tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81594562106757627812024-03-12T20:12:18.874-07:00KatScrap StudioKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-87204014696845040192012-02-07T21:00:00.000-08:002012-02-07T21:00:03.606-08:00On the Wings of Love Tag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First off, I have to say that I had a WONDERFUL time at this year's CHA....</div>
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There were SO many great new products - Terri Sproul's Mixers - of course being my favorite! I'm so filled with creative inspiration...that it was a little difficult deciding on a project for this week's post. In keeping with the upcoming holiday, Valentine's Day, I created this tag.</div>
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This is where I started - at this point, I had no idea what I was going to do with the button heart. I arranged the buttons in a heart shape, and then poured <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">Crystal Lacquer</a> over the entire surface, then sprinkled a tiny bit of Terri Sproul's Mixer in Silver for some shimmer. The picture shows what it looked like after drying overnight and before trimming it to a heart shape.</div>
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I used Tim Holtz's tissue tape to form the ruffle behind the heart, which was painted with Crystal Lacquer mixed with Terri Sproul's Mixer in Lilac Pearl. The tag was distressed with Tea Dye distress ink and I sewed patterned paper onto it. The tag and photo image are both Tim Holtz goodies and were also distressed with distress ink. I attached the photo with pop dots to add a little dimension.</div>
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Here's another view that shows the Red Crystal Lacquer shining on the number 14 of the tag. Hope you all have a very Happy Valentines Day!</div>
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My project this week is literally covered with the brand new Terri Sproul's Mixer's...beautiful mica powders that can be mixed with Crystal Lacquer for some pretty amazing results. I wanted to try it on several different surfaces to see what effects I could obtain....and what I got was really beautiful!</div>
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I started with these simple supplies:</div>
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light pink crepe paper rosette</div>
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a plain white paper flower</div>
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white plastic mini frame</div>
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a valentine cut out</div>
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a tim holtz rosette made with vintage sheet music</div>
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and I added the magic:</div>
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Terri Sproul's Mixer's in the following colors -</div>
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Here's a close-up of the pink crepe paper rosette with a layer of Bronze mica powder mixed with 3D Crystal Lacquer brushed on the top. I dipped the edge in Crystal Lacquer then dipped in Gold Dust mica.</div>
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I painted Red Satin mica powder mixed with Crystal Lacquer on a white paper flower, let it dry thoroughly, then stamped it with a handwriting rubberstamp using black StazOn ink. The little frame was white, and is coated with Silver mica powder mixed with Crystal Lacquer. I cut the word LOVE out of white cardstock and distressed it a little before gluing it to the backside of the frame. The little Valentine image was distressed on the edges, coated with Distress Crackle and then brushed with a small amount of the Silver mica powder. I layered a vintage music rosette, the Valentine image, then topped it with the frame and flower.</div>
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This is my first project sharing the brand new<strong> Terri Sproul Mixer - Jewel Effects</strong> by Sakura Hobby Craft - which will be debuted at the <a href="http://www.craftandhobby.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=2012TW">Craft and Hobby Association 2012 Winter Conference!</a>! These mica powder colors are amazing and I've been having a blast playing with them!</div>
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<strong>Materials Used</strong></div>
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Blue Ice Pearl</div>
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(mixed with Crystal Lacquer)</div>
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Manila tag - size 16</div>
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This tag was a total blast to create. I used a lot of different techniques...even got out my sewing machine to give it a little touch of whimsy vintage!</div>
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This is what I started with....keep in mind that I usually don't have a clue what my project will develop into while I'm creating and taking these pictures. At this point I had painted on a layer of Blue Ice Pearl Terri Sproul Mixer over the stamped bird image on the paperclay.<br />
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Here's a close up of the bird image on the paperclay. I used tea dye distress ink of the edges and printed out the word LOVE and glued it on using Crystal Lacquer.</div>
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After roughing up the edges a bit with the Zutter Distrezz It All, I inked the edges with tea dye distress ink and ran it through my sewing machine....even sewing a little heart in the corner.<br />
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This tiny bouquet was white originally - given a little spray with glimmer mist and then I painted the 3 light pink flowers with Lilac Pearl Terri Sproul Mixer. <br />
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It's very important to work on a non stick work surface. I use a craft sheet from Ranger. I placed the pine tree sticker on the craft sheet and then went to town with my colored Crystal Lacquer. I used 2 shades of green for the tree and a brown for the trunk and just filled in the blank areas. I let it sit overnight.......very important here. Once it's completely dry, it peels right off the craft sheet and almost has a vinyl window cling feel on the back. In fact, I was able to move it several times to make sure it was straight. This is such a great idea to turn an ordinary clear glass votive holder, wine glass, vase - virtually anything into a very nice addition to your decor or party theme.</div>
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Believe it or not - I created this ornament in about 30 minutes - beginning to end. Fortunately, I had time to let it dry overnight, before it and me ran off to a Christmas party and ornament exchange..... </div>
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I was in a pinch - invited to a party & ornament exchange and make some creative goodness for my design team assignment. I had these vintage star ornaments arranged in a glass bowl as part of my Christmas decor - and a bottle of Crystal Lacquer...what more could a girl ask for?</div>
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I made the rosette using simple white crepe paper streamers using about an arms length doubled - that took like 2 minutes! I'm doing good! Sprayed it with a little gold and pearl glimmer mist and hit it good with my heat gun. Next, I poured a good amount of Crystal Lacquer on a paper plate and mixed gold and silver glitter on another. I dipped the edge of the rosette into the Crystal Lacquer and then dipped in into the glitter mixture - so pretty!</div>
