April's Review	Chris' Review	Tammy's Review	Stephanie's Review	Pomaika`i's Review

Review by April

Golden Artist Colors, Inc. has been providing the world with professional grade acrylic paint and materials for almost 30 years now. ScrapFriends recently reviewed Design Originals' book "Transfers and Altered Images by Chris Cozen", and all of the projects and beautiful creations in it were created using Golden products. Golden generously provided us with a set of unique gel mediums to help with our review of the above book and in this review we are going to focus specifically on each of the Golden gel medium products!

For the Golden Gel Medium review I received:

• One jar of Soft Gel (Gloss)
• One jar of Heavy Gel (Gloss)
• One jar of Clear Tar Gel
• One jar of Glass Bead Gel
• One jar of Crackle Paste
• One jar of Light Molding Paste

Each of the gel medium jars contain approximately 2 fl oz./60 ml. The main portion of the jar is transparent so you can see the product inside, and the screw on lids are white and easy to open and close. All of the jar labels list directions, and health and safety information, except for the crackle paste which contained health and safety information only. The Soft Gel (gloss) works as a great glue for collaging, is ideal for creating glazes by itself or mixed with other acrylics, and can be used as a technique when transparency is desired. The Heavy Gel (gloss) has a thicker consistency, and can be used to blend with colors to increase body. This gel is great for holding peaks, and also dries translucent. The Clear Tar Gel is a colorless gel that has a tar-like feel, has a resinous and threadlike consistency, and can be used to create fine detailed lines when dripping it over surfaces with a palette knife or similar tool. You can also blend the tar gel with other acrylic colors. The Glass Bead Gel has a rough texture with a heavy body gel thickness that can hold peaks. Golden makes it with genuine glass beads, and says it has the visual effect like that of condensation on cold glass. Depending on how you hold it in the light, it adds a beautiful shimmering touch to your projects. The Light Molding Paste can be used to build thick layers of acrylic and is designed to hold stiff peaks to create a highly textured surface. It dries to an opaque, white matte finish, and can be blended with other acrylic colors. Golden's Crackle Paste is a thick, cracking material that is designed to cultivate deep fissure-like cracks as it cures. If used alone it dries opaque, but you can also apply acrylic color on top of it after drying or mix it in with the crackle paste before application.

For my first project I decided to decorate a 10" x 8" canvas. I started by applying a thick coat of light molding paste and then I used a popsicle stick to doodle and create different textures all over the canvas. I really enjoyed working with the light molding paste. Not only was it easy to move around, but it dried in less than an hour and just plain looked cool! I created a few different glazes using acrylic paints, some mixed with soft gel gloss and some with heavy gel gloss, and then applied them to different areas of the canvas. After letting them soak in for a few minutes I used a paper towel to rub off some of the color. I wanted everything to look really soft. The blue cloud area is where I used the mixture of acrylic paint and heavy gel medium and you can see that the color is slightly darker and richer in this area. I used a charcoal pencil to outline the various doodled shapes and then used my finger to blend and soften the outline. To complete the project, I added a chipboard title, some washi tape, glitter glue, and I used dimensional pearls to create the grass and color the flower stem. I was extremely impressed with the light molding paste and I will definitely be using it more often on my projects!

Title: Art Is My Soul At Play
Products used:
Gel Mediums (Golden: Light Molding Paste, Heavy Gel Gloss, & Soft Gel Gloss)
Canvas (Hobby Lobby)
Semi Gloss Acrylic Paints (Ranger: Claudine Hellmuth Studio)
Glitter Glue (Ranger)
Chipboard (Basic Grey)
Washi Tape (Kodomo)
Dimensional Pearls (Ranger)
Glitter Pens (Sakura)
Charcoal Pencil (Monolith)

I decorated a plain wooden framed mirror for my second project. First, I created a thin glaze using some acrylic paints and a small amount of soft gel gloss. I used this glaze to paint all of the wood. After it dried, I applied a swirl mask on two of the corners and then used a palette knife to spread clear tar gel over the open areas. I also used the palette knife to drip more tar gel around the other edges of the frame and then put the project aside to let everything dry. It did not take very long for the clear tar gel to dry and I lifted off the masks to find cute looking clear swirls. I then applied a purple halo gold metallic paint all over the frame and after it dried I used a paper towel to burnish the clear tar gel. This made the tar gel doodles stand out more and helped the clear shiny surface re-appear. I used a glitter pen to color the masked tar gel swirls so they would stand out even more. To finish the piece, I added flowers, rub ons, a spray painted mask bird, and lots of glitter glue. The clear tar gel was easy to use and I can't wait to experiment more with it.

