Colorful Garden Pebble Paperweight

Benetta
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finished paperweight Making inexpensive, yet handy gifts for Valentine's Day cannot be easier than with this craft. Turn an ordinary garden pebble into an extraordinary paperweight and be ready to wow your Valentine! The beauty of this craft is that there is no right or wrong. You don't even need to be arty to make this colorful gift.

Total Time: 30 minutes, excluding drying time

Yield: one paperweight

Supplies:

smooth white garden pebble
1 0.6 inch wide red polymer clay rose
small piece of white felt
colored felt-tips pens
Pilot silver marker pen
Plaid Royal Coat Dimensional Magic
paintbrush
clear-drying wood glue (such as Qualigrip)
pencil
standard scissors

Steps:

Wash the pebble and dry thoroughly before starting to decorate it.
Use the pencil to draw free-hand rectangles on the top and sides of the pebble.

With the pencil, lightly draw some designs in some of the rectangles, such as hearts, spots, or flowers.
Use the colored felt-tip pens to color the rectangles. Do not use the same colors in two adjacent rectangles. Allow to dry thoroughly.

Use the silver pen to draw free-hand borders around the rectangles.

silver pen used to add outline to rectangles

Add detail to the designs with the silver pen and allow to dry.

Paint a thin layer of Dimensional Magic over the decorated part of the pebble and allow to dry thoroughly.
Glue the polymer clay rose to one of the rectangles.
Cut a piece of felt, glue it to the bottom of the pebble and voila!

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likekinds
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February 15, 20150 found this helpful

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I could use words such as 'nice', 'clever', 'creative', 'pretty', 'thoughtful', etc., to describe this paperweight. I'm going to go with a more feminine adjective. Sweet. That is really sweet! I'm sure the recipients will cherish these. Thumbs up.

(Great pics and instructions too)

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