Lumiere Crystal Again

I really like this technique. Back in the day, I used to do a technique with Future Floor Finish (remember that anyone??). It turned out so cool, but it took forever to do. Well, this is a twist on it and is so quick and easy.

Take some Lumiere Paint and put it on your craft sheet. Then spritz it with a bit of water to thin it out. Then paint it on a piece of acetate. Crumple up some tissue paper and press it onto the painted surface. If there are dry spots, just spritz them with water. Put aside to dry and then trim the edges when it's dry.

You get a really pretty metallic look and the best part is that you can use regular adhesive and it doesn't show through!

Here is a card I made using this technique for my Technique Club samples.

Lumiere Crystal

Years ago when I first started stamping, I remember doing a technique called Caught in Crystal with the Future Floor Finish. The results were stunning, but man, what a lot of work.

I came up with a cheater version of this that meets my, "it can't take too long or be too much work" rule. Instead of Future Floor Finish, I used Lumiere paints and I thought the results were fantastic. Very pretty and easy to do. Lumiere Crystal is my December technique.

I made a bunch of backgrounds and used some as backgrounds and others I made die cuts from and I loved how they turned out. Here is a butterfly I cut out (from one of Tim Holtz' dies) and I just stapled it on so that the staple forms the main body. I was so pleased at the result.

Feeling Cocky

I have a lot on the go right now stamping and scrapbooking wise and I'm almost on top of it all. I'm feeling a bit cocky about it truth be told.

I'm teaching my Quick Cards class on Thursday and I have my four samples done. Yeah!

I have my technique figured out for December's Technique Club and I have 4 samples done.

I have two layouts done for my Paper Pack Club for December.

I'm feeling a little cocky. It's seemed to come together. I am hoping this means that I am getting back into the groove and that things will continue to go well and not that I'm due for a smackdown by the Creativity Fairy.

At any rate, I seem to be doing well now, so for today, I'll take it. And to celebrate, I'm going to share a sneak peek of one of the December Technique Club samples.

The technique is called Lumiere Crystal and it's a play on an old technique.

Mother of Pearl Hearts

A quick post to showcase another Mother Of Pearl card that I introduced yesterday. This one is done with Gold Lumiere paint and then I used Red Distress Ink overtop. Then I die cut two hearts (Tim Holtz) and stamped on them.

Very simple, but I like how it turned out!

Mother of Pearl

The technique for May was Mother of Pearl. It's a cool technique with Lumiere Paint and Distress Inks. It's a kind of resist and for those who know me, they know I love just about any type of resist.

This technique called for dabbing Lumiere paint onto white matte cardstock with scrunched up saran wrap. Then you heat set it (if you're impatient like me) or put it aside to dry. Then just apply Distress Inks overtop with a blending tool (I love the Tim Holtz Blending Foams). Then spritz paper towel with a bit of water and wipe off the ink from the Lumiere. You have a beautiful metallic resist.

As I was doing this, I started thinking. I wonder if you can stamp with the Lumiere instead of just dabbing it on and it worked great. I spread some Lumiere paint on my craft sheet and used some solid stamps. Then you can overstamp. If you stamp with Distress Inks overtop of the Lumiere, they won't stick to the Lumiere, but that creates a unique effect in itself. You can use Chalk Ink if you want it to stick.


For this card, I used my favorite Tim Holtz Set (Reindeer Flight). I love those trees! I stamped them with silver Lumiere paint and added two colours of green Distress Ink. Then I overstamped with Forest Moss Distress Ink because I wanted the green trees to be in the background.

Asian Shimmer

I really struggled with this card and while I don't love it, I like it well enough, so I thought I'd share. I created the background with Gold Lumiere and Fired Brick Distress Ink using the technique I described in my last post. You can really see the gold which I love. It had a very Asian look to me, so I stamped the bamboo on the background. Then I stopped because nothing I did after that looked good. Nothing. So, I walked away for a couple of days and came back to it. I then had the thought to use my Cricut (Pagoda cartridge) and just cut out an Asian symbol and mount that instead of trying to find a stamp that I could make work. I added a bit of embroidery floss and called it a day.

A Demo Night

It's been awhile since I had a Demo Night, so I've scheduled one for this Thursday, February 3 from 7 - 9 pm if you are interested and able to attend.

I really enjoy doing Demo Nights. It's always fun to have people around and have that energy pulsing. It's also really good for me since it gives me a push to play and find something cool to demonstrate.

With that in mind, today was the day. My sister is over scrapbooking and I pulled out all my Technique Junkies newsletters. I love those things!! Normally, when I'm looking for a technique, I will work backwards through them, but this time, I grabbed an issue from a couple of years ago and flipped through it. There was a technique which called for Shimmer Paints, but did not give a name brand or anything, so I remember skipping it since I didn't know what product they wanted. Today, however, I had a lightbulb moment and thought I'd try Lumiere Paints. When I first started selling stuff, I ordered several jars of Lumieres because I knew I had heard of a technique with them somewhere, but to this day, I haven't found out what that was. It's OK, though, because, today, I learned something I can do with them.

I'm not going to detail the technique until after the Demo Night so that those who come can oooh and aaaah, but I will share it sometime afterwards.

So, here is a little sneak peak.


I hope to see you Thursday. If you can come, just let me know so I can prepare!