TUESDAY'S TOOL: SHIMMER PAINT

Shimmer Paint is another way to add some special pizazz to your cards.  It comes in 3 colors: 

• Champagne Mist - 116806
• Frost White - 116854
• Platinum - 116807

It's acid free and is great for porous surfaces:  paper, fabric (haven't tried that yet) and wood.

Right now it's can be ordered as a 'catalog write-in' which means you won't find it in a current catalog.  It was in the 2009 Holiday Mini and will be available in the new Idea Book & Catalog that is released July 1, 2010.

What can you do with it?

• Make a little puddle and add reinker to it.  Pick up a little of the mixture with a sponge dauber (p. 192, IB&C) and daub it on a bold image stamp.  Stamp with it and it's wonderfully sparkly.
• Add 6 drops to an ounce of 90% alcohol in a spray bottle (that you can buy in the travel section of a drug store and other locations).  Take the bottle and your card outside and spritz a bit on the face of the card.  Gorgeous!  Start with a light spray and then determine if you want more.
• Use it to paint or color an image after it's been stamped to add shimmer and shine.  I did this just the other day with Tote-ally Tess.
• I used the Shimmer Paint on some of the embellishments for my Christmas cards
• Apply Shimmer Paint with a Sponge Dauber directly onto your stamp before stamping.  After stamping be sure to clean your stamp with Stampin' Mist and a Stampin' Scrub pad.

BELOW: This is not my card, creator unknown, but she did apply Platinum Shimmer Paint directly to the stamp before putting it to the paper in the four background images.  The image in the foreground was embossed.

BELOW:  I used Platinum Shimmer Paint on a Sponge Dauber to lightly brush over the dry embossed poinsettias.

BELOW:  White Shimmer Paint was painted on the stamped image.

BELOW:  Both of the punched birds and branches were covered with Shimmer Paint.  Card created by Sheila Paul.

BELOW:  The Medallion is embossed with White Embossing Powder; the finished card was then spritzed with Platinum Shimmer Paint that was mixed with 90% alcohol in a small spray bottle.  Creator unknown.

I hope these cards give you a small idea of the directions you can go with Shimmer Paint.  Be watching for more details on this fun product in the next month or so.

See you tomorrow with a little St. Patty's cheer........