Topic: what's your favorite embelishment?

I am also a glitter freak, I love my ancient prisma bottles that are 12 years old, and as for new glitter, the Stardust is amazing and so fine you need very little. I've started using some of those little paper flowers from India...mostly in wreath style for weddings or holidays.

Oh, I love those paper flowers! I don't buy them, because I know I'd never use them... but sometimes I'm tempted just to have the cool bottle of pretty flowers sitting on my desk!

What's "Stardust" glitter? I love glitter, but just can't tolerate the mess, and more often than not reach for the glitter glue for this reason. I have Prisma ultra fine blue-violet... oh, to have *that* in glitter-glue form - I think I'd faint! :-)

Thanks for perking things up by responding! Come on everyone, you *know* you're out there, stopping by even though you don't expect there to be anything but one or two lonely ads! :-)

Alison

Me again... anyone ever try this idea? Or maybe you're at home and can go try it for us and report back? (I'm so impatient, don't want to wait to get home and try it myself... besides, I'll probably forget by then!)

What if you have your little pot of glue, and your little pot of glitter, and you take your fine paintbrush and pick up a touch of glue, then touch that into the glitter, then daub that where you want it? Would the effect be pleasing? Or would, perhaps the glue leave behind unwanted texture? Or, maybe the texture would be a plus???

What do y'all think? Oh, I hope I can remember to give it a try.

(Of course, if anyone knows of a spectacular, ultrafine "clear" glitter glitter-glue, I'm definitely open to suggestions!) Alison

Alison,

I found bulk diamond dust on ebay...

oh duh, that's the wrong stuff...lol

sorry!

Maya wrote:

so do use stickles at all? is that too chunky? I love the clear... Maya

I love Stickles. The only clear Stickles I had was "Icicles" which is very chunky. It's on my list to replace it (I've run out) with a finer version. But, for a $2 item, I prefer not to purchase online, and my LSS is low on Stickles stock right now. ... Which reminds me, I need to call and see if their order has come in yet!

Alison

Border stickers. These are long, usually 12 inches. I'll cut them to size. Some are ornate, and some are just strips of a solid color. I've started putting lengths of ribbon through my Xyron to make ribbon border stickers. I've also done this with strips of patterned paper, and with patterns that I've printed on my inkjet printer.

I'll make an outer border, or run a length right through an element, from one edge of the card to the other. I also use them on the diagonal across a corner.

Gina

Alis> I'm a total glitter glue fanatic. A card with butterflies, dragonflies, or

I think I usually use paper as an embellishment. I put several different layers of paper around a stamped image. I have all kinds of stickers, glitter, buttons, ribbons and such, but I rarely use them. I don't really know why because I love the way cards look with a little touch of embellishment. It just doesn't seem to be my style.

Kare

I love layered, folded or torn scrapbook paper on my cards. Brads, eyelets and all those other little bits and pieces of metal that can be attached to cards are fun too. I bought some prima flowers this summer on vacation because they are so pretty but haven't used them yet. I love ribbon too so guess I don't have a favorite, they all seem to go together at times. Hmmm...would you call that collage? I hope not.

SAD

I hate to tell you, SAD, but if you're using torn paper, pits and bieces of metal, ribbon, and soon prima flowers... you're fast approaching collage! :-) Or, perhaps you use them one at the time??

Alison

Oh no!!! Guess I've joined the collage group and didn't even know it...and I bought more brads and ribbon today while at Michaels. Had to use that 50% coupon on something. I was looking at a bar stapler, it uses real wide staples, but couldn't decided if I'd use it so didn't buy it. Does any one have one of those, and if so what do you use it for?

SAD

Okay so I think my favorite embellishment would have to be brads. I love them. Have any of you ever tried the loopy brads? They are really a lot of fun. believe it or not, after 6 years of stamping I am finally starting to use ribbons and staples. So I guess I am stepping out of the box so to speak.

Inky Huggz,

Missy Olson North Branch, MN

What's a loopy brad??? Link to pic/source for purchasing, please???

TIA, Alison

Hi Alison,

I sent you the link and wanted to follow-up with you. I was not sure how to send it to the group, so I sent you an email.

Just checking.

Inky Huggz,

Missy

P.S. Sorry to post to the board.