Showing posts with label Sakura Hobby Craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sakura Hobby Craft. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Get Your Grunge On...

Grungy Heart Shrine
...by creating your own grungy textured heart shrine.  When I created this grungy shrine I used the same color mixers as I did creating my Fly Away Torso Necklace and my Art Saves Torso Lamp.
Click HERE to see my step by step tutorial.

Happy Creating!
Aileen~



Friday, February 03, 2012

Highlights from CHA

I have a couple of pictures from my projects
that I did for Sakura's booth at CHA.
Here's  my torso necklace on display.
You can see how I created it using
Terri Sproul's new mixer line



And here is my grungy Torso Lamp on display
What a contradiction it is with all that pink around it!
I also used Terrys Mixer's as the base color giving
it a patinaed look.  You can click HERE to see my 
tutorial on it, in case you missed it.




Terry Sproul's New Mixer Line from
Sakura Hobby and Craft.

Would you like to know what the "HOT 20 products 
will be for 2012, click HERE to find out.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Art Saves

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Art Saves
Click HERE to see how I created this altered torso lamp.
Don't forget if your going to CHA to stop by booth #844 to 
get an up close look at this and other projects of mine.


Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Steampunk Fly Away Necklace

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Fly Away
Steampunk Necklace
I'm very excited about Sakura's new products.  What I really love about this new product is that I was able to achieve a patinaed copper look on paper without having to use smelly chemicals! Although, it is truly hard to see in my pictures it really does look realistic enough that it fooled my husband who works in metals!

Definitely stop by booth #844 at CHA to see the new 
product line at Sakura,  and to see this necklace up close!

Click HERE to see my tutorial
on how I created this 
Steampunk Necklace.


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Stained Glass Tropical Ornaments

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Find out how I created these stained glass 
ornaments and bring a bit of the beach home.

Click HERE to view my 
Stained Glass ornament tutorial


**Please leave a comment over on the Sakura blog 
and let me know what you think of this tutorial
Thanks for looking!


Monday, December 12, 2011

Stained Glass Christmas Tag

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SUPPLIES
3D Crystal Lacquer Shipping Tag
3D Colored Glitter  Crystal Lacquer Extra Fine Glitter Dust
Rhinestone
SparkKraft Stickers DecoArt Snow-Tex
Stamp (PaperArtsy) Chunky Glitter Mixture*
StazOn Ink (Cherry Pink) Ribbons


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Step 1:  Start with a colored or previously painted shipping tag. Then load your stamp with StazOn Cherry Pink ink.
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Step 2: Place tag onto the stamp and press evenly to stamp image.
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Step 3:  Add your sticker to the tag and burnish it lightly.
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Step 4:  Begin filling in outlined areas using 3D Crystal Lacquer. *Pop any bubbles with a straight pen
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Step 5: Next give some dimension by adding some darker green 3D Crystal Lacquer.  *Don't worry that it seems uneven it will self level out.
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Step 4:  Sprinkle extra fine glitter dust over the wet 3D Crystal Lacquer, shake off any excess glitter.
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Step 5:  Evenly apply some Snow-Tex using a throw away brush or stick.
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Step 6: While the faux snow is still wet sprinkle it with your *chunky glitter mixture over a bowl, and shake off any excess. *I made my own glitter mixture by mixing several different sizes of glitter along with fine crystal seed beads together
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Step 7: Once the colored 3D Crystal Lacquer is dry apply a dot at the top for your colored rhinestone and then apply 1 to 2 more coats of 3D Crystal Lacquer* over the entire tree and allow to dry in a level dust free area. *This will give the tree a more smooth glass look
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Step 8:  Once your tag is dry add some complimentary ribbons to finish it off!

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Glitzy Crystal Lacquer Christmas Trees

Find out how I created these Glitzy
3D Crystal Lacquer Christmas Trees

by checking out my tutorial
over at Sakura Hobby Craft's
Blog by clicking

GIVEAWAY
To enter to win this trio of mini bleached trees 
along with a mini package of Sakura's Gem Particles
do the following: become a follower on the Sakura 
Hobby Crafts' Blog (HERE), LIKE Sakura Hobby 
Crafts' on Facebook page (HERE) and leave a comment 
on the Sakura's blog letting me know you did this (don't 
forget to include your EMAIL with your comment).  
If you are already a follower and have liked Sakura's 
facebook page, just leave me a comment letting me 
know you are.


Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Sparkling Berry Necklace

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Sparkling Berry
Necklace
~Sometimes simple
uncomplicated projects are the best~

Supplies Used

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

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

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Step 1: Start with a Sakura Hobby  Craft jewelry blank, then cut one of the holly sticker's leaves off  so it will fit inside the blank.

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Step 2:  Cover and fill the blank with 3D clear Crystal Lacquer and pop any bubbles you may have with a toothpick.
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Step 3: VERY Lightly sprinkle extra fine iridescent glitter dust over the wet lacquer and allow to dry in a level dust free area.
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Step 4:  Once the first layer is dry add another layer of 3D Crystal Lacquer filling in any areas that may need it and allow to dry.




TAG & Gift Box
Steps:
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Step 1:  Using red stazon ink load your stamp with ink and stamp your tag.
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Step 2:  Using gold leafing paint stamp the star stamp  onto the candy box and allow to dry and repeat on the backside of the box as well.
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Here is an example of both
the tag and the box.

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Step 3: Cut a  1/4" cut on either side of the tag.
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Step 4: Once your sparkling necklace blank is dry add a jump ring and chain to your necklace and slip the chain between each slit you cut.  Tape the backside of the tap to hold the reminder of the chain in place using 2 way sticky tape.

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Step 4:  Place the candy box on card stock and trace around the box and cut it out inside the lines you traced.
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Step 5: Apply your tag with the sticky tape to the card stock and slide it into the  candy box. You know have a fun gift for a friend ready to go!

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Bootiful Halloween Magnets

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*Optional
Here's a fun and easy project to make and give as a party favor or for a hostess gift. A couple of projects ago I showed how to make a faux hand blown glass ornament (HERE) and in one of the steps I showed how I drained the excess 3D Crystal Lacquer I used into blank bottle caps.  Once the bottle caps were dry I put them away and saved them for a later project.  You know the old saying waste not want not....I mean after all 3D Crystal Lacquer doesn't grow on trees *wink*
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Step 1: Gather your supplies--
For my 1" images I used some marked down Halloween stickers I had picked up after Halloween last year that I had stashed away. 
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Step 2:  apply a small amount of 3D Crystal Lacquer to the base of each bottle cap and add your 1" images or stickers to the center of the bottle cap, and  allow to dry.
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Step 3: Once the images are adhered and dried inside your bottle caps fill each cap up with clear 3D Crystal Lacquer (use a toothpick or pin to pop any air bubbles you might have).  Set your bottle caps aside in a level, draft and dust free area.
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Step 4: Once your bottle caps are dry turn them over and  adhere your magnet to the bottom side of the cap using more 3D Crystal Lacquer.
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Tin: Click HERE to see my previous project showing how I decorated another Halloween tin.  I first applied yellow and brown 3D Crystal Lacquer to the frontside of the clear window and allowed it to dry, level. Then on the front of the clear window I used rub-ons, and to give  the tree some dimension I used black 3D Crystal Lacquer over the rub-on tree.  Once the tree was dry I applied an even layer of clear 3D Crystal Lacquer over the entire clear window and rub-ons.  I also added  fun gem particles to the wet lacquer at the base of the tree and haunted house to give it some bling.
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Here are the finished  Halloween magnets attached inside my tin by their magnets.
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Check out Sakura Hobby Craft's 
Blog for more projects
HERE