Liquid Applique?

[huntingwidow]

I was checking out some Xmas cards (I know it's early) and saw a few done with the Holiday Woodcuts set-- they used liquid applique on Santa' sbeard to make it look fluffy. What is liquid applique, where do I get it, and how do I use it?

[AJITZI]

Hi! I am not an expert, but I'll tell you what I know. LA is like a gel, it comes in a tube. When you heat it with your embossing gun it fluffs up, that's probably what you saw in the cards. You can choose to heat it or not. I bought some from SU, they had it in a winter mini catty, but I have seen it some craft stores. I hope that helps.:p

[wustaz]

I bought mine at Walmart in the fabric paint section.

[tish101]

I've used Liquid Applique a number of times. I find it is great for snow, beards and the typical uses for the white. They sell it in colors, but I have never seen any but white. I have used a little bit of re-inker to color the white and then applied with a brush.

This colored the Applique, but I was not able to spread it in a fine line like it comes out of the tube. But it still heats and puffs.

I've also added some glitter while it was wet (before I heated), and it mostly stuck.

Worth having alittle fun!

Tish

[Aileen]

They also have them at JoAnn Fabrics.

[Karen3000]

Another cool technique is to use the colored LA or add a bit of reinker to white and brayer it onto cardstock fairly thinly. Even go in a couple different directions. Then heat it slightly with the heat gun being careful not to burn it. The result is a paper that feels like suede.

[Ink it up!]

Love this stuff! Scribing' to the thread for more FUN ideas!!