Mother's Day Box and Pendant on Spellbinders Blog

My gift box and pendant for Mother's Day are on Spellbinders Blog today. 

 

I recycled a brown grocery, a lighter Kraft shopping bag, a page from an old dictionary and a box from a specialty bar of soap for this project.  You can find all the directions and more photos by clicking this link:

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Happy creating!
judy

Spellbinders Shape It Up Sneak Peek and Giveaway Day Two!

Hello blog friends!

Today, I’m excited to reveal some new Spellbinders® Media Mixage™ products: MB3-002 Oval Hatpin – Bronze and MT1-009 Keys texture plate. Yes, you read it right! Hatpins!!! You’ll also want to check out Ken Oliver’s blog as he’s also showcasing new Media Mixage products today!

Here's my project……



.....a Keys Hatpin and matching Keys Box.

 

Supply List for Hatpin and Box:

• Spellbinders® MMM-001 Artisan X-plorer™
• Spellbinders® MB3-002 Oval Hatpin - Bronze
• Spellbinders® MT1-009 Keys Texture Plates
• Spellbinders® MD1-001 Ovals One
• Spellbinders® MMs-002 Foil Pack 2
• Spellbinders® S4-168 Large Labels
• Spellbinders® S4-130 Classic Rectangles SM
• ICE Resin®
• Susan Lenart Kazmer – Aqua Glass Glitter
• Elmer’s Painters – Black
• Tattered Angels – Chalkboard Mist - Concord, Strawberry Shortcake, Glimmer Glaze - Saffron
• Scor-Tape – ¼, ½, 2”
• Beacon Adhesives – Fabri-Tac™
• Beads – crystal, aqua, purple
• Bronze eye pins and head pins
• Bronze Jump Ring
• Micro Beads – turquoise/silver mix
• Craft Foam - Black
• Black Card Stock
• Wood Box
• Crystal Clear Satin spray
• Gold fabric
• Fiberfill

Let's get to the How-To for the Keys Hatpin!

I started with these products:

 

 

First,  I cut an oval of black self-adhesive craft foam with Spellbinders® MD1-001 Ovals One #2 die (#1 being the smallest)   I used the craft foam as filler to raise the embossed foil closer to the top.  It’s super easy to cut!

Next, I cut an oval of aqua craft foil with the same Ovals One #2 die.

 

 Now for the texture!  I placed the oval foil on the Spellbinders® MT1-009 Keys texture plate, aqua side up.  The texture plate is placed on the Spellbinders® MMM-001 Artisan X-plorer™ base plate with the cutting plate on top.  I put it through the Artisan X-plorer.  The first pass flattened the foil to the keys and started the embossing.  Next, I removed the cutting plate and replaced it with the tan embossing mat and pink embossing plate.  I put it through the Artisan X-plorer.  Voila! Beautiful detailed texture!

 

I applied black paint over the foil and rubbed off the excess leaving a hint of black in the recessed areas and around the edges of the keys.  It gives it a more vintage look. 

  
The foil oval is applied to the adhesive on the craft foam oval. 

Before I glued it into the hatpin, I cut 2 tiny slits near one end for the jump ring that holds the bead dangles.  It fits under the foil and foam.  Once the ICE Resin sets up, it holds it in place.  I placed the jump ring so the opening is just above the rim of the hatpin.  It can be open at this point ready for the beads.  Or left closed and opened after the ICE Resin is cured.  

I glued the foil with foam and jump ring into the hatpin. 

Next step, mix the ICE Resin!   Follow the directions on the ICE Resin package to mix it.  It’s very important to mix for 2 minutes and let it set for 5 minutes!  

I poured resin into the hatpin until it was almost to the rim.  Then I added glass glitter around the jump ring.  It hides the slits in the foil!  I also added micro beads around the edges of the hatpin bezel.  I added more ICE Resin to fill the bezel.  Then I waited for it to cure!  That’s the hardest part for me!!!  I usually pour any ICE Resin pieces in the evening so they can cure overnight.

In the meantime, I put together the bead dangles.  There are 5 separate wrapped bead pieces.  I’ve used 3 head pins and 2 eye pins.  The eye pins have a small jump ring with seed beads as a dangle.  I made a loop at the top of each one and wire wrapped the end.

 When the ICE Resin was cured, I opened the jump ring, added the bead sections, and closed it.  Finished! 

I love the vintage look of it, especially the colors!  It would be very pretty on the lapel of a coat!

This pretty hatpin needed an elegant place to rest!  I decorated a wood box to coordinate with the hatpin.  

