Happy Easter

Good morning and I hope you are having a wonderful Easter Sunday.

I wanted to quickly show a project I made using a bit of a lot of different mediums.

I needed a new Easter (Spring) wreath and started with a plastic lid from an ice cream pail

and cut the inside of it out.

Then I added some green shimmered ribbon and wrapped the "wreath" 

Now comes the fun part...embellishing

I used some Delight Paperclay to create the eggs and bunny

I added some of Terri Sproul's Mixers directly to the clay and mixed it 

Here you can see the color difference. 

Then I used a bunny cookie cutter and cut it out 

Delight is a very lightweight air dry clay.  I added a dew drop for his eye from the Robin's Nest and also tear drops for the "inside" ear part. 

The eggs are also made from the Delight paperclay.  I added Terri Sproul Mixers directly to the clay and mixed and pulled the clay and mixed a bit more.  DO NOT over mix as the colors will get muddy. 

and cut the "eggs" out 

Here are some things I made with the Delight Clay

Also added a few dew drops again. 

The "spring" medallion is also made from the Delight clay and I added some sticker letters and covered it with 3D crystal lacquer.

The butterfly is made with two part casting resin.  I love using my Amazing Mold Putty.  

I used a hairclip that was a butterfly and made a mold of it

 The flower is made of paper using the Robin's Nest Sorbet line.  I love the glitter that's in this paper.  

So I hope you like my Spring Wreath and hope you have a great Easter Sunday and God Bless.

Butterfly kisses...

Good morning,

I'm so glad you came to see what I've created for Sakura Craft and Hobby today.  Remember you still have time to use the coupon code SHIMMER03 to get your 20% off of the Mixers till the end of the month.

Today I want to show you a few differences in color.  Now all the projects have used the same color, but you  will see how the colors differ depending on the background they are painted onto.

My first and most important project is the one I'm most proud of...LOL

I started with a mold of a frame and poured it with my casting resin.

Then I took some packaging (recycle) and cut 

it to fit onto the back of the frame.

Then I started to paint...I used the red shimmer

to highlight the butterfly and flowers on top of a gold acrylic. 

I used bottle caps to put the 3d crystal in and mix the shimmers into it so I can just throw the bottle cap away (recycle)

I painted the packaging with the green shimmer

and adhered it with some 3d crystal lacquer.  

I also painted the butterfly with the red shimmer and dotted it with black acrylic paint 

see how the packaging shimmers.  I also used the green to highlight some of the flowers on the frame...LOVE  

I covered a piece of wood I got from Hobby Lobby with some bronze shimmer paper and used the 3d crystal lacquer to adhere the frame to it. 

I stamped Butterfly wishes...with some stayzon in red and black overlapping it 

Awesome...I love how this shimmers.  These mixers are wonderful. 

Now, when I have leftover paint I either paint something I already have or I just paint it on some paper.  I painted the left over green shimmer on some black paper   

used my leaf punch and punched a few leaves out 

and highlighted them with a silver jelly roll pen.  I will be using these either on a card or maybe a scrapbook page.  Time will tell...I don't like waste. 

I also took some black river rocks that I have in my stash and painted them with the green shimmer mixer. 

Check out how awesome these shimmer 

I added a bail to the back of the rock and I will turn this into a pendant.

Now you can also dye fabric.  With the kit of shimmers you will also get a bonding agent.  I added a bit of the shimmer, bonding agent and water and mixed them together. 

Then I dipped some white ribbon and tulle into the mixture and here is the result.  The tulle didn't take too well, but it does still have a green tint to it.  The ribbon doesn't "shimmer" a lot, but does have a nice green tint to it also.

I also added the same combination into a spray bottle and sprayed some white flowers.  

NOW these really shimmer

Using the left over mixture of shimmer, bonding agent and water I dipped clear acrylic beads into it and let sit for about half an hour and I got some tinted beads.  Not too dramatic, but just enough of a hue of color.  How awesome is all of this? 

I cannot wait to show you what else I've done with all of these projects, so make sure you keep coming back and checking out all the tutorials.

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

Pink Ladies Dart Pin for Sakura

***Revised***
Good morning and welcome to my first post for Sakura.  I'm so excited to be here and share the wonderful products that Sakura has.  I have been using these mixers for a bit over a year now and I have to say they are the best paints ever.  Visit Sakura Hobby Craft for your 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul's Mixers at http://www.sakuracraft.com/. USE THE COUPON CODE TO GET YOUR TERRI SPROUL MIXERS TODAY!  The Coupon code to get 20% off is "SHIMMER03".  Hurry and get yours today.

