From Thrift Store to LOVELY!!!

Hi there everyone! Dale here.

I am a long-time lover of thrift stores, and this past week, my Mom wanted to pay the local one a visit. We didn't know it was $2 a bag clothing day or we might have passed on that day.  Anyway, it was a treasure trove of goodies.

I ENJOY turning thrift store finds into something LOVELY, either for myself or as a gift to someone else.

One of the items I found this past week was this is a heavy glass chair glider - it was put under the leg of a chair so the chair could easily glide over the floor.  There was only one of these dark brown heavy glass so it was something I thought I could buy just 1 of without feeling that I wrecked a set.  It is 3 inches in diameter and 3/4 inch high.

I washed the glider, sanded off some of the grunge that didn't come off with the soap & water. Let dry.  I thought this would make a LOVELY paperweight for those times when I am out on the front porch and trying to keep my papers from blowing away (here in Saskatchewan, it seems its always breezy).

I printed off a photo of my website button, cut it into a circle to fit inside the glider.  I added alittle 3D Crystal Lacquer to the glider first, then the photo on top and I found a tiny container of glitter in one of my drawers so thought I'd add to the areas where there was white showing on the photo paper.  I added about a 1/4 inch of 3D Crystal Lacquer over top.

I added a thin stream of 3D Crystal lacquer on the top edge of the glider, then with my finger added Smokey Quartz of Terri Sproul's Shimmer Mica Powder mixers, pulling it down the side. 

I am happy with my NEW LOVELY paper weight!

Now is a great time to try a project like this or one you like it, because you can get 20% off your entire purchase at Sakura Hobby Craft for the month of August.  Just enter aug08 at checkout!

Coloring with Crystal Lacquer Pearl and Metallic Pens

Hi! Today I would like to show you how I used Metallic &

Pearl Crystal Lacquer to create an embellishment and main focal image for a card.

List of supplies used today are:

Acetate

Image Stamp to color

StazOn Ink

3D Metallic & Pearl Crystal Lacquer

Card Base

Card stock

Patterned Paper

Sentiment Stamp

Embellishments

I started with a piece of acetate (packaging) and

 stamped a butterfly to color with my metallic/pearl pens.

I chose to use a complimentary color of permanent

StazOn Ink. I chose StazOn Ink so it wouldn't smudge.

Next I turned my image over to color it.

I used each color in the set. When it was dry I turned my image back over to

reveal the lines of my image with my vibrant pearlized colors visible.
Then cut out the image leaving approx. a 1/8" edge around the stamped image

I layered my card stock and patterned paper on my card base.

I used pop dots to adhere my butterfly in the center small enough not to show through.

I added the rest of my embellishments and stamped my sentiment at the bottom.

The inside of the card has a lovely Serenity Poem.

 Here is a close up of the butterfly. (hard to capture on camera)

You can purchase the Crystal Lacquer I used and so much more at

http://www.sakuracraft.com/index.htm

Don't forget that you will receive 20% off your entire order for the month of August when you use this code aug08 at the checkout!

Making Crystal Lacquer Ornaments with a Silicone Mold

There are lots of silicone molds in the craft stores lately.  Sakura Crystal Lacquer Pens are perfect for filling in tiny spaces in these intricate molds!


These molds are flexible, so make sure your mold is sitting on a flat surface when you pour.  I set mine on an empty plastic package so I could move it after I filled it.  The Sakura pens come in lots of colors, and there’s even an empty pen so you can mix your own colors with Terri Sproul Mixers!  The tiny tip is perfect for filling in all the details in these little molds!

Here are my ornaments setting up:


I added some patina to a vintage brass locket with Vintaj Quartz and Onyx Patinas using a small paint brush.  I added some of the Vintaj Onyx Patina to the fleur de lis. To give it a bit of an aged look, I rubbed it off of the high areas of the ornament, leaving it in the low areas.



I used clear Crystal Lacquer to adhere the fleur de lis to the locket.  Then I sealed the entire outside of the piece with clear Crystal Lacquer, applying it with the small paintbrush. Then all I had to do was put it on a chain!


Now is a great time to try this project or one like it, because you can get 20% off your entire purchase at Sakura Hobby Craft for the month of August.  Just enter aug08 at checkout!

Happy Heart

Happy Heart

 

I have really been enjoying working with the Sakura Hobby Crafts products these last few months. The more I play around with the supplies, the more fun I'm having and the more things I discover I can do with them. Today I mixed my media to form this beautiful bracelet.

