More Art Glitter Fun- Glitter Lace

This splendid little card was inspired by our recent trip to the Art Institute Glitter company in Cottonwood, Arizona.  The card came together while doing some glitter art experimenting. 

The background was accomplished using a piece of fabric lace following Barbara Trombley's instructional video.  This is a super easy technique basically following this formula:

1.  Run a piece of cardstock through the Xyron sticker maker (or any other adhesive that lays a consistent, all covering layer of adhesive).
2. Remove the protective covering exposing the sticky side of the cardstock.  Adhere a piece of fabric lace to the cardstock smoothing all edges and making sure the lace is flat to the cardstock.
3. In this case, I applied the lighter pink microfine glitter to the lace and lightly tamped down to make sure the glitter was stuck in the exposed nooks and crannies of the lace.
4. After shaking off the excess light pink glitter, I removed the lace from the cardstock exposing the positive images of the lace which still had a considerable layer of adhesive remaining.  I then sprinkled the darker pink microfine glitter over the entire piece of cardstock and removed the excess.  What you get as a result is this fabulously glimmery background for your card.

The same could be done with a transparent crystal glitter for the negative images (i.e., step 2) and a brighter color for the positive images (i.e., step 4). 


The butterfly was made by stamping the image using black Archival Ink on a piece of white cardstock.  I used a glue pen to adhere each color onto the butterfly in turn, starting with the darker pink first and then applying the lighter pink.  The butterfly was fussy cut out to create this fabulous 3D effect.  The flower was done in much the same fashion and also fussy cut to adhere to the card.  The background behind these two embellishments  is a good example of bad experiments that are put to good use.  I attempted to stamp using an old glue pad.  After the glitter was in place (this case a combination of light and dark pink), I used a paint brush "dust" away the excess glitter.  This completely disrupted the image, utterly ruining my finished result (which looked great by the way!). 

The good part is that some glitter randomly adhered to the cardstock.  Don't ask me to explain, I'm still not sure what I did wrong.  Either which way, I decided to edge the piece behind in the darker pink glitter using a wet glue to create some texture and make a frame for my embellishments.  I am pleased with how this finally turned out and couldn't be happier with the ultimate result.  I have had a great time exploring glitter again and would encourage you to check their products out.

Art Glitter Institute

Andie