Hello! Oh my goodness, I mulled over whether to post this! All I can say in its defence is that it is much prettier and very sparkly in real life, but isn't a great photo at all. I saw this interesting technique over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown called the Eraser Technique. It involves a piece of sand paper, a pencil and a rubber. There are a couple of links to show you how! I think Lucinda may have said that success depends on your eraser. I ended up raiding my daughter's exam pencil case because I couldn't really get it white. I'd reconciled myself to a silvery grey reindeer and he is much nicer in real life because he's covered in clear Wink of Stella. The background was made with a Tim Holtz burlap stencil.
There are some stunning examples of this technique. Sadly, this isn't one of them (ha ha!) It's difficult to resist a technique that uses sandpaper and is potentially messy though! Lots of fun!
Happy crafting, April xx
Nice card, thanks for joining 52 CCT.
ReplyDeleteThanks Hali! :-)
DeleteSo glad you posted! Love the background... looks great! Thanks so much for joining us this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.
ReplyDeleteYour card is lovely, don't run it down! I get the idea of the sparkle. It's a fun technique, isn't it and one I'd like to try again. Hope all is well. Thanks for joinng in at 52CCTx
ReplyDeleteThanks Alison! Yes, a great technique!! All well here, thanks. Hope you are ok xx
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