Tonight I had fun trying to replicate the Eye Shadow Technique that Gina K. shared in this video. My eyes are pretty much allergic to everything, so I have no eye make-up in my house, so I had to stop by the Dollar Tree and pick some up, so I could give it a try. I grabbed the same one that Gina used and one with lots of purples. The light colors work best on the darker cardstock colors to get the cool effect with Gina K. Designs Embossing ink.
I started with a dark green scrap of cardstock and blooms from Gina K. Designs Elegant Asters.
Next I tried red cardstock with flowers from Gina K. Designs Stately Flowers 10 … this one was my favorite.
And my final one was Purple cardstock with the new Gina K. Designs Natural Silhouette Blooms.
Here are all three together.
I kept the cards really simple so the backgrounds could shine. The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Whimsical Wildflower Frame.
I used another sentiment from the same set for the red card.
Then for the purple card, for some reason, the eye shadow rubbed off and I got this sort of shadow effect. Rather than fighting it, I embraced it.
I just burnished the eye shadow into the cardstock and stamped the same wildflower stamp directly onto the background.
The sentiment is from the same Gina K. Designs Natural Silhouette Set.
So if you've got some great 80's eye shadow in your stash (or you make a stop at the Dollar Tree) give this technique a try … it was a lot of fun … and looks super-shimmery-cool.