Technique – Mica Shapes™
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This technique is easy, quick and a very nice gift or gift tag for
holiday packages. Because the mica and color is transparent, lights will
glisten through the colors. These ornaments would not only look nice on
the tree, but also inserted into holiday scrapbook pages, used as gift
tags or even a greeting card. A small photo can even be used in the center!
- Mica Shapes™
- 1 – Ring
– Large
- 4 – Rings
– Medium
- Piñata
Colors
- Lime Green
- Chili Pepper
Red
- Sunbright Yellow
- Ribbon
- Red for bow
- Gold for hanging
- Great Tape
- Krylon Pen
– gold
- Appliqate
& Handy Clip
- Studio Paper
- Separate the single large
Mica Shape™ Ring into 2 pieces.
- Separate the 4 medium-sized
Rings into 3 pieces each – yield
12
- Attach one small Appliqate™
to a Handy Clip™, or use a cotton
swab per color
- Line up the medium sized
rings onto Studio Paper™ – in
this order
- 3 for green
- 3 for red
- 6 for yellow
- Daub some Krylon
Pen ink onto the Studio Paper™.
- Dribble 3 drops of color
on a ring.
- Pick up a tiny bit of
Krylon ink onto the Appliqate
and daub it into the Piñata Color.
It will marbleize the Ring.
- Follow steps 6 & 7
for each ring.
- When dry, use scissors
to slice half-way through each medium sized Ring.
- Slide them onto one large
Ring, in a pleasing order.
- Attach the second large
Ring to the back of the piece, stabilizing
the smaller Rings, and to neaten the back
of the ornament.
- Use the Great
Tape™ to firmly hold it in place.
- Attach a pretty ribbon
and cord for hanging.
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