...the continuing saga of the Pearl Ex. I was rearranging a few drawers today and pulled out the Pearl Ex container and the gum arabic I bought to use with them. While googling both of them for some ideas, I came across a real winner-You can turn it into embossing powder! On the Jacquard forum about pearl ex, they talked about it. Proportions are a little iffy. I'd start with a 1/2 tsp. of clear EP and then gradually add the color PE until you like the look of it then emboss it to see what the color looks like.
If doing several colors on one piece of paper like mine, start with the darkest color and work to the lights. I did the opposite so had to redo the yellow at the end. It is all very messy and sticks to the previously embossed areas so brush it off. You can see how the flowers picked up the greens, etc. It gets all over the background but won't heat set if it is just on the paper. Have a swiffer cloth standing by to wipe away the excess powder from the background.
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It is more shimmery than glossy like the clear EP would be on its own. I mixed up some colors with the gum arabic and brushed that on everything, too. Then added some black lines back into it. Too bad you really can't see the shimmer. But the PE is not rubbing off.
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I'll definitely be trying this again, I was thinking I needed to buy some pretty EP colors. When I was finished, I dumped the mixes back in the Pearl Ex jars. A little binder can't hurt it!
Forgot to add the link to their instructions.
http://www.jacquardproducts.com/assets/ ... ctions.pdf