After taking a 15 year break from card making, the
products used and coming out now are so different than what I had. So, I’ve been watching several summit videos,
teaching videos and just learning as I go.
I bought a few pastes at a Scrapbook Convention in April and thought I
would try them out.
Well, they were nice, but I certainly needed to learn to
have a little bit of a lighter hand on using them!!
But I see so many wonderful cards with pastes and mousse
and waxes and on and on and on. I just
needed practice, but did not put much effort into it.
Until one day, I saw where something called Solar Paste
(by Simon Hurley) was coming out. I
watched a video about it and loved how it looked on dark cardstock. I went to my local stamping store and bought
2 colors (Overheated, Golden Hour and Beluga).
I brought them home and was excited to try them. Well, again, I need to learn to have a
lighter hand and tape my stencil down better.
But the look with these really had me excited to learn
more. So, I started watching more videos
and learned quickly that I needed better tools if covering an entire
stencil. I also learned that I could use
them with a paint brush or even my fingers (just clean off quickly afterwards).
Nicki Baxley (of nickiheartscards) did a video on “5 Ways
to Use Solar Paste for Paper Crafts” and it gave me an idea. I got out my Altenew flower stencils, chose
one and came up with this idea. The
first try:
And then I tried a few more ways:
Once I saw this, I was in LOVE. Here are a few things I have been using Solar
Paste on lately (and yes, I now have all 6 colors). Still pictures do not do this justice as
these are just gorgeous and shimmery.
I am loving this and see myself using this A LOT. I am signed up for a Simon Hurley class
during SBC Fest (sponsored by Scrapbook.com).
His class has solar paste as a supply, so I can’t wait to try out his
ideas.
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