Pearl Ex and Lumiere
Cecelia Medbery
Red-Blue. So, what do I do with it? I've seen it on many cards and when I
asked, I was told "it's Pearl Ex". How do I use this stuff? Is there more
than one thing to do with it? Help!
Cecelia
Louise
Why don't you go to the web site of the manufacturer, and look at their
projects?
HTH...
Louise
"Cecelia Medbery" <mrsn...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Diana
versamark pad. Then with a dry paintbrush, or stencil brush, lightly (it
takes very little) pick up some pearl ex and swirl it around on the
cardstock. It will stick to the versamark, and will brush off in other
places. I'm not very good at explaining, hope this makes sense :)
Diana
"Cecelia Medbery" <mrsn...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Marion
a marker.
in article 1056dbu...@corp.supernews.com, Diana at
tpea...@fakeknology.net wrote on 3/13/04 11:23 AM:
Pat Kight
To make Pearl-Ex work with paper/card projects, you need a carrier/adhesive
and/or sealant to keep it from simply blowing away. Here are some ideas:
Stamp as you would for embossing, with a pigment ink. Use a soft brush
(makeup brushes are great for this purpose) to dust a tiny amount of dry
Pearl-Ex onto the image, and then shake or blow off the excess. Spray with
a clear matte or gloss finish or fixative to protect the work.
Mix a small amount of Pearl-Ex into a PVA glue (such as Perfect Paper
adhesive) to create pearlescent acrylic paint. Or mix it into a small
amount of liquid gum arabic to create water-color style paint (this can
even be allowed to dry in the well of a plastic paint palette and used just
like cake water color).
When doing layered "enamel"-style embossing, use a toothpick or a fine
brush to tap a tiny amount of PearlEx on one still-hot layer of melted EP,
then quickly spoon on more EP and melt that. The powder will disperse and
swirl in the melted powder for very pretty, if unpredictable, effects.
Spoon a little PearlEx onto a plate or other flat surface. Make a
decorative "tile" using several layers of Ultra-thick Embossing Powder.
Press a deeply cut stamp into the PearlEx (as if it was ink), tap off the
excess and, while the EP is still hot and melted, press the stamp down onto
the tile. Let it cool completely and lift off the stamp. Your image will be
imprinted into the surface in PearlEx (and the powder acts as a release to
let you easily free the stamp from the melted plastic, too.) You can do the
same thing with polymer clay, before baking, to make tiles, beads or other
objects. Because it's made of powdered mica, PearlEx is inert and
heat-resistant, so it won't scorch or change colors under heat.
That ought to get you started. By the way a little PearlEx goes a very long
way. Use tools such as toothpicks, cotton swabs or small paint brushes to
pick up just a tiny amount from the jar, or better yet, from the lid of the
jar, and this stuff will last forever.
Have fun! PearlEx is great stuff!
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Pat Kight
kig...@peak.org
Deb in AR
I've done this on glossy card stock and it works great! Just mix a little
Pearl Ex with the hair spray, make sure it's a pump bottle of course, and
spray. Let it air dry and there you go.
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Deb in AR
A desert-rat at heart!
"Cecelia Medbery" <mrsn...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Pat Kight
> You can also mix Pearl Ex with cheap hair spray. Then spray your paper.
> I've done this on glossy card stock and it works great! Just mix a little
> Pearl Ex with the hair spray, make sure it's a pump bottle of course, and
> spray. Let it air dry and there you go.
>
What a clever idea. Thanks, Deb!
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Pat Kight
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Sally Minnesota
This link has lots of suggestions for using Pearl-Ex...
http://www.rubberstampsclub.com/tips/pearl-ex-powders.html
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Cecelia Medbery
websites) to play with my new stuff. Thanks so much for taking the time to
post replies!
Cecelia
cbet
stamp to stamp with versamark on vellum, then heated that with my heat gun
for just 20 or 30 seconds. Then I used about 4 different pastel-y colors of
pearl-ex and brushed them on randomly and it turned out really neat.
Here's a few things that seemed to make it work better:
After you stamp with the VersaMark, heat it for just a short time. For some
reason, it makes the powder stick better. I read this somewhere, can't
remember where, but I tried it on a couple of test pieces that I then
carried around in my purse and the pearl-ex did not rub off of them-even
though I didn't spray them with any kind of fixative.
Use a small, soft brush to "paint" the pearl-ex onto your design. There's
another type of powder out there called "Perfect Pearls" and they have sets
of 4 colors with 2 brushes and those brushes alone are worth the price of
the kit! One is a fairly fine, pointy kind of brush similar to what I've
seen car guys do pinstriping with, the other is like a bigger plushier
eyeshadow brush. You paint the pearl-ex on with the fine brush, then brush
off the excess with the larger one. If you go to this link:
http://www.rangerink.com/product_perfectpearls.html
you can get an idea of what the brushes look like. The lighter your touch
when you brush on the powder, the better it seems to stick.
"Cecelia Medbery" <mrsn...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Pat Kight
> One evening when I was messing around with my toys, I used a background
> stamp to stamp with versamark on vellum, then heated that with my heat gun
> for just 20 or 30 seconds. Then I used about 4 different pastel-y colors of
> pearl-ex and brushed them on randomly and it turned out really neat.
>
> Here's a few things that seemed to make it work better:
>
> After you stamp with the VersaMark, heat it for just a short time. For some
> reason, it makes the powder stick better. I read this somewhere, can't
> remember where, but I tried it on a couple of test pieces that I then
> carried around in my purse and the pearl-ex did not rub off of them-even
> though I didn't spray them with any kind of fixative.
Neat tip. Yet another use for my poor, unused Versamark pad.
> Use a small, soft brush to "paint" the pearl-ex onto your design. There's
> another type of powder out there called "Perfect Pearls" and they have sets
> of 4 colors with 2 brushes and those brushes alone are worth the price of
> the kit! One is a fairly fine, pointy kind of brush similar to what I've
> seen car guys do pinstriping with, the other is like a bigger plushier
> eyeshadow brush.
When I gave up on wearing makeup a few years ago, I scrounged through
all my containers of powdered blush, eyeshadow, etc. and scavenged the
applicators. Thoroughly washed and dried, they're perfect for applying
Pearl-Ex and similar products (and the little sponge eyeshadow
applicators are good for direct-to-paper ink applications, too.)
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Pat Kight
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