Fiber Arts by Judi Wellnitz

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I made a few more altered business card magnets. They are fairly plain but I did learn a thing or two. Let me tell you about them ...

I learned that you really have to have a good puddle of melted UTEE (Ultra thick embossing enamel) in order to stamp into them. I also learned that an extra fine tip Sharpie marker fills in blank spots really nicely. The stamp will leave an impression in the UTEE even if the ink doesn't transfer well so you can just follow along the impression with the pen. Even though I was using a low temperature heat gun with very little fan the pearl ex powders tended to blow off this time. My piece of wood laminate that I use to heat things on is turning really pretty colors though!

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Posted by judi at July 31, 2006 11:49 AM

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Judi - Those magnets are beautiful! You are the Queen of turing the ordinary into the extraordinary!

Posted by: Yvette at July 31, 2006 12:05 PM

These are very handsome, Judi, much more interesting than the usual card stock pieces!

Posted by: MaryO at July 31, 2006 12:07 PM

VERY cool! Believe it or not, I like the blue dream one BEST! It never fails to amaze me how many different techniques you can do and come up with such diverse, lovely things!

Posted by: kai at July 31, 2006 2:00 PM

Simple? Absolutely not! They are gorgeous

Posted by: Shashi at July 31, 2006 3:03 PM

Those are great, Judi! I read about you all discussing heat guns, embossing, powders and such and have no idea what you are talking about- but they sure look wonderful-LOL!
Linda F from FL

Posted by: Linda Fleming at July 31, 2006 6:51 PM

I'm with Linda....I'm guessing that you used your Sharpie colouring after you UTEE'd the card, yes? You covered the card first with DTP ink? Then added powders, then embossed? Enquiring minds want to know!

KAthy

Posted by: kathy white at August 12, 2006 5:26 PM

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