Quick projects

 

 

I've done a few of these extra sparkly kits lately as quick projects. The reason they are extra sparkly is because rather than being a solid colour the dots have a silver backing and are opaque - more like rhinestones. 

 

These projects are on a sturdy plastic backing board and one of the issues I've found is that the whole of the board is sticky but the design doesn't cover the whole board, meaning the edges are likely to attract dust and pet dander. You can see in the image below the middle gnome's hat only has diamond dots to be stuck on the red area but the clear plastic around it is also sticky.

With the singing gnomes design I attempted firstly to cover the blank spaces with glitter but that distorted the image. Because I sprinkled it on some of the glitter ended up where it wasn't wanted, so for example one of the gnomes has a pinkish face because some of the red glitter ended up on the silver area.

In the image below you can see where I first tried using glitter on the right hand side. I used blue glitter on the gnome's hat and green on the gnome's slove so the colour is denser but the outline is not as sharp. On the left-hand side where I've used mineral powder eyeshadow, the background colour is faded. This design has diamond dots only on one side.

For the gecko I poured silver coloured pearlescent mineral eyeshadow all over which worked really well but a little too well in that it also covered up the backing colour on the design.

For the bee, I just dabbed on some gold eyeshadow on the areas where it wouldn't cover the design - mostly just the wings and legs - especially as the bee had some extra details which were non-dotted. These suncatchers are double-sided with designs and dots on both sides. I'm very happy with how the bee turned out.

I love these little projects, they are quick to do and make great gifts but if anyone has tips on how to handle the excess sticky areas I'd love to hear about it.