Simon Hurley's New Lunar Paste for Ranger!

 

Thanks to Scrapbook.com for sending me products from the latest Simon Hurley and Ranger Ink release! I love Simon Hurley's Lunar Paste and now there's the new Solar Paste! It has a milky effect, the way colors look in bright sunlight. They go on whitish and as they dry you can see the color transformation. They have the same metallic shine as Lunar Paste but are more irridescent.

They look totally different on white paper than they do on black:

Dried color swatches on white cardstock

Dried color swatches on black cardstock

For my first card, I used Simon Hurley's Photosynthesis dies for Spellbinders. I spread all the colors of Solar Paste on a piece of black cardstock using the Scrapbookcom All Purpose Scraper. and a palette knife. (Simon Hurley has a 2 piece Paste Set also). I used the palette knife to apply the Solar Paste to the Scraper in a line and just pulled it across the paper.

After it dried, I diecut the pieces from "Daffodil Frame". I cut the "Zig Zag Chevron" cover plate from black cardstock. The sentiment is from "Everyday Sentiments".

My second card uses a different technique.

This card uses Simon Hurley's "Floral Stems" dies with the "Ceramic Vases" dies. The sentiment is from the same "Everyday Sentiments" set. I diecut the flowers, vase and sentiment from the same paper as the first card, you can see how the vase has etched dots on it, the paste took the etching beautifully.

For the background, this time I used a Scrapbook.com Blending Tool with the Domed Foam Applicator. I put the Solar Paste on a scrap piece of paper and just swirled each color onto the black cardstock, wiping off the tool between colors on a damp paper towel.

One last card using Scrapbook.com's "Sunburst" coverplate and "Thank You II" sentiments

What else can you do with Solar Paste?

 Applied Solar Paste to black cardstock, let DRY, then run a 3D embossing folder

Layered stencil, last layer with Solar Paste

Regular stencil on white cardstock. Solar Paste circle, sentiment stamped with Archival Ink.

Stamping with Solar Paste! I applied  a small amount Solar Paste onto a stamp with the foam domed blending too. Clean the stamp with water immediately after using.

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Woodgrain paper from Your Paper Insider

Today's card is using this very cool Birch Wood Paper from Your Paper Insider and painted using the Altenew Watercolors. The flower is Altenew's Water Lily.

Here is the Birch Wood paper I used for the card. It is a very thinwood veneer adhered to a piece of thin adhesive paper. I cut it to 5.5" x 5.5". There's a matching envelope in the box, I wish I thought of cutting the paper to 5"x5", the size of the envelope! Next time.

Your Paper Insider sent me Box 3 of their subscription paper collection. 4x a year they send out a box of 20+  papers.for $29.95 which INCLUDES shipping! That is a very good price. Box 3 had 25 pieces of paper (2 were envelopes) and 22 were different kinds of paper. I don't know if you've ever gone to a big box store and bought single sheets of specialty paper, but they often cost $1 or more a sheet.

Here is a quick video of how I made the card.

 

I did a quick watercolor wash over the paper using different shades of blue. I really like the Altenew watercolors, they are highly pigmented so a little goes a long way. I wanted the wood grain to show through as it looked like water ripples. I took some metallic watercolors and splattered the paper.

I diecut the pieces of the Altenew Water Lily. If you watch the video you can see how the die cuts out a small keyhole and a arrow. These are to help layer the petals properly. This makes it so easy to get proper placement! I used a light pink cardstock to diecut the pieces and then went with shades of pink Copic markers to color each piece. It wasn't difficult, I just knew I wanted varying shades. After the water lily was assembled, I covered it with Wink of Stella to make it shimmer.

For the lily pad leaves, I just took a piece of already inked green paper and cut out the shapes. It really makes it easy if you spend some time just prepping backgrounds and throw them into a box.

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See Through Card Using Your Paper Insider Paper

Your Paper Insider, sent me Box 3 of their subscription boxes. Inside the box was 23 pieces of assorted papers (22 different kinds) and 2 envelopes. Here I used the Delicate Rayon Fiber in Mum White. 

I cut a window using a rectangle and attached the rayon (cut slightly larger than the window) with red tape. I cut a frame for both the card front and back (on the back to hide that glued rayon). Inside the card I attached a piece of purple metallic cardstock so that when it was closed you could see the pattern on the rayon. When the card is open, it is sheer, see additional photo.

I diecut the Altenew Craft a Flower Orchid out of 110lb cardstock and simply colored it all with Copic Markers. After putting the orchid together, I adhered it to the front of the card putting most of the glue on the cardfront and only a little on the gauzy fabric.

 Your Paper Insider is a subscription service, they send out boxes 4x a year, every quarter. Currently the price is $29.95 which INCLUDES the shipping! I think it's a pretty good deal if you are into papercrafting and enjoy specialty papers. 

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