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While I set that aside to dry (it did dry in just a few hours, but I left it overnight for good measure), I ran to my computer and printed the words "A Christmas Wish" in a fancy little font and cut it out in banner style - distressed the edges and used distress ink on it for a worn vintage look. Next, the star...easy peasy. Using the same scrap of white cardstock I used for the banner, I die cut a star, stamped it with a music stamp and distressed it using black soot and vintage photo distress ink. All I needed was a little doodad as an accent. I coated a scrap piece of plastic leaf stem - using Crystal Lacquer and my gold/silver glitter mixture. When I glued the whole thing together - I used a glue gun for speed - I added 3 tiny vintage glass ornaments from my stash and I was done and very pleased with the outcome.</div>
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The Route 66 stamp from <a href="http://www.stampo.com/">Viva Las Vegastamps!</a> was my inspiration this week for this cute little birdhouse ornament.</div>
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I cut scrapbooking paper just a tad smaller than each side of the birdhouse - distressed each edge and glued it down using 3D Crystal Lacquer. I inked the edges with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo to give it a rustic look and to take away the new look of the wood.</div>
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I started with distressing the edges of the manila tag using distress ink. I cut my scrapbook paper scrap the size of the tag and distressed the edges using a Zutter Distrezz It All to really rough up the edges and make it a little smaller than the tag. I stamped the girl image on plain white cardstock using black distress ink and embossed her with clear embossing powder. I aged the white cardstock with distress ink in old paper and vintage photo on the edges.</div>
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I stamped a flourish image over the scrapbook paper using StazOn ink in black and outlined some of the flourish with brown <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">Crystal Color Lacquer.</a> I set this aside for a few hours before I finished assembling the tag.</div>
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Creating the film strip was a little time consuming - but turned out really cool! I just cut small face images from scraps of scrapbooking paper - here I was using Graphic 45's Bathing Beauties - one of my all time favs! I placed a dot of <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">Crystal Lacquer</a> on top of the image and then pressed the film strip over it. To finish the tag, I adhered a vintage ticket sticker behind the clipped on film strip ribbon and added some fun charms.</div>
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This week Crystal Lacquer and I had fun creating one more Halloween decor piece for my collection - a wickedly cute mini witches hat!</div>
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Paper Mache Witches Hat</div>
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Here's a close up of one of the flowers. I love this photo because you can see the purple shimmer on the hat from the glimmer mist. I bought a package of small glass ornaments in Halloween colors. I wanted to see what fun I could have adding glitter/beads to them using Crystal Lacquer. This green one was covered with fine green glitter. I did another one in chunky beads that turned out cool - and will be using it for another project. It was easy to brush on a thin layer of Crystal Lacquer and then just dipping them in the glitter or beads. </div>
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For the center of this flower, I coated a black glass ornament with chunky orange glitter.</div>
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For center of this paper flower, which I made using old dictionary paper and orange and black glimmer mist, I used Crystal Lacquer and orange seed beads. I coated a brad with the lacquer, dipped it in the beads and set aside to dry. I did this process twice as to get a bigger layer of beads.</div>
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<br /> I used my scallop circle Accucut Die and cut about 8 circles of Halloween themed tulle fabric to create this little number. The edges of the tulle were melted (I used a lighter) so they would curl up and make it more dimensional and added a brad that I coated with Crystal Lacquer and orange chunky glitter.</div>
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Here are my Crystal Lacquer creations for this Halloween - I can't wait to start on Thanksgiving and Christmas next :)</div>
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This week I decided to add to my Halloween decorations and make a Halloween Wand that coordinates with my last post - the Halloween Treat Cone.</div>
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<a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">3D Crystal Lacquer</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/Gem-Crafts/Jewelry-Findings/Black-Coated-Jewelry-Findings.htm">Black Coated Jewelry Finding</a></div>
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Asst. Ribbons in Halloween colors</div>
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I started out with a simple black crepe paper rosette. I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist (black with purple glimmer), but it didn't show up that great and most of it did get covered, however it does have a little bit of a shimmer to which is pretty cool.</div>
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I absolutely LOVE the way it turned out! </div>
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I also did the same process using Gem Particles from Sakura on the smaller scrapbook paper rosette that I made using the Tim Holtz Rosette Die. It came out super sparkly and chunky. Both of these methods dried pretty quickly, so I was able to complete this whole project in just over an hour.</div>
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I added this cute little frog on one of the ribbon streamers. It was a cardstock cut out that I simply used crackle medium on, then gave it a coat of Crystal Lacquer for more shine. To complete the project, I wrapped ribbon around a wooden spoon, (the reason I used a spoon instead of a dowel was that I found it was MUCH easier to glue down the rosette onto something sturdy - the spoon part - rather than using just a dowel) glued the rosette onto a purple glitter chipboard vintage shape and added a little paper tab to the rosette. The skeleton face was cut out from a scrap I had left over from my last project and coated with Crystal Lacquer. </div>
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Here is the completed wand, set in a witches shoe for the pictures sake. To the bow, I added a charm that I made using a Black Jewelry Finding from Sakura. I simply glued a picture of candy corn in the charm and covered with Crystal Lacquer and a sprinkling of fine clear glitter. Also to the wand, I added a journaling tag that can be filled with all the fun Halloween memories and maybe a photo or two that can be brought out and displayed year after year! Right now, it's part of my Halloween display! This was a super fun project and I hope to hear that you made one yourself! Share with me if you do!</div>
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Fall has arrived here on the mountain....leaves are changing color and nights are getting cooler. Boxes of Fall decorations are being brought out from storage - which means one thing - Halloween!</div>
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I adore Halloween decorating (and I must admit the candy!) so I'd thought I would share a Halloween themed post to get a jump on all of Halloween's goodness. </div>
