Lately I’ve been using a technique in my shadow boxes that incorporates stamped transparencies "painted" with Pearl Ex powders. I stamped images on transparency film with Staz-on ink, then colored them with Pearl Ex using my Stampin-up aqua painter filled with acrylic floor wax. I really like how these layer in the boxes and I’ve found them much easier to incorporate than glass slides. The only thing I haven’t had much success with is using embossing powder on transparencies as it warps and shrinks when I heat the powder. As it cools, the embossing powder wants to chip of the slick surface.
And here's a box that incorporates Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum with scrolls stamped then embossed with gold embossing powder on transparency film.
This is a fun technique to use on cards with windows. Here’s one I made. If you try this technique, I’d love to see your results.
4 comments:
Those are so pretty! Now I need to get some floor wax and an aqua painter. I've got to try it!
Very cool!
Brilliant! I've had pretty good luck with laser-printer transparencies. Maybe they're designed to tolerate more heat.
Wow, what a BEAUTIFUL shadow box! Looks just like the one sitting on my mantel. :) Which IS the most beautiful piece of artwork in my dining room, by the way.
I love how the ghost images kind of blend together with the background, but then also stand out apart from the background. I think Denise is right about the type of transparency. I think I've read that the laser-printer transparencies can take the heat.
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