Confession: This is the first time I have ever used Perfect Pearls. I got a couple colors to try out just for this Online Card Class, Sparkle & Shine.

I used a stencil to cover the paper, then added VersaMark ink. Then I applied Perfect Pearls with a paintbrush. Wow! The background turned out so pearlized and shiny.

The butterfly (from Waffle Flower’s new Summer Release) is such a fun one…each part is separate so you can stamp with different colors of ink. So I used three different colors of distress ink, and spread the color using a water brush. Then I stamped over the entire image with VersaMark, added sticky embossing powder, and then glitter. Wow again! This glitter tile over the top of an image was from another technique taught by Julie Ebersole.

So much fun. I’m looking forward to re-visiting these techniques again and again.

In Day 3 Online Card Classes: Sparkle & Shine, we learned more about liquid applications. One of the classes taught us about making rain and raindrops on our project. I was intrigued by adding colored pencil to the raindrop, then adding glossy accents to the rain. I tried that technique on my project here:

I colored in the bottom of each raindrop with a bright blue colored pencil, and added some gray too. Then I topped them all off with glossy accents. It is dimensional and glossy in real life, and looks like great rain!

I’m looking forward to finding some Pico Embellisher to making long raindrops on a card…that will be my next challenge.

Another great day of classes! Thank you, Jennifer & Kristina!

Another technique from the Online Card Class, Sparkle & Shine is to add color to pre-made glitter paper. I tried adding a gray shadow to silver glitter paper. I thought it looked really pretty, but so subtle in real life. So I kept adding more & more gray. In this picture it looks a lot more noticeable than it does in real life. But I still love the way it turned out!

I used distress inks to make a simple background for this beautiful Magical Flower Die (from Waffle Flower). Another sentiment for the way I feel about this new technique! Lol.