Now I want to show you what beautiful color you get.  I am very passionate about a lot of things, but the one thing that is near and dear to my heart right now is a dart league that I am playing in to support cancer.  It's an all women's league.  All the money that we raise goes to fighting cancer.  We are doing fund raisers, auctions and even side pledges.  I decided to make myself a pin recognizing this league.  *** I forgot to mention that we are "sticking it to cancer", hence the darts sticking in the dartboard and ribbon

I started with some paperclay and used a ribbon cookie cutter to cut it out.

I sanded the edges with an emery board and got into all those tiny areas. 

Then I painted it with the Shimmer Pink Sapphire and 3d crystal lacquer.  This is the most beautiful paint ever.  Also when using the 3d crystal lacquer you get a nice seal over the top of your project. 

Then I molded 3 darts using an existing dart earring I had 

I painted each dart gold 

Of course I own a dart board stamp and stamped 

that image onto some white cardstock. 

Then I adhered the darts and the dartboard onto the ribbon again 

using 3d crystal lacquer because it bonds very well 

and then I also layered some more 3d crystal lacquer 

over the top of the dartboard and it gives it a glass like look. 

Really honestly, the pictures do it no justice.  

I wish I had a better way of showing you how beautiful this pin turned out. 

I put a pin back onto my ribbon and it hangs proudly on my dart case.  I have made and sold a couple of these already.  If you are at all interested in one, leave me a comment or email me at burffrau @ gmail . com and add (PINK LADIES) in the subject line.  I can make any color ribbon you would like as I cancer has many colors.  The pins are $8 and $5 of that will be donated to the charity that we choose at the end of the season.

I want to thank you for coming over and checking out my first post for Sakura.  I'll be showcasing Sakura products all month long.  Don't forget to head over to Sakura for a 20% off of the shimmers.  They are exquisite...

Resin Bracelet and Sakura DT call

Good Morning and welcome to my blog.  There is a design team call over at Sakura Hobby Craft.  I just love their products.  My favorite is the 3d lacquer and of course Terri Sproul's mixers.  It's kinda ironic, but last year for Valentine's Day, my hubby bought the entire mixer set for me and today (one Valentine's day) I am going to show you how to create this with them.

You all know how much I love making jewelry and I wear alot of it to work.  Recently one of my customers asked if I could make her a custom bracelet piece.  I so love a challenge.  The only direction she gave me was that it had to have a PEACE sign.  Oye, I know I didn't have one, so I decided to create one. 

So off to my trusty SCAL program and I cut a peace symbol out of scrap cardstock 5 times and glued them all together. 

This was the perfect thickness for what I wanted. 

Being on the Amazing Mold Putty design team has me addicted to that stuff.  I had to recently purchase some more (since I am no longer on the design team and don't get it for free :(  I knew Michaels carried it so off with my 50% coupon and purchased the last package.  My Michaels discontinued it.  Thank goodness that I can still order it online, because I cannot live without this stuff. 

I added a bit of silver metallic powder to my mold and poured the amazing cast resin into it.  It cured in about 10 minutes.  I guess when I created the mold itself, I didn't let that cure long enough and the resin piece became somewhat bumpy.  BUT, unfortunate mistakes sometimes turn into better projects and soon you will see what I mean. 

I then painted the symbol with a bunch of different colors of the Terri Sproul Mixers.  I used 4 or 5 different colors and combinations and even added some silver alcohol inks.  I kept mixing, adding, mixing, adding until I got exactly what I wanted.  I will tell you, if I make this bracelet again, it will for sure not be the same.  Similar but the colors won't be able to duplicate...lol.  This was so much fun to make.

See all the mixers and 3d lacquer on my fingers?  I love messy projects and this one is a favorite.  See what I mean about the bumpyness?  But it gave it some awesome character.

Below is a pictures of everything I used to create my bracelet focal peace symbol. 

I was extremely happy with the way it turned out and my customer LOVED it.  Thanks again Karen!!!  Even if I do not make the design team, I will still be using these products for more jewelry tutorials.  Remember, the mixers can be used on almost any surface, paper, resin, clay, tile, glass., etc.  Go check the products out at Sakura, I know you will love them.