Shimmer and Glimmer and lots of yummy texture

                    Happy August 1st everyone! 

For today's post I am all about the texture,glimmer and sparkle factors. My mixed media journal cover needed a facelift , so this is what I did...

To begin,I liberally scraped gesso over entire cover-then went back with my Catalyst Wedge (which I won from Stampendous!!watch for upcoming post)  using the serrated edge and made texture-
                                   mmmmm-lovely-texture

 Next, I pulled out some DecoArt Glamour Dust and tossed into the wet gesso and waited for it to dry 

 After the gesso was dry, out came the Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays- mmmm yummy sparkle and shimmer~in Delphinium Turquoise & Wild Honeysuckle Coral
 ... with a spritz spritz here... and a spritz spritz there...and a tra la la la la... that's how we play our day away...in the merry old land of Oz! (sorry got carried away with the tune! teeeheehee)

Now comes the Cathedral Rouen Stencil by Artistcellar. 
Added to this this stencil,a generous layer of Liquitex Glass Bead Texture Gel Medium- mmmm-more texture & shine!

After this dried in the sun for about an hour- I went back to the table and pulled out the Twinks! 

Yup, the twinks are where the shimmer and shine are at!! 
                         All that mica yumminess! 
 Twinks,if you are not familiar, is short for Twinkling H2O's-

  I know I usually list all of my colors used, but, there were sooooooo many...if you really need to know a color- leave me a comment or email me and I'll be happy to check on it for you! ")

 After the twinks, next in line for shimmer and shine was the Viva Precious Metal Effect Paint~Orange Yellow. Using a stiff brush,I swiped this over the glass beads. Then with my fingers, I added another layer of shimmer and shine with Golden Interference Violet ...on the edges of the raised stencil sides.

 For the final layer- more- spritzs and splashes to bring all the colors some warmth,using Lindy's Starbursts  ~Cajun Carnelian Red, Red Hot Poker Orange, Glory of the Seas Gold

With all this yumminess of texture shimmer and shine- 
                 I just had to bombard you with close -ups! ")

 

Thanks so much for stopping! 

and BTW...if you were here last week looking for my Friday post...OOOPS! I forgot to post it as I was elbow deep in veggies- I'll add it to another upcoming post! 

Jackie ")