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Perfect Pearls: Shimmering Mist

By: Marti Wills for Pezadoodle Designs

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You can learn how to make your own shimmering mist to use on scrapbook backgrounds and homemade cards with this handy video tutorial from Marti Wills. This technique allows you to transform any paper you have into glittery, shimmering paper! These paper techniques will take your paper supply so much farther!

Shimmering Mist

Materials:

Perfect Pearls Mica Powder by Ranger – multiple colors
Dye Reinker – any color(s)
Cardstock
Patterned Paper
Mini mister of water

Video:

Instructions:

Fill your mini mister ¾ full with plain water.
Add a scoop of Perfect Pearls Mica Powder about the size of a small pea.
Mix well and mist over patterned paper or plain cardstock for a mist of colorful shimmer ONLY.
Add any color Dye Reinker to the mixture for shimmer + color – the more reinker you add the darker your color will be.
Mix well and mist over cardstock.
Paper may curl some when wet but will settle back down once dry.