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I used vintage sheets of music for the cone, and old dictionary paper for the flower. This project is really fun because you can use whatever papers you have on hand to coordinate with any theme you would like!</div>
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After the glitter was dry, I rolled the cone into it's shape and used Crystal Lacquer to adhere it.</div>
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To make the flower, I used 2 scalloped circles of old dictionary paper, crumpled them up several times and sprayed them with several layer of Glimmer Mist. </div>
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I used a Tim Holtz stamp for the ticket, stamped it with black Distress Ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. To color it, I used <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">Crystal Color Lacquer</a>. I squeezed a little out in a puddle on the side of the stamped image, and used an old giftcard to scrap it across it. I used both purple and orange Crystal Color Lacquer.</div>
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Here you can see how awesome the ticket turned out. After it dried, I distressed the edges using a distressing tool and black Distress ink. I used a Dymo Label Maker to make the "BEWARE" label and stapled it to the flower, shredded some black paper in my paper shredder and used it to fill the cone. For the finishing touches, added some black ribbon for hanging and filled it with some candy corn!</div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-68323270709556726792011-09-13T21:00:00.000-07:002011-09-13T21:00:07.728-07:00"Let's DO this" ATC Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgMwV0Du0vNnuCE66-lpXY1expZGUNT6z3cXShV0_8uOwxBkkFbr5XBWUib3TlklJn3O3_Tfjre082Zq9CxFRWe3xFtpiL8E0nj89qBzfLCo8a0_OgXUyuD09yiKQU3YxZqy2t5_yd5k_/s1600/P1010012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgMwV0Du0vNnuCE66-lpXY1expZGUNT6z3cXShV0_8uOwxBkkFbr5XBWUib3TlklJn3O3_Tfjre082Zq9CxFRWe3xFtpiL8E0nj89qBzfLCo8a0_OgXUyuD09yiKQU3YxZqy2t5_yd5k_/s400/P1010012.JPG" width="300" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I had the privilege this past weekend to spend some time with some amazingly creative ladies at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Creative-Souls-Retreat/208995465789279">Creative Souls Retreat</a> in beautiful Lake Arrowhead, CA. One of the fun activities we did was an ATC Swap. The theme was transformation - and here is my spin on that theme.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Since I had to make multiples - I wanted something fairly simple, but I didn't want it to necessarily LOOK simple. After deciding on my design and image, I immediately reached for my <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">3D Crystal Lacquer</a> and my <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/3D-Crystal-Lacquer/3D-Crystal-Lacquer--Color.htm">3D Crystal Lacquer Color</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm very excited and honored to announce </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">that I will be joining the next </span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sakura Hobby Craft</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Design Team!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have had such a blast creating projects and sharing them with everyone, and I get to do it for another 6 months - YAY!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-7336941857613970312011-08-25T21:00:00.000-07:002011-08-25T21:00:06.702-07:00Quick Crystal Lacquer Charms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFprMy4DmkRcY2Kl2It2JlzqwnlLweOYZqmzDE_APh3pkFNL7uRV3qM8QL8wS1PZb8RboASfxFDBa8QQKXn84-jp86FbqeqVL1glPac3ksRVOPmxGn_M3yBNnOjZDZHaKL9SbypR1A8nN4/s1600/P1010255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFprMy4DmkRcY2Kl2It2JlzqwnlLweOYZqmzDE_APh3pkFNL7uRV3qM8QL8wS1PZb8RboASfxFDBa8QQKXn84-jp86FbqeqVL1glPac3ksRVOPmxGn_M3yBNnOjZDZHaKL9SbypR1A8nN4/s320/P1010255.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm sharing with you today 2 quick and easy charms ideas. Gift giving season is quickly approaching and with a bottle of </span><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">3D Crystal Lacquer</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">, a package or 2 of </span><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Glass Tiles, Bales and Ball Chain Necklaces</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and a little imagination you can pretty much take care of several gifts in just a short amount of time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For this first charm, I applied a thing layer of <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">Crystal Color Lacquer</a> on the back of the glass tile. The glass tiles DO have a right and wrong side. The back has a slight texture to it and isn't as shiny. I let this dry overnight. For the initial - I used a permanent black marker on white cardstock, let it dry and used Crystal Lacquer to glue the tile (colored side down) over the initial. Again I let this dry overnight, then trimmed around the glass tile. On the back, I glued some typed words and gave it a coat of Crystal Lacquer....let that dry and added the bale.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For this second charm, I stamped an image onto the back of the Glass Tile and used Crystal Lacquer to glue the tile onto printed scrapbooking paper. After it was dry, I trimmed around the edges and wrapped metal foil tape around it to give it a soldered look. I added some printed words on the back and gave it a good coat of Crystal Lacquer. When it had dried overnight, I added the bale.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-42724032299054243772011-08-11T21:00:00.000-07:002011-08-11T21:00:06.669-07:00Boardwalk Pendant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uH4gvUERNQEH-657MeRyOcQcV41MI5huwtdp9HzHBENgTuWKy9AUW0U_iKNK-QRtRY3aZUxXKtS5ZbcTWP0QMcnQOklHwJ8NTZtdDMVU-TPng7c9kef2CUap-N84tbrYepaAbML-8o74/s1600/P1010036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uH4gvUERNQEH-657MeRyOcQcV41MI5huwtdp9HzHBENgTuWKy9AUW0U_iKNK-QRtRY3aZUxXKtS5ZbcTWP0QMcnQOklHwJ8NTZtdDMVU-TPng7c9kef2CUap-N84tbrYepaAbML-8o74/s400/P1010036.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't seem to get away from my beach-themed projects this summer! I've even been decorating my deck in a beach theme - even though I'm at 6100' elevation in the mountains! I can see the ocean from my deck, so I thought....why not! I really love the way this necklace turned out. I've been wearing it quite a bit too! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> To start off, here are the products that I used.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Graphic 45 Bathing Beauties paper scrap</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distress Embossing Powder - Old Paper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distress Ink - Vintage Photo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Starfish charms (from my stash)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Assorted Beads (from my stash)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Underwood font printed on white paper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't wait to make a collage style scene in this deep pendant finding - it just took me awhile to figure out just how I would do it. I knew I wanted depth and had a fair amount of room to work with, although this was a very tiny space to work in. I first decided on my background, which is this vintage beach scene that I found on a Graphic 45 scrapbook paper scrap and glued it down using 3D Crystal Lacquer. After it dried, I started layering the Crystal Lacquer and the embossing powder (it's what I had on hand that mimics sand). I let each layer dry overnight, so this process took me a few days to achieve. After the second layer, I added the starfish charm, which was part of a necklace that I took apart. I glued the charm down, and added more Crystal Lacquer and embossing powder over the charm to make it look like it was partially buried in the sand. There was another loop on the bottom of the charm that I snipped off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These jewelry findings came with what I thought was a piece of cardboard that fit nicely on the top. I didn't realize that it was a piece of acrylic, until Chelsea (a talented Design Team team mate) had explained it in her post a few weeks ago! Thank you Chelsea! This shows the acrylic 'lid' after I peeled off the protective paper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I printed several versions of the words I wanted to go in the pendant and finally decided on the My Underwood font. I cut out each word, distressed it with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and glued them into place. I curled the word 'seashore' a little bit and attached it to the top of the starfish for dimension.