Direct t'Rubba Pear with Colored Hot Melt Glue
Supplies
1. With Whiska Stippler, apply three or four different colors of Radiant Pearls to the Pear rubber stamp using a pouncing or stippling motion. The paint should be applied loosely; solid coverage is not necessary. Let the colors overlap each other. Press the stamp onto the middle of a large square of beige card stock. Coat the pear with coarse grind embossing powder and tap off the excess. Now, apply a coat of fine grind clear embossing powder, tap off the excess, and heat from underneath until all of the powder has melted into a smooth glassy surface.
2. Using a sweeping motion with a Whiska Stippler, apply a color of Radiant Pearls to the swirly background stamp. Stamp it onto the beige card stock, It is ok if it stamps on the pear. Sweep on more color and stamp again in another place on the paper. Continue this two or three more times, then change colors. The images can be stamped over each other. Turn the stamp at different angels. Continue with a third color of Radiant Pearls. Finally, coat with find grind clear embossing powder and tap off the excess. With the Swiper tool, scrape any powder that clings to the pear where you over stamped. Tap off the clumps. Heat the powder until it melts.
3. Apply three of four different colors of Radiant Pearls to the beige card stock using the Whiska Stippler in a swirling motion. This will color the beige background and the embossed areas will resist the Radiant Pearls.
4. Create a frame by internally cutting the card into a square about 3/8" larger than the pear.
5. Now, crop small square card right up to the pear, but keeping the card square.
6. Cut a piece of copper metallic card stock into a square that is ¼ " larger (all around) than the above frame.
7. Internally cut a square that is 1/8" larger than the opening of the marbled frame from the copper square.
8. From the fall-out of the copper frame, cut a square that is ¼" larger (all the way around) than the pear square.
9. Cut a square of black glossy paper that is 1/8" larger (all around) than the copper square.
10. Attach the marble frame to the copper frame.
11. Attach the small copper square to the center of the large black glossy square. Drizzle teal colored hot melt glue over and around it.
12. With a double layer of Pop-Dots, attach the marble/copper frame to the black card, centering over the copper square. A narrow gap of black glossy paper will be seen between the opening of the frame and the copper square.
13. Drizzle purple colored hot melt glue over the frame
14. With a single layer of Pop-Dots, attach the pear over the copper square