I use Glossy Accents quite a bit on my cards. I like to punch dots and cover them with the GA, so they look like the enamel dots you buy, but this way they are always an exact match to my papers. I began by stamping a 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 piece of paper with my Kaisercraft crackle stamp, then laid it down over green and blue distress inks spritzed with water. I cut my MB/Perky Poppy, TL/sentiment and punched "dots" out of the middle. Adhered the remaining piece to a light blue mat. Glued the poppy, sentiment and dots to a Sizzix/wreath EF, which I fussy cut out of gold mist paper. Then I covered the Poppy and dots with glossy accents. So hard to capture the gloss in a photo!
Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014 GMT Views: 1962
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92630
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 @ 2:59 PM
Terrific hint to create your own enamel dots, Priscilla. You used them so beautifully on your card, plus the other techniques you used to make this stunning card. Love your colors.
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50701
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 @ 3:47 PM
I love how your poppy looks on the mist paper and the crackle bg is really cool. Thanks for telling us about the enamel dots using glossy accents..GREAT idea!
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 @ 5:37 PM
I thought the same as Marie-alice! At the first quick glance it appeared stitched. Now it looks almost metallic with the glossy accents! How neat you are in applying that stuff! Those colors are gorgeous and LOVE that background. You always use the classiest papers too. Your photography caught the gloss perfectly too!
Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 7361
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 @ 6:05 PM
This is a color combination that I am constantly drawn to...and I LOVE that crackle stamp you have and how beautifully you use it in your card making. That is also one of my favorite EF and between the awesome colors, beautiful die cut and wonderful design, this is a fav for sure!
Registered: May 28, 2008 Location: Arnold, Missouri Posts: 15273
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 @ 6:51 PM
Priscilla, this is so pretty, wonderful BG. I love how you paper punch and use GA so your punched brads match your paper. Never thought of doing that. Thanks for the tip :-)
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132003
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 @ 11:24 PM
Priscilla, this looks just so beautiful! I do that with punched circles and Glossy Accents too ;-). Your background is beautiful with the crackle look, and the poppy on the shimmer paper is so lovely.