Here are the directions for the box:

I started with a recycled wood box.  It came from some specialty candy.  Any craft box that fits the pin will work.  Mine is 3 ¼ x 4 ¼ x 1 ½”.

I painted it black and then over sprayed it with Tattered Angles Concord and Strawberry Shortcake Chalkboard mists.  When the mists were totally dry, I sprayed a clear satin sealer over the box.

For the top, I cut a rectangle of aqua craft foil using Spellbinders® S4-130 Classic Rectangles SM #7.  I textured it with the Keys same as for the hatpin, adding black paint as well.  I snipped off each corner diagonally so it wouldn’t show beyond the gold frame. 

When I poured the ICE Resin in the hatpin, I also poured ICE Resin on this foil piece.  I spread it rather thin.  I sprinkled some of the silver and aqua micro beads over it and worked them into the ICE Resin.  I left it to cure overnight.

I cut/embossed 2 frames of black card stock using Spellbinders S4-168 Large Labels #4 and 5 nested together.  I glued them together for thickness.   I painted on Tattered Angels Saffron Glimmer Glaze.  When it was dry, I sprayed it with clear satin sealer.

To assemble the pieces, I applied Scor-Tape to the back of the foil and the frame.  I fastened both to the box lid.

To create the cushion inside the box, I started with a piece of card board cut to fit inside.  I cut batting/fiberfill to fit the cardboard and glued it to it.  I wrapped a piece of gold lining fabric over it and glued the edges to the bottom side of the cardboard. It’s glued into the box with craft glue.  A nice pin cushion for the hatpin!

Have I inspired you to try texturing craft foil?  Or even paper as shown in my second project below?  How about trying this same design as a pendant?  There are oval bezels the same size in the Media Mixage collection.   Have you tried ICE Resin?  I remember being afraid to try it at first.  It’s really quite easy!  The look is so amazing!  On my hatpin, I actually had to carve a bit of the ICE Resin off around the jump ring. A little mishap!   I poured another layer over it and it doesn’t even show!

For a little more inspiration, I have a second project with a totally different look!  I’ve used the small Spellbinders MB3-001 Circles Hatpin-Bronze and MT1-009 Keys texture plate to create this mini canvas…….

 

Can you see a circle hatpin?  It’s the flower center and stem. The "pot" is embossed with keys touched with copper Gilders Paste.  That makes the keys pop!   I’ll share more details on my blog sometime later.

For contest rules click HERE
 

To enter giveaway click HERE
 

Be sure to check out Ken’s project today!  He’s showcasing more new Media Mixage products.  I’m sure he’ll have an awesome project to get you even more inspired!  Click here for his blog!

Questions? calexander@spellbinders.us No entries will be accepted at this email address.

An Embossed and Gilded Tag

I finally took time this evening to make something just for my blog!!!  It's been a very long time.......  Thanks and big hugs to all my loyal followers who haven't given up on me!!!

So tonight I set out to do a quick tag..... 

The embossing was quick!  The rest was a bit more involved!

I used one of Spellbinders ™ new 3D M-Bossabilities ™ folders to emboss a manilla tag!  The embossing is amazing!  Very deep!  This pattern is E3D-005 Ornamental Swirls.  The folder embosses a 5 x 7" area.  I used just the bottom of it for my tag.  At the top I embossed lines using just a portion of EL-026 Framed Petite Labels (not 3D).  Okay, that was the easy part!!!

Next, I rubbed on Baroque Art Gilders Paste.  I just recently added a few of these to my stash.  The shine is amazing after buffing. I don't think they were exactly developed for paper but they work! 

I started with Patina.

 

Then I added Blue Iris......

 

Pretty cool!  Except I didn't exactly like the tag color showing in the deep areas of the embossing.  So I decide to try Tattered Angels Pomegranate Glimmer Mist over the tag.  The Gilders Paste is a waxy product so I expected it to repel the Glimmer Mist.

It did repel the color in some areas.  Other areas absorbed more than I wanted.  The question: Start over or keep adding color?   I added more color!!

I dried the Glimmer Mist.  Then I added more Gilders Paste.  I added Antique Gold next.  Then more Iris Blue and even a touch of Copper.  I kept rubbing on color, buffing it and adding more until it was "okay".  I needed to get it done so I could go to bed!  LOL!

Once I added the ribbon and tag, I loved the colors!

