I found a quicker way to make glittered letters. Pam Garrison draws the letters on with a pencil, and paints in the shape with glue and a paintbrush, and then glitters. This is great for BIG letters, like the one she did above on a banner.
I rubber stamped the letters for this small banner, and then used the paintbrush/glue method to fill them in...
I've been working on a project that required lots of letters (about 2" tall), and I thought there must be a quicker way, so I tried this...I took a foam stamp...
put the glue directly on the stamp...
poured on the glitter...
shook it off...
a (fairly) perfect glitter letter! 10 seconds!
I did this on the kitchen counter, so I had a mixing bowl filled with warm soapy water in the sink, and I just tossed the stamps in the water after stamping. Clean up was simple. This saved me a TON of time...I hope I'm not the last one to know this! I'll show you my project tomorrow...
Wow! That's a great idea! Thank you so much for sharing this tip!!
Hugs,
Alecia
Posted by: Alecia | March 25, 2008 at 09:04 AM
Hi Suzanne! Thanks for the glitter letter tip. I always thought everyone was using chipboard letters...shows what I know. :o) Thanks for sharing! Oh, and by the way, I made your green bean casserole for Easter dinner. It was loved by all! Very yummy indeed! Thanks for that too.
-Karoline
Posted by: Karoline | March 25, 2008 at 01:23 PM
Can't wait to see what you are doing!
I made the green bean casserole and my family really liked it! We had some leftovers and I reheated it the next day and I swear it was even better then! Definitely a keeper! Thanks!
Posted by: Steph | March 25, 2008 at 02:32 PM
Love your technique! I was thinking you could do the stamps and then draw the little peaks on the letters like Pam uses all the time... would make that type of letter easier to do too.
Martha Stewart sells a glue in a ball point pen. Oh my goodness! It is my best friend!! you write a word.... glitter... and it is perfectly fine and pretty. You would love it!
Posted by: Heather {Pretty Petals} | March 25, 2008 at 02:39 PM
Wow what a great idea.
Anything simple that works is ideal.
Thanks for sharing
Alison
Posted by: Alison Gibbs | March 25, 2008 at 04:32 PM
Great tip. You may it look easy-peasy. I just may be the last one to know!!
Have a great evening!!
Robin/Southern Bella
Posted by: Robin | March 25, 2008 at 04:42 PM
Everything you do is wonderful Suzanne...can't wait to see the finished project!
Posted by: ann~vintage whisper | March 25, 2008 at 05:34 PM
OOH great tip THANKS for sharing!!!
Posted by: monicaa | March 25, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Good idea! Thinking of you often hope your having a great week! Take care my dear!! Love,Lori
Posted by: Lori | March 26, 2008 at 12:04 PM
OK! I love this idea! I just tried it and it worked so perfectly! So easy! Thanks so much for the info! I look forward for more blogging! Julie
Posted by: julie | March 29, 2008 at 08:59 PM
I just hope am also creative like you.. wonderful!
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