Title:New Beginnings
Products used:
Gel Mediums (Golden: Clear Tar Gel, & Soft Gel Gloss)
Wooden Mirror (IKEA)
Semi Gloss Acrylic Paints (Ranger: Claudine Hellmuth Studio)
Metallic Paint (Jaquard Lumiere)
Flowers (Prima)
Glitter Pens (Sakura)
Bird & Swirl Masks (Heidi Swapp)
Glitter Glue (Ranger)
Bird Mask (Heidi Swapp)
Rub Ons (Daisy D's)

For my last project, I started by painting a white textured frame with a pretty lavender color I concocted using acrylic paints. I then added a layer of crackle paste to the top and bottom portion of the frame and left it to dry overnight. Unfortunately, nothing ever happened and I ended up with a plain white texturized coat on the top and bottom of the frame. I thought I had applied the crackle paste as directed, however apparently when they say apply a thick coat they seriously mean a thick coat. I sanded the areas down and decided to try again. This time though, I went ahead and mixed my crackle paste with a thinned acrylic glaze I had created so if the cracks did not appear I at least had some color and texture to work with. After drying overnight, the cracks I had originally tried for appeared and I was extremely pleased with the look. Although it did look great, the negative in my opinion, was that I ended up having to use almost the entire jar of crackle paste in to apply it thick enough to achieve the crackle result. I did like the product and would probably use it again, however I would reserve it for use on extremely special projects.

I wanted to dress up a couple of die cut and paper flowers to use on the frame, so I decided to coat them all with glass bead gel. This product was super cool and after drying resulted in the look of dew kissed flowers. The glass bead gel took less than 30 minutes to dry and made the flowers very sturdy. I especially liked the look of the glass beaded paper flowers and I'm anxious to apply the glass bead gel to a variety of other scrapbooking embellishments as well as photos.

Title:With All of My Heart
Products used:
Gel Mediums (Golden: Glass Bead Gel, & Crackle Paste)
Gesso (Golden)
Frame (Bazzill)
Semi Gloss Acrylic Paints (Ranger: Claudine Hellmuth Studio)
Glitter Glue (Ranger)
Die Cuts (Fancy Pants)
Flowers (Prima)
Plastic embellishments (Fancy Pants)
Rub Ons (October Afternoon)
Brads (Making Memories)
Button (Daisy D's)
Distress Ink (Ranger)
Alcohol Ink (Ranger)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Permanent Bond Glue Runner)

I had a wonderful time playing with all of the Golden gel mediums and I will definitely be using them more often on all my projects. I tried to create artsy projects that would also show scrapbookers how they can easily incorporate any of these gel mediums on their layouts. The heavy and soft gel (glosses) are perfect for creating unique paint glazes and extending acrylic paints. They can also be used as a great adhesive when layering 3-D embellishments or layered papers. The glass bead gel looks fantastic on embellishments and photo transfers, and really adds a unique look to projects. Even though you have to use quite a bit of the crackle paste to get great results, it's basically a one step process that allows you to add a gorgeous distressed look to your projects. The clear tar gel can be used to create a variety of fun embellishment designs, dries fast, and is easy to use. Last but not least, my absolute favorite product was the light molding paste. I can see myself buying this in large quantities and using it frequently. It provides a great way to add depth and dimension to all sorts of art projects and the fact that it dries so quickly has me reeling. All of the Golden gel mediums are excellent in quality and joy to use!

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Review by Chris

Golden Artist Colors, Inc., not only manufactures an outstanding artist quality line of acrylic paints, they also produce an excellent line of gel mediums and pastes to accompany them. Both gel mediums and pastes can be used to create texture and can be used as is or mixed with acrylic paints to provide a colored texture base. The clear gels can also be used to transfer images onto other surfaces. The addition of gel mediums and pastes will add depth and dimension to any project.

I received four gels: soft gel (gloss), heavy gel (gloss), glass bead gel, and clear tar gel. I also received two pastes: crackle paste and light molding paste. The gels dry clear or translucent; the pastes dry opaque. All six products can be colored with acrylic paint prior to application or can be painted after applied and dry.

