Sakura Hobby Craft Blog Hop

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My name is Karen Myers and I  am on the Design Team for Sakura Hobby Crafts.  I hope you are having FUN and enjoying our projects we are sharing with you today. 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. Here are the supplies that I used to complete this project. 1 12 x 12 frame 3D Crystal Lacquer Sakura Hobby Craft Gem Particles in Blue Flash Fine Tarnished Silver Glitter Idea-ology Tissue Tape - Symphony 12 x 12 Calendar page Assorted beads & Shell from my stash 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. 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. 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! 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!! 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......... Till next time...stay creative!  Next you will be going to Chelsea's Blog !   Have fun, thanks for stopping by, and make sure you become a follower of mine and leave a comment to be eligible for the BLOG CANDY*! *To get the blog candy you must  become a follower of all the blogs including this one and leave a comment on all the blogs. It's that easy...Terri Sproul will pick a winner and post the winner on the Sakura Hobby Craft blog on July 3rd...  Good Luck!