Sakura Hobby Crafts and Terri Sproul Mixers!!!!

 

Hi folks! I wanted to show you something that I made with the  Sakura Hobby Craft Lacquer and my Terri Sproul Mixers. Terri has shown us on her show (every Monday night at 8:00 PM EST on Linqto) and has also told us how easy it is to create ATC’s (artist trading cards) by using the lacquer and mixers. She even told us that you don’t have to wait until one color is completely dry before going over that color with another. Well I thought I would do just that. I started out with:

                                               

I used the color mixers in the pastel palette because those were the only colored lacquers I had. I do have to say though that when you mix the Terri Sproul Mixers with the colored  Sakura Hobby Craft Mixers  they come out an even deeper color. I also used Tanazanite Blue,  Yellow Shimmer, Green Shimmer and a few pieces of the Gold Glitz. I also used a word to describe what I was trying to portray and an ATC card that was gessoed in black. This is what I came up with and I’ve got to say it looks awesome!!!!! I belong to a group on Facebook who perform Random Acts of Art! This ATC will be left anonymously in a public place for someone to discover and take home with them. Oh, my word is “shine”. :0)

                                         

This picture doesn’t even begin to show the Shine on the card produced by the mixers. Nope, not even close! What do you think of this ATC?

Barbara

Ladies of Paris

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Terri Sproul Mixers

Want2Scrap

Bottle Cap Inc

This week I continue with my Want2Scrap Paris Chipboard Album. I have added framed French ladies from my vintage  postcard collection of French Ladies post.

Using Standard Bottle Caps from The Bottle Cap Inc, I painted the inside trim of the caps with Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers - Gold. 

Cut the images out with a one inch punch and adhere with Crystal Lacquer. Add Beads and to the outer circle of each bottle cap and fill with Crystal Lacquer.   

Adhere copy of French postcard and Want2Srap Charlies Birdcage Silhouette and Bird on Branch Silhouette.

 Add the bottle cap framed ladies and Swirl from Want2Scrap Pink Flower.

Use Robin's Nest Mardi Gras Metalic Dew Drops for the finishing touch.

Tic-Tac-Turtle Game!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! It's hard to believe that it's already July! This is the time of the year I start thinking about handmade presents for my friends and family for the holiday gift giving season.
We have "unplugged" nights in our family where we spend it away from our electronic devices and instead read books--the old-fashioned paper kind--and play games or art. Sometimes we find that the simple games are the most timeless. When I found this shadow box at the Dollar Store I knew I wanted to make it into a tic-tac-toe game...and these bottle caps from The Bottle Cap Company are the perfect game pieces for this whimsical turtle game.

The process

begin with bottle caps from The Bottle Cap Company

paint them with Sakura Hobby Crafts 3D Crystal Lacquer
& Terri Sproul's Bronze Mixers.

Add a layer of Smokey Quartz Shimmers and lacquer to the top.
Set aside to dry.

create a simple turtle shape template and transfer to felt with chalk.

for the tic-tac-toe game I needed 5 brown turtles and 5 green
turtles to represent the "x's" and "o's". The bottle cap "shells"
were adhered to the felt bodies with lacquer as well.

 The game was completed by altering a Dollar Store shadow box. The box was base-coated with shades of green acrylic paint and then the edges of the box were layered first with Bronze mixers with lacquer and then Smokey Quartz stippled on to give the illusion of turtle shell. The tic-tac-toe marks were left bronze.

The game

I hope you enjoyed my project! I think it will be perfect for the kids in the car! I can't wait for them to try it! Thanks to The Bottle Cap Company for sending a selection of their product for the team to try. If you like to create with Crystal Lacquer and work with some amazing partnering companies, try out for the design team! ~leslierahye

Bottle Cap Wind Chimes

By Amanda Marks

Today I am taking using some found objects as well as bottle caps from The Bottle Cap Company to create a wind chime.

1.  Materials:

• Old DVD/CD
• Fiskars® Butterfly Punch
• Fiskars® 1" Circle Punch
• Terri Sprouls Mixers (Shimmers)
• 15 Bottle Caps
• Pokey Tool
• 3D Crystal Lacquer
• Jump Rings (lots - 75)
• Bakers Twine
• Acetate
• Ruler
• Spray Paint

2.  Mark off lines 1 1/2" and drawn lines.

3.  Poke holes 1/4" from the edge (there should be 5 holes).

4.  Mark a dot on each side of the bottle cap.

5.  Take a pokey tool pierce through the metal of the bottle cap.

6.  I wanted all of my bottle caps the same color, so I took spray paint and spray painted everything.

7.  Allow the spray paint to dry.

8.  Taking a 1" Circle punch and punch 15 circles.

9.  Take 3D Crystal Lacquer and add one circle to the inside of each bottle cap.  Add a mixer of Crystal Lacquer and Shimmer to Acetate.  Allow acetate to dry.  Take mixers and lacquer mixer and add to the inside of the bottle caps.  Allow the bottle caps to dry.

