I'm still waiting for the guy to show up to replace the water heater (not-too-patiantly anymore) so I thought I'd take a stab at one of these:
It was so quick and easy!! I ran a small strip of designer paper (from the new Petals & Paisleys paper in the Spring Mini) through my little Zyron X, adhered it to the pen, added the sticky strip, heated it*, then rolled it in the micro beads. I also sprinkled on a little Dazzling Diamonds glitter, brushing off the excess - so it has a *teeny* bit of sparkle.
*ETA - I heated the sticky strip b/c that was what the directions in the SCS tutorial said to do - and I think it's a good step as it *does* soften the adhesive a bit and (in my opinion) makes the beads stick better.
These things are FUN! and FAST!!
You can see a tutorial on how-to here:
Oh and the paper the pen is sitting on is the reverse side of the striped I used for the pen (this paper is SO cute!).