Seeing everyone's creativity is sooooooo inspiring! This is such a long thread and I have so many questions... Not sure if everyone is still active on the forum, but I hope noone minds me resurrecting this. If you've done this to your deck(s), basically i'm trying to figure out the best tips (Do's and DON'Ts). Please feel free to share. Thanks a million.
I used a variety of glitter and flake nail polishes and glitter glue. Some are plain colours, others are colour-change; there are even a few opalescents in there. From being a deck I couldn't stand to look at, it is now a maghnificent, glowing splendour. Pictures of the full deck are in my Flickr stream
here, and I blogged about it too (link in profile).
I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who hasn't taken the plunge yet. I'm only sad now because I don't have any other decks that are ugly enough to subject to the pimping process
Maybe I'll hire my services out as a professional blinger-of-decks!
Goodness gracious... you and many others on this thread are talented!
I'm using sharpie and plan to use a fixative at the end, I am not diluting the glitter glue, I am applying it and rubbing it on with the cap, and then using a paintbrush to smooth it out. I did another layer, here's a picture. The sharpie works well, but needs 2 coats.
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/BelovedK/DSC04102.jpg
if that link doesn't work, try this
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/BelovedK/DSC04102.jpg
I don't have any fancy markers or supplies laying around, so sharpies might be my weapon of choice
did it hold up? I don't have any fixative. Do you think it will stand up without fixative? How long did it take to color the borders for the whole deck?
I haven't tried embossing powders but it'd probably look nice. The problem is, even the thin nail polish makes the deck a lot thicker.
Did you ever end up using the embossing powder? I have some and am tempted to go this route, but wonder if it would take a lot of powder to do the whole deck, and... how well it would stand up to use ie. would the embossing crack from shuffling/bending.
I've got my tools all gathered:
- nail polish in 5 glitter colors and a non-glitter purple (a pimped out deck should have some purple in it somewhere!)
- Glitter Magic washable markers
- Sharpie fine point paint markers
- Permapaque fine line markers in metallic colors
- permanent ink markers in various colors
- bold color felt tip pens
- Bic Mark-It permanent markers in 36 colors
I don't just want to introduce bling, but also change/add some colors. I believe it was shadowdancer who gave some of the folks in the Robin Wood Tarot black hair with Sharpies. I want to give that a try with markers that won't run.
Rodney
In hindsight, do you recall which markers were the best to work with? do you know if the metallic painters would work well for the borders?
Guys 'n gals, throw away those glitter pens! This is the way to fly - it works beautifully. I didn't know what I was getting at the time, but this nail polish is called Stripe Rite & it's in a square tall bottle. The brush is real long & skinny so it's perfect for small places. The only problem I've had is it getting thick after a few cards - it needs to be thinned often or it will clump. I took this pic with the sun shining on the cards, hoping you would get the true glitter effect, but it's still not perfect.
When choosing the glitter nail polish, any tips? single color or multi-color? Have you tried adding glitter to a clear nail polish? I'm trying to work with what I already have on hand if I can.
Nail polish! I'm going to start on my new Mystic Dreamer tomorrow - glitter, opalescent...oh, this will be fun. And what about nail jewels? Many of them are flat.
Did the nail jewels work, or did they peel off easily? I am considering maybe sealing the nail jewel with a dab of super glue?
Tips anyone or does anyone have more pics? Kissa, if you're still active on the forum, holy cow that deck you pimped is a work of art!