Art Journal Prompt - Week 11: Sparkle

Good Morning All.

This weeks prompt was Sparkle!  It was the perfect opportunity to get out all of the glitter and shiny things.

As is my want I searched through Google to try and find some quotes which related to the word of the week.  Most of the ones that I found were very similar and quite normal for the prompt.  Knowing me as you do by now, I wanted something that was a bit different so that it would stick out.  After extensive searching I did manage to find the perfect quote that fit with the word.

"A Unicorn don't stand around and worry what the other Unicorns think.  It just Sparkles!"

Materials

Brushos - Ultramarine, Purple, Turquoise

Glitter

Versamark Ink Pad

Steel Blue Embossing Powder

Ranger UTEE

Tacky Glue

Metallic Pen - Gold

To start with you need a sheet of water colour paper cut to size for your journal page.

Sprinkle your Brushos on your mat and spritz with water to activate the crystals, then swipe your page through the paint.  You may need to swipe through several times to get a good coverage of your page (note you don't want to completely cover your page with the Brushos).

Whilst the page is still wet, sprinkle your glitter over (you need to use really fine glitter for this part).

Using a dots stencil and the versamark, dab through and make some circular marks on two diagonal corners.  Cover the ink with the steel blue embossing powder and heat to set.

Repeat the dots with the versamark on the remaining two corners and using the same fine glitter that you sprinkled on the page.

Spray a couple of thin layers of spray and shine over your page to ensure that the glitter remains stuck down.

Edge your page with versamark and the steel blue embossing powder.

This next part I don't have pictures for but its quite easy to do.

Cut our your unicorn shape ( I used this one) and cover with the versamark ink (make sure that you've got a good covering).  Use the UTEE over the wet shape and use a heat gun to melt this layer.

Allow the UTEE to cool and repeat with another layer.

Again allow the UTEE to cool and repeat with one final layer of UTEE, sprinkling some of the glitter over this layer before melting.

When everything is cool stick your Unicorn down to your page using Tacky Glue and write your quote out using the metallic pen.

Any questions of comments please leave them below.

Good Bye Until Next Time