Art Glitter Baby Booties Pin Cushion

Supply List

Art Glitter 183 Blue Angel Ultrafine Pearlescent Glitter
Art Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive
Art Glitter Ultrafine Glue Tip
Ice Resin 1 oz Syringe
Rue Romantique Small Scroll Oval Oxidized Silver Finish
Ribbon
Swiss Dot Fabric
Re-embroidered lace
Thread
Polyester Stuffing
Ribbon
Mini Pom Pom Trim
Picot Ribbon
Double Stick Tape
Mon Ami Gabby Flower (teal acrylic flower with button center)
Buttons
Zva  Creative rhinestone & pearl
Basic Grey Pattered paper
Queen and Co Flower
Close To My Heart Crochet flower

When Clare's first son was born, he got a pair of baby shoes with his name on one sole and his birth date on the other sole.  They were just too cute for Clare to part with.  So when she saw that they could be made into pin cushions, she knew what to do with them.  She made them into a precious keepsake she can enjoy now and her son might enjoy in the future (or maybe his wife, LOL!).  And since she is forever losing her hand sewing needles in her pin cushion, she thought one shoe could be for pins and the other for needles!

She started by making the jewelry pendant.  She used some Basic Grey paper she has had forever, because she just can't throw out any Basic Grey scraps!  Using the Art Glitter dries clear adhesive and Art Glitter Blue glitter she highlighted portions of the Basic Grey paper and allowed this to dry.  She glued this paper into the pendent.  She added a few tiny rhinestones to the paper and using Ice Resin filled the pendent.  She loved that the Easy Measure package made measuring automatic!  She allowed this to dry overnight.  She loved how adding the resin made the Art Glitter details pop (see photo below) and even added more blue goodness in the pendants!

For the pin cushion, she cut a circle of Swiss dot calico and some re-embroidered lace to fit on top.

She used scraps of lace from her own wedding dress to make the pin cushion have extra sentimental value!  She ran a basting stitch one quarter inch from the edge of the circle and stuffed the circle with some of the polyester stuffing.

She pulled the thread tight and enclosed the stuffing, and tied a knot to hold it in place.

 She then stuffed the toe and heel of each shoe so the calico lace piece would sit on top.
She removed the shoelaces and cut a piece of ribbon 2 inches longer than the shoe lace.

As she threaded the organza ribbon through the holes the ribbon shredded a bit, so the extra length allowed Clare to trim up the ribbons shredded ends later.  To the top back of the shoe Clare added some mini pom pom and picot ribbon.  A bit of vintage inspired trim and fabric are perfect for this project!

She added a few buttons and some flowers to finish the project.  For a vintage inspired project like this, Clare loves digging out the classic trims like crocheted flowers, buttons and more!

To see more of Clare's work you can visit her blog at cricutcraftyclare.BlogSpot.com.

Tombow and Art Glitter

Supply List

Tombow Marker 743

Tombow Marker 452

Tombow Marker 055

Tombow Blending Mister

Small Water Color Brush

Art Glitter Double Sided Sticky Tape

Art Glitter 185 Varsity Blue Ultrafine Pearlescent Glitter

Art Glitter 297 Hibiscus Ultrafine Tranparent Glitter

Anna Griffin Embossing Folder

Patterned paper

WhiffOFJoy.com Shopping Willow Stamp

K. Andrew Designs Fashionable Friends Stamp Set (sentiment)

Paper Doily

One of Clare's favorite glitter techniques is a simple way to add sparkle strips.  It is made with double sided sticky tape and looks great on a card or a page.  Clare got this look by just cutting the double sided sticky tape and notching one end.  She removed one red side and adhered the tape to the project.  She then removed the final side of the red tape protector and pored on the Art Glitter.  Clare stamped  her shopping girl and colored her with Tombow Markers, using the Blending Mister and a small water color brush.  One of Clare's favorite things to do with the Tombow markers is to distress her paper edges!  It is difficult for to find distressing inks in brighter colors.  So, Clare' often runs the markers along the edge of the paper, using the paint brush side of the Tombow Marker and then blending it with the Blending Mister and a small water color brush.  Clare used this technique to get the yellow edge on the plaid paper stripe behind the doily.  And this is also a great way to repeat the color in your stamped image.

If you would like to see more of Clare Dempsey's work, you can find here blog Here.

Spooky Sparkling Bats

Art Glitter and Dreamweaver Stencils are working together this month to celebrate "An Awesome Autumn"!  Today, I have a Halloween bat card to share.  It was easy to make and lots of fun.  let me show you how.

