardstock)

2.  Lightweight paper for flowers (I used those lining paper that you will find underneath Japanese Tempura.  You know those that will soak up the oil from the Tempura?  this paper is perfect as it will soak in the glimmer mists on both sides of the paper!)

3.  Glimmer Mists of your choice.  For this layout, I used – PEPPERMINT STICK, SCARLET, COFFEE SHOP, GRAPHITE, SUNFLOWER and a little OLIVE VINE)

4.  Journal sticker (I used Jenni Bowlin’s)

5.   Embellishments – eg: blings, ribbons and alphas.

First, we will spray some glimmer mist onto the base cardstock to add some dimension and depth to the page.  I used a mix of all the colours listed above with just a hint of Graphite.

Let the base cardstock dry or you can use a heat tool to make it dry quicker.

Next, we will work on the flowers.  Freehand cut 3 circles from the lining paper.  The 3 circles should be of different sizes so they can stack up.  You can also use different base/bottles from your home, trace and cut the circles out OR use circle punches!

Spray glimmer mists onto the circles.  The lining paper will soak up the mists and both sides will have the mist color!   Dry with heat tool and then crumple the circles up.  This will give the flower some texture.

As shown above, I used a mix of PEPPERMINT STICK and SCARLET for the smallest circle, COFFEE SHOP for the medium circle and mixed GRAPHITE and PEPPERMINT STICK for the largest circle.

There are MANY ways to make paper flowers, you can fold them into cones so there is a little stem in the center and then open the petals.. or if you’re lazy like me.. just layer and scrunch them together.  It works too!  Heehee.  I used a dab of glossy accents (from Ranger) in between layers to secure the circles.

Top the flower with your favourite bling, glitter button, bead… whatever you fancy!  I made a 2nd flower to add to my layout.  The photo above shows the 2nd flower (using the same glimmer mist colors, just spraying different colors onto different circles)

Okay now on to the rest of the layout.  I used a journal sticker on my layout to bring out the title.  As stickers are usually smooth on the surface, a trick is to sand the sticker a little so that it absorbs the glimmer mist easier. 

Once you have sanded down the sticker.. spray with your favorite mist colors.  I used SUNFLOWER, GRAPHITE, SCARLET, COFFEE SHOP and a little OLIVE VINE.  Use a paper towel to dab any excess and droplets off.  This is how my journal sticker looked like:

Once you are done with that, you can finish up your layout with your favourite embellishments.  See the completed layout here:

I used some Prima Crystals to give the layout a romantic feel, some dewdrops and a thick “baker’s twine” ribbon.  You can also use lace!

I hope you enjoyed this layout.. go try it… it will look really great in a frame and as a gift to your siginficant other or for a couple you know.

Till my next post in March…. happy belated Valentine’s Day and have a glimmmeristic month ahead!

Love,
Jasmine
http://jasminelow.typepad.com

Well here it is a wonderful sunny afternoon in Saskatchewan and time for some FUN with one of my favourite  elements of Tattered Angels.

I was down in California with all the other Tattered Angels and got to see some of the fun new things released at CHA. One of the most intriguing to me was that Cricut was no longer confined to the Scrap Room and was brought to the kitchen. So this got me to thinking…..if you can have a Cricut in the kitchen then there just has to be room for Angels too.

So head to your scrap room and and come back with…….

Taking Angels into the Kitchen

Your favourite Glimmer Screen and Screen Prints.

Now I just happened to have a little ole TRIPLE CHOCOLATE TURTLE CHEESECAKE  hanging around that I thought needed some sprucing up. You know what they say its not how good a cake tastes its how good it looks that makes it. So lets get busy and turn this plain Jane cake into a Tattered Angels dream cake.

There are a couple of things that you can do with your cakes, using these two items.

First I took a Timeless Romance Stencil (with the grainy/pebbly side facing up) and laid it on the cake.

Glimmer Screen on top of Cake

Now I have to admit that when I went to get my sieve out of the drawer, it appeared to have been moved to the garage to drain oil…..I think this is what the call turnabout being fairplay for all the tools that migrated into the scraproom. Sooooo I will have to invoke the do as I suggest not as I do rule.

Take your icing sugar or perhaps cocoa powder maybe more appropriate, and put it through the sieve and finally “mist” it over top of your cake and Glimmer Screen.

Sift icing sugar finely over top.

You will note that because I didn’t have the sieve that my sprinkling  is a bit coarse. Once you have the screen finally covered carefully lift the screen from the top of the cake to reveal your image.

After screen is lifted

As you will note not using a sieve leaves a less than clear image (This is the same effect that comes from using to much Glimmer Mist on your scrapping projects).  However, even this looks pretty good and those that were lucky enough to see it at the crop thought it looked great.

So your asking me what purpose the stamps have in the kitchen, well you can take a cake that is covered with buttercream icing and gently lay your stamp on top (major emphasis on gently, to hard and the icing will just stick to the stamp). Then you can take your piping bag and outline the image in your favourite complimentary colour.

