Stickles Class is here!

pebbles831 · Post by **pebbles831** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:07 pm

Here!

Renee · Post by **Renee** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:07 pm

I'm here!

MLee · Post by **MLee** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:08 pm

I'm here and I have multiple types of stickles by my side.

Miss Daisy-NC · Post by **Miss Daisy-NC** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:08 pm

I'm here!!!!

Kimandasmo · Post by **Kimandasmo** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:10 pm

Types

Here is an example of the different types of Stickles side by side....photographing Stickles is not an easy task...but I hope you can see the differences.

The regular stickles have a much smaller tip on the bottle and the color is much more concentrated. The Ice stickles have a very airy feeling about them. Their color is not as intense as any of the other Stickles the pieces of glitter in these are much larger than any of the other Stickles. . Glitz Stickles are just that glittzy... Distress Stickles come in shades to match the Tim Holtz Distress inks and are not at all shiny. I Love them because they add bling without adding shine...they are like a matte glitter if that makes sense.

sls9663 · Post by **sls9663** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:11 pm

Wow, I love stickles!!! I can't get enough of them.

Kimandasmo · Post by **Kimandasmo** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:12 pm

Tips

I have that the best way to store Stickles is upside down. It helps to keep the tips from clogging as easily. There are a few different ways that I have seen to do this. I have mine velcroed to the bottom edges of a spice rack. A friend has hers velcroed to a cookie sheet that she has tied to one of her shelves, and I love Scrapprincess18's idea to velcro them to one of the acrylic frames.

Keep a needle close by, especially when working with regular Stickles, because of the smaller tip sometimes pieces pf glitter will get stuck. I use a needle/pin to push them back down the spout. Sometimes you will have to do this more than once, but it is well worth it.

I also keep a small piece of plain paper on my desk and I tap the Stickles top down on that each time before I use them and often while I am using them, this keeps them from "burping" as often and causing you to have boo-boo's.

But should you happen to have a little "creative " mess up. Q-tips work wonders for cleaning up, I always have some within reach.

Your best bet when working with Stickles is to work from the top of your page down, and right to left ( unless you are a lefty of course). This helps you to avoid smearing the wet Stickles and making you mad.

Drying time--- drying time varies..but it can be fairly quick. I tend to let my projects sit a few hours before touching them. I use Stickles alot and I have a fan that can be set to face down and I place my layouts under it....my dh calls it my drying fan.

Miss Daisy-NC · Post by **Miss Daisy-NC** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:13 pm

thanks for showing the different types

Heidi1154 · Post by **Heidi1154** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:14 pm

I am here but late!
Sorry!!!

ncokely · Post by **ncokely** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:14 pm

Just certain colors of mine clog:?

averys_mom · Post by **averys_mom** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:15 pm

Just wanted to say that I am here also! Big Stickles fan!!!

SBcrazee · Post by **SBcrazee** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:15 pm

great tips!

Kimandasmo · Post by **Kimandasmo** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:16 pm

I have some colors that clog more than others as well..... I think it is the size of the glitter in that color sometimes if you roll the bottle back and forth in your hans a bunch of times to "warm" it up that does help......also maybe holding over a light bulb for a few seconds as well.....but not tooo long.

Kimandasmo · Post by **Kimandasmo** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:17 pm

Layouts and Techniques

Fro each layout I will be showing you how I embellished each different element and then the completed layout.
Layout 1-- I used Lemon I Ice Stickles, Lime Ice Stickles, Warm Lipstick Distress Stickles, and Turquoise Stickles along with the Fancy Pants Kraft-Kuts.

I started by choosing which pieces I was going to use on my layout and I decided on the sun, the tree and the rainbow.

mandee · Post by **mandee** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:17 pm

Hi I have a quick question and don't mean to sound stupid, but don't you mean you should work left to right if you are a righty. If you work right to left then your palm could mess stuff up. ????? Thanks

lpap0807 · Post by **lpap0807** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:17 pm

I'm a little late, but I'm here!

Kimandasmo · Post by **Kimandasmo** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:18 pm

started by embellishing my sun. I used the Lemon I Ice Stickles for this piece. My first step was to outline the inner circle on the sun like so.

I then outlined all of the "rays' and lastly add dots to the center of the sun. I followed the pattern of the paper and added rows of dots at the intersecting lines.

Then I set it aside to dry.

Kimandasmo · Post by **Kimandasmo** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:19 pm

My next piece was the tree. For this I used Lime Ice Stickles and Warm Lipstick Distress stickles.

I started by wanted to fill in all of the green area wit the lime Stickles. When working on such a large area I always outline the area I am working first and then fill it in.

When filling it in I put the tip of the stickles to the paper and with a small amount of pressure I work in circular motions between my outlines.

After I had that part filled in I wanted to work on the pink trees a little. For the left tree I followed criss cross design of the paper and skipped every other line . working vertically only..like so

and for the right sided tree I placed a small dot on each of the lighter pink dots of the tree.

jazzyscrapper · Post by **jazzyscrapper** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:20 pm

Raced home from work and I am here!

Kimandasmo · Post by **Kimandasmo** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:20 pm

yes Mandy-- that would be correct--- sorry about the wording.