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Tiny Book Cover

I used shrink plastic for the covers as I think it gives it an almost china like feel.  

Before shrinking, I sponged the shrink plastic lightly with Brilliance inks.  I then stamped the work Wedding using black Stazon, and blasted it all with my heat gun to shrink it down and set the inks.

Once shrunk, I coated the shrink plastic with Rangers Glossy Accents – Diamond Glaze would work equally well.  I don’t use UTEE for this as sometimes the shrink plastic curls a bit when heated again, and if it’s covered in UTEE you can’t splat it with a book to flatten it!!

With the glossy accents still nice and wet, I got some ultra fine glitter and sprinkled it very lightly over the cover.

If you don’t want to use shrink plastic, you could get a similar effect by using thick card, and building up layers of UTEE.  When doing this I often drop small beads into it while melted.

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