Stamping How to - The Magic of Mica Powder
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มี.ค. 2018
- Do you believe in magic? Well, if you watch this video you soon will. Today, Barb demonstrates the effect of embossing powder on some of our elegant Rennie Macintosh stamps.
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Brilliant! Thanks! I didn't know I could use Mica powder for embossing. I've only used it to add metallic shimmery elements to my acrylic paints.
These are just gorgeous ! However, I didn’t realize that the mica would stay on the card , even over the versa unless it spritzed with some type of finishing spray or adhesive …
I was wondering how to keep the micah from getting wiped away. good to know a fixative is needed!
That was amazing. I've been using mica in resin art, but never in card making. I've used versa mark forever in card making, but never blotted it. I also loved that stamp. You have a great teaching voice. Thanks.
Thank you for the video - does the Mica Powder need "sealing" at the end? I seem to remember in the past being told to mist them with water.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos!
Wow, that looks really classy! Thanks for showing!
Lovely stamps!!
❤️ your videos Barbara, I learn so much from you!
I just stumbled across your video and was intrigued with this method. I have used embossing powders but not mica powders. Wow, I must try this technique! Thank you for the video.
Thanks Barb, I love this technique!! x
Loved it thanks ❤
Stunning Barbara. I love Mica. Beautiful stamps. Thanks for this x
Barbara, these cards are lovely. Thank you for your inspiration.
Thank you this is excellent Barbara clarity Rocks!!!!!
love the effects.......fantastic
Wonderful results. Thank you.
Love your techniques 😍👌
Looks gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
just beautiful...such a wonderful effect....thank you
Faaaaantastic!!!!! Thank you for this vid, Barb! Awesome outcome on the paper!
Barb, these are beautiful. Now I have another technique to try. Thanks ever so much!
Love your presentation, thank you so much.
Excellent, never seen you before and you've given some very useful tips. Thank you!
Barbara I enjoyed your video and learned something new. Thank you!
Thanks for the talcum powder tip! I'll be sure to add some to my crafting kit. ☺
Great tips, thank you so much... Very elegant outcome...
Excellent demonstration with Mica Powder. Thank you
I believe, I believe, thank you very much Barbara, I look forward to everything you show, so down to earth and informative. Hugs xx
Fab Barbara - I had forgotten this technique having been caught up in all the ‘new things’. I will be revisiting this very soon. X
beautiful black ebony look...thanks Barbara
really beautiful............love it is so elegant........thank you
Lovely! I learn something from each and every one of your videos. So happy to enjoy your lessons once again!💞
Thank you i so want to do this now!!! love all your work just amazing!
I just got my mica powders yesterday. Thanks for the tips.
Wow! I learned so much! Thank you! I just got my mica powders so glad to know how to use!
Beautiful thanks for sharing about the talc powder, good to know
Hi Barb. Thanks for revisiting this technique - I was just thinking what shall I do today - now I know!!!! Happy Birthday xxx
Gorgeous thank you so much for sharing hugs Shelley 💜🌹💜
Thank you. That is lovely!
Thanks for the great video--I learned some new techniques
that was amazing, I never knew how to use Mica properly, the talc tip is a good one too thank you...Xxx
I love it!!
Beautiful!
I have a stack of mica powders that I haven’t known what to do with! Thanks for that 😀
Wow. This is the best mica powder tutorial I’ve seen. Thank you. I’ve learned a lot.
Thank you for this Barbara, it’s easy to forget to do things we did a while ago, especially when the end result is so lovely. Must go and dig out my mica powders and Clarity card. Happy Birthday Barbara.
it was a very nice lesson
I enjoy all of your lessons and have learned so much from you..thanks so much!
Wonderful!!! Thank you for sharing! You really are a wonderful teacher! Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something new and I am NOT NEW to stamping and crafting, love how your not a huge rambler about other things!
Muriel
Thanks Barbara - now I know why I get a smeary result sometimes. Always remember the talc, but don't blot or let the versamark dry enough before using mica powders. These TH-cam Tuesdays are so useful to recall all your helpful tips! x
I found you! Thank you for explaining mica powder use so clearly. I was gifted a multi-color pack of powders and have been struggling to use them correctly. Thank you, thank you!
very helpful. I didn't know about the talc
Forgot about this technique thanks x I will be digging out.my mica powders.
This is so neat , you don't have to use a heat gun! Another thing for me to try!Thanks Barb for the turorial..God bless from 🇨🇦
Beautiful. X
You have made want to have a go at this, I do have all the ingredients lol,,,💐💐
Gorgeous. I love the way you explain everything so clearly. Thank you.
Well, she did not explain what "indexing" is
Never heard of blotting the 'versamarked' stamp first before doing the actual stamp. Must try this. Love the technique you have used here.
@Teresa Jarkowska I hadn't heard of doing that either!! What a great tip for us, it really makes a huge difference when we don't want thicker lines, it comes out so crisp and clean!
Muriel
I didn’t know you could use mica powder with a Versamark ink pad. I’ll try this technique today. Thank you.