The frame part of the tag was cut from white cs.  I sprayed it with Pomegranate Glimmer Mist and added a touch of Iris Blue Gilders Paste around the edges.  The greeting from Quietfire Designs is stamped on pale sage card stock and glued behind.  Both tags are from Spellbinders S4-392 Framed Tags One.  Love these tags because there's a cut out for each one that's also a tag in itself.  You can see the set here. 

The sheer ribbon is from May Arts.  I tied the tag on with gold thread. 

The color is wonderful but the most amazing part is the detail and incredible dimensional effect of the embossing created with the 3D M-Bossabilities folder!  You will love these!!!

Supplies:

Spellbinders  E3D-005 Ornamental Swirls
Spellbinders EL-026 Framed Petite Labels
Spellbinders S4-392 Framed Tags One
Tattered Angels Glimme Mist - Pomegranate
Quietfire Design Stamp
Baroque Art Gilders Paste - Patina, Iris Blue, Antique Gold, Copper
May Arts Ribbon
Manilla Tag
Card Stock - white, sage
Tsukineko Versafine - Onyx Black
Gold Thread


Thank you for visiting today!!! 

Happy creating!
-judy

A Jewel Gem Necklace

Here's a little "gem" necklace I created for Julianna Hudgins Design Team. 

It's posted on her blog here.

This turquoise nugget is actually shrink plastic! 

I cut the oval with Spellbinders S5-098 Jewel Stones out of black shrink plastic and punched a hole for the jump ring.  Then I painted it with Tattered Angels Caspian Sea Glimmer Glam.  When I heated it the Glimmer Glam crinkled up into this wonderful texture! 
I cut the initial from white shrink plastic that I painted with Tattered Angels Saffron Glimmer Glaze.  After I glued the "J" in place, I dripped Ice Resin over the nugget.  I wanted enough to seal the texture and add a little shine, yet not too much.  The Ice Resin served to secure the crinkled texture to the shrink plastic, too!

thanks for visiting!
happy creating!
-judy

Sneak Peek: Spellbinders Summer Spectacular!

Welcome to Day 3 of Sneak Peek: Spellbinders™ Summer Spectacular!!!!

 Isn’t this exciting?!!  I’m always amazed by all the incredible new Spellbinders products!  This release is no exception…….Awesome new stuff!!!

If you missed the first two days, I’ve listed the links later in my post.    You’ll want to check them out!  I just know you don't want to miss any of the new Spellbinders products! 

Today, I have the honor of revealing one of the new background die templates called Botanical Swirls and a very practical set of tags, Back to Basics Tags!   Spellbinders new background die templates are amazing!!!  The tag set is all the basics! A must have set!  I especially like the tiny tags!

For my project, I embellished a photo frame with Botanical Swirls and one of the tags from Back to Basics Tags!

Isn’t this pattern incredible?  Botanical Swirls die template is designed to be cut multiple times so the pattern continues.  It’s pretty amazing!!!  I chose to piece the pattern under the tags.  The upper portion and lower portion are each all one piece. 

Supply List:

·         Spellbinders™ GC-001

·         Spellbinders™ S5-154 Botanical Swirls - MSRP $24.99

·         Spellbinders™ S4-367 Back to Basics Tags - MSRP $24.99

·         Worldwin® Gold Twist Cardstock

·         Worldwin® Black Cardstock

·         Creative Impressions Black Micro Paper Fasteners

·         Tattered Angels Saffron Glimmer Glaze

·         Tattered Angels Pinecone Glimmer Mist

·         SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L™ Adhesive Sheet

·         Scor-Pal® Scor-Tape – ½”

·         Frame

·         Black Acrylic Paint

Let’s get to the details:

I started with a frame that’s 8 ¼ x 10 ¼" with an opening for a 4 x 6" photo.  I found this frame at a dollar store.  Any flat frame will work.

First, I painted the frame edges black with acrylic paint.

Next, I applied SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L™ Adhesive Sheet to the back of a piece of Worldwin® Gold Twist paper the size of the frame.  I traced the frame and opening on the back of the paper for the size.  I cut the edges to fit the frame and rough cut the photo opening. 

I brushed on Tattered Angels Saffron Glimmer Glaze over the gold paper.  To make the color a bit darker, I rubbed on Tattered Angels Pinecone Glimmer Mist with a sponge and dabbed off any excess with a paper towel.   I’m always too impatient to let it air dry!  I dried it with my heat gun. 

You can see a piece of the original color Twist paper showing through the opening.

I removed the adhesive backing and applied the paper to the frame.  Then I cut the photo opening with a craft knife.  I used a permanent black marker to color the cut paper edges.