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see that I glued a small clear rhinestone over the loop on the charm, a small pearl in the sand and a green pearl bead in the background. The rest of the beads were just placed on the sand area and not glued down. When I was happy with the amount of beads, I glued down the acrylic cover using Crystal Lacquer just around the tiny edges of the pendant. The smaller beads can move around inside the pendant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been having such a wonderful time being a part of a team with a bunch of very talented gals on the Sakura Hobby Craft Design Team. Our 6 month assignment is almost up and I'm trying out again - I've got my fingers crossed! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
I'm sharing with you today a cute little card I made using a fun technique with <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">Crystal Color Lacquer.</a> This product is very versatile and really fun to play around with! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
Here are the products I used for this card:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">3D Crystal Lacquer</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/3D-Crystal-Lacquer/3D-Crystal-Lacquer--Color.htm">Crystal Color Lacquer</a> -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I used just about all the colors I had from these kits</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pastel Glitter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Country Colors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Primary Colors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pastel Colors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gold Flower Stickers from <a href="http://www.sparkraftent.com/">Sparkraft Enterprises</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bazzill cardstock</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Printed scrapbook paper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Close to My Heart Stamps</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distress Ink - Spun Sugar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Momento Ink - Black</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tim Holtz Rosette Die</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fiskar's Crimper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">White cardsock</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pop Dots</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wooden Skewer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">White Ribbon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This whole process started when I was playing around with my Crystal Color Lacquer. I loved how the colors mixed when I pooled it on my craft sheet, which is a VERY important part of the process - you have to use a craft sheet so the dried lacquer can easily be peeled off! I made the pools with similar colors, mixed a little bit of 3D Crystal Lacquer (which is clear) in with it and gave it a stir with the end of a paintbrush (it's what I had handy). You can see how the Glitter Crystal Color Lacquer sparkles, and who doesn't like a little bling!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a close up of the flower I created starting with a die cut rosette made with plain white cardstock. I wanted the flower to have dimension, so I used the rosette as a base. I then used pop dots to stack the 3 flowers on top of each other, alternating the 2 large ones so the petals of both would show. I added a little pearl bling for the flower's center. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The card was constructed using 3D Crystal Lacquer as my adhesive - this stuff is awesome and has become my "go-to" glue. I crimped the patterned scrapbook paper with a Fiskar's crimper and the 3D Crystal Lacquer worked really well to glue this to the card, which was simply a piece of yellow bazzill cardstock cut and folded.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the sentiment, I stamped the background image using Spun Sugar Distress Ink and black ink for the words. I roughed up the edges a little bit with my distressing tool and glued it on the crimped background paper. I used a wooden skewer cut to size and glued it inside one of the folds on the rosette - added a little white bow and I was done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-10176483226913201352011-07-29T00:31:00.000-07:002011-07-29T00:31:07.401-07:00Summertime Tin Album - Part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3BLnOaXIwCq2d363a6rf1vwkcD7ivYo9E3D_C9ZYp0NwXd-0mXdEskGsC3X-PSGFqFxJ7O0xBgQtIDVu-jElBEolYKV0MEXggq2QzJrPyqpIlZU6zOdwNzxlsMzHI8qvg-7pbcqM5es7/s1600/P1010010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3BLnOaXIwCq2d363a6rf1vwkcD7ivYo9E3D_C9ZYp0NwXd-0mXdEskGsC3X-PSGFqFxJ7O0xBgQtIDVu-jElBEolYKV0MEXggq2QzJrPyqpIlZU6zOdwNzxlsMzHI8qvg-7pbcqM5es7/s400/P1010010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As promised, I'm sharing the inside of my Summer Tin Album this week. My first challenge coming up with something that wasn't bulky, as the tin is quite thin. I love adding layers and dimension to my projects - so I had to do this without adding too much bulk. I decided on a simple accordion fold design with only 5 pages. After measuring the inside of the tin and figuring out how big my pages needed to be, I simply cut and scored 2 sheets of patterned paper and glued them together to get the 5 needed pages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cut the same size patterned paper to act as a picture mat on each page. This way when I'm ready to add pictures, I have a place holder for them. I made them smaller (I'll print my pictures wallet size) so I could add journaling and any small memorabilia (ticket stubs, receipts, pressed flowers, etc) to the page. On this first page, I added a plastic date disc that I cut to fit on the edge, a Tim Holtz ticket and my infamous paper flower (made from old dictionary pages). Only this time I slathered the flower with <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">Crystal Color Lacquer</a> in light blue glitter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the way it turned out - it's rather stiff, so would also make a great pin or addition to a hair band. These are so easy to make, that I made some in several different colors that I'll be able to add to other projects!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the next 4 pages, I just added a variety of patterned paper and small embellishments including buttons, twine and an alligator clip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I traced the design on the paper here with same Crystal Color Lacquer that I used on the flower. I love the dimension it gave and I also liked that when I inked the edges, it resisted the ink, which made it "pop" even more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For these cute little bottle cap stickers, I simply covered them in <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">3D Crystal Lacquer</a> and let dry overnight, which gave them a bright shiny coating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the cover of the completed album - all ready to receive my summer memories! Now, I just need to get busy and make some worthy of my album!