Making Paper Beads written and samples by Wendy Kerr Reprinted from the Web What you need... Left: Made by DTP with a Stained Glass Dye Inkpad; DTP with gold
and brown cat's eyes; painted with sheer gold acrylic paint; attached beads
to top and bottom with perm enamel; coat entire piece with nail polish. Right: Painted with yellow metallic paint; tap a silver leafing pen
around; before leafing pen dries, apply one coat of nail polish - this will
feather out the silver; let dry; paint with perm enamel to seal. Left: 1" strip of paper, cut bottom 1/2 of paper strip
at an angle to make a point (see picture above); DTP with stained glass
inkpad; color edges of paper - one side silver, the other purple; Make purple
squiggly lines and dots along paper; wrap to make bead; color top and bottom
of bead with silver leafing pen; add a few small silver beads. Right: Same as at left, except cover with a layer of Perm Enamel
and add clear beads to the entire beads; once dry add more Perm Enamel to
prevent beads from coming off. Close
up of right bead -> Left: Paper cut to 1" and cut at an angle; paper colored with
metallic green Marvy Marker; ends colors with a
silver leafing pen. Right: Same as at left, except covered in clear beads and covered
with Perm Enamel
Close up of right bead -> Decorative paper scraps, angle cut with 4 layers of Thick Embossing
Powder. Faux Lamp Work Beads! (An original
idea, Wendy Kerr) Close
up of bead -> This paper bead looks almost exactly like a lamp work bead! It look almost
45 minutes to do, but is very pretty in person. I started with a scrap of HEAVY ivory handmade paper, angle cut. Made as
usual, secure ends. |