Heart Bracelet

Hello everyone!
I went searching through my photos today and found this bracelet I made for a friend.


Very simple design!
The heart bezel is from Spellbinders Media Mixage line, MB1-005 Hearts One. I cut a heart of orange craft foil with the matching die, MD1-005 Hearts One. Perfect fit! Next I textured it with Spellbinders MT-005 Grate Works Three texture plate. It looks like little "x"s and "o"s. I sanded the embossed pattern to reveal the silver color of the foil.
I cut another heart from a piece of black craft foam, the stuff found in the kid's craft section. I placed that in the bezel first. It's simply a space filler to bring the foil heart closer to the top of the bezel. It cuts easily and works really well. Once the heart was in the bezel, I added ICE Resin. It's so clear it's hard to see in my photo!


I fashioned a bracelet from 2 lengths of chain and a lobster clasp. A jump ring holds the heart on the chain.
I made a quick pouch of burlap in stead of gift wrap! One of my favorite wrapping techniques for jewelry!


Happy Creating!
Judy

Bright Flowers Card

Today, I have a bright flowers card on Juliana Hudgins Positively Me blog! 

I sort of stepped out of my box for this card!  I usually don't create with such bright colors!  I love the contrast against the black card stock!

I've listed all the supplies and a brief description of how I made it on Julianna's blog.  You check it out there.

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers!

Judy

Flowers Feed the Soul Journal

No jewelry in this post but I did use more Spellbinders Media Mixage™ products!

 

This is a project I did for Spellbinders.  You can find it on their website here.  There's even a link to download the instructions.

 

My inspiration was to make a garden journal.  A place for notes about  anything gardening!  Since I made the journal with my Bind-It-All machine, I added envelopes as dividers between the pages. A spot to tuck in a seed packet or info about a new plant.  

 

The aqua flower inside the dark blue flower is a Spellbinders blank from MB6-004 Flowers One.  There's another one peaking out from under the pink flower. The blanks are gold color.  I used ink to color it with clear embossing powder over it.  The other flowers are paper, inked and clear heat embossed.  I used MD2-004 Flowers One matching set of dies to cut
those.
The label was cut with another Media Mixage die, MD2-001 Frames One.  I inked through the die and then stamped the verse.

The butterfly is the larger blank from MB6-008 Butterflies One.  I used the matching die set, MD2-008 Butterflies One to cut the paper for the wings.  The paper is white cardstock colored with pigment inks and clear heat embossed. There's a touch of gold embossing powder sprinkled over top and heated into the clear.  I hand cut a piece of paper to make the "body" of the butterfly and glued it to the blank.

For more info and the full directions, you can find the download here.

Happy Crafting!
-judy

 Supplies:

• ES-006 So Trendy
• S5-171 A2 Curved Matting Basics A
• MB6-004 Flowers One
• MB6-008 Butterflies One
• MD2-001 Frames One
• MD2-004 Flowers One
• MD2-008 Butterflies One
• Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine
• MMM-001 Spellbinders Media Mixage Artisan X-plorer™ Machine
• Penny Black Inc., A Wish for Peace Clear Stamp
• Flourishes, From the Garden Stamp Set
• Sparkle N' Sprinkle, Clear Embossing Powder
• Basic Grey, Plumeria Cleopatra, Moonstone, Yellow Wallpaper Patterned Paper
• Bazzill Basics Paper, Velvet Cardstock
• Clearsnap, ColorBox Wicket Black Archival Dye Ink, Watermark Ink, Deep Sea, Night Sky Pigment Ink
• Creative Impressions, Purple, Yellow, Pink Sheer Ribbon
• Scor-Pal, ¼", ½" Scor-Tape, Scoring Board
• Elmers, Glue Spots
• Xyron, 900 Creative Station, Adhesive
• SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, 3D Foam Squares
• Cardstock - white, dark purple
• Text weight paper of pages
• Kraft Envelopes - 3
• Purple Ink
• Purple marker
• Purple Alcohol ink
• Lightweight chipboard
• 1" O-wire
• Bind-It-All
• White craft glue

Fleur de Lis Pendant

You've probably noticed I've been dabbling in jewelry making!  Perhaps a bit more than dabbling!  Since Spellbinders™  released their new Media Mixage™ line, I've been doing more jewelry making than stamping! 

