Let's 'Mesh' Around with Magic Mesh
By Colleen Kidder
 

Add a little fun and 3-D detail to your cards, gift tags or scrapbook pages. Transform your plain stamped art instantly by adding texture and color with Magic Mesh. Found on page 235 of the idea book and catalog, offers 19 colors of Magic Mesh. Flexible and pliable, Magic Mesh is easy to trim and stick to give your pages pop! Layer Magic Mesh under anything to show dimension. Magic Mesh is pressure sensitive and repositionable so you can never make a mistake! No messy glues and it sticks to paper with a little pressure.

Ideas for Use:

* Layer Magic Mesh over anything for dimension. It's easy to trim Magic Mesh to any shape or size.

* Place over the top of words or titles.

* Place over designer papers.

* Layer on top of card stock that has first been stamped (or use your wheels first to create your own designer papers).

* Place on card stock and then lay a piece of window sheet on top of the Magic Mesh. Then use the StazOn pad to stamp on the Window Sheet (acetate).

* Use Magic Mesh to create instant borders. Create a decorative border along the bottom or top of a scrapbook page or along the sides of your cards. Faster and easier than you can imagine, just layer Magic Mesh over existing borders from the Simply Scrappin' Kits and die-cuts and the AlphaAccents™.

* Cut it into different widths and then lay it on your project using alternating from thinner to thicker widths.

* Layer Magic Mesh underneath photos or die-cuts and trim to get a custom background for your treasures.

* Place Magic Mesh at an angle on the edge of a tag.

* You can also create custom colors as white mesh is easily colored to match any paper or photo. Just dye it using a brayer or sponges so the color will match your project. You'll be amazed at the different colors and moods you can create.

* Place it on top of a Window Sheet (acetate) and then use that to create a pocket to slide text or a photo into.

* Use your square punch to create a window (or several in a row). Then place the Magic Mesh behind those squares and place a button, poly shrink charm, smooth pebble, vellum tag, metal tag or other punch shape on top. You may also choose to put a patterned paper underneath the mesh first to add yet another layer of depth.

* Apply glitter over the top of Magic Mesh.

* Fun lettering is as easy as cut and stick! Use Magic Mesh with a Sizix, die-cut, Coluzzle or any cutting system. Just place it on paper before cutting. fast, easy and you get original 3-D lettering! Opportunities are endless.

* Use Magic Mesh as a stencil and run your brayer across it to create a mesh look on your page. Then peel it up and save it to use again! You can also try using watercolor pencils or chalks to create subtle tiling effects.

* Use Magic Mesh for fun and funky Photo Corners. Just cut and stick... it's that easy to keep your photos on the page.

* Weave wire, ribbon, string, or anything through Magic Mesh! Magic Mesh allows you to creatively weave anything you can dream up. Don't like it? Peel it up and try again.

* Use several different colors of mesh as color blocks on your page.

* After applying to your project press a VersaMark® pad on top of Magic Mesh and sprinkle on Glassy Glaze (ultra thick embossing powder). Then you can make an imprint with your stamp while the Glassy Glaze is still warm. Awesome textured look!

* Brayer over it, then lift for a great reverse image on projects

* Place two pieces of mesh on top of each other but slightly askew... It creates a very neat new pattern. Try this using several different colors of mesh.
 

As you see you can do almost anything with Magic Mesh. Emboss on it, stamp on it, dye it, punched it, layer it, stencil it, laminate it, weave it or tie ribbon and raffia to it... You can't go wrong! Now let the other ideas start pouring in and reinvent your cards and scrapbook pages with Magic Mesh!