I applied the heavy gel, glass bead gel, crackle paste and light molding paste to separate areas of a gesso-painted canvas board. Once the products were dry, I painted them with a variety of fluid acrylic paints.

The four products are different in appearance, as can be seen in the following images.

The crackle paste dries with cracks in the finish. The thicker the application is, the deeper and more extensive the cracks will be. This product must be applied to a rigid surface to successfully crack and can be applied up to 1 inch in thickness. The vertical lines were drawn into the crackle paste before it dried. You can see that the product has a thick consistency which will hold impressions placed into it.

The Glass Bead Gel has tiny glass beads placed in a thick emulsion that dries translucent. Paint can be added to the emulsion and the beads will remain clear. A thin application will yield more space between the individual beads. For my canvas, I painted the medium after it was dried, so the beads are colored as well.

The light molding paste allows the artist to build up significant depth of layers without weighing down the project. The product dries to a flexible, opaque and matte finish. It can be colored prior to application or will readily accept paint after it dries. On my canvas, I applied it without color, then used some bubble wrap to create a raised dotted surface. The bottle image was hand drawn into the paste while it was still wet. You can see that the consistency of the molding paste is thick enough to hold images. I painted the area after it was completely dry.

Finally I covered a section of the canvas with heavy gel medium. Again, I added texture to the gel while it was still wet. The consistency was not as thick as the pastes, and although I did get some texture, it was not as distinct as that of the pastes. I painted the gel area after it was dry. The paint acted more like a wash over the gloss surface of the gel.

Once my canvas was painted and completely dry, I added a layer of clear tar gel over the entire surface. This gel dries clear and evens out all the texture of the surface. You can see that I was then able to apply rub-on transfers over what was a very irregular surface before the addition of the clear tar gel.

Here is the entire canvas. Using the soft gel medium, I also added a small image transfer of an old photograph.

Inspire canvas
Products used: Canvas board (Blick Art Materials)
Gel Mediums (Golden Artist Colors, Inc., Clear Tar Gel, Heavy Gel (Gloss), Crackle Paste, Glass Bead Gel, Soft Gel (Gloss), Light Molding Paste)
Paints (Golden Artist Colors, Inc., Cobalt Teal, Ultramarine Blue, Nickel Azo Yellow, Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold, Quinacridone Burnt Orange, Quinacridone Magenta)
Rub-ons and Rhinestones (Imaginisce, Say the Word)
Key (Tim Holtz, Idea-ology)

For my second project I used the dimensional mediums to decorate a wooden frame. In this project, I used the glass bead gel for the palm fronds and the base of the tree. I colored them with iridescent paint once dry. The palm tree trunk was covered with a thick layer of crackle paste and then painted with a wash of brown paint. The frame itself was layered with light molding paste which was then painted with various colors of paint and covered with a wash of interference and iridescent paints. The “waves” were topped with molding paste to give them a foamy look. I had this particular photo in mind as I created the color scheme of the frame.

Palm Tree Frame
Products used: Gel Mediums (Golden Artist Colors, Inc., Glass Bead Gel, Light Molding Paste, Crackle Paste)
Paints (Golden Artist Colors, Inc., Fluid Acrylics, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Teal, Nickel Azo Yellow, Interference Violet (Fine), Iridescent Copper (Fine) Iridescent Bright Gold (fine); Heavy Acrylics, Burnt Umber )
Wooden frame

Anyone who creates with paint will love these mediums and pastes. They add a depth and dimension that simply cannot be achieved with other products. The drying time is fairly quick, depending of course on the local weather. The products can be custom colored prior to use or color applied after they are dry. The versatility they provide to the crafter is limitless!

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Review by Tammy

Golden Gel Mediums and Pastes offer the artist a wide variety of ways to create depth and texture for any of your art projects. Gels are like colorless acrylics since they are composed of similar polymers. According to the Golden Acrylic Paints website "they are made of 100% acrylic polymers, which have proven to have excellent flexibility and chemical, water and ultraviolet radiation resistance." Pastes, on the other hand, “contain Marble Dust or Diatomaceous Earth, clays or other fillers resulting in a white or clay-tone finish.” The Golden Gel special formula makes the Golden Gel Mediums and Molding Pastes a perfectly safe product to use in any of my scrapbooking or art projects.

For this Golden Gel Mediums review I received six 2 fl. oz plastic jars of Light Molding Paste, Crackle Paste, Glass Bead Gel, Heavy Gel (Gloss), Soft Gel (Gloss), and Clear Tar Gel.

