Hello everyone!!! Time sure flies and it’s the end of August already! I hope August has been a super month for you.  Here in Singapore, it’s been a really busy month with the celebration of our National Day earlier this month as well as hosting the first Youth Olympics Games over the past weeks.

For this month, I created a mini project using Tattered Angel’s Chip Tile.

This product is sooo versatile you can use it in sooo many ways!  Mini album covers, part of your scrapbook pages, hanging mobiles for home decor, as a base for one off projects.. and the list goes on.

I will show you a simple way to resist the embossed portions of the Chip Tile and that is by using WAX.  Or.. you can use a white crayon (also wax based).  I used a candle for this project and it works fine!

To start off, you will need a Chip Tile and a candle.

Rub the candle onto the Chip Tile gently in circular motions.  GENTLY is key here as the embossed portions are not very deep so if you rub too hard, you will get wax on the other parts of the Chip Tile too.

Once complete, I used a Tattered Angels GLIMMER GLAZE to go over the sides of the Chip Tile and a little in the center.  (Paradise Pink)

Once the GLIMMER GLAZE has dried, it will add as a resist as well.  Notice how the WAXED embossed portions are also resisting the GLIMMER GLAZE?

I added on STARFISH Glimmer Mist, a little SUGAR MAPLE Glimmer Mist to the sides and some BE POSITIVE Glimmer Glam as well to complete the Chip Tile.

Easy ain’t it?

Once the Chip Tile is dry, you can begin embellishing the Chip Tile to your liking… here is the completed Chip Tile again:

I cut a heart out from the Tattered Angels Bingo Board and added more Glimmer Mist and Glam.  The butterflies were punched out from the remaining  portions of the Bingo Board and i used a little CHANDELIER Glimmer Glam over it.. really amps up the look of the Butterflies!

I made some other Chip Tiles with the same resist technique here..

Do try out this fun resist technique on your Chip Tiles ya?  You can also use this same technique on any embossed material.  EG:  Embossing with your favourite die-cutting machine, embossed cardstock etc.

Lotsa love…..

Jasmine

Hello everyone!  CHA Summer is here!!!!  For those of you at the show, do remember to drop by Tattered Angels booth to view all their latest offerings!  Oh how I wish I was at the show now but if you’re not there, like me, remember to check the Tattered Angels blogs and facebook for updates ya?

This month I got to play with the new FALL collection of Glimmer Mist colors.  Really love the richness of the colors and how versatile they are.  I made a fun resist background for my layout and really had a great time transforming a white cardstock into a warm fall color layout.  It’s really simple and I will show you how!   This is how the final layout turned out…

Here are the Glimmer Mist and Chalkboard Mist colors you will need for this layout.  :

- Banana Pudding Chalkboard Mist
- Hot Chocolate Chalkboard Mist
- Apple Glimmer Mist
- Sugar Maple Glimmer Mist
- Dragonfly Glimmer Mist
- Pomegranate Glimmer Mist
- A piece of white cardstock
- Claudine Hellmuth’s Multi Medium (i used Matte)
- Tattered Angels Tailored Tags
- Paper Towels to make flower (I used a printed Paper Napkin that I found at IKEA!)

Alright here we go….!

First, use a wide bristle brush and coat the paper with Claudine Hellmuth’s Multi Medium.  I used the MATTE version but I’m sure Glossy would work as well.  You have to let the medium DRY completely before continuing.  You need a bristle brush to create the streaky effect.  You can use brushes that you buy at a paint store for painting your wall..

Once the matte medium has dried, spray with APPLE, SUGAR MAPLE and some DRAGONFLY.  Use a paper towel to wipe off the parts with the matte medium.  The medium will resist the glimmer mist.  The effect is pretty similar with Gesso resist since I am using a white cardstock and the matte medium dries clear but if you use a patterned paper or a colored cardstock, you should get a translucent resist.

I also wanted to make the layout a warmer colored one, so I misted the edges with SUGAR MAPLE Glimmer Mist and HOT CHOCOLATE Chalkboard Mist.  Really happy how this turned out from a plain white cardstock!

Alright, once the background was done, I went on to mist one of Tattered Angels’ Tailored Tags.  For this tag, I coated the tag with HOT CHOCOLATE Chalkboard Mist first.  This gives a nice chalk / semi opaque finish to the tag.  Then I misted over with SUGAR MAPLE, APPLE and DRAGONFLY Glimmer Mist.

I also wanted to add a nice paper towel to the layout so I took out some Paper Napkins that I bought from IKEA.  Love the polka dots on them!  Of course, you can also use regular paper towels for this.

I misted the paper towel strips with DRAGONFLY, APPLE and POMEGRANATE Glimmer Mist.  The POMEGRANATE colored strip was actually the back ‘ply’ of the paper napkin so there was no prints on it.

Liz Hicks has a very nice video on youtube that shows you how to make these flowers.   She used CREPE Ribbon but the paper towel construction is similar.  You can view it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEQEOsAUQiE

This  is a close up of how my flower turned out!

Once the flower is done, assemble your layout with your photo, add on embellishments and title and voila!

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial this month… see you again in August!

Lotsa love,

Jasmine