STAMPED AND BEADED ORNAMENT

I recently had to make six ornaments for a swap. While looking through my supply cabinets to see what I could do, I came across a package of wood beads that I had bought at a stamp show several years ago. The beads looked like wood dominoes with double holes in them and smooth on both sides. I colored the beads with alcohol inks and stamped snowflakes on them with silver pigment ink and embossed with detail silver pearl powder. To seal them, I squirted on some crystal Stickles and spread it all over the bead with my finger. I finished the ornments by beading them.

ENAMELED TEAPOT CANVAS

Continuing with the enameled teapot theme, I had to do a project for a swap I'm in. I found a couple of 4 x 4 canvases in a drawer and decided to experiment. I sprayed the canvas with cranberry and butterscotch Colorwash and gold Smooch sprays. I brushed on a layer of beeswax and layed down a torn piece of Asian newspaper in the wet wax. Brushed some more wax over the newspaper and then brushed red and gold perfect pearls around the edge. Heated the piece with a heat gun to sort of smooth everything together. Brushed some beeswax on the back of the teapot and stuck it down. The teapot was done exactly the same way as the teapot in my previous post. Stuck an epoxy sticker in the upper left corner, wrapped the sides of the canvas with a red braided trim, glued some red and gold seed beads in the lower left corner with glossy accents and put in on an easel.

ENAMELED TEAPOT

Teapot is stamped on black cardstock with black pigment ink and embossed with black powder. Flowers, berries, gold accents and handle are colored with Smooch inks. Stems and leaves are colored with metallic gelly roll pens. Cut out teapot. Cut a scalloped circle from the page of an Asian book with a Spellbinders Nestabilities. Adhere the scalloped circle to a red panel that has been embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, punch the corners of the red panel with a Fiskars corner punch and adhere to a black card. Adhere the teapot in the lower right corner and affix an epoxy sticker to the upper left corner. The teapot stamp is from the Posh Asian #2 set available at http://www.ibrakeforstamps.com/. Use code SAVE10KATHY to save 10% on your I Brake For Stamp purchases.

FAUX RAINBOW FLOURITE

Spent this afternoon working on some more faux gemstones with my melting pot and ultra thick embossing powder. Today's special was rainbow flourite. Melted clear UTEE and then added To Dye For to get the purple and blue green colors. Tip: Instead of mixing your To Dye For in the pot (I mixed blue and red to make purple), mix it on a plastic jar lid with a toothpick and then swirl the toothpick in the clear. You don't want to dye all the clear, just get some swirly colors in there. The three flowers and the rectangle beads are all UTEE. The nugget drop beads and the round beads are real gemstone beads.

FAUX WASHI PAPER II, THE SEQUEL

Here is another card with my handmade washi paper. I used regular white copy paper and sprayed it with Adirondack Color Wash in denim, Ultra Color Wash Jewels in sapphire and Smooch Spray in silver foil. I then stamped the flower with perfect medium and dusted with blush perfect pearls, masked the flower and stamped the branch with Brilliance starlite silver. The corners were punched with a Fiskar corner punch and mounted on a silver panel which was also punched with the same corner punch. The washi paper and silver panel were then mounted on a midnight blue card. I used the second and third largest dies from the Labels 4 nestabilities to cut the silver and blue centerpieces. The butterfly was stamped and embossed in silver on the blue label, adhered to the silver label and then mounted to the center of the card. A jewel was glued in each corner. The branch, flower and butterfly are all from the Posh Asian #2 set available from http://www.ibrakeforstamps.com/. Use code SAVE10KATHY for a 10% discount.

BUDDHA NECKLACE

The pendant is made from UTEE and the base was made to simulate malachite and match the malachite beads in the necklace. I used a base of spruce green and clear UTEE and then threw in whatever embossing powders would give me the look I wanted. There was a pinch of pearl, some black, a little bit of gold, and a few other greens I had on hand. The Buddha is plain gold UTEE.

QUICK AND EASY GIFT

Need a hostess gift in a hurry. You can't lose with a decorated candle. I purchased my candle at a Dollar Tree. I stamped the Asian ornament on dark brown metallic cardstock with gold pigment ink and embossed with detail gold powder and then cut out. You'll need four ornaments, one for each side of the candle. Adhere the ornaments to the center of each side of the candle. Glue a jewel to the center of each ornament. I Finished the candle by edging the sides with bamboo outline stickers. The Asian ornament is from the Posh Asian set #2 available from http://www.ibrakeforstamps.com/. Use the code SAVE10KATHY to get 10% off on your I Brake For Stamp purchases.