The other day I wrote about reactive glass. The glass creates a chemical reaction when certain types that contain various components meet.Glass with sulphur in it will react with copper or silver. So I fused a tile of glass with bits of fine silver foil placed all around. No specific design since the intention of this tile is to have it cut into smaller pieces and then randomly arranged in whatever design works at the time. I’ll let the glass talk to me and tell me where to place it in conjunction with other tiles. Perhaps I’ll post that picture when I’ve done that. So anyway, I have before and after pictures of what happened after I fired the silver on the french vanilla. And the silver is fine silver which is pure, unlike sterling silver which is an alloy. There are the coolest turquoise rings around the silver and then browns that fade out to the french vanilla. So cool. Boy do I have plans for this combination. It’s really good stuff! If you want to learn more about reactions check out Bullseye’s site…or Vitrum Studios, both places have classes on reactive glass. Get a reaction!!
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How to Make a Tri-Fold Spring Bird Card
Add some interest to your card making with a tri-fold design. A tri-fold card has three sections that overlap in a zig zag to create dimension and a little extra interactive element to the design instead of a traditional single fold card. Ilina used new stamps and dies from Hero Arts to create her Tri-fold Spring Birds Card.
The bottom layer of her design is the first flap and it’s got die cut grass, purple flowers and the heat embossed white sentiment, the next layer has different pink flowers and the two birds sitting on a hill, the last layer is the inside of the card with a hedge of greenery where you can add a hand written or stamped sentiment inside. She used markers to add additional color to her images. You can watch her video tutorial over on the Hero Arts blog.
-Heather