 

Here's a Fleur de Lis pendant that I made for a friend.  Actually, I made one for myself first.  Then I made 2 more for friends who liked it so well.  You may have seen it on Facebook.  Cindy Alexander posted a photo when she got the package.

 

 

The base of this pendant is the smallest one in Spellbinders MB2-007S Fleur de Lis set of bezels. It comes in bronze or dark silver. What makes it so easy to add a shaped insert in the bezel is that there are matching dies!  Each a perfect fit for the bezels!  The Fleur de Lis bezel die is MD1-011.









 

I've cut a piece pink craft foil to fit in this pendant.  I first adhered the foil to a piece of adhesive backed black craft foam.  I often do that when I'm working with foil.  It gives it body and dimension.  The sticky back foam works so well!  Then I cut and embossed the foil.  Because the craft foam compresses as it goes through the Artisan X-Plorer™, the thickness is no problem.    Because I wanted the pink insert to be about level with the bezel edges, I cut another piece of craft foam, no foil, to place in the bottom of the bezel.  So there's 2 layers of the foam with the top piece having foil on it.  I sanded the foil to take off the pink on the embossed areas and fastened a cubic zirconia crystal to the center.   My next step was to mix ICE Resin® and fill the bezel.  It's so easy with the syringe dispenser from ICE Resin, no measuring!  The hardest part is waiting for it to cure!   I usually pour it in the evening and by the next day it's hard. 

 

 

To finish the pendant, I added 3 little pink crystals at the bottom.  I used silver colored Artistic Wire to make eye pins and wire wrap the beads to the fleur de lis.  I think the wire was 22 or 24 gauge.  I could have easily used purchased eye-pins.  For me, the wire was easier to find and I have more color choices!

 

Because I sent this pendant was a gift, I wanted something cool to package it in!  So I made one of my fabric pockets, this time out of denim from an old worn pair of jeans. (you can see another pocket of new denim on this post)   

 

 

 I tore the denim to about 4 x 9 1/2" leaving the jeans hem as the edge for the pocket flap.  The edges are glued with Fabri-Tac glue to form the pocket.   I glued a piece of pink satin ribbon across the top and made faux stitches with a marker.  No sewing!!! The little fleur de lis is again foil over craft foam with another craft foam fleur de lis behind it. That one is cut with the medium size die. I trimmed the "wings" a little to fit the smaller one better.  I actually coated it with ICE Resin, too, just a thin layer rubbed on it.  It stiffened the foam and sealed it. There's a jump ring at the top to hang it from the cord.  I made 2 more pink crystal beads with wire loops to add to the cord.  These could easily be added to earring wires (I tucked earring wires inside for Cindy) to have matching earrings!  Or hung on the chain with the pendant!

 

 



 This was a fun gift package to make!  and give!

-judy

• Supplies:
• Spellbinders Artisan X-Plorer maching
• Spellbinders MB2-007S Fleur de Lis (bezels)
• Spellbinders MD1-011 Fleur de Lis (dies)
• Spellbinders F-014 Delicate Pastels craft foil
• ICE Resin
• Cubic Zirconia crystal
• Black craft foam
• Pink Crystal beads
• Artistic Wire Silver 22 gauge wire
• Silver Cord
• Pink Satin Ribbon
• Pink Silk Ribbon
• Scrap of old denim jeans
• Beacon Adhesives - Fabri-Tac Glue
• Chain

 

C-Koop Bracelet

Today, I'm sharing a bracelet that I made from a kit.  I didn't design it.  I just put it together! I love the copper with the enamel pieces! Lots of my favorite colors!


Back in March, I worked at a Make & Take table for Spellbinders at the Bead Bash held at the Mall of America. There were lots of bead and jewelry making vendors there. I happened to be right next to C-Koop Bead's table. Their display(wish I'd taken a photo!) had beautiful glass enameled copper beads and kits and the cutest little enamel flowers with copper stems! I couldn't help stepping closer to admire them whenever I had a break! By the end of the show, I bought 2 kits! This bracelet was one of them. I also chose a necklace kit that I haven't put together as yet.


