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Microscope Slide Ornament
Amy McIntire
Trailblazers
Paper Arts & Multi Media
Designer
Glass microscope slides are a very versatile item. One unique project that can
be created with them is an ornament. You can collage things in between two of
them and/or place neat techniques on the top. They are then “sealed up” with
copper tape and can be left alone as is; or after taping with the copper tape,
they can be soldered together with a soldering tool or faux soldered by using a
metallic or black colored embossing powder/UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel)
and a embossing heat tool.
For
this project, I used the faux solder technique after using the copper tape.
Supplies:
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Snowflake stamp
(Stampin’ Up! – Good Times)
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Sepia Archival ink
(Ranger Industries)
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StazOn Jet Black ink (Tuskineko)
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Versamark stamp pad (Tuskineko)
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Loft Bias Plaid paper
(Chatterbox); Cut to size: 1” x 1 ¼”
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“Cameo” Burlap Textured
cardstock (Bazzill); 2 pieces cut to size: 1” x ¾”
•
“Pear” Burlap Textured
cardstock (Bazzill)
•
Two glass microscope
slides
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Copper tape (Sunday
International – TAC)
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Copper metal (Making
Memories); Cut to size: 1” x 3”
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“Snowflake” word sticker
(Colorbök)
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Ultra Thick Embossing
Enamel – Clear (Ranger Industries)
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Ultra fine embossing
powder – Black (Ranger Industries)
•
Embossing powder –
Sliver (Ranger Industries)
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Pearl-Ex powder – Macro
Pearl (Jacquard)
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Heat tool (Marvy Uchida)
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Large pop tab
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2- Pieces of large weave
mesh - used in rug hooking (JoAnn Fabrics); Cut to size: ¾” x 1 ½” and ¾” x ¾”
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Adhesive (Zots)
Instructions:
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Take the trimmed
copper sheet piece and adhere it to the front side of one of the glass
slides. Cut the “snowflake” sticker in half – so it reads “Snow” “Flake”.
Place the two stickers onto two small pieces of the Cameo cardstock and ink
the sides with sepia colored ink. Set the second glass slide on top creating
a “sandwich” effect.
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Firmly hold the two
slide pieces together and take the copper tape and wrap it around the sides
and edges of the pushed together slides. Doing this seals in the collaged
contents and keeps the two slides in place when doing the faux soldering
technique. Set aside.
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Stamp a snowflake
image onto Pear cardstock, embellish with Pearl-Ex powder and cut around the
edges. Cut a small piece of the plaid paper and layer it with a cut piece of
mesh (¾” x ¾”) and the stamped snowflake, this creates the mini tile.
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Take this tile piece
and stamp it onto the Versamark inkpad, sprinkle UTEE onto it and melt the
granules with the heat tool. Repeat this process for a total of three coats
of UTEE; remember to cool in between UTEE layers.
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After tile piece
cools, ink the sides with Versamark and lightly coat with black embossing
powder, and then heat set.
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Do the same process
in step 4 for the collaged slides using the silver embossing powder, and
then heat set.
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Adhere the snowflake
tile, ¾” x 1 ½” mesh piece and green ribbon onto the center of the slide.
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To finish off the
ornament, take large pop tab and ink with Versamark ink, sprinkle with a
mixture of black and silver embossing powders and then heat set. Adhere this
to the top center edge of the decorated slide.
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