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I couldn't just leave the back of the album blank, so for a bit of whimsy I decided to do the same technique to mimic sand (3D Crystal Lacquer sprinkled with Distress Embossing Powder), and add a fancy little seagull.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I just needed a few items - like canning jars, lids & rings which were easy to get - and I was set. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The recipe was simple - lemons, sugar, water. After slicing the lemons and letting them sit overnight in the fridge, I added the sugar and started the cooking process. The skill is getting to the "jelly point" - which I kept reading about online while investigating different recipes. I had my trusty candy thermometer, so I just had to be patient enough to get just the right temperature.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TA-DA! Easy peasy! The hardest part was waiting for the mixture to get to 220 degrees! It's very yummy - of course we had to sample it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I'm trying to think of what's next - I've got a few jars left........off to find more recipes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well here she is....my first Sweet Pea bloom of the season. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm so excited to finally see her and a few others in my first attempt at flower seed sowing at 6100 feet elevation. I had bought some packets of seed at Descanso Gardens back in April. I was so enchanted with the beautiful images on the packages, that I just HAD to buy a few.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so in love with them, that I made a page for them in my journal along with a planting map of where they were planted in my little garden patch. I planted two varieties of Sweet Peas - Explorer Mix and April in Paris. The photo above is of the April in Paris variety and I have one purple bloom from the Explorer Mix. I have a few Columbines growing, no blooms yet and I haven't seen any of the Zinnias. I do have some Marigolds with a few buds along with one tiny Rosemary plant and the Sage seems to be doing really well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With some 30 degree evenings and some very cold days, I didn't think I would have much luck with the seeds - but am so happy to see that it could be done....with a lot of patients, a little water, some sunny days and a little pixie dust :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-24039527750290394202011-07-14T21:00:00.000-07:002011-07-14T21:00:20.094-07:00Summertime Tin Album - Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_orVgZaWVPGZjs-DuuSMfLyNBgY9qoz_hDAeUJaFVshw93h3lmMDBtagBVORyy71hiMm-w63havFNJiq2qUejTcyc4qlx4XHxuSZEA6XvwjOYOAdpM8g6Dcp-Zbv5bT5abGPLOwb8v-GD/s1600/P1010092-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_orVgZaWVPGZjs-DuuSMfLyNBgY9qoz_hDAeUJaFVshw93h3lmMDBtagBVORyy71hiMm-w63havFNJiq2qUejTcyc4qlx4XHxuSZEA6XvwjOYOAdpM8g6Dcp-Zbv5bT5abGPLOwb8v-GD/s400/P1010092-1.JPG" width="365" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Summer is my favorite time of year - so when I received this metal case from Sakura for this month's projects - I knew I wanted to make an cute little mini album for this year's summer pictures. I will be doing my album in 2 parts this month, this first one showing the cover of the Summer 2011 Mini-tin Album. Here's the list of supplies that I used.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Small metal case</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">3D Crystal Lacquer</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Patterned paper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beach-themed cutouts </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rubberstamps from Tweety Jill</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chipboard Adirondack chair from Tattered Angels</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brown twine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distress Embossing Powder</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distress Ink</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Glimmer Mist</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I first cut a piece of scapbook paper (I used a piece from a Tim Holtz paper stack) slightly smaller than the front of the case. I distressed it with a distressing tool and inked it with vintage photo distress ink. I measured a length of ribbon (this will be used to tie around the album) about 16" and glued it on the front of the case, and then glued the paper on top. After that was dry, I ran a ribbon of 3D Crystal Lacquer along the bottom in a wavy pattern,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and poured out the one thing I had on hand that resembled sand - Distress Embossing Powder in Antique Linen. I let that sit overnight - then just tapped the excess off into my handy dandy tidy craft tray and replaced the unused bits back into the bottle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I used beach images from Graphic 45 paper, cut them out, did a little distressing and inking and tied the tag around the "Beach" piece, using brown twine, before gluing it down. The stamp looking embellishment is a Tweety Jill stamp that was embossed and colored with distress ink (red barn and vintage photo). I also stamped the background paper with a few beach images using Tweety Jill stamps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Adirondack chair (Tattered Angels Glimmer Chips) was sprayed with several colors of glimmer mist, dried and inked a little bit with Vintage Photo distress ink, then sanded around the edges to give it a worn and antique look. I really like how the embossed areas popped after they were misted and inked! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the last little embellishment, I hand wrote "Summer 2011" on a scrap piece of polka-dot paper, distressed and inked it and glued in onto the album. It was given a nice coat of 3D Crystal Lacquer and dried overnight to give it a nice shine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be sharing the inside of the album next time! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Visit <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">www.sakuracraft.com</a> for more information</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> on 3D Crystal Lacquer and all their great products</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.crystallacquer.blogspot.com/">www.crystallacquer.blogspot.com</a> for more Design Team projects</div><div align="center"></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-51226204516688364272011-06-29T21:00:00.000-07:002011-06-30T00:15:49.070-07:00Sakura Hobby Craft Blog Hop<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>If you came from </strong></span><a href="http://www.thestampaddict.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;"><strong>Jennifer Van Pelt's </strong></span></a><span style="color: red;"><strong> blog you're in the right place!</strong></span></div><table class="posts" id="posts"><><><><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></><tbody><><><div style="text-align: center;"></div></>
