late entry....

Once again I found myself floundering by the recent challenge at BBTB2,. I could have done the optional airplane, but I really wanted to do a hot air balloon...problem was I did not have a cartridge with that cut on it. I was finally able to pick up Wild Card 2 TODAY at Michael's! I really wanted to do something different with this. I know it is a basic card but I wanted the balloon itself to look unique. A couple of weeks ago, I saw an interesting tutorial on pinterest about using metallic pearl paint as a sort of "glimmer mist". Then yesterday at a CTMH open house I saw their create a color pearl paint, designed to be used with re-inkers. I decided to play. I took what limited time and supplies I had and got to work! I used "Dazzling Metallics" by DecoArt in white pearl as the base - I didn't have any re-inkers so I tried to use alcohol inks ((remember we are playing here)), which kind of clumped, but when brushed onto white card stock left a very pale shimmery coat - I just kept brushing the clumps off. Then I decided to try the metallic paint on its own on the card stock and use the alcohol inks over the top, like you would over glossy card stock. It gave a really cool effect that I kind of like. I had a lot of fun playing and am looking forward to trying it with some re-inkers or some acrylic paint or maybe some pearl-ex....

side view of card..you can see a little of the metallic pearl finish