Sara Lukkonen is the artist and creator of the enamel beads and kits. Check out her website if you'd like to see more of her beads and kits like this bracelet!
C-Koop Beads
You can also discover the history behind the name "C-Koop".

I'll be back soon with something I designed!
Thanks for stopping!
Judy

Heart Sing Card

Good Morning!!! 

I have a card to share today.  I actually stamped over the weekend!  It's been awhile.  I bought a set of Derwent Inktense pencils last week so I wanted to try them out!   It would be too easy to stamp on paper!!!  LOL!  I stamped on fabric and colored with the Inktense pencils!  It worked really well!!!

 

The fabric is a tightly woven muslin.  It stamped very well. The stamp is "field of poppies" from Penny Black.  After I lightly colored the images, I used a water pen to activate the Inktense color and fill in the images.  It didn't take much pencil color to get this much color after it was wet.  The verse is from the set "eloquence" by Penny Black.  It's stamped on a piece of muslin, too.  I added a wash of color over it.  To get the diluted color, I scribbled on a scrap of paper as a palette.  I diluted it with the water pen before brushing it over the verse.

 

To make the card, I sewed each stamped fabric piece to cotton batting.  I also sewed on the rickrack. Then I glued each piece to red paper with Beacon Fabri-Tac glue.  It's a great glue for fabric!

 

The yellow paper is stamped with Penny Black "indian wheel" with Tsukineko Toffee Crunch Memento ink.  The paper was a little bigger than the stamp.  I stamped it in the center and then stamped along all the edges to continue the pattern.  The 5 x 6 1/2" card base is a dark Kraft paper.  I added more of the rickrack above the verse.  The buttons are threaded with floss and fastened with Elmer's Glue Spots. 

I hope this gets my mojo going again.  I didn't create anything last week.  Sometimes the creative juices just don't work!!!

Have a creative day!
-judy

• Supplies:
• Penny Black 30-162 eloquence
• Penny Black 4308K field of poppies
• Penny Black 40-202 indian wheel
• Tsukineko StazOn Jet Black
• Tsukineko Memento Toffee Crunch
• Derwent Inktense pencils
• RickRack - yellow, tan
• Bazzill Basics red
• Worldwin Treasures Honey
• Kraft card - 5 x 6 1/2"
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares
• Elmer's Glue Spots
• Muslin fabric
• Floss
• sewing machine and thread

 

Road Trip Finds

Today, I took a little road trip with a special friend! Yep, I took the afternoon off! We had a great time talking, laughing and checking out antique shops.
Thanks, Jackie, for such an enjoyable afternoon!
We both like collecting bits and pieces of ephemera to use in our creative projects.
Here's a few of my finds....

.....a box of brass rivets (connections for a mini book!), a receipt clip (not sure what I'll do with that!), a small frog (to hold projects/cards for display), a faucet handle (mixed media book!), some tiny photos (bezel fillers), a stick pin and old ink pad ( just because I like them!).

and this little tin. It's just 3" diameter. I love the color...so vintage and worn with that tiny decal! All treasures for sure!
My best find is this old slide case...






Those little drawers are so cool! They're about 4 x 2 x 9". I'll find something to put in them! Even empty it looks good in my craft room!
Thanks for visiting!!!
Happy Creating!
Judy

A Quick Denim Gift Pocket

I promised a quick gift pocket for the heart jeans fob that I posted yesterday.  Here it is!

I made this pocket from a scrap of denim.  I always save worn, torn jeans to use for patching or crafting.  More for crafting than patching!!!!

My scrap is cut 4 1/4 x 9" with curved edges for the flap. That's only because my denim piece was irregular at that edge!  The edge could be left square.  I used a dull pinking shears to cut the edges.  Consequently, ragged pinked edges!  I layered the buttons to get both silver and red together.  The red button has a flaw in it.  With the silver buttons over it, that's hidden!  The cord I used is actually a cotton blend yarn.  I often find fibers in the yarn department.  Cotton yarns are great for crafting and pretty reasonable when you consider the amount of yardage in a ball or skein of yarn!