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</div><div class="entirePost" style="text-align: center;">I totally moved off the page with this project. I'm redoing one of my bathrooms in a "Seaside" theme and had this Mary Englebreit calender page laying around waiting to be framed. It's 12 x 12 size was perfect for an inexpensive scrapbook page frame - which I of course couldn't leave alone.</div><div class="entirePost" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are the supplies that I used to complete this project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 12 x 12 frame</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">3D Crystal Lacquer</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">Sakura Hobby Craft Gem Particles in Blue Flash</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fine Tarnished Silver Glitter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Idea-ology Tissue Tape - Symphony</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">12 x 12 Calendar page</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Assorted beads & Shell from my stash</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used the tissue tape to cover the frame. It was easy and fast to apply. I just folded over the edges to the back and used little pieces to cover up any small tears or places that I missed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now the fun part. I wanted to use the Gem Particles to cover the frame and give it lots of shimmer. I mixed the Gem Particles with a tarnished silver glitter on a paper plate, got out a paintbrush, started brushing on Crystal Lacquer over the tissue tape and sprinkled on my gem particle mixture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I let each side dry for about 30 mins. before I started on the next side, just so I wouldn't have a sticky mess to handle while I applied the gem particle/glitter mixture. I loved the way it turned out - very shiny-sparkly and kind of chunky!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At this point, I was really happy with the frame and added the picture thinking I was done...but I had an idea to add some sparkle and glimmer to the front of the picture as well, and I had some gem particle/glitter mixture left...and a cute little bottle of beads was staring at me, so I thought....why not!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was SO easy! I applied a thick line of Crystal Lacquer right on the glass of the picture frame underlining the quote on the picture. Then I just sprinkled some beads, a large green pearl, the gem particle/glitter mixture and added a shell. I let this dry overnight. I loved the way it turned out! Now all those calender pages I've collected over the years are staring at me.........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZtNJghhpM0Xy2IMGETA6zOTct-2zoZ5nymeNKbD_cniiTh8AzA3WlMonUfx7KNo1_5Qr38gV0VOAs_KGdfbtSQ455_SReY_rMFKcQjehJXxSutx7kEhrCUhI9hqoT9skbXZWieMpRjU2/s1600/P1010104-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZtNJghhpM0Xy2IMGETA6zOTct-2zoZ5nymeNKbD_cniiTh8AzA3WlMonUfx7KNo1_5Qr38gV0VOAs_KGdfbtSQ455_SReY_rMFKcQjehJXxSutx7kEhrCUhI9hqoT9skbXZWieMpRjU2/s400/P1010104-1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Have you ever started a project and then WHAM...you got an idea that took you in a totally different direction? Well, that's exactly what happened to me with this week's project...I just love the creative process! What had originally started out as cupcake picks (yes, I was going to show off my baking abilities!), turned into this awesome banner! I know what you're thinking...."Darn, I would rather have had some cupcake pics!" Well, maybe next month!</div><div align="center">I have a ton of pictures to share in this post, so I hope you enjoy them all! </div><div align="center"> Here's the loooong list of items I used:</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">3D Crystal Lacquer</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/Gem-Crafts/Gem-Particles.htm">Sakura Craft Gem Particles (Blue Flash and Peacock Green)</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/Gem-Crafts/Jewelry-Findings/Black-Coated-Jewelry-Findings.htm">Sakura Black Rectangle Jewelry Finding</a></div><div align="center">Chipboard </div><div align="center">Idea-ology Seasonal Paper Stash (4th of July images)</div><div align="center">AccuCut Pennant Die</div><div align="center">Distress Ink in Vintage Photo, Old Paper, Faded Jeans and Barn Door</div><div align="center">Stampers Anonymous Fabulous Flourishes RubberStamp</div><div align="center">Crepe paper streamers in red, white & blue</div><div align="center">Glimmer Mist - in various colors</div><div align="center">Acrylic Paint - red</div><div align="center">Accucut Scallop Circle Die</div><div align="center">Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix Decorative Strip Die - Paper Rosette</div><div align="center">AccuCut Fringe Die</div><div align="center">White and Red Cardstock</div><div align="center">Blue Glitter Paper</div><div align="center">Pearl topped hat pin ,a tiny price tag & 3 clear rhinestones</div><div align="center">A strip of red rhinestones</div><div align="center">2 Idea-ology Hinge Clips</div><div align="center">2 skewers "borrowed" from my kitchen</div><div align="center">Oh! and 2 stars from a box in the basement marked "Christmas decor"</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Wow - that's a long list, but you know how it is when you start going on a project, you just keep adding things!</div><div align="center">Ok, so here's how I made the "cupcake" picks. Very simple really, especially with the magical rosette die - if you don't have one yet, get one, it makes rosettes in a snap!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I printed out words using the My Underwood font onto plain printer paper. I used "God Bless America" and "Happy 4th of July" for my rosettes. I cut each word out, distressed the edges and glued them on the rosette center. Then I covered the center with Crystal Lacquer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">You can see in these photos that the edges are sparkly blue. This is the Gem Particles by Sakura and here is how I applied it. I made a puddle of Crystal Lacquer on a paper plate along with a mound of the Gem Particles. I dunked the edges of the rosette in first the crystal lacquer and then the Gem Particles, going around the entire edge and then set it aside to dry.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is where things kind of got fuzzy. I had my picks ready to go - (just go upstairs and make the cupcakes Karen)....but alas, I somehow got the idea to put these cute little numbers on a banner....a U S A banner...for the 4th of July....yeah! So, 2 days later....and a lot more doo dads, I finished it! Here's some more photos of the finished project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the firework-looking doo-dads, I just used my Accucut Fringe die. You could also, just cut fringe with your scissors, leaving a band uncut at the bottom, roll up the paper over a pencil, (to curl the fringe) then roll the bottom band around the bottom of a pencil to get the flower or fireworks shape. I layered 2 together and used a hot glue gun to attach to the banner. I glued a clear rhinestone in the center.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used crepe paper streamers to make the large rosettes* under each letter. <br />