MATERIALS:
Art Glitter Sticky Paper
Art Glitter Ultrafine Pearlescent 143 Glow in the Dark
Art Glitter Microfine Pearlescent 533 Mini Pearl
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 168 Black Light
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 157 Purple Lame
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 79 Black
Dreamweaver Double Stick Mounting Paper
Dreamweaver LL525 Bat Stencil
Dreamweaver Palette Knife
Dreamweaver Black Glossy Embossing Paste
Dreamweaver Stencil LM 2010 Paste Spreader
Scotch Removable Tape
K & Company Patterned Halloween Paper
Black Card Stock
White Card Stock
Adhesive
Scissors
A Pen

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Trace any well sized round object onto Art Glitter Sticky Paper. 

2)  Cut out circle.
3)  Remove protective paper and cover circle with Glow in the Dark Glitter.  Be sure to rub it in with your fingers.

4)  Brush off the excess Glow in the Dark Glitter.

5)  Repeat steps 3 and 4 with Microfine Pearlescent Glitter.  When you use the microfine glitter, it should get between the ultrafine specks and make your paper stay a little whiter.
6)  Remove one side of the Dreamweaver mounting paper and place the "moon" you have created inside.

 7)  Pour a little of the Black Light Glitter around the moon and rub in with your fingers.  This will create the "glowing" effect.  Brush off the excess.

 8)  Pour the Purple Lame Glitter around the edges and rub in.

9)  Place the stencil over the top and tape all the way around the edges with the removable tape.
10) Use the Palette Knife to place Black Embossing Paste onto the Paste Spreader.

 11)  Place the edge of the spreader on the stencil and pull across.

 12)  Remove the stencil and cover the paste with the Black Glitter.

13)  Shake off the excess glitter. 
14)  Assemble the card.

I hope you enjoyed today's post.  You have picked a great month to follow the posts.  Art Glitter is featuring a 20% off sale on all regular retail items!  Use the code DW20.  Stencil with Style is ALSO offering a 20% off sale. Their coupon code is SWS20.
Thanks for checking out the blog today.  Stop by my blog at www.rememberinglifesmoments.blogspot.com to find more Dreamweaver projects.  Hope to see you there!

Card and Frame in One

 

Art Glitter is partnering with Want to Scrap for the month of August.  For this post, I was inspired by their beautiful frame set.  I made two different functional, glittering frames.  It was simple, cheap, and fun.

For the blue frame, here are the materials:

Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear with the ultrafine metal tip
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 233 Blue Hawaii
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 113 Sky
Art Glitter Ultrafine Pearlescent 188 Black Vinyl
Art Glitter Sticky Paper
Art Glitter Sticky Tape
Want 2 Scrap Vintage Fancy Frames
Want 2 Scrap Clear Rhinestone Jewels
3.5 x 5 Plain Plastic Frame
Ultrafine Point Sharpie Pen
Craft Knife
Sponge Paint Brush
Picture
Adhesive
Paper Trimmer

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Use the Sharpie to trace around the inside of the frame on the sticky paper and the photograph.

 2)  Use the craft knife to cut a little bit in from the tracing on the paper.

 3)  Use the paper trimmer to cut a little around the outside of the photo.  (The tracing and cutting are unnecessary if you have a picture that fits well in the frame without cutting it down).

4)  Use the sponge brush to cover the top of the frame with Designer Dries Clear.
5)  Cover the frame with Blue Hawaii and let dry.

 6)  Peel the adhesive off of the paper and attach the frame.

 7)  Pour the Black Vinyl glitter over the whole thing and shake or brush off the excess.

 8)  Use the Designer Dries Clear with the fine metal tip to add the rhinestones and details with the Sky glitter.  Let dry.

 9)  Use the adhesive to position the photograph on the background paper that came with the frame.
10)  Use the sticky tape to adhere the frame.

 This is what it looks like done!

For the purple frame, most of the techniques are the same, but I added a couple of things.

MATERIALS:
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear with the ultrafine metal tip
Art Glitter Ultrafine Pearlescent 186 Purple Polkadot
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 151 Butterfly
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 85 Crystal
Art Glitter Fantasy Film Strawberry
Art Glitter Sticky Paper
Art Glitter Sticky Tape
Polyester Lace
Want 2 Scrap Vintage Fancy Frames
Want 2 Scrap Wonderful Wings Bling
3.5 x 5 Plain Plastic Frame (this one had a magnet)
Ultrafine Point Sharpie Pen
Craft Knife
Sponge Paint Brush
Picture
Adhesive
Paper Trimmer

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Follow the previous project steps 1-5, changing the color of the frame to Purple Polkadot.
2)  Decide where to place the lace.