The Golden Acrylic Paint website is a wealth of information along with Chris Cozen’s book, “Altered Surfaces” and her most recent book “Transfers and Altered Images” which ScrapFriends just recently reviewed.

Recently I have been working on canvases to hang in our sitting room and with these new Golden Gel Mediums to work with, this was a great opportunity to start on another canvas. I began by applying white gesso to my entire canvas. Once that was dry, I applied a layer of Heavy Gel (Gloss) to the right side of my canvas. I used a toothbrush to add texture into the gel to resemble wood. The Heavy Gel (Gloss) and Soft Gel (Gloss) mediums do not take a long time to dry so after a few hours I layered the crackle paste around the right side edge of the canvas. For this area I applied it rather thick to achieve the large cracks using almost the entire 2 fl. oz jar.

It takes a little time for the Crackle Paste to dry and this is something that cannot be rushed. I found it best to apply the paste in the late evening so that my canvas would be dry and ready to go the next day. You should also keep in mind that the Crackle Paste will dry an opaque white and will cover up any images or color you have underneath.

One of my favorite techniques is to stamp into heavy gels or molding pastes. I applied the Light Molding Paste to the left side of the canvas then used foam stamps to add texture and design.

Once all of the gels and pastes were completely dry I then began applying acrylic paint to the canvas. All of the texture and designs began to come alive once color was added. When I was pleased with the look I had achieved, I layered scrapbook paper onto the surface of my canvas using Soft Gel (Gloss). The final step was adding my photograph and embellishments.

Title: Just Me and My Brother
Products used: Cardstock (Prism Prismatics)
Canvas (Coloron)
Patterned Cardstock (Paper Loft and Daisy D's)
Light Molding Paste, Heavy Gel (Gloss), Soft Gel (Gloss), & Crackle Paste (Golden Acrylic Gel Mediums)
Iridescent Medium (Windsor & Newton)
Gesso (Golden Acrylic)
Acrylic Paint (Claudine Hellmuth)
Die Cut (My Minds Eye)
Border Punch (Fiskers)
Foam Stamp (Making Memories)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Permanent Bond Glue Runner)

It stands to reason that Golden Gel Mediums would work fantastically on canvas, but what about a scrapbook page? I was ready to find out.

Clear Tar Gel provides a glossy finish but also is very pliable when dry. With this thought I added a bit of color to some Clear Tar Gel and painted my flowers which were originally bright red with white polka dots.

While my flowers were drying I decided to try out some of the Glass Bead Gel. This gel is literally filled with tiny glass beads that will give anything it is applied to a marvelous shine as light reflects off of each individual bead. This product provides a unique texture to whatever it is applied to. If you are going to add color to the Glass Bead Gel you need to be aware that if the color is opaque then your beads will be also. Knowing this, I decided to add a bit of Iridescent Medium to the Glass Bead Gel and applied it to the banner in the patterned paper. I also added the Glass Bead Gel to the leaves and the center flower to give them a bit of texture and shine.

Once all of my pieces were dry I then assembled my layout. I love the look and texture that was brought to this page by using the Golden Gel Mediums.

Title: In the Palm of my Hand
Products used: Cardstock (Prism Prismatics)
Patterned Paper (Daisy D's)
Glass Bead Gel and Clear Tar Gel (Golden Acrylic)
Iridescent Medium (Windsor and Newton)
Acrylic Paint (Claudine Hellmuth)
Letters (Prima)
Flowers (Paper Studio)
Brad (Karen Foster)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Permanent Bond Glue Runner)

Golden has been making artist quality products since the 1930’s and that says a lot about a company! Through the years artists have made suggestions for products and Golden has listened to them. This is one of the reasons that their product list is so extensive. You will find these three premises listed on their website: 1) Make the best products, 2) Provide the customer with the best service, and 3) Find those people who can make the first two happen.

If you are ready to take your scrapbooking and/or art to a new level, then I suggest that you start with Golden Gel Mediums! You won’t be sorry.

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Review by Stephanie

Being a part of the ScrapFriends Review Team has afforded me the opportunity to work with many products I have never used before. In many instances, I have gone outside my comfort zone and experimented with many exciting products. Golden products is just one example of the awesome set of products I never would have thought to try were it not for ScrapFriends!

