Diamond Glaze is a water-based dimensional adhesive that is quite popular with rubber stampers, but can also be used in many other craft, jewelry and scrapbooking projects.  It can be used as an adhesive to glue paper or attach glitter, small beads, small acrylic and glass jewels to projects.  A fun use is to add a small amount to an area you would like to look wet.  For example a drop of rain on a flower, tear on a cheek, ice, lips, eyes etc.  My favorite and probably the most popular use for Diamond Glaze is to apply it as a finish coat to a project.  I do quite a bit of shrink art and the diamond glaze creates a beautiful, 3-D, glass-like finish.  A few other surfaces I like to add a finish coat to are rubber stamped ceramic tiles(for decorative use), metal dog tag style pendants and plastic shaped tags that I have attached paper with rubber stamped patterns to. These are just a few of my favorites, but I sure you will find many other uses! 

     Here are a few tips I can share about applying Diamond Glaze as a finish coat.  Do not shake the bottle.  This would create lots of unwanted air bubbles.  Instead, tip the bottle sideways and gently squeeze to dispense the liquid.  Try to keep a steadiy flow rather than squeezing and releasing repeatedly.  This is another way that you could encourage air bubbles.  I generally will keep the tip raised above the surface and fill in around the outside edge and work my way towards the center.  Once finish I survey the piece for any air bubbles.  Some may be obvious and others subtle.  To remove you can take the tip of the bottle and without dispensing more glaze place the tip on the air bubble and drag it completely off of the piece.  Air bubbles are hard to pop so I usually find getting rid of it completely works best.  You can also try taking a small piece of paper with a torn edge and setting it on the air bubble.  I just heard about this and I think it works too.  Always try to work on a non-stick surface.  Any Diamond Glaze that has run over the edge of your piece and may reached the underside will dry like glue.  Be patient.  A generous finish coat of Diamond Glaze will take approx. 2-3 hours to completely dry.  You will know when it's dry, because the surface will be completely clear and have a gorgeous raised finish!!!!  Well worth the wait!!!!  Lastly, careful for your clothes.  Diamond glaze is water based, but if you don't wash it quick enough it will dry and remain on your clothing.  You may not see it, but you can feel it.

     Diamond Glaze comes in 2 oz., 10 oz., and 18 oz. bottles.  I prefer working with the 2 oz. bottle and using the other sizes as refills.