More Pendants, More Powder
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kerravonsenI did more playing with pendants and hammers and embossing powder today.
Here's the results:
Various pendants; square copper, metal stamped, blue permanent ink, clear embossing powder; round black aluminium, various embossing powders; the purple one also used mica powder
The copper pendant I did metal stamps on, this time just with the very simplest one I had, a star. Then blue permanent-ink pen, then scraped and polished with... a nail polishing thingy. It did a good job (four levels of abrasion, the last being a polisher thing) but I think the poor thing will get worn out attacking copper rather than nails. But it's much easier for me than using steel wool or sandpaper. Hmmm. Um, then clear embossing powder on top. Somehow, the powder or ink caused the blue ink to bleed a little, but it looks okay.
Then more embossing powder on my black aluminium disks! Experimenting with randomosity with the glycerine. It gives some odd effects, because it doesn't cling where it should, and doesn't evaporate when it should. So I used this on purpose, to get the next pendant "The Dark Side of the Moon" because it was like craters, you see? White powder, then silver, then black. And an unexpected (and unreproducible) effect when the heat gun was blowing on it, it seemed to move a bit. So I've got a sort of "impact crater" effect. I really like this one.
The next one, I got some interesting effects with white and copper, and then I thought I'd try and see what petroleum jelly (on its own) was like as "embossing ink" with black... and it was so effective that the whole disk was covered with black, with no sign of the previous layers. Oops. So I just started again, this time taking a stiff brush, dipping it in the embossing powder, and tapping it over the disk so it sprinkled over it. I think it only stuck because the previous layer was still hot (and rather thick). Then I did it again with gold powder. I'm very pleased with this one too. Just the kind of organic feel I was aiming for.
The next one was with the pale purple mica powder, sprinkled on "sticky" embossing powder, then a layer of clear over the top to seal it. Mmmm, purple....
The last one was done with glycerine and a brush, being all dramatic zig-zag with white powder, then again with silver, and last of all, embossing ink pen on the edge, and gold powder. I like the effect.
This stuff is fun!
Here's the results:
Various pendants; square copper, metal stamped, blue permanent ink, clear embossing powder; round black aluminium, various embossing powders; the purple one also used mica powder
The copper pendant I did metal stamps on, this time just with the very simplest one I had, a star. Then blue permanent-ink pen, then scraped and polished with... a nail polishing thingy. It did a good job (four levels of abrasion, the last being a polisher thing) but I think the poor thing will get worn out attacking copper rather than nails. But it's much easier for me than using steel wool or sandpaper. Hmmm. Um, then clear embossing powder on top. Somehow, the powder or ink caused the blue ink to bleed a little, but it looks okay.
Then more embossing powder on my black aluminium disks! Experimenting with randomosity with the glycerine. It gives some odd effects, because it doesn't cling where it should, and doesn't evaporate when it should. So I used this on purpose, to get the next pendant "The Dark Side of the Moon" because it was like craters, you see? White powder, then silver, then black. And an unexpected (and unreproducible) effect when the heat gun was blowing on it, it seemed to move a bit. So I've got a sort of "impact crater" effect. I really like this one.
The next one, I got some interesting effects with white and copper, and then I thought I'd try and see what petroleum jelly (on its own) was like as "embossing ink" with black... and it was so effective that the whole disk was covered with black, with no sign of the previous layers. Oops. So I just started again, this time taking a stiff brush, dipping it in the embossing powder, and tapping it over the disk so it sprinkled over it. I think it only stuck because the previous layer was still hot (and rather thick). Then I did it again with gold powder. I'm very pleased with this one too. Just the kind of organic feel I was aiming for.
The next one was with the pale purple mica powder, sprinkled on "sticky" embossing powder, then a layer of clear over the top to seal it. Mmmm, purple....
The last one was done with glycerine and a brush, being all dramatic zig-zag with white powder, then again with silver, and last of all, embossing ink pen on the edge, and gold powder. I like the effect.
This stuff is fun!
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Date: 2015-08-08 03:21 pm (UTC)I like them all! The shade of purple is wonderful and the last one makes me think of a landscape.
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