This one was sprayed with glimmer mist and edged in red acrylic paint.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our Design Team has a fun Blog Hop planned for June 30th. I hope you can join us for it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a link to get more information and to RSVP -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225213800830499">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225213800830499</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For more information of Crystal Lacquer products, visit <a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">www.sakuracraft.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and to check out the amazing design teams projects, visit <a href="http://www.crystallacquer.blogspot.com/">www.crystallacquer.blogspot.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/174/CA007C87FC44D95EB06295096BB2F562.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">* <span style="font-size: x-small;">Chelsea had shared how to make these easy-peasy crepe paper rosettes on the Sakura Blog, but if you'd like more info on how to make them, you can just email me at </span><a href="mailto:katscrapfever@sbcglobal.net"><span style="font-size: x-small;">katscrapfever@sbcglobal.net</span></a> .</div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-4602739358848504692011-06-19T21:00:00.000-07:002011-06-21T14:52:24.998-07:00Vintage Layout - Robin's Nest Design Team Entry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I42s41K093j_LaupVxKG3430dxw17OUa5e-Oibas3CghFskZ3IrFsJaeA6XlzHL8n7xEPXwOD9KBERYoQIJTEKYoJzSZTfLgmjIjuD8r31KLVssYyG_g78d6OV6csolSdlspr7GyJc1e/s1600/P1010065-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I42s41K093j_LaupVxKG3430dxw17OUa5e-Oibas3CghFskZ3IrFsJaeA6XlzHL8n7xEPXwOD9KBERYoQIJTEKYoJzSZTfLgmjIjuD8r31KLVssYyG_g78d6OV6csolSdlspr7GyJc1e/s400/P1010065-2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"> I've been going through family photo boxes pretty regularly since my recent move, and just fell in love with this picture of my Mom, circa 1929, and decided that it needed some special attention. </div><div align="center">Here are the supplies that I used for this 12 x 12 page layout.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">1 12 x 12 sheet of Donna Salazar's Trunk in the Attic (Banana Nut Loaf)</div><div align="center">1 12 x 12 sheet Donna Salazar's Trunk in the Attic (Nutmeg Nostalgia)</div><div align="center">Vintage Photo</div><div align="center">Up-cycled old dictionary pages die cut into scalloped circles</div><div align="center"><a href="http://robinsnest-scrap.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=clear+dew+drops&x=0&y=0">Robin's Nest Clear Dew Drops</a></div><div align="center">Crystal Color Lacquer (in brown and metallic gold)</div><div align="center">Lace Ribbon</div><div align="center">An Idea-ology Facet</div><div align="center">An Idea-ology Trinket Pin</div><div align="center">Glimmer Mist</div><div align="center">Distress Ink</div><div align="center">Copic Markers<br />
3D Crystal Lacquer<br />
Tape Runner</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Ok, to start off, I used a real vintage photo that was mounted in a folder. I wouldn't have normally used this, but I was fortunate enough to have 2 of these pictures in my collection. I love the embossed framework and photographers name on the mat, as well as the dimension that it created on the page. Because of it's depth, I'll probably be putting this page into a shadowbox frame to display.</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM7wxxn1bKQcTIrwE4iT9CROMswA8_8TGRjLKeSMX1wiuCjC_5civI7LKGk7LRz8hR2XFOCG_n7dzJuEptQGQ1EAxVJGacN3l74X-U5bAlT0coyKNgf71wbgyMvafzoQJfvj9TTG1f5fM/s1600/P1010082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM7wxxn1bKQcTIrwE4iT9CROMswA8_8TGRjLKeSMX1wiuCjC_5civI7LKGk7LRz8hR2XFOCG_n7dzJuEptQGQ1EAxVJGacN3l74X-U5bAlT0coyKNgf71wbgyMvafzoQJfvj9TTG1f5fM/s400/P1010082.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first thing I did was to simply trace the swirls on the paper (Banana Nut Loaf) with Crystal Color Lacquer. I love how it added a bit of shine, and really made the flourish images pop from the page. Note: It's important to let the Crystal Lacquer dry overnight...I know...we don't like to wait, but it's worth it! I used 3D Crystal Lacquer to adhere the Dew Drops to add to the flourish design. Just a teenie tiny drop does the trick.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehKjkjtmq13FvlI7v4XDjSzMw1AztaNkrXCDRGLcJuatKQNmFxB7jxNWJ8Knx9Yk1ThGKDqXQMJjPcLrOwm2ympp6mQJppQbrbftoj6J3wPt1kGpP4t16wIPoVp-yRxzHDH6eiAR8f31M/s1600/P1010081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehKjkjtmq13FvlI7v4XDjSzMw1AztaNkrXCDRGLcJuatKQNmFxB7jxNWJ8Knx9Yk1ThGKDqXQMJjPcLrOwm2ympp6mQJppQbrbftoj6J3wPt1kGpP4t16wIPoVp-yRxzHDH6eiAR8f31M/s400/P1010081.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cut the sheet of Nutmeg Nostalgia paper about 3/4 of an inch larger than my matted photo. It was distressed on the edges using my Zutter Distrezz-It-All (love it!) and Distress Ink in Tea Dye. After gluing on the lace ribbon across the page, I adhered the distressed piece of Nutmeg Nostalgia, then my vintage photo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNO_0Yyn0qu4v4nuJgUbWJR7BD1WzeaZbv11faHxLruCJGatXbKbxGheUJ7k-dg7B48XfE_VJ2x0JhEyk1Pu3fJ58ip1y6ayYE-oXwDlGwDwBs0hKubXIVQBMdGiWFZJJmKZ8oOnYnRAca/s1600/P1010078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNO_0Yyn0qu4v4nuJgUbWJR7BD1WzeaZbv11faHxLruCJGatXbKbxGheUJ7k-dg7B48XfE_VJ2x0JhEyk1Pu3fJ58ip1y6ayYE-oXwDlGwDwBs0hKubXIVQBMdGiWFZJJmKZ8oOnYnRAca/s400/P1010078.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now on to the fun part, the flowers. These as SO easy, it's kind of embarrassing to say they are just scrunched up pieces of old dictionary paper. I die cut old pages of dictionary pages using my AccuCut and 2 different sized scallop circle dies. I sprayed them with various colors of Glimmer Mist, dried them with my Heat Gun, and crumpled them up....several times. I then stacked as many as I wanted for my flower, lay them on my craft sheet and start squishing them from the center until I'm pleased with the look. I squirted out some Crystal Lacquer on my craft sheet and squished the flower down.....boom - done. In a few hours, they are dry and just lift off the craft mat, ready to rock and roll. For the centers of these flowers, I used the Dew Drops in clear, colored with Copic Markers. They were glued onto the flowers with Crystal Lacquer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiCsuqjZQ5v3fPem7wewLplmTtDa9ni50QH2VAgWDd4aemOEoiX4Ep5W5WuZfNcguWjMdTD_DHxybZUPkt8Q9VBV1UjPSKUtr-AMyhDpxGtUkTdl__fn9GmQHTGi39p4SNY9W29zb89kY/s1600/P1010074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiCsuqjZQ5v3fPem7wewLplmTtDa9ni50QH2VAgWDd4aemOEoiX4Ep5W5WuZfNcguWjMdTD_DHxybZUPkt8Q9VBV1UjPSKUtr-AMyhDpxGtUkTdl__fn9GmQHTGi39p4SNY9W29zb89kY/s400/P1010074.JPG" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now for the finishing touches. For the Facet charm, I printed my Mom's name and year the photo was taken onto a left over piece of the Nutmeg Nostalgia, placed a few drops of Crystal Lacquer over the words, and placed the Facet on top, pressing to make sure there was a good bond between the two and no air bubbles. After it dried for a few hours, I just cut around the Facet, poked a hole through the paper, added a jump ring and attached it to the bottom of a Trinket Pin, which I then pinned to the lace bow on the page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had fun sharing my project with you. I'm trying out for the Robin's Nest Design Team with this project, so if you liked it, I'd appreciate it if you would leave me a comment, or two...can't ever get enough love!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until next time....stay creative!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/174/CA007C87FC44D95EB06295096BB2F562.