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USAQ Blog Hop!

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Thank you so much for stopping by the USAQ blog hop! You should have come here from Jan. If you didn’t, please start at the US Art Quest blog so you don’t miss out on any of the fabulous projects!!

Products used:
PPA Gloss
Mica Watercolor Palette Pastelle and Stargazer
Crystal Effectz
Satin Mache Ring Box with Mirror (on sale right now, TWO for $1.00)
Dried flowers
Old book

This box turned out so much nicer than I had expected. It was my first time covering a jewelry box, but as soon as I touched it, I knew exactly what I wanted it to look like. Have you ever done that before? Touched something and INSTANTLY had something come to mind?

My oldest daughter will be five on Friday and she received a charm bracelet for her birthday two years ago. Her collection is growing, so I’ve made this box with her in mind.

I started out by covering the box with PPA. Then I strategically placed the book pages. I didn’t want them to be perfectly straight, and if you know me… at all, you know how difficult that was, as I’m very much a freak about everything being straight!

Once dry, I painted the jewelry box with the Pastel and Stargazer Mica Watercolor Palette.

After that was dry, I adhered the dried flowers, and painted over them to give them some color. I added some Crystal Effectz to the flowers to make them pop. Then I added the stickers I’ve had FOR-EV-ER that say “dream,” “hope,” and “wish.” Appropriate for her birthday I do believe!

After I achieved the desired color, and I was satisfied with the embellishments, I added several layers of PPA Gloss to give it a really nice sheen!

Now hop on over to Lea to see her amazing project!

USAQ: Checkbook Cover

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This week we were challenged to make something using USAQ’s Pigment Paints and Studio Cloth.

For my project, I used: Magenta, Cobalt Turquoise Hue, Metallic Silver, and White Satin Pearl.

In addition to the studio cloth and perfect pigment paints, I used a 7/16″ eyelet, silver seam binding, PPA Gloss, Crystal Effectz, Star Tinz, bling, and napkins.

This is for sale in my Etsy shoppe. As well as the necklace from a few weeks ago. I’ll be adding more stuff to the shoppe as I go, and I, of course, can customize anything!

Be sure to stop by and check out the rest of the team!

Sarah Anderson
Lea Cioci
Jessica Griffin
Jan Hennings
Lori Hassler
Terri Sproul

USAQ: Mica Flakes

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For the love of mica!! This time flakes.

I used a lot of materials in this project…

US Art Quest: Mica Flakes, Willeez Critters and Creatures Kit, Stargazer water color palette, Crystal Effectz, Mica Tile, and studio cloth.

I used a chipboard star and coated it with PPA glass. Then I added mica flakes onto the star one by one. Then I coated the finished star with PPA gloss. Once dry, I drizzled the PPA onto the star, and poured some Crystal Effectz onto the star to add some sparkle.

For the bottle cap, I cut a flower shape out of a mica tile. I adhered that to the bottle cap using dimensional lacquer. Then, I peeled apart one mica flake into two pieces. I laid them opposite each other in the bottle cap to form a heart, and sealed that with dimensional lacquer.

I’ve read all the emails/comments about the crayon technique… I’m going to work on a video today to show you how SIMPLE this technique really is!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!