Make Beautiful Cards with Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers!

In case you haven't noticed I seem to paint just about everything with Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers! These products are so versatile!

I have been working on several projects and had all of these beautiful colors left over in my mixing pots!!!  What to do???? Can't let any of my crystal lacquer go to waste! (Terri Sproul Mixers pictured below: Tanzanite Pearl, Citrine Pearl, Pink Saphire Pearl, Garnet Pearl, Purple Pearl and Shimmer Red.) 

I decided to make a paper background! I took 65 lb artist paper and began painting the colors randomly. Then set aside to dry and use when I needed for a later project. Note: It takes 15 to 20 minutes for the lacquer to dry on paper when painted thin like this. It will be slightly tacky. Using lacquer on thicker project takes longer to dry!

 

While making another project I was playing with the Pretty Butterfly from Viva Las Vegastamps!  Here I stamped it on tissue, heat embossed with Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder and the Sakura 3-D Crystal Lacquer Pastel Color Set.    

Here is one of the Pretty Butterflies I had left over when I was finished with that project! 

Today, I want to share how beautiful these products look on a card! I adhered the Pretty Butterfly to a transparency using part of a VLVS! Miracle Sheet and fussy cut the image. 

Pulled out that beautiful paper painted with Terri Sproul Mixers (I made a week ago) and punched a few flowers from the pink edge of the paper.

To give the flowers dimension fold up the petals and painted with Sakura Crystal Lacquer tinted with Terri Sproul Mixers Pink Sapphire Pearl, set aside to dry. 

Add crystal lacquer to the center of the flower and embellish with  Terri's Purple Glitz Effects.  Glitz Effects are beautiful vintage glass particles. LOVE THEM!

Cut another portion of the paper for the card base. Adhere all the pieces to the card with  VLVS Miracle Tape...  Attach the Pretty Butterfly with foam tape to pop it off the card.

This reminds me of my garden when to butterflies fly around all of my beautiful flowers! 

 The colors of these Terri Sproul's Mixers 

remind me of Spring!

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to take a moment and view projects on the blog by other design team members.  If you have time stop by my blog and see what other projects I am stirring up with Sakura Crystal Lacquer!

Dreaming of Castles ~ Lyneen

Sparkling Berry Necklace

 

Sparkling Berry

Necklace

~Sometimes simple
uncomplicated projects are the best~

Supplies Used

Clear 3D Crystal Lacquer  White Brass Jewelry Blank (9/16 x 3/4 x 1/16') "Viva Las Vegastamps!" (Slient Night Sheet Music Stamp, Star Stamp) Jolee's Holly Glittered & Rhinestone Stickers White Tags ("Viva Las Vegastamps!")

Candy Box ("Viva Las Vegastamps!")Extra Fine Glitter Dust Chain with Jump Ring Gold Leafing Paint Card Stock 2 Way Sticky Tape Stazon Ink (Red)

Step 1: Start with a Sakura Hobby  Craft jewelry blank, then cut one of the holly sticker's leaves off  so it will fit inside the blank.	Step 2:  Cover and fill the blank with 3D clear Crystal Lacquer and pop any bubbles you may have with a toothpick.
Step 3: VERY Lightly sprinkle extra fine iridescent glitter dust over the wet lacquer and allow to dry in a level dust free area.	Step 4:  Once the first layer is dry add another layer of 3D Crystal Lacquer filling in any areas that may need it and allow to dry.
TAG & Gift Box Steps:	Step 1:  Using red stazon ink load your stamp with ink and stamp your tag.
Step 2:  Using gold leafing paint stamp the star stamp  onto the candy box and allow to dry and repeat on the backside of the box as well.	Here is an example of both the tag and the box.
Step 3: Cut a  1/4" cut on either side of the tag.	Step 4: Once your sparkling necklace blank is dry add a jump ring and chain to your necklace and slip the chain between each slit you cut.  Tape the backside of the tap to hold the reminder of the chain in place using 2 way sticky tape.
Step 4:  Place the candy box on card stock and trace around the box and cut it out inside the lines you traced.	Step 5: Apply your tag with the sticky tape to the card stock and slide it into the  candy box. You know have a fun gift for a friend ready to go!