3)  Peel off the paper, exposing the adhesive, and adhere the lace.
4)  Cover the area with Butterfly.

 5)  Rub the glitter in with your finger and brush off the excess.

 6)  Peel off the lace, exposing the adhesive underneath.

 7)  Pour Crystal Glitter over the top of the paper and brush off the excess.

 8)  Adhere the purple frame with sticky tape and the Designer Dries Clear.  Let dry.

 9)  Adhere the whole frame to the plastic with sticky tape and insert the photograph.

10)  Cut a butterfly from the set and "roll" off the plastic onto the Fantasy Film

11)  Cut around the butterfly.  Adhere to the frame with regular adhesive.

 Here is what it looks like completed.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoyed the post.  Please visit me any time at my blog www.rememberinglifesmoments.blogspot.com.

ATC Fun

Supply List
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 234 Turquoise
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 18 Purple
Art Glitter Ultrafine Pearlescent 18 Purple
Art Glitter D56 Dragonfly Dazzlers
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive
Art Glitter Ultrafine Tip
Art Glitter Sticky Tape
Art Glitter Transparency Sheet
Art Glitter Permanent Ink
Want2Scrap Rhinestones 72 Navy Blue
Want2Scrap Designer Embellies ATC Tags-Chipboard
Piccolo Vintage Copper Enamel Powder
Piccolo Enamel Powder Adhesive
K &Company Adison Blue Garden Swirl Paper
K &Company Chipboard letters
Book
Stampin' Up Doily Die
Inkadinkado Morphic Bugs Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Embossing folder
Chipboard letters (Joanns)


ATC?!  What is an ATC?  An ATC is an artist trading card, defined as a miniature work of art about the same size as a trading card.  Now before you disregard this craft as being something you aren't interested in, take a look at this project Clare Dempsey made to document her favorite quotes.  Clare loves books and quotes and has found ATC is a great way to document them.   And Clare loves this art form, because it is the perfect place to play with new paper crafting techniques and blending Art Glitter on a small scale before using it on a scrap book page or a card!  And if you can't throw out your samples because they are just too pretty, this is a perfect way to use them for a project you'll love!  You could use this idea for Bible verses too!

Clare started by folding the book pages in half lengthwise, (see got a book she got a the thrift store, but you could use one in your book shelf).  She then added some patterned card stock from K and Company on the inside cover of the book.  She cut two paper doilies using a Stampin' Up Die, folded them in half and added them to the side of the folded book.  Ooh, looking like a Rolodex.

Clare then covered some chipboard with Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear glue and D56 Dragonfly Dazzlers.  The teal colored letters are K &  Company, matted on blue circles.  

Once Clare had her ATC holder, she began to play with the Want2Scrap ATC Tags:  Donna Salazar Designs.  For one ATC, she ran it through the Sizzix, using a Tim Holtz embossing folder and just distressed ink one side.  She then added a quote (To have joy, one must share it. Lord Byron) and Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive using the Ultrafine Tip in 183 Blue Angel (lighter blue of rays) and 18 Purple for the center.  The bling is Want2Scrap Navy Blue.

On the other embossed side, she added Piccolo's Vintage Copper Enamel powder and added a quote. Clare has boys and thought this was a great quote to have her boys live by!

For another card, Clare used Art Glitter's Fantasy Film.  She watched the video on YouTube you can find HERE with an Inkadinkado stamp. Don't forget to warm up your iron before you start on silk setting!  And Clare loves the Art Glitter Black Permanent ink!  If you are a serious stamper, she says to give it a try and you'll love it!

She then used the Ultrafine tip and the Designer Dries Clear adhesive to add 234 Turquoise and 183 Blue Angel glitter.  She added a vellum quote (Little by little does the trick. Aesop) and stabilized it with an Art Glitter Transparency sheet.  

And the back of the quote holder says "to live by" with more of the K & Company letters.  What a great way to make a place to play and give your family some great life lessons in quotes!

Order from Art Glitter the entire month of August  in the amount of $25 or over, use the code W2S20, and you will receive 20% off your order total!

And remember, Art Glitter is MADE IN THE USA!!!

You can find more of Clare'e work at her blog:  Cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com.