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out the Robin's Nest website at <a href="http://www.robinsnest-scrap.com/">http://www.robinsnest-scrap.com/</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and their Blog at <a href="http://www.chatteringrobins.blogspot.com/">http://www.chatteringrobins.blogspot.com/</a> for ideas and inspiration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyCggmD4-nzQdWnjxVqllyDo-EynIDzv6j6NYU186BxRlK5xVXo65WBaETxclvAnNyxHiw56xXdpszSLJD8_FlER4_E6Bq0v6g3jaQtVKaZNgU-gz5E-LpVcS7Qdp7DU35FHN069tRw86/s1600/Robin%2527s+Nest+Logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyCggmD4-nzQdWnjxVqllyDo-EynIDzv6j6NYU186BxRlK5xVXo65WBaETxclvAnNyxHiw56xXdpszSLJD8_FlER4_E6Bq0v6g3jaQtVKaZNgU-gz5E-LpVcS7Qdp7DU35FHN069tRw86/s200/Robin%2527s+Nest+Logo.gif" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-55435811802405567762011-06-09T21:00:00.000-07:002011-06-09T21:00:03.970-07:00Father's Day Message Box<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfJ08Vq4_DctJblyu7GVEwtF6RtX6kCh6fjLRC22hdJJLHLJ0X2NxB7RKbEaboICBxDa27tWSnKquvyRPHGABy-dXq7hYx01-IgrsN5wmeHPSn3xYFXjaAXNMHutrbcpvZ-pQ_uB3bqek/s1600/P1010070-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfJ08Vq4_DctJblyu7GVEwtF6RtX6kCh6fjLRC22hdJJLHLJ0X2NxB7RKbEaboICBxDa27tWSnKquvyRPHGABy-dXq7hYx01-IgrsN5wmeHPSn3xYFXjaAXNMHutrbcpvZ-pQ_uB3bqek/s400/P1010070-1.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love cruising around the Internet, reading different creative blogs and learning new techniques. I am a follower of <a href="http://www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/">The Graphics Fairy</a> blog because of her awesome vintage images that she posts just about daily that are free to download (I love people who share!). I found this fun Father's Day Message Box from a link on her blog, and am now following <a href="http://justsomethingimade.com/">Just Something I Made</a>, which you should check out too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Materials Used: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Message Box download (<a href="http://justsomethingimade.com/2011/06/a-message-box-for-father%E2%80%99s-day/">click here</a> )</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Craft Knife & Cutting Mat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/">3D Crystal Lacquer</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/3D-Crystal-Lacquer/3D-Crystal-Lacquer--Color.htm">Crystal Color Lacquer</a> (blue)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/Gem-Crafts/Jewelry-Findings/Black-Coated-Jewelry-Findings.htm">Black coated Jewelry Finding</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distressing Tool</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distressing Ink in Tea Dye</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crop a dile & dark brown grommets</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brown bakers twine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">assorted goodies to fill the box</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I downloaded the image and printed it on white cardstock. I used my craft knife to cut the images out (on a craft mat) and used my Martha Stewart scoring board (which I love!) to score on the dotted lines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJ-u2F8qSjEHqGE2ezsWdGKwz5SP9cAHtlnzDxuV4c5YglFVSzGigy4Cn9WfZu4L1VK2sW6DZetm_qp2p4mnLrByHN2Zvf-a6-OjcPSjDKRuSm-tHVQX6R19B7t2ORhBDdzHE5KwNKHOj/s1600/P1010064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJ-u2F8qSjEHqGE2ezsWdGKwz5SP9cAHtlnzDxuV4c5YglFVSzGigy4Cn9WfZu4L1VK2sW6DZetm_qp2p4mnLrByHN2Zvf-a6-OjcPSjDKRuSm-tHVQX6R19B7t2ORhBDdzHE5KwNKHOj/s320/P1010064.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Now, there are instructions you can follow on the Just Something I Made blog, but I just went ahead and folded the scored lines and the box just kind of fell together really easily. I did refer to the instructions after I had folded and glued the top portion....I guess I just wanted to make sure I did it right. I used the Crystal Lacquer to glue this puppy together...just a few dabs here and there...it doesn't take much & it sticks together really well. The images on the box are really nice, so there wasn't much decoration that needed to be done at this point. Also, there are a few tags and labels on the sheet to cut out and use.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used my Crop-o-dile to punch holes in the center of the circles printed on the front of the box & used a brown grommet in each to reinforce. I used Crystal Lacquer and Crystal Color Lacquer (in blue) to add dimension on some of the water on the front of the box, and on some of the boulders on the back. I also used it to some of the images on the tags.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made a little charm (charm isn't very manly, but I thought it would add a little bit to the front of the box, so we'll just call it an embellishment) using a Black coated jewelry finding from Sakura. I just googled "vintage fishing postcard" to find something I liked for the charm, I mean embellishment! I printed it on white cardstock, cut it out, glued it into the finding and covered the image with crystal lacquer. While this dried, I went ahead and started on my fillers for the box. I distressed some of the edges, added more vintage images I had downloaded and printed, along with some pictures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now this is where you can be as creative as ever - adding messages, photos, giftcards, tickets or whatever you want! I'm going to add a little gift certificate for a fishing license for Robert (my hubby and lucky recipient of this little number for Father's Day!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-81967075218682017632011-06-09T16:51:00.000-07:002011-06-09T16:51:53.735-07:00Stephen's Thank You Card Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3poNTNqhA4MGdDoWWJoJT6UZvM_5-Xt42WwxIeAdS0nOvrXXptubaUXchhRp72d9hNzsquGYYeehhZN4bbkcDmlNZ8S8z9RMdWa_tsQP6Si7YEc6oRutZslfaJzF5Z4Iz7rSGop_J4vw/s1600/P1010058-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3poNTNqhA4MGdDoWWJoJT6UZvM_5-Xt42WwxIeAdS0nOvrXXptubaUXchhRp72d9hNzsquGYYeehhZN4bbkcDmlNZ8S8z9RMdWa_tsQP6Si7YEc6oRutZslfaJzF5Z4Iz7rSGop_J4vw/s400/P1010058-2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">My very good friend Rosann turned me on to this very worthwhile, heartwarming, make you feel fuzzy-all-over article, <a href="http://creativeescapeaz.com/2010/stephen">Stephen's Thank You Card Project</a>. When I had my store, we had sent cards to <a href="http://operationwritehome.org/">Operation Write Home</a>, which if you haven't heard anything about, </div><div align="center">is another super project to get involved with. </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Stephen is a 10-year old boy, who is determined to send roughly 180,000 <em>handmade</em> thank you cards to every single deployed soldier - WOW. </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"> You can help Stephen out by making thank you cards, signing them and sending them off - in lots of 5 to the address on this <a href="http://creativeescapeaz.com/2011entryform.pdf">form</a>. And, if that isn't enough to make you feel good all over, Bazzill Basics Paper is giving away 2 tickets to the 2011 Creative Escape, randomly drawn from those that send in their cards and the<a href="http://creativeescapeaz.com/2011entryform.pdf"> entry form</a> by July 1st! Yippie!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"> Let's get those cards made girls!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/174/CA007C87FC44D95EB06295096BB2F562.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028876815331290831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159456210675762781.post-27226075905487833622011-06-03T14:08:00.000-07:002011-06-03T14:08:05.165-07:00Creative Souls Retreat Announced!Join us for a creative all-inclusive retreat nestled in the beautiful San Bernardino mountains offering cabin accommodations, creative art workshops & a 24-hour scrapbooking work place.<br />
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</ul><div style="text-align: center;"><u><strong>We are SO excited about this event and hope you can all join us!</strong></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="color: red;">*Special EARLY BIRD pricing is now in effect - Sign UP TODAY!</span></strong></u></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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