Need Help

[orangepunkins]

I am making a card and using white pigment ink. on top of that I sprinkled white glitter on it. after the ink dried the glitter keeps comming off. Any idea what I can use to keep it on....:confused:

[Mindykid]

you need to use glue to hold glitter to the card

[melissa59]

There is a glue stamp pad on the market. I've not tried it.

[BillieDee]

For now - use a glue pen to go over your white ink and sprinkle the glitter over that.

[cobby]

pigment ink is good for heat embossing; with embossing powder. Glitter is not generally a heat embossing medium. As others have said; you need glue or double sided sticky tape to hold the glitter onto your card. :-)

[dini]

A sticky embossing powder would work well too, if you just want the glitter on the outline of your image.

[orangepunkins]

I like the white ink effect because its a very detailed imaigine stamp and I stamped it on a dark red paper. After I stamped it and it dryed I took my stamp and versa marked it and went over the imaigine again I reglittered it. If I did not use the white ink the effects are not so eye popping. I sure hope this works. Is there any kind of spray/sealer I could use?

[sewsplendidstamper]

Versamark won't hold glitter either, sorry. There are some fine glue pens on the market, as well as glittery embossing powder. Another option is the glue pad route.

[weims]

There are also some embossing powders that are white with sparkle. Another option would be to use heat & stick powder I think.

[cobby]

orangepunkins.....if you have finished some cards to your liking with the white pigment ink and glitter added and you are just looking for a way to seal the whole thing, try hairspray. I often used hairspray to "seal" a card front that I used chalks or pastels on.
Just a cheap can of AquaNet will work.

There is also a spray sealer made by Krylon I think. It would be found in the art supply section of a craft store. In the aisles where they sell the charcoal, oil paints, fancy brushes etc. used by "real artists"....( as my husband would say, he went to art school ).

For future projects, if you are trying to add some "sparkle" but need to use a white craft ink to stamp the image with so your sparkle will really "pop"....go ahead and stamp with the white craft ink then heat emboss using a sparkly embossing powder; not loose glitter. I use one called Holographic Highlights that Stampin' Up used to sell; but you can find a Holographic embossing powder made by Ranger online or at a local craft store.

OR....to get just an outline of glitter check out Stickles by Ranger. It's glitter glue in a squeeze bottle with a fine tip. I've never used it myself ( yet ) but lots of people do and it sounds like it might have worked for you in this card design.

Hope this helps! :-)

[jeanstamping2]

Why not use some Stickles over the embossed Image?

This might a good way to get the look you're looking for.


Just use some Clear embossing powder and then use the stickles over the dry embossed image.

[RavioliGirl]

yes, I agree...use Stickles or what's wrong with using your white pigment ink and then covering it with "clear sparkle" embossing powder. Heat and set.