In a previous review, I had the opportunity to work with Golden Paints. This month I had the opportunity to work with another assortment of Golden products: Heavy Gel Medium, Soft Gel Gloss, Crackle Paste, Glass Bead Gel, Clear Tar Gel, and Molding Paste. Used individually or together these products allow the artist to create some amazing pieces of art. Used as is or adding some color will allow you to work some creative magic! I received a 2 ounce jar of each product and then searched through Golden’s website for information about them. Golden’s website is quite extensive, shows hundreds of different products and provides very detailed information about each product. Since I knew nothing about these products, I found their website was a tremendous help in determining how to use each one.

Heavy Gel can be used to create dimension.

Soft Gel is somewhat pourable and can be used as an adhesive in collage work.

Crackle Paste is an opaque material that when applied to a surface will develop cracks.

Glass Bead Gel is made with beads. Used in a thin coat, it allows the under color to show through.

Clear Tar Gel is of a stringy consistency and can be dripped over a surface for some fun results.

Molding Paste builds surface texture.

Deciding to work on a canvas, I used Golden paints to paint the canvas green. Once dry, I added a layer of Crackle Paste. Allowing it to try overnight, cracks appeared in the paint. Some of the cracks were deeper than others because I used a heavier layer of Crackle Paste. I then ran an ink pad over the entire surface and the ink adhered nicely to the crackled surface accentuating the cracks. I love this result. Then I added a light layer of Glass Bead Gel to the corners of the canvas and the center of the flower for a little bit of shimmer.

Title: Adore
Products used: Cardstock: Prism (Classic Green)
Pattern Paper (Basic Grey, Two Scoops)
Paint (Golden Acrylics)
Crackle Paste, Glass Bead Gel (Golden)
Ink (Memories)
Die Cut (Provo Craft, Cricut)
Brads (Foof A La)
Canvas (ACMoore)

I then tried the Clear Tar Gel. Using a popsicle stick, I dipped it in the Clear Tar Gel then allowed it to drip onto my cardstock. Moving the stick created different patterns in different thicknesses. Once the Clear Tar Gel dried, I ran an ink pad over the design, emphasizing the dimension.

Title: Cards
Products used: Cardstock (Prism, Intense Kiwi, Suede Brown Medium)
Pattern Paper (Basic Grey)
Clear Tar Gel (Golden)
Stickers (Glitz)
Ink (Memories)
Brads (Making Memories)
Flowers (Prima)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Permanent Bond Glue Runner)

In this photo, you can really see the dimension created with the Clear Tar Gel.

Golden is very well known for its product lines and its high quality materials. I was very excited to work with these products this month and I love the different effects I was able to create.

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Review by Pomaika`i

Golden Artist Colors, Inc. is a home grown American business, respected in the artistic community. The company is well known for high quality artists professional acrylic paints and materials. According to the Golden website, the company is employee owned, maintains strict ecologically friendly practices with particular attention to responsible waste disposal and recycling. Golden also gives back to the community in many ways. One program in particular caught my eye. The Seconds Program offers paint that does not meet GOLDEN standards at little or no cost to artists or nonprofit organizations.

I was eager to review these various Golden Gel Mediums. I have had a love-hate relationship with the technique of Gel medium transfers and was interested to see if I could improve my technique. Though I am not a painter, I have had good experiences with Golden Acrylic paints, so I was looking forward to playing.

For this review I received six-2 ounce bottles of Golden Gel Mediums:

• Crackle Paste
• Light Molding Paste
• Soft Gel (Gloss)
• Clear Tar Gel
• Heavy Gel (Gloss)
• Glass Bead Gel

I found the two ounce jars the perfect size for sampling the product to see if you like it before investing in a larger size. I thought that this set was well thought out, as these products can all be used for Face to Face image transfers, a process that I have been trying to learn for many years. And I did learn a lot about image transfers while playing with these products. For instance, I didn’t know that Light Molding Paste could be used as an image transfer medium, and the most interesting thing I learned was the existence of Glass Bead Gel. Just like it sounds, this product has little glass micro-beads suspended in a gel medium. Just brush the gel on and tiny little beads will dry on the surface to give you a unique texture.

I like the design of the jars that hold the different gel medium. The mouth is wide for easy access to the product with a brush or spatula, and the jars are well balanced so that they are stable on a work surface. No worries about spilling. I found all six of the Gel Medium easy to spread on my projects and quick to clean up.