The next step is to cut the Spellbinders™ Botanical Swirls from black cardstock.  I applied SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L™ Adhesive Sheet to the back of 2 – 8 ½ x 6 ¼" pieces of black cardstock.   

The cut pattern from Botanical Swirls is 4 x 6".  Since my frame is 8 ¼" wide, I needed two and part of a third repeat of the pattern. With the paper cut the same width as the length of the die template, it was easy to align the Botanical Swirls template with the edges of the paper to keep the pattern straight.  I’ve used removable tape to hold the die template in place while cutting. Photo 1 in the collage below.

Because there is so much detail to cut with Botanical Swirls, multiple passes through the Grand Calibur® machine are usually necessary.   A shim of cardstock is usually necessary in the center of the die template for the 2^nd and 3^rd passes.  Photo 2 above.

After each tag was adhered over the seam, I trimmed the end on the photo opening side with a craft knife.

Here’s the completed frame ready for a photo.........

.........and with a photo!

To get the black edge around my photo, I cut the photo 3 ¼ x 5 ¼" and mounted it on 4 x 6" black cardstock. That leaves a 1/8" black reveal around the photo. Not necessary, but I thought it set off the photo better.

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The Botanical Swirls die template also makes a great embossed pattern!        

For this card, I’ve simply embossed the Botanical Swirls pattern to use as a background.  Simple!  And it adds an interesting pattern!   
I used an oval tag with a verse.  I used the negative opening from a long tag to reveal the red dot paper.

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The Sneak Peek: Spellbinders™ Summer Spectacular! Begins on June 21^st and will end on June 28^th, 2012. It consists of 24 individual prizes and one grand prize drawing.  Enter the Sneak Peek: Spellbinders™ Summer Spectacular! by visiting the participating blogs each day.

At the end of each blog post, click on the "Enter HERE" to open the entry form. You may only enter once from each blog each day.

Spellbinders™ will randomly draw one winner from each participating blog to receive that blog’s newly revealed dies. The Grand Prize Winner will be randomly drawn from the pool of entrants who sent entry forms from each and every participating blog during the 48 hours each blog was open. For the full list of official rules please click RULES.

Day Three of this contest is now closed.  Please visit SpellbindersPaperArts.com for more inspiration.

**Enter the contest by clicking HERE**

Be sure to check out all the other blogs participating in the Blog Frenzy so you don’t miss any of the new Spellbinders die templates being released!  Here’s a list of the previous days and blog links:

June 21

                Becca Feeken

                Kazan Clark

                Julie Overby

June 22

                Cindy Echtinaw

                Beate Johns

                Sherry Cheever

June 23

                Judy Hayes - you are here!

                Deb Seyer

                Nina Bracket

Questions?  Please email ContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us No entries will be accepted at this email address.

 

By lapping the template edge ¼" over the edge mark (impression left by edge of template after cutting) from the previous cut, the pattern matches perfectly!  Photo 3 above.I’ve used blue pencil marks on the paper to show the lap.  I added some arrows to help you see where the edge of the Botanical Swirls needs to be in order for the pattern to cut properly.  The tiny line indicates the impression from the die template after the first cut.

To get enough of the pattern for my frame, there was just a little at the edge for the final cut.  Photo 4 above. 

When I cut the second piece for the top of the frame, I started the pattern in the center of the 6 ¼ x 8 ½" paper.  Then I repeated the cut on each side of the first cut.  That way the pattern at the top of the frame isn’t an exact duplicate of the lower pattern.

Here, you can see the Botanical Swirls pattern repeated twice plus part of a third pattern cut out of the black cardstock.  You can see the slight impression line from the edge of the die template where the pattern repeats.   A few of the pieces remained in the template when I removed it.  I removed all the excess pieces and used a scissors and a craft knife to cut along the edges of the top and bottom.  Botanical Swirls die template cuts the pattern but not the edges of the pieces along sides.  Those need to be cut with a scissors or craft knife.



This photo shows the two pieces of cardstock cut with Spellbinders™ Botanical Swirls; all pieces removed and ready to adhere to the frame.  The adhesive backing is the white showing through the pattern.  Some of it didn’t cut when I cut the pattern.  It’s much easier to remove that way!

I used the complete pattern across the lower portion of the frame.  After it was adhered, I trimmed the excess along the frame edges and photo opening.  I added the other piece at the top of the frame and trimmed the excess also.

This photo shows the Botanical Swirls on the frame with edges trimmed.  You can see where the two pieces meet.  