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Wintery Charms with VLVS! and Colored Lacquer

Wintery charms with Viva Las Vegastamps! and Sakura 3D colored lacquer

As the coolor temperatures approach and winter is a little over a month away, I'm in full gear creating gifts for friends and family and items for holiday wear. When I chose the snowflake background stamp to work with for my project sponsored by VivaLasVegaStamps!, I knew I wanted to create some fun charms. These charms are super easy to make and can add fun wintery embellishment to any item.

For this project you will need:

Tim Holtz Fragment Charms

Marvy Black Ink Pad 

Random winter colored cardstock--I used Basic Grey solids

VivaLasVegaStamps snowflake background

Sakura Colored 3D Crystal Lacquer
jewelry findings, sanding paper, scissors

Begin by stamping in black the background stamp
onto your card stock.

Apply a small amount of colored lacquer [either 1 or 2 colors]
onto Fragment Charms.

Add to stamped image. Slide charm around a bit until it stops moving.

I really like how the two colors mix on the page when it spreads .

Once dry, remove the charm by cutting them out close to the plastic edge.
Lightly sand the edges to remove extra card stock. Punch the hole in the
card  stock to make charm usable. Print the backside of the charm with stamp.

Add findings to fragment charm. Here I've used homemade jumprings.

Add your charms to your item. Here I've chose to add them to a fiber necklace.

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for looking!

Winter Wishes

During November, the DT for Sakura Hobby Craft has had the opportunity to play with stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps! There are tons of stamps to choose from, but when I saw Lady with a Snowglobe, I knew this image would be the perfect companion for my Sakura goodies!

Any time a stamp has something that is supposed to be glass on it - I want to cover it in Crystal Lacquer! So the snow globe really caught my attention. I sprinkled some fine, transparent glitter around the edges, while it was still wet to make it look like the glittery snow inside. The other cool embellishment that I added were some of the Gem Particles to the confetti background. Weren't they perfect there?



I hope you will take a look at the tons of stamps that Viva Las VegaStamps has to offer, and remember how cool they are with you Sakura Hobby Craft products!

Phenomenal Mini Star Ornaments

I recently made mini star ornaments for an altered 

matchbox swap I'm participating in. While creating
them I had a unique phenomenon happen to them.

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I began by using  Staedtler's Fimo Microwave clay 

to cut out my star ornaments.  After I stamped a
design into the clay using "Viva Las Vegastamps!" 
Christmas music stamp and poked a hole in each
one at the top for hanging, I then dried them in the
microwave according to the package directions.

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 Next I added some Krylon's gold leafing paint
I pumped out on a piece of plastic, and used my finger
to rub it across the high points of the stamped design.  

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Once the gold paint dried I added a lite layer of
clear Crystal Lacquer and some extra fine glitter dust

to each one while the lacquer was still wet.  I let them dry,
and then I added a thicker layer of Crystal Lacquer,
a small red button. and a rhinestone.

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Then something magical happened! When I went
back later I discovered that where ever the Krylon
gold leafing paint was on the stars AND wherever
the extra fine glitter dust and Crystal Lacquer  was it
had changed to a turquoise blue color.  Obviously there
must have been a chemical reaction, but what caused it?
From the best of my deduction its a reaction between the
clay, gold leafing paint and  the clear Crystal Lacquer.
I've used both the clear Crystal Lacquer in conjunction
with the extra fine glitter dust many, many times
before and never had this happen, so it must be
the addition of the microwave clay.

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To finish them off I added ribbons
to each of them for hanging.

I really love this happenstance, I only wish that I went

with my first choice of decorating my altered matchboxes 

using turquoise and red like I was originally going to do,
then they would have all matched like I meant for it to
happen LOL

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