Brilliant Demo. I have always loved using the mica powders, would it be possible to do a utube tuesday demo of using them on the adhesive sheets, where you colour in the image using the powders?
Very cool
Had to come to get My Daily Dose of Barbara 😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you for the video. Have been looking for ways to use my mica powders. Love the tips about using the talcum powder and blotting the stamps before stamping them on the card stock. Love the video! just one question, do you need to seal the mica powder?
You are Wonderful; thank you for sharing Huggs!
Just the information I needed to finish off one of my cards, thankyou. I also read on Facebook that it can be heat sealed. Have you tried this ?
I finally bought some mica powders, so shall try this technique, and fingers crossed that it will work as well for me! Thanks, Barbara x
Edit: three years later - I bought the stamp as well. Sadly, it got mislaid during a house move. It'll be somewhere. There's a job for later....😟
Wow!
love your designs, when you use black card, it usually looks glossy, if you use matt black like I do, do you still need to put white powder on it before using a stamp on it as the powder may leave the card blotchy ?
Love your videos, so you didn’t use heat to fix it in place.?
Thank you so much for show us how to do this!! Every time, I used the Ranger Perfect Pearls, it would just smear all over the paper. Then, I would get frustrated!!
Loving the technique and the stamps. Just wanted to know what is the piece of music that is at the beginning of each tutorial? Xxxxxx.
Hi Jayne
I believe its a royalty-free piece called Happy Mandolin
Will you be at the NEC at the weekend?
Did you use glossy cardstock for these?
Thank you so much for sharing Barbara, beautiful as usual, can I ask if this will work with non glossy paper please. x
Hi Barbara, yes absolutely! Barb used a glossy card in the video for a more shimmery look but it will work on a matte card too.
Thank you x
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Thanks
i got so excited then, i've been trying to find glossy black cardstock, but i'm in australia so I can't buy it :o( only UK and EU... oh well, great technique, really looks lovely
Hi Kazza,
Not to worry! You can do this technique on non-glossy card as well and get the same result!
Beautiful cards! How do you clean up the mica powder that gets on your desktop?
Hi Joan,
A baby wipe should pick up the remaining bits for mica
lovely - wow - can you please explain what you mean by removing the indexing off the stamp - as it pertains to versa mark? many thanks!!!
Hi R F, the indexing is the blue colour that appears on all our stamps. This basically there so that you can readily see what stamp you are using when they are on either our Clarity Mounts or our Mega Mounts. The versamark, naturally being a sticky medium, pulls the blue colour off the stamp; making your versamark pad blue.
Having blue indexing on your versamark pad won't affect your pad but if you don't want a blue pad simply use a baby wipe or alcohol blending solution (which we have on our website) to remove it.
Hope this helps. Feel free to post other crafting questions and we'll do our best to answer what we can.
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Thank you for your wonderful detailed tutorial. I have never really understood how to apply mica powders and using my versa mark pen or pad. The talcum powder I will use from now on thanks to you explaining so well. Also the blotting first. Please do more tutorials as you are so easy to follow and learn from. God bless from Colorado USA.
Very informative do you mind my asking if that is a shiny black cardstock or its just the light reflecting onto normal cardstock>?
Hi Milena, the card stock is a coated card and can be found here: claritystamp.com/products/black-coated-cardstock-a5-x25?_pos=1&_sid=cc78cebd4&_ss=r&variant=28537634817
Can you do this technique on Vellum?
Can this same method be done with embossing ink m mica powder?
Can I use mica powders to make Calligraphy inks?
Does this work with matt surfaced cards, please?
Do you need to seal these or add a binder or fixative?
Hi Timothy, I don't believe Barbara used a binder on this project.
I'm confused why you waited for the VersaMark dots to 'dry' and the stamp with VersaMark was 'powdered' right away? Why?
You wiped off with a tissue at the end. Is that to polish it to make it shimmer more. Also I’ve had a problem getting the mica to stay put It seems to rub off on me. What am I doing wrong?
Hi Roslyn
Barb uses the tissue to wipe off any excess around the design.
The mica powder might be coming off because it's either not stuck to the versamark properly or there isnt enough versamark to stick to. Make sure you load the stamp up, work fast to put the mica on the card then let the mica stick to the versamark.
Hopefully this helps.
Claritystamp wow thanks for such a fast answer to my question. I’ll give it a go
Clarity Worldwide on Facebook is also a great place to find help from fellow crafters like yourself
I am in lust! Do you have a North American distributer? Canada?
Hi Sherry
Delivery to the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand costs £9 per order (or £20 if the order includes heavy/bulky items such as card), which applies no matter how many items that you order. We feel this is fantastic value and hope you do too.
If you email our customer service team they should be able to help you.
info@claritystamp.com
Was only asking as the duty imposed here is often an unhappy surprise. Attempts to discover what it might be in advance is frustrating beyond belief.
what is the "indexing" on a stamp and how do you strip it? This needs to be explained to people who are not as experienced
I've noticed there are absolutely ZERO replies on this site
What is indexing?
The indexing is the blue colour that appears on all our stamps.
I love it!