Fabulous Fru Fru by Marjie Brandeen
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Supply List:
 Fru-Fru
Mini-Matts
in black
Non-Stick
Craft Sheet
Heat Tool
Tweezers
Micro Beads
Thick Clear
Embossing Powder
Thick Black
Embossing Powder
Electric
griddle (skillet) (325 to 350 degrees temp control)
Embossing
Ink Pad = Black ink (or dark color) is best.
Optional:
Gold or
Silver Krylon Paint Pen
Pin backings
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Fru-Fru is inconsistent in size and
thickness. You'll discover this as you go. For MAXIMUM BEAUTY, you
want to work with ONE FLAKE AT A TIME.
Pull out a flake with your tweezers and look at it. Can you see that
it may be folded in half? UNfold it and flatten the crease with your
fingernail. This is how you want it to be when you place it on the
hot Black THICK EMBOSSING POWDER. Do you notice that some flakes are
thicker than others? There is no guarantee what color it will turn
but the really thick flakes 'may' tend to stay an opal and the
thinner flakes give the best color burst.
When you are ready to add the Fru-Fru you will assist it's placement
with the tweezers but try to NOT get the tweezers in the thick
embossing powder or they will not behave very nice for the next dip.
If you get embossing powder on the tweezers, let them cool and pick
it off with your fingers.
As you place the Fru-Fru, you can place one flake on top of or
overlapping another flake. What you DO NOT want to do is get in a
hurry and place a 'clump' on the piece because 'clumps' will not
color burst, they stay milky. So one flake at a time is your goal
for a really pretty result. |
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Directions: |
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Step 1
Lay your non-stick craft sheet on the electric griddle. Turn on
your electric griddle to 350 degrees. Cover the Mini-Matt piece with
black (or dark) embossing INK. This is easiest to achieve by laying
the Mini-Matt ON the ink pad; press a few times, check it for
coverage. Use your tweezers to dip the inked Mini-Matt into the
BLACK thick embossing powder for overall coverage. Lay the Mini-Matt
on the hot craft sheet, granule-side-UP.
Wait. The black thick embossing powder needs to melt. When it is
shiny, it has melted. Do not turn up the griddle; you need to be a
little patient. You can speed it up with a LOW blowing heat tool but
not right away; give it time to melt on it's own, first. If using a
power-blast type heat tool, you need to keep it far from the THICK
EMBOSSING POWDER granules or you'll just blow them off.
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Step 2
Once the Black THICK EMBOSSING POWDER has melted, you will want
to spoon on MORE Black THICK EMBOSSING POWDER. Be generous but not
ridiculously so. You DO want a good build up of the Black. The THICK
EMBOSSING POWDER will likely melt off the sides of the Mini-Matt a
little bit but you don't want a flowing river of it, either. |
This second layer of Black THICK EMBOSSING POWDER will take a little
longer to melt and this is the place where I like to use a heat tool
to speed it along, after it gets a head start on melting on it's own
from the griddle heat. Remember, even with the LOW-blowing heat
tool, to hold it far back from the Mini-Matt piece at
first so you don't blow the THICK EMBOSSING POWDER off.
Note: the larger the Mini-Matt, the longer it takes for all the
THICK EMBOSSING POWDER to melt.
Smaller pieces will melt very quickly.
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Step 3
Now you have 2 happy layers of BLACK THICK EMBOSSING POWDER and
it's TIME FOR FRU-FRU!! Remember to pick your flakes and work with
ONE at a time for maximum beauty and color burst effect! Keep your
tweezers out of the hot glaze, if possible. Clean tweezers
immediately (when cooled). Place ALL the Fru-Fru FIRST, then add the
gold or silver micro beads and any other desired embellishment. |
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Step 4
With all Fru-Fru and embellishments placed, it's time to add the
CLEAR THICK EMBOSSING POWDER.
Spoon on the CLEAR THICK EMBOSSING POWDER, just as you did with the
second layer of Black. Let it melt on it's own a bit, then speed up
with heat tool, if desired. |
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Add a second layer of CLEAR THICK
EMBOSSING POWDER. Let this second layer of clear melt
completely, speeding up if desired. |
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Use your tweezers to nudge and 'scoot' your Mini-Matt across the
non-stick sheet a little ways. The excess THICK EMBOSSING POWDER is
going to fall away from the Mini-Matt.
Removing your piece: using two hands so you keep the Mini-Matt flat
and steady, grab a corner of the craft sheet and slide it to the
edge of the griddle so it hangs off a bit, making it cooler and
getting a good |
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hold on the edge of the sheet. You should also be
able to grab another corner on the other side, lifting it from the
griddle. Be careful, don't burn yourself. |
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Move the hot sheet to a flat surface. Your Mini-Matt piece will cool
quite quickly. A minute should be all it takes. Nudge the edge of
the Mini-Matt with your finger until it pops free from the sheet.
Put the craft sheet back on the griddle to do the edge finishing in
step 5, coming up. |
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Step4A
Trim the Excess Fru-Fru off of the sides.
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Step 5
Hold your cooled Mini-Matt piece with an edge of it
perpendicular to the hot craft sheet on the griddle. This will heat
and melt the edge to make it very smooth. Turn the piece and hold
another edge, etc. If working with an oval Mini-Matt, this is easily
accomplished by rocking the piece back and forth, slowly. Let the
piece cool and use a Krylon Paint Pen to edge, if desired. Attach a
pin backing or magnet to the back. Don’t forget to SIGN your art!! |
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PLEASE RESPECT COPYRIGHT LAWS
These instructions have been provided as a courtesy. You are not
authorized to distribute this in electronic, printed or written form
without written permission from the author. Copyright © Marjie
Brandeen
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