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Judi Watanabe showed this technique at the Original Rubber Stamp Show in San Jose on Saturday.

All cards are 4 1/4“ x 5 1/2”.

Cardstock is SU, Bazzill, and unknown (the cream colored cs).

Judi stamped a Judikins leaves image onto a piece of Window Plastic with a permanent ink. (I used Stazon black ink.) You have to let that dry for a bit.

Then Judi squirted about a two-inch circle of Diamond Glaze Dimensional Adhesive on a piece of Window Plastic. She added a few drops of dye reinkers and mixed them into the Diamond Glaze blending some of the colors, but also keeping some separate. She used that as her paint palette. She said you could use one drop of ink for about a dime-size of Diamond Glaze. (I'm afraid I got carried away with mine.) She cautioned us to have a jar of water ready to put the brush in after using it or it would be ruined. She painted on the back of the image.

After painting, you could let it dry and then mount the Window Plastic as is (See my second card.) or you could add glitter to the wet Diamond Glazed/Inked image. (See my first and third cards.)

1st card–I used Nick Bantock inks (chrome yellow, chartreuse green and vermillion lacquer) and Judikins Prisma Ultrafine Glitter. I edged the card with a Krylon 18K Gold Leaf Pen and stamped the POD sentiment with VersaMark and heat embossed with Filigree Pure Gold EP.

2nd card–I used Adirondack reinkers (terra cotta, red pepper, butterscotch). I did not use glitter on this one. I had not planned to mount it to that particular cardstock, but thinking it was dry, I placed it against the cardstock just to see what it would look like. It stuck. I wish I had waited until it was completely dry because it messed up the paint job when I tried to lift it off. I put Swarovski Opal crystals in the corners with a Sakura Glue Pen.

3rd card–I used Distress Inks (fired brick, faded jeans, shabby shutters), and I used Twinklets Diamond Dust. This Diamond Dust is very coarse making it difficult to attach the Window Plastic to the card. I used matte black eyelets.

Note: Judi said we could attach the glittered images by applying some glue behind the images; anywhere else it would show through the plastic. I tried adding more Diamond Glaze to the back of that chunky glitter and it just soaked in around the chunks. It didn't stay on top long enough to stick to a card. It was easier to attach the image that had Judikins Prisma Ultrafine Glitter. I didn't even try the glue after it didn't work with the chunky glitter. I tried a glue dot. That doesn't work very well either. The glitter stuck to the glue dot and started to come off the plastic. I ended up using the ATG gun to apply a strip of adhesive down the center of each leaf. That seems to be holding fine.

The second card isn't as bright as it looks here. The card is black, and the matting is a soft gray-green. The colors on the leaves are deeper than they appear here. TFL. Daria

ETA: You can see Judi demo this technique on TV Weekly. The program is called Forever Diamonds.

ETA: Judikins Window Plastic is an embossable acetate. It's similiar in weight to the transparencies I buy for high heat copying, but they're clearer than the transparencies. Judikins sells them in pre-cut packages with tissue between the pieces. HTH.


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