The "stitching" is faux!  I used a Ranger White Opaque Pen to make dashes along the edges.  The only sewing is to make one stitch through the denim to fasten the button.  I used a large needle to thread the cord through the front of the flap and back up.  Then I threaded the short end of the cord up through a button hole and back through the other hole.  I knotted the cord between the button and the denim.  Both ends of the cord are on the top of pocket.  That's so it will wrap around the pocket to hold it closed.

 

Here you see the one stitch through the flap to hold the button.  That step could be skipped.  The cord could be threaded through the button and knotted in back.  Then the button glued to the flap!  An option for anyone who doesn't sew at all!  You can see the "stitches" all along the edges.  I've glued the sides together with Fabri-Tac glue.  This glue sets up quickly and holds fabric well!

I've left the cord with one short end and enough long cord to wrap around the pocket twice plus warp around the button. I knotted each cord end.

To close the pocket, I wrapped the long cord across the back and back to the front, around the button and then back the same direction.  Going back across the back, up to the front and loop around the button. Ta Da!  Closed!  So easy!  Make this with any scrap of fabric!  The size can be varied to fit the gift.

Happy creating!
-judy


Supplies:

• Denim fabric scrap
• Buttons Galore & More - Red Button
• Beacon Adhesives - Fabri-Tac glue
• Ranger White Opaque Pen
• Silver Buttons
• Natural Cotton Yarn

A Red Heart Jeans Fob

I'm back...........finally!

Today, I have glittery heart jeans fob to share.

This heart is one of the new bezels in Spellbinders Media Mixage line.  Its called Hearts One.  There's a matching die template that cuts paper, foil, etc. to fit inside the heart.  I've used red Shimmer Sheetz. 

Here you can see most of the supplies I used including the heart bezel and matching die template.

After cutting the heart from red Shimmer Sheetz, I embossed it with Spellbinders So Trendy M-Bossabilities folder.  It's one of my favorite patterns.  The small design works well in the heart. 
I glued the red heart into the bezel before adding Ice Resin.  I added glitter along the edges after a layer of the ICE Resin.  Then I added more ICE Resin to fill the bezel.  I used a straight pin to push some of the glitter back to the edges that wanted to stray into the center.

After the ICE Resin set up overnight, I added 2 jump rings to the bezel and fastened the rings to the big ring of the spring clip.  The heart is fairly heavy so I thought it needed 2 for strength.  I added the little key charm with smaller jump rings and then added the flower charm.  
The ICE Resin really accents the shine of the glitter and the Shimmer Sheetz heart below!  It's such an amazing product, so crystal clear!  It scared me to try it at first.  Now, I wonder why!!!  It gives great results if you follow the directions.  Mixing is key!

Tomorrow, I'll be back with a super easy pocket to put this heart fob into for a gift! 

Have a creative Monday!

-judy

• Supplies:
• Spellbinders MB1-005 Hearts One (bezel)
• Spellbinders MD1-005 Hearts One (die template)
• Spellbinders ES-006 So Trendy M-Bossabilities
• Elizabeth Craft Design Shimmer Sheetz - Red
• Susan Lenart Kazmer - Glitter
• Ice Resin
• Silver spring clip with ring
• Key and Flower charms
• Jump Rings

Finally.....a Winner!

I never heard back from pattyb!  So sorry!   

I generated another random number..........number 13.....

 

.........and the winner is jennyplace2!  Hooray!!!

Here's her comment:

What a beautiful project I love every detail from colour combo to the pretty butterflys and flowers! Amazing is all I can say! TFS and for the chance to win the spellbinders. I have had that set on my wish list for a long time. Hope lady luck will shine on me come Tuesday. LOL!
jennyplace26@gmail.com

Thanks for such a nice comment Jennyplace2!!!

Thanks for leaving an email address!!!!  I've sent you a message.  I'll get your new set of Spellbinders™ S5-171 A2 Round Corner Basics A  in the mail soon!!!  Enjoy!

-judy