10.  Take butterfly punch and punch butterflies out of the acetate.  Add butterflies to the inside and the outside of the bottle caps with 3D Crystal Lacquer.

11.  Allow Crystal Lacquer to dry.

12.  Open jump ring.

13.  Place one jump ring through the hole.

14.  Attach a second jump ring to the first jump ring.

15.  Attach the other bottle cap to the jump ring.  Repeat until you have 1 - bottle cap on 3 jump rings, 2 - bottle caps hooked together, 3 bottle caps hooked together, 4 bottle caps hooked together, and 5 bottle caps hooked together.  Attach the bottle caps to the DVD with jump rings.  Take Bakers Twine and attach 5 pieces of twine to the top and create a hanger.  Hang outside.

Steampunk Airship Balloon takes you Up, Up and Away for a Fantastic Voyage!

Happy 4th of July!!! I hope you are enjoying your holiday! Susan here bringing you a project to get your creative muse ready to sparkle like fireworks!!!

Today I am sharing how to create a Steampunk Airship using Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers, complete with a wired basket made of bottle caps from the Bottle Cap Company.

I used the old-fashioned papier-mâché technique that we all used when we were kids...white glue and strips of newspaper over a balloon. Who remembers making masks like this??? I do and I have brought this technique up-to-date by using Sakura Crystal Lacquer and paper napkins.

Step one:  Coat balloon with vegetable oil to act as a resist.

Step two:  Adhere balloon to a base to hold it up for paper maché.

Step three:  Using Sakura Crystal Lacquer, adhere pieces of napkin

torn in small sections to balloon - overlapping to cover gaps.

Paint on Sakura Crystal Lacquer to completely saturate napkin pieces.

Completely covered balloon with 4 layers of napkins

adhered using Sakura Crystal Lacquer.

After drying for several hours. Pop balloon and gently peel away from interior of paper maché form. I also trimmed edge with scissors. I let this sit for several more hours to continue curing and harden.

I inflated a balloon inside paper maché form to hold up while painting. I mixed up Sakura Crystal Lacquer with Silver Terri Sproul Mixers and painted the entire base layer of the balloon. When dry I brushed on Gold Mixer and Copper Penny Mixer randomly and set aside to dry. 

Detail of painted balloon surface has a real steampunk feel, and is slightly translucent. This is perfect as I will be adding an LED tea light to the center. Now the fun part...embellishing. Gather up some wire, eyelets and other metal doo-dads and decorate away!

With silver wire, I made a cage around a bottle cap basket and affixed a whirlygig for propulsion. Additional wire is wrapped to secure basket to base of balloon through holes set with silver eyelets.

Presenting ... Steampunk Airship Balloon

I hope you have enjoyed today's post and that you are inspired to go and create something. Please take a look around through the projects from my other Sakura Hobby Craft Design Team members for some great projects, tips and ideas! Have a wonderful and safe 4th of July. I'll be back in two weeks on July 18th with another how-to.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment, select receive e-mail follow ups on comments and I will respond. If you would like to see more of my creations, please visit my blog sbartist : painting in the dark by clicking here.

Have a wonderful Wednesday : )

Sakura Butterfly Shadow Box

A little Gift

Print your own Butterfly for this project

Now you can see how this wonderful shadow box was easy put toguether.

I loved the beauty of the Dress Form Die by Want 2 Scrap and decided to do a one of a kind display piece. Enjoy the free printable and

Happy Crafting!

My Love of Paris!

More of My PARIS Chipboard Book!

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Terri Spourl Mixers 

and 

Want 2 Scrap

The Paris Chipboard Album includes chipboard pages, rings and the laser cut Eiffel Tower pictured above.

This week I painted the chipboard pink using craft paint (page 3). Distressed it with brown ink. Since it would be hard to get the detail of the Eiffel if I covered the page with pattern paper I tore a piece of pattern paper just shy of the image, distressed and adhered. Then adhered the Eiffel Tower Laser included in the kit image from Want2Srcap with Sakura Crystal Lacquer. Once I had it in position I covered the Eiffel Tower with Sakura Crystal Lacquer and set aside to dry overnight. Covering with the lacquer Eiffel Tower protects it from getting destroyed with use.

Here is the cover I created in my last post and the Eiffel Tower from page 3.

Up close of the Eiffel Tower after the Sakura Crystal Lacquer has dried.

Next I with Sakura Crystal Lacquer adhered a lady from my vintage French postcard collection. Added a few Prima Flowers.

On the opposite page I added a light coat of Sakura Crystal Lacquer with Terri Spourl's Mixer - Gold to give the page a more vintage look. The picture of the Eiffel Tower is adorned with one of Want2Scrap Nestabling Fancy Tags! 

Here I have sparingly added a little ink to distress the flowers. With my fingers add a smidgen of Sakura Crystal Lacquer to them and sprinkled with Terri Sproul's Ultra Fine Glitter.

More Paris to follow in later posts!