Beth Williams,
Crystal Jeffrey Rieger and I all had the opportunity to teach a class this past week at the Winter Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) trade show. In the class, we taught retailers 8 different techniques for helping their customers make the most of their scrapbook supplies (kinda like the book we pulled many of our ideas from:
Making the Most of Your Scrapbook Supplies).
As always, Crystal did a fabulous job of exciting the class (even at 7am on a Monday morning)--we couldn't have done it without her!
Here are three of my favorite techiques from the class. (And thanks to
BasicGrey,
Queen & Co.,
Ranger,
Zsiage, and
Scrapbook Adhesives for the supplies for these samples and the class!)
Embellishing Felt with Glitter
1. Cut self-adhesive felt (such as Queen & Co.’s Felt Fusion) to desired length. Cover work surface with scrap paper.
2. Peel off backing from felt. Sprinkle exposed adhesive with glitter.
3. Shake excess glitter from felt onto scrap paper. Pour extra glitter back into container.
4. Adhere felt side of embellishment to layout.
I used this technique for the flower head above. I actually applied a second layer of glitter to the flower by adhering it with dimensional adhesive, like Ranger's Glossy Accent. Can't get too much glitter.
Adding a Glossy Effect to Ribbon
1. Cut ribbon slightly longer than desired. (This is because sometimes the ends curl and need to be trimmed.)
2. Apply dimensional adhesive (such as Glossy Accents) to ribbon surface in desired pattern.
3. Set aside to dry. Once dry, trim ribbon to desired length.
This is the technique I used on the ribbon above, again adding a bit of glitter to the Glossy Accents before it dried.
Personalizing Glitter Embellishments
1. Peel yellow backing from adhesive sheet (such as those created by Scrapbook Adhesives) and apply to desired paper.
2. Cover work surface with scrap paper. Peel white backing from adhesive sheet.
3. Sprinkle glitter over exposed adhesive and shake excess onto scrap paper. Pour extra glitter back into container.
4. Use a template or draw freehand a design onto back of paper. Cut out the design with scissors.
For this one, I didn't read Crystal's instructions before I started. So I cut my wave shapes from the adhesive sheet, removed the backing, placed the sticker on my paper, and then added the glitter. It was a bit tricky to remove the adhesive backing from the wave shape. But it is do-able with a little patience, and I really like the way it turned out.
Hope these inspire you to bring out your glitter and glue and play a little!
Until next time,
Christine