Practical Scrappers Sparkly Joy Altered Letters

Good morning, Scrappin' Friends! I'm so excited to share this glittery holiday display today, which is getting it's own feature over at Practical Scrappers today! I got these cool Paper Mache Letters which I painted with layers of grey and silver acylic paint. The front of the letters I coated with lots of Silver Glitter, just some standard chunky kid glitter. Then I got to work with the Mod Podge, pasting on hexagons I cut with my Cricut machine. After all the hexagons were attached and trimmed around the letters I did a final coat of Mod Podge and coated the letters with Chunky Clear Plastic Glitter. 

Here you can see the final coating of what I always call kid glitter because it's uber chunky. It adds a lot of sparkle, but still let's your paper shine through! I topped off each letter with a snowflake embellishment I built out of glitter paper cricut cuts and some retired rhinestone brads that I've been hoarding for just this kind of special project. I finished off my bling with a Sparkle Flourish for each letter. I adhered the flourishes with lots of Liquid Glass, which dried clear so it didn't interfere with the sparkle of the letters. For the parts of the flourish that were not actually attached to the letters I just flipped the whole thing over and coated the sticky part of the flourish with more Liquid Glass so it wouldn't attract hair or dust. 

Here's a few close ups of how I did the bling on each letter. I can't wait to add these letters to my holiday mantel! I'm linking up to the Make It Monday party over at An Original Belle and the Paper Issues It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas Party! 

I hope you'll stop back later today for my special announcement. Thanks a bunch for stopping by!