Starlights & Texture Paste

 Good morning, Kirsten here. This is the blog post I should have done on Monday, but what with returning late on Sunday night from the NEC & various other things, I didn't get a chance.

If Starlights paints are new to you, have a read of Lisa's blog post from Wednesday. It's a brief introduction into how fantastic & versatile they are. I love texture on my projects, so I wanted to see if they would mix with texture pastes. And the brief answer is yes, they do. And very well too.

I began by brayering a 6x6 piece of white Super Smooth card with three colours of Starlights; Platinum, Diamond & Silver. 

This is so easy to do, the paints are very smooth & creamy. They dry in minutes, so make sure to clean your brayer immediately after use.

I love this Wavy Stripes stencil from Dutch Doobadoo..........

I mixed Cyclamen Starlights with Sweet Poppy transparent Dimension Paste. I didn't measure quantities, but I would say I used a quarter paint to paste. 

Mix the two together thoroughly. You will see the gilding flakes seperate slightly, but all three elements blend together when mixed...........

 

If you use a transparent paste, you will get the true colour of the paint when the paste is dry. Use a white paste & the colour will be softer, almost pastel.

I added a strip of double-sided tape to either side of the stencilling & applied Fran-tage Silver Lux Mica & Glitter mix, pressing it on firmly with my fingers.............

I die cut the Leane Creatief poinsettia, adding a drop of Cosmic Shimmer glue to the centre & sprinkling the Fran-tage silver mix on top, the pine branches & the Sue Wilson holly sprays from white Super Smooth card & stamped & heat embossed the Stampendous Retro Merry Christmas onto a strip of vellum...........