 

So to get started, you'll need to pick your favorite rub on image and/or rub on lettering. Apply this to the back of your glass piece. http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/Fancy-Glass-Pendants.htm

Next I applied a top coat of the 3D Crystal lacquer to the back of my glass to seal in the rub on.

http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/3D-Crystal-Lacquer.htm

The process next will depend on your crocheting skills, but with a little practice you to can make this bracelet. I made a ball base, using the smallest crochet hook I had and crochet cotton. This pattern would help get you started http://www.craftdesigns4you.com/freecrochetball.htm, you'll have to play with this to get it to fit properly and youtube offers a ton of how-to videos on making balls. The bracelet itself was made using the following pattern from http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-macrame-bracelet/. The bracelet is a slide type bracelet, so it is adjustable to everyone! I did the bracelet in two pieces and joined them. I did use a little bit of the 3D Crystal Lacquer to secure the glass to the inside of the cotton ball center.

 

Well there you have it, a new way to use your glass tiles, a charming little piece to wear.

You can find the pieces I used and so much more at

http://www.sakuracraft.com/index.htm

Don't forget that you will receive 20% off your entire order for the month of July when you use this code at check out. Summer07



Glass Tiles and Magazines

Hello! Today I would like to show you how

I made jewellery necklaces from glass tiles and wedding magazines.

 

Colorful Wedding Magazines made excellent images

especially when the glass makes the images bigger.

 

 I had three small flowers I layered leaving some tile exposed for a background.

I glued them on the back of the tile with 3D Crystal Lacquer.

 

 I used Terri Sproul Mixers to color the remaining exposed tile.

 I sprinkled the powder into the crystal lacquer.

After it was dry I trimmed the edges to match the square glass tile.

I glued on a finding to the back of the tile with

Crystal Lacquer and added a green hand dyed seam binding. And that's it!

 

Next I wanted a more neutral organic necklace. I chose a bird cage and wanted the birds in the background. I traced the round glass tile on my image and cut it out as well as the birds.

 

 I cut out both images round initially but when I layered them

 I fussy cut the cage to view the birds in the background.

 

 

 

 

I glued the images to the glass tile with Crystal Lacquer as well as the finding.

 

I strung the glass tile  with some hand dyed seam binding. 

 

 

 

 You can find all the jewelry findings, including glass tiles at Sakura Hobby Craft
 

AND

 

During the month of July, you will receive an additional 20% off your entire order simply by using code Summer07 at checkout!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial! you can find many more Here on my blog.

 

 

Glass tiles and tissue paper

Good day all,  Brenda here and let me first apologize for not being here on time. I've had a busy July and just got caught up with a lot of stuff.  We went on a 12 day vacation and just got back last week.  Of course I then realized I had forgotten to post my projects for Sakura.  So, with that said let's get onto my project and I hope you forgive my lateness.

Sakura has these awesome glass tiles and bails and I couldn't wait to get crafting with them.  I wasn't sure what to do exactly and I knew I wanted something that popped.  My favorite color is purple so of course I would be going in that direction.  As always, I love to experiment so this is what I came up with.  I took some ordinary tissue paper and the Interference Lilac Pearl mixer with the 3D Crystal lacquer and painted a section of the tissue paper with it and while it was still wet, plopped the glass tile right on top of it.  I didn't paint perfectly to give it some dimension.  The tissue paper wrinkled a little bit also, but that's the "cool" affect.

Once that dried I flipped the tile over and added the bail also with the 3D Crystal Lacquer and painted over the entire back of the tile again to really seal it.  It's now even waterproof. 

Just added it to a couple of strands of ribbon and now I have the perfect pendant. 

What's also cool about this pendant is, depending on the light you see a lot of different color in it. 

So I hope you go and try using some tissue paper and mixers and see what you can come up with when you purchase some of these wonderful tiles and bails.  There is even a coupon right now.

Don't forget to use SUMMER 20% Off CODE:  Summer07 when purchasing any products at Sakura

I will be back later this week with another "cool" project.  You can always hop over here to see what else I've been up to.

Wishes

Turning a plastic tile into a prism of glass looking goodness!!  Almost like Dicrohic glass.

3D Crystal Lacquer is the key to creating fast, easy, marbelized accents.  Use the colored 3D Crystal Lacquer, or create your own using Terri Sproul Mixers.

Turn the tile over and on the back side squeeze lines of colored lacquer you want to use.  If you want to create your own color, mix it up and put into an empty applicator bottle.

Once you have the lines of color, use a toothpick, or I used an end of a paintbrush to pull the color straight down from top to bottom, adding a swirl motion as I went.  Play around and see what patterns you come up with! 

(Semi-Transparent so background colors of card, add and further enrich tile colors.)

If you don't like what the result is, just wipe off lacquer and start over.

Lastly, I added some of the Terri Sproul Mixers fine glitter lightly on the back to enhance the shimmery effect.

Use clear 3D Crystal Lacquer to adhere to the card.

SUMMER 20% Off CODE:
Summer07

Use the code on any order to receive 20% off!

Creating these tiles are addicting!!!  Make up a batch to have on hand for any projects you will be creating!!!

Cre8tively Yours - Lea