This year my christmas tree will be all peridot and gold. I was inspired by some ornaments I saw at AC Moore a couple of weeks ago and decided on that color scheme. During that same shopping trip, I picked up some clear christmas ball ornaments to play around with. These were so fun to do, and addicting. I went back to buy a second set of balls so I could experiment with more color combinations. I tried many different things, these were my findings:
- Using reinker mixed with water was easiest to ensure even coverage before glittering
- Colored glitter made for more intense color, coverage, and reflectivity as compared to dazzling diamonds alone
- Mixing the fine colored glitter (red, green, dazzling diamonds, and blue) produced a neat result
More pictures & explanations
Supplies: Reinkers, cosmo glitter, dazzling diamonds.
From left: (1)Riding Hood Red reinker with Romantic Red glitter; (2)Baja Breeze Reinker with Dazzling Diamonds; (3-4)Kiwi Kiss reinker with Green cosmo glitter; (5)Baja Breeze reinker with blue cosmo glitter; (6)Kiwi Kiss reinker with mixed glitter (see bullet above); (7-8)Kiwi Kiss reinker with green cosmo glitter; (9)Real Red & Pacific Point Reinker with purple cosmo glitter; (10)Pink Pirouette with Silver glitter; (11-12)Kiwi Kiss reinker with Dazzling Diamonds.
Directions: I found a great tutorial here. As I said before, this project is a lot of fun, easy for all skill levels, and the result is WOW!! Try different color reinkers with different color glitter, add rub-ons