My favorite transfer medium was the Soft Gel (Gloss). This gel is quick drying, so I didn’t have to wait overnight to continue my projects. However, I actually did wait overnight while using the Clear Tar Gel and Heavy Gel (Gloss) and was stunned with the excellent transfer results I got on my projects. Okay, so I learned something very important here...when doing image transfers, Patience is a virtue! Seriously, I was so impressed with the way the transfer process went. For the first time I was able to scrape off the excess paper to get down to the transfered image without ruining the image! WOW!

I learned that the images transfered by each type of transfer medium has its own special characteristics. It was challenging for me to experiment with medium other than Soft Gel (Gloss) which I had used before with good results. I was stretching out of my comfort zone.

A new technique I learned was how to create skins which are translucent image transfers made by coating the image with a gel medium, then scraping most of the pulp off of the back leaving only the image. You can place the skin anywhere you like and the background will show through. The great thing about this is that you can pre-make your skins, store them and use them for a later time. The first skin I made I scraped off everything, even the image. I got it right the second time, but really need more practice. Luckily I have lots of Gel Medium left since it really doesn’t take much to coat an image for creating a skin or a transfer. I’ll use this image sometime in a project, but I wanted to show you what they look like.

Title: Baseball Card Skin Sample
Products used: Inspired by Transfers and Altered Images (Design Originals)
Gel Medium (Heavy Gel (Gloss)

My first project is a canvas with a variety of mediums, a sampler of sorts. First I primed the canvas with white gesso, then transfered a magazine image with Soft Gel (Gloss). I let the transfer dry overnight before scraping off the extra pulp to reveal the image. I attached a piece of patterned paper using the Soft Gel as well. After everything dried, I created a frame around the image with Crackle Gel and left it overnight to dry. The Crackle Gel didn’t crackle as much as I was hoping. I might not have used enough or something. I’ll have to play around with it in the future to figure this out.

I coated the whole canvas with acrylic paint. The transfer looked a little fuzzy when it was first cleaned, but with the coat of paint, the image popped from the page. I added a coating of Glass Bead Gel over the image to add texture. I stamped the word Adventure with black acrylic paint, then stamped over the image with Light Molding Paste to add some texture. I think it looks pretty cool!

Title: Adventure Canvas
Products used: Inspired by Transfers and Altered Images (Design Originals)
Patterned Paper (Flair Designs)
Gel Medium (Golden Light Molding Paste, Soft Gel (Gloss), Glass Bead Gel, Crackle Paste, Light Molding Paste)
Acrylic Paint (Golden Acrylics)
White Gesso (Golden)
Stamp (Becky Higgins)
Charms (Karen Foster)
Other (Canvas, Ribbon)

For my second project I used one of those little rubber stamp pads that you get when you buy stamps, the one you place underneath your paper before stamping. I have so many of them lying around, and wanted to see if I could find some use for them other than clutter. I used Light Molding Paste to do a face to face image transfer. I tested the adherence of the music sheet to my rubber pad and didn’t think that it would stick, so I added a coat of Soft Gel (Gloss). I left the whole project to dry overnight, and to my utter surprise and delight, I was able to scrape off the top layer of pulp to reveal a gorgeous image transfer. I added a very light coat of acrylic paint thinned with the Clear Tar Gel to coat the music. I successfully transfered two images over my music background, but the designs were too dark to be seen on the painted background, so I decoupaged two images directly on top of them using Clear Tar Gel. I antiqued the two images with Golden Acrylic Paint, and added a pinch of glitter. I really liked how this project turned out. It was a stretch for me!

Title: Rubber Stamp Pad Pins
Products used: Inspired by Transfers and Altered Images (Design Originals)
Patterned Paper (K & Co)
Gel Medium (Golden Light Molding Paste, Soft Gel (Gloss)
Acrylic Paint (Golden Acrylics)
Glitter (Hero Arts) Other (rubber stamp pad, fiber, vintage sheet music, beads, pin back)

Oh what fun! I was really pleased with the Golden Gel Medium Sampler pack I reviewed. I am so excited to finally get some really great Face to Face transfers. You can bet I will using these products over again as I play with the technique of image transfers.

Like I said before, I really like the little 2 ounce jars, I think that they are the perfect size for beginners or for people who might not need a large amount of medium for their projects. I would recommend the Golden Brand of Gel Mediums because of the name and reputation of the company combined with the positive experience I had with these products. If you are interested in using image transfers in your projects, or would like to learn more about the technique, give these a try.

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