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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Handmade Pearl Flourishes

I had shared this technique on Ideas for Scrapbookers a while back but thought I would archive it here too. Here is a quick trick... use any flourish stamp and a watermark ink pad as a guide to follow along with pearl paint for an easy handmade bling flourish. Ranger liquid pearls or good quality fabric paint will work (the cheap stuff may bleed a little - test on a scrap first). I use the Inkadinkado Dot Flourishes set because the lines are thin and the watermark image is no wider than an adhesive strip on bought flourishes. You can GENTLY tap the back of the paper to flatten the paint dots if you want more rounded "pearls" without peaks. So fast and easy!


11 comments:

Ana Márquez said...

Good idea, thanks for sharing :-)

Anonymous said...

Cool idea! I bought some perfect pearls months ago & have hardly used it!

Jenifer Evans aka jennaroo said...

What a fab idea!

Cynthia Lloréns said...

Just a cool idea...and I love all your work that I saw in here!!!
I´m follower now.!!!
I wish a wonderful weekend.
Kisses and huges from Brazil
Cynthia

Shona said...

mine never look like that hahahaha....great tips thanks :)

Clare said...

wonderful tip, will give it a try! thanks!

ANUPAMA CHOUDARY said...

hi, Vicki! Just dropping in to check on the postal strike status :(
Thanks for the tip.

Angelica said...

Oh, that is so very cool and easy!!! TFS!!

Ivana Camdzic said...

Super awesome tips, Vicky! I loooove using this technique...It's so much better than trying to freehand.

KellyCreates said...

I still haven't tried this technique...you must have a steady hand! Beautiful!

Viv said...

How strange, I had a dream about doing this exactly like you did last night ! thanks for the tutorial :) Viv xx