Now it is your turn to take your Tattered Angel goodies into the kitchen and play. But just a word of warning GLIMMER MIST is NOT recommended for use on food. So please don’t extend your creativeness in that direction.

Have Fun!

I love the chip tiles and their versatility.

For this little project i wanted somewhere to put my CHA pictures from last year so i made this little tri-fold album.

I took 3 chip tiles and used my handy dandy tea light to resist the embossing on the chip tile.

Then i misted it with my new favorite color Crushed Shells and then misted around the edges with Burnt Red (another fav of mine) to give it that inked edge look.  I put holes where the tiles met, tied some string through to attach them and create the trifold.

I misted the insides again with the crushed shells and then used a beautiful screen and misted over that with the burnt red.  I assembled some plain tags accordion style with canvas binding tape and misted all those with various Glimmer Mist colors , then adhered them to the center page of the trifold.

The Glimmer Chips, Framed Fonts and Glimmer Glass make fabulous embellishments for any project. I picked out a few that worked with my project and i misted them and applied them to the front of the album and the front of my tag booklet.  I love how the colors work so well together and how this book turned out.

Glimmer Mist 101 Technique Class at Krop, Paper Scissors in Grants Pass, Oregon.

I have taken two chip tiles to make  the front and back of the technique book with 15 sheets of white cardstock full of fun technique ideas, including misting ribbon, stamp over stencils and more in between.

Once we have completed the techniques and put our little book together, we will be having fun misting and stamping our chip tile covers and making a glimmer mist soaked flower for the front.

We are not stopping there…we will take what we just learned in the class and make a fabulous layout using all the new skills we have learned starting with a blank white piece of cardstock!

I am looking forward to teaching this fun class and the students to leave with their very own technique book to refer back to whenever they need to.

If you are in the area, be sure to call Krop, Paper, Scissors at 541-476-9300 and sign up for the February 20th class from 3-5pm!

Happy Crafting,

Candy Rosenberg

Hi all, Cheryl McAdam here.  Love is in the air this month, and I am in LOVE with the new Timeless Romance Calling Cards.  You get 24, yes 24! cards in each pack, and you can use them for so many different things.  Since it’s almost Valentines day I used them here for a Valentine themed project, but you could use them for a wedding theme, date night layout, I used them also in my new class.   This is going to be kind of a long post cause I have quite a few techniques to share with you, so stay with me! I  used the following items in this project:

Canvas banner from Canvas Corp, Glimmer Mist in Old Lace, Creme de Chocolate, Creme de Rouge, Timeless Romance Calling Cards, Glimmer Chips (creme de rouge ephemera regal and nature, and creme de cocoa ephemera regal and nature), Regal framed fonts, crepe paper streamers in white, assorted white flowers and trim, buttons, tulle.

I started out with a four panel canvas banner.  Glimmer Mist works great on canvas.  I laid a piece of lace over each panel and sprayed over it with Creme de Chocololate Glimmer Mist, and then removed the lace. 

Then I ran the edges of the canvas panels into the excess glimmer mist on my mat to distress the edges a bit.

I randomly sprayed areas of the panels with creme de rouge

I took the calling cards that I chose for the banner and glimmer misted them with Old Lace, and a few spritz’s of Creme de Rouge glimmer mist.  After they were dry, I ran them under water on the backside of the calling cards to soften them up, then I scrunched them in my hand to create a distressed texture.  I ironed them on a low setting until they were dry.  The reason I did this is to age them, and make it easier to stitch them onto the canvas later.

Next I sprayed the crepe paper with Creme de Rouge Glimmer Mist, and set them aside to dry.  I also sprayed the trim with Old Lace to age it a bit, and I sprayed the flowers with Old Lace and Creme de Rouge.

Then I took my Regal Framed Fonts and separated the pieces (they come with the letter, a center piece that fits around the letter and inside the frame, and a frame.  I sprayed the letter and frame with Creme de Chocolate, and the center piece with Creme de Rouge.  I then took the sprayed pieces and turned them upside down onto my mat and rubbed them into the fine overspray on my mat to highlight the raised embossed areas.

I took some of my glimmer chips and separated the top layer from the chip by gently peeling it away.  I wanted some of my chips to fit under the framed letters, so I needed them to be thinner.  This also added curl to the chips to make the wings look more 3-D.

I then stitched the crepe paper, trim, and calling cards onto my canvas.

Now that you have your base pieces attached, you can go in and add the rest of your Glimmer Chips, flowers, buttons and tulle.  I clipped the panels to a wire heart garland with clothespins.  Now you have a sweet little Valentine decoration.  I added a close up pic of the detail in the banner so you could see the shimmer in the Old Lace Glimmer Mist, it will knock your socks off!

Enjoy!

Hi, I’m Christine Delgadillo.  I love Tattered Angels calling cards because they are so versatile. I especially love using them in mini books. I’m going to show you two things you can make – just in time for Valentine’s Day – using the Timeless Romance Calling Cards. We’re going to make an interactive card and an ATC. These can also be used as page elements in a mini book, or add ribbon to the top and hang on the wall.

