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Mica Powder Painting
– Creating Laminate Stickers
By Lea Cioci CPD CPT
Certified Professional Demonstsrator/Instructor/Designer
acioci@starband.net
www.picturetrail.com/leac
Since the beginning
of my stamping adventures, I have adored mica
powders! Today mica powders come in all sorts of wonderful colors which give
the artist more choices. I love having a large selection to choose from so my
art matches my expression in creating! Mica powders shimmer with metallic
particles that add extra dimension and vibrancy to any art.
Using laminate sheets
(Therm O Web), it is very easy to create tons of stickers which can be filed
away with your favorite stickers or collage images and saved until you want to
use them. I chose to use Powdered Pearls by Lemon Tree as the mica powder of
choice. I love duo Pearl Ex powders, too (US ArtQuest/Jacquard). Powdered
Pearl’s colors are vibrant and mix easily when I want to make watercolor or
acrylic paints with them. The pigments are highly saturated.
This is just one
technique for using mica powders; there are so many other ways to use these
wonderfully metallic powders! The versatility of these powders makes their use
for all sorts of project very economical.
Supplies:
- Travel Postage
Images – Art by Moonlight (outline or open design stamps)
- Peel n’ Stick
Laminate Sheets (Them O Web)
- Peel n’ Stick
Double-Sided Adhesive Sheets (Them O Web)
- Mica Powders –
Powdered Pearls (Lemon Tree)
- Square ¼
watercolor brush
- Detail watercolor
brush
- Black StazOn ink (Tsukineko)
- Scissors
Instructions:
- Ink up postage
image with Black StazOn ink pad and stamp on laminate sheet and let sit for 1
minute. StazOn dries almost immediately, but I always like to give any ink a
set-up time. Make sure you are stamping on the laminate side and not the
release paper backing.
- Peel the release
backing paper from the sheet leaving the sticky back face up and the image you
just stamped face down. Use the release paper on one end of exposed, sticky
laminate so you have a place to put your hand or finger down to secure the
laminate sheet from moving.
- Starting with the
larger, open areas, brush the mica color of your choice; moving the powder
till it sticks to the sheet and no excess powder is remaining. When dipping
your brush into the mica powder, tap it off on the edge of the jar so you
still have the brush filled with color but not too much. As you work, you
will get to know how much mica powder you need on your brush.
- For smaller areas,
dip your brush into the mica powder and tap into the cap. The cap can serve
as a palette to pick up more color as you go. Use smaller brushes or a detail
brush to get into the small areas.
- Don’t worry if the
powder goes outside the end border of where you stamped as you will be cutting
it off. It will look a little messy, but the finished result will be
beautiful!! Don’t be afraid to mix colors together.
- After completing
the painting of mica powder on the sticky side of the laminate, peel the top
release paper from the double-sided adhesive. Being double-sided, it will
have 2 release papers. Adhere to the back of the laminate sheet that you just
painted with mica powder. Press and smooth out. Cut the finished piece to
shape. Now you will have a completed sticker! When you want to use the
sticker, remove the double-sided adhesive backing and adhere down on a
collage, scrapbook page, or wherever you want!!!
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