I used two tags to cover the seam.  I cut/embossed 2 from black cardstock and 2 from gold Twist paper that I had colored the same as the frame.  I marked, made holes and inserted micro brads in the gold piece.  I placed one brad in one end of each tag (the other end will be cut off).  I applied ½" Scor-Tape® to the back of the black tag.  Then I placed the gold piece in place. 

A Jewel Nugget Necklace

...... to share today!

Can you believe this is shrink plastic?  Well, it is! 

I didn't expect this outcome when I painted the shrink plastic Jewel Stone with Tattered Angels Saffron Glaze and Caspian Sea Glam.  When it shrunk, the Glaze and Glam all crumpled up and gave this great texture!  And it stuck on the shrink plastic!  I added a Jewel letter also cut from shrink plastic.  It's painted just with Glaze and touched up after painting with more Glaze and copper Pearl Ex.   I adde Ice Resin over it to seal it. 

A fun little project!!
Supplies:
Spellbinders S5-098 Jewel Stones
Spellbinders LF-014 Jewel Alphabet
Shrink Plastic - black, white
Tattereed Angels Glimmer Glaze - Saffron
Tattered Angels Glam Glitter Paint - Caspiean Sea
Ice Resin
Bead Chain & Jump Ring
-judy

Paper Bouquet with Spellbinders Flowers

Today, I have a paper bouquet to share!  This was one of my Spellbinders projects from last winter.  A fun project to put together!

I had pretty much forgotten about it until Teri, a fellow paper crafter discovered it in the Spellbinders Gallery and emailed me with a question.  She asked how to make the “flower pot”.  It’s really quite easy.  So here’s some photos with a few directions!  If you have questions, feel free to email me!
Thanks for asking Teri! 

The flower pot was cut with Spellbinders LF-124 Grand Scalloped Circles #6 out of cardstock.  I then centered Spellbinders S4-116 Standard Circles #4 on my scalloped circle and taped it in place.  I embossed it only.  That’s the bottom of my pot.  Then I placed it on my Scor-it Board.  Any scoring board will work or even a ruler and score tool.  I scored from a notch between scallops to the circle, then from the circle to the notch on the opposite side of the circle, notches directly across from each other.  Does that make sense?  I continued to make score lines between every notch to the center circle.  

Then I made valley folds on every other score line and mountain folds between, folding just to the circle score line.   

As the folds are made the pot takes shape!   In order for the pot to hold it’s shape,  I punched a hole in every inner fold.  Then I threaded seam binding through the holes and snugged the pot to the size I wanted and tied a knot on the inside.  For my flower pot, I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Sugar Maple and Suede.  I sprayed it after it was shaped so the ribbon took on the same color as the pot.  

Hopefully, you can imagine it as I don’t have a photo of just the pot and ribbon. You can see a little of it in the above photo.

I used a piece of florist foam in the pot to hold all the flowers.
The flowers were cut with various sizes of Spellbinders S5-049 Carnation Creations and S5-050 Rose Creations.  I used Spellbinders S54-321 Nested Leaves and S4-328 Foliage for leaves plus the Carnation Creations leaves.  All the flowers and leaves were cut out of Kraft card stock .

I was able to cuts lots of pieces at one time with the Grand Calibur machine.

I used these Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists to color the flowers and leaves:
Jingle Bells, Dreamsicle, Pomegranate, Sapphire, Olive Vine,  Golden Terra Cotta

These are the pieces for one of the flowers.  I used different combinations for my flowers.  You can see them in the bouquet.
Each flower has a florist wire stem attached to a white button except for the blue flowers.  I wrapped the wire around some of the eyelash yarn without a button for those.

I threaded yellow eyelash yarn through the button holes and knotted it on back with a dab of craft glue. 

I think the yarn adds so much to the flowers!
To assemble the bouquet, I trimmed the florist wire stems and poked them into the florist foam.  Some of the leaves have florist wire glued to them so I could poke them into the foam.  Others are just glued  in place.
I used Spellbinders S4-322 Grommet Tags cut from white card stock  for my greeting pick. I inked each tag while it was still in the die template to create the white border.  I cut two  and fastened them together around a piece of florist wire that I coiled at the top.

I hope I’ve inspired you in some way!  Just imagine filling a little pot like this with flowers cut from designer papers for a totally different look!  Or try the new Spellbinders S5-055 Layered Poinsettia!  Wouldn’t that make a pretty holiday centerpiece!

Happy creating!
-judy