Just pull the ribbon charms at the bottom and watch your valentine coupon pop out of the top. Both the card and the ATC are made the same way, just different size calling cards, envelopes (coin envelope instead of A2) and background paper (2-1/2 x 3-1/2 instead of 4-3/4 x 6″) were used.

SUPPLIES USED:

• Timeless Romance Calling Cards (I used the largest and the smallest “Time for Love” and “Coupon” cards.
• Glimmer Mists: Gold, Viva Pink, Dazzling Diamonds, Olive Vine
• Vintage Photo Distress Ink and blending tool
• Envelopes: A2 Envelope (4-3/8 x 5-3/4) for card.
• Cardstock backing: 4-3/4 x 6 for card
• Small piece of chipboard (1×1 is fine)
• double-sided red tape
• “Dome watch cover”: 40mm googly eye for large calling card and 25mm googly eye for small calling card
• 1/2 yard of ribbon – I used a lightweight seam binding type ribbon. You can also use a sturdy decorative string. Whichever you use, be sure to test the “pull” mechanism to make sure it moves easily before completing your card or ATC
• glossy accents
• Charms (I used charms from ACharmingPlace.com)

Seal the A2 envelope and tear off about 1/4″ off one of the short sides of the envelope. Note: you can place the Time for Love calling card in front of the envelope to use as a guide as to how much to tear away — you want some of the envelope showing all around the card. The torn edge will go at the top of the card.)

Distress the edges of the envelope, and the large “Time for Love” and “Coupon” calling cards using vintage photo distress ink and a foam blending tool.  I used Gold Glimmer Mist on the “Time for Love” card and envelope.  I used Viva Pink and Dazzling Diamonds on the “Coupon” calling card. Set aside to dry.

Use a little glossy accents behind the chipboard piece and adhere it a couple of inches from the top of the torn edge of the envelope. Use your Big Bite crop-a-dile or japanese screw punch (not directly on top of your mat) to punch a hole through the chipboard and envelope.

Feed one end of the ribbon through the chipboard hole to the back of the envelope.

Secure the ribbon down on the back of the envelope using double-sided red tape. Also put double-sided red tape along the four edges of the envelope.

Attach the envelope to the 4-3/4 x 6″ black cardstock backing.  Insert the large “coupon” calling card into the envelope. 

Note: As you insert the card, the ribbon on the front of the envelope is pulled into the envelope and gets shorter. After the coupon is fully inserted, pull the ribbon from the bottom to test your mechanism. You may have to hold the torn area of the envelope to stabilize it while you pull. If it works properly, your coupon will pop out of the envelope. If it is too difficult to pull the ribbon, you may have to change to a lightweight ribbon or sturdy string.

When your “Time for Love” calling card is dry, place double-sided red tape all around the BACK edges EXCEPT leave the bottom of the calling card untaped where your ribbon will be pulled.  (pictured above).  Attach the Time for Love card to the front of your envelope (centered) covering the chipboard piece, and making sure the ribbon is placed so it moves freely through the area where there is no tape on the card.

With your coupon fully inserted into the envelope, attach a variety of desired charms to the bottom of your ribbon and trim off excess ribbon. NOTE: If you have trouble putting your “coupon” back into the envelope, try having the ribbon pulled all the way down before reinserting the coupon.

Color the “Time for Love” calling card, as desired. For mine, I used a red copic marker on the flowers and also outlined the heart. I used a small paint brush dipped in olive vine glimmer mist and brushed it onto the leaf areas of the card.

To further embellish the card, I adhered a clock-hand charm over the printed clock hands of the card and attached a little bling to the center. For the clockface, I removed the white backing from a 40mm googly eye, placed glossy accents along the inside rim of the calling card’s “clock” and attached the googly eye to create a dome clock face. I also used glossy accents on the flowers and the words “time for love” and attached a little crown charm and more bling to the card.

Enjoy!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Christine Delgadillo

At the CHA trade show in Anaheim, California  last month, the Tattered Angels booth had these great rings of every color that they had handmade to use as a sales tool.  Well, I couldn’t seem to finesse one of those to land in my suitcase – so I came home with a mission to make one for myself that I could share with my students and store owners during classes.

But I do share nicely with others…

So I created a Microsoft Word labels file, using standard address labels (mine are Avery #5630, laser labels); and input everything I could find from the Tattered Angels catalog into the file.  For now, I’m concentrating on Glimmer Mist.

Click on this link to download the Microsoft Word (doc) file: TAGlimmerMistInv

Then I pulled out some round, blank coasters that I’d bought long ago (the blank restaurant variety coasterboard), and began to build my own keyring of colors.

colorful oganization

I place a piece of paper over one half of the coastboard and fully coat one side of the coaster.  Then I lift off the scratch paper and place a Glimmer Screen over the top and lightly mist over the remaining side.  I’ll use a seperate keyring for the year-round collection, piggy-backing seperate seaonal rings onto the larger ring. 

I’ve included the Year Round, Seasonal, Kit, Heidi Swapp Exclusive and Chalkboard colors in my file.

Enjoy!

Sally Lynn MacDonald
Tattered Angels Golden Embassador
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