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!

H"OWL" lovely Greencrafting is with Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers

Happy Wednesday! Susan here bringing you another project using Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers!!!

I hope you have been enjoying all of the fantastic projects and tips from the Sakura Hobby Craft Design Team. Since Earth Day is just a few days away, today I am sharing a greencrafting project. I am giving new life to this vintage metal stained glass owl frame. I really love the aged patina and oxidation on this metal frame.

Remember these when you were growing up??? I sure do! Kits that you fill up with colored crystals and then bake them in the oven...I loved making them. Now they are cheap plastic with goopy glitter glue that don't last. I bought this owl at one of my local Indie Craft Shows from a crafty friend of mine who searches out and unearths vintage treasures. I knew exactly how I would bring this hootie back to life...with Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers from Sakura Hobby Crafts...of course!

So I gathered up my Sakura Crystal Lacquer, Terri Sproul Mixers, a craft knife and my pile of Mixers painted papers and set off to collage this frame.

A brief recap of how I painted the papers: I put down a paper brushed with a little water and picked up the mixer color and painted it on. For most colors, I painted on both sides. This resulted in an aged paper look which has some translucency to it. I repeated for each color I made - this is how I ended up with all the lovely papers pictured above. For an indepth how-to CLICK HERE.

After painting - I set aside to dry on waxed paper - this absorbed the excess moisture and kept my little colored pages from sticking. Each time I paint with my Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers, I use up the leftovers by painting book pages, vintage papers or digital collage images I purchase from Altered Pages.

I really love how the Crystal Lacquer alone with a small touch of water soaks through the paper and becomes translucent with the feel of vellum when dry. It really gives the same effect of resin paper.

So I set off to begin collaging the paper to the frame using the Crystal Lacquer as an adhesive.

I selected a yellow painted paper and used Crystal Lacquer to glue paper to back of frame on desired "moon" sections.

When dry, I trimmed outer edges with a craft knife and on the inner borders, gently tore edges back from metal edge. I was careful not to expose sealed edge.

After fully collaging all sections with desired colored papers. No it's not pretty on the back, but it's doing the job. This will be mounted in a shadow box later and nobody will ever be the wiser.

Completed front view of collaged papers to frame. I could have stopped here...but I'm really going to make this "POP".

To add additional detail I started by adding the Terri Sproul Mixers Enhancer in place of black to the feet with a toothpick.

With a paintbrush, I mixed up some Pearl Citrine Mixers with Crystal Lacquer and added more color in the moon. Then I added a several other colors to add more depth and interest. The added wetness caused some warping, so as it dried, I gently pushed a dome in the center from the back - voila...instant 3-D!

I continued adding various Mixers colors to enhance other colored areas until all areas were complete. I left the head, wings and tail as they were because I liked the contrast.

Then I flood-filled each section with Crystal Lacquer and set aside to dry until all cloudiness disappeared. I left this to dry overnight.

Completed "OWL" Suncatcher

I hope you enjoyed today's post and are inspired to experiment and try new things with your Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers. Please take a look around through the projects from the other Sakura Hobby Craft Design Team members for more great projects, tips and ideas! See you next time on May 2, 2012.

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 : )

Hats Off with Sakura ® by Gloriann Irizarry

I love to create doll fashions and I have to say not outfit is complete with out the perfect hat and with this product you can achieve this and so much more in combination with the Terri Sproul mixers you will get an amazing metal look with out the metal work. You will enjoy to work with Sakura 3D crystal lacquer once your start you cant put the bottle down. I guarantee it

Happy crafting !