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Dimensional Magic
Linda Skirvin GigglesPan@aol.com
On the house mouse where they are drinking cocoa....I use the Mocha Dimensional Magic and the cocoa is real and wet looking. I also stamp a big daisy border using one stamp and masking so that they are all over a border and then I use the yellow Dimensional Magic and color the inside of the daisy with it. It looks as if the flowers are real. I use Lisa Howard's heart shape cardboard shapes to make pins from and sponge or stipple the background and then stamp whatever I'm stamping on the heart and then I seal it with the clear Dimensional Magic instead of trying to laminate that thick heart! It is great looking and shinny!
On the house mouse where they are drinking cocoa....I use the Mocha Dimensional Magic and the cocoa is real and wet looking. I also stamp a big daisy border using one stamp and masking so that they are all over a border and then I use the yellow Dimensional Magic and color the inside of the daisy with it. It looks as if the flowers are real. I use Lisa Howard's heart shape cardboard shapes to make pins from and sponge or stipple the background and then stamp whatever I'm stamping on the heart and then I seal it with the clear Dimensional Magic instead of trying to laminate that thick heart! It is great looking and shinny!
Coast Art Stamps artbyamy@kiski.net
I embossed flowers on a little balsa wood box, colored with marvys, and then put the Dimensional magic on the flowers (not the leaves). It came out really pretty! The only thing is you have to press the box lid down on the inked stamp. If you press the stamp down on the lid it will break the box. Not good.
I embossed flowers on a little balsa wood box, colored with marvys, and then put the Dimensional magic on the flowers (not the leaves). It came out really pretty! The only thing is you have to press the box lid down on the inked stamp. If you press the stamp down on the lid it will break the box. Not good.
Leslie Callahan Ryan lcallaha@tuc.com
Any tips you have for 3D Crystal Laquer should apply. They seem to be the same product except from what I read, the Dimensional Magic is thinner or runnier. Suggest you create a hole in the top with a safety pin rather than cut off the tip. You can always make the hole bigger if you find the hole is too small!
Any tips you have for 3D Crystal Laquer should apply. They seem to be the same product except from what I read, the Dimensional Magic is thinner or runnier. Suggest you create a hole in the top with a safety pin rather than cut off the tip. You can always make the hole bigger if you find the hole is too small!
Maureen M Miyakawa maureenm@hawaii.edu
I was just fooling around, since you got me thinking about this stuff again. I used a stencil, colored it in (embossing is optional), removed the stencil, then anywhere there's color, I used the Magic. For large areas, you can fill in the whole area straight from the bottle, pushing the liquid around with the tip of the bottle. If you have a smaller area, I put a dot of magic, then push it around the colored area with a needle tool (straight pin will do, or anything else with a fine tip). Take your time and work on a flat, level surface. If you get too much magic, it might run into other areas and you'll just have a big blob. If you're afraid of blobbing, work on one area, then let it dry before moving on, or jump to an area far from the wet area. (Does that make sense?) Working on stenciled or mosaic designs is easiest because there are distinct areas with space already between them. If you want to magic a regular picture, just magic areas where you want 3D, leaving small spaces between areas to keep from blobbing. Another thing, thin papers will tend to buckle under the liquid, so Plaid instructs you to brush a thin layer of decoupage glue over your project to keep the magic from soaking the paper. I suppose you could use a spray sealer or something like that. Still confused? I'd be happy to send you a couple of examples along with the actual mosaic paper from Plaid if you send me your snail mail address. Sorry this is so long, I never teach anybody how to do anything! =} BTW, if you've ever heard of Comotion's Crystal Laquer, this is just like it.
I was just fooling around, since you got me thinking about this stuff again. I used a stencil, colored it in (embossing is optional), removed the stencil, then anywhere there's color, I used the Magic. For large areas, you can fill in the whole area straight from the bottle, pushing the liquid around with the tip of the bottle. If you have a smaller area, I put a dot of magic, then push it around the colored area with a needle tool (straight pin will do, or anything else with a fine tip). Take your time and work on a flat, level surface. If you get too much magic, it might run into other areas and you'll just have a big blob. If you're afraid of blobbing, work on one area, then let it dry before moving on, or jump to an area far from the wet area. (Does that make sense?) Working on stenciled or mosaic designs is easiest because there are distinct areas with space already between them. If you want to magic a regular picture, just magic areas where you want 3D, leaving small spaces between areas to keep from blobbing. Another thing, thin papers will tend to buckle under the liquid, so Plaid instructs you to brush a thin layer of decoupage glue over your project to keep the magic from soaking the paper. I suppose you could use a spray sealer or something like that. Still confused? I'd be happy to send you a couple of examples along with the actual mosaic paper from Plaid if you send me your snail mail address. Sorry this is so long, I never teach anybody how to do anything! =} BTW, if you've ever heard of Comotion's Crystal Laquer, this is just like it.