The Doctor Is IN printable art and coloring page

I know my family isn't the only one who is really looking forward to the new episodes of Doctor Who. If you've been considering a party, or if you are as Doctor crazy as my daughter, you might enjoy this printable art or the coloring version. Both are 300 dpi below. The version above is at 25%.
Instead of making them 8x10, I made them 8x10.5 so they will have a quarter inch border using US letter sized paper.
Click on the images for the full sized versions. For the one I printed for my daughter, I used a nice decorative paper vintage looking sheet from my stash. The font used is The League Of Moveable Type's Chunk.

Pixel Beading

I just posted an article on pixel beading using cube beads. I didn't really have room in the article for all the patterns that I made, so here is the full set if you'd like it.
Based off of these mood icons.

Click the image for the full sized, full set of patterns.

And as a bonus, this simple pattern for a Book of Spoilers necklace or pin. I'm beading this up for my daughter.

Recycled Ornaments

I recently had an opportunity to review Create Colorful Aluminum Jewelry for the Beadwork site at BellaOnline. It's a very inspiring book, and it inspired these ornaments.

It's made using a bottle cap, an empty soda can! I'm linking the tools I used to their pages on Amazon, it's an affiliate link, but mostly I'm linking them so if you want to know exactly what brand/type I used, you can see it. All of these punches should be available at your local Michaels.

You'll need:

An empty and rinsed out soda can

Old scissors you can cut a can with or tin snips

A bottle cap- also cleaned

An image- 1 inch square- 300 ppi looks best because you can get more detail in it. Print on cardstock or thick photo paper and seal with acrylic clear spray

1 inch circle punch

2 inch punch- I used a 2 inch circle punch

Decorative punch- I used this star

Metal punch or a hammer and nail

1/16 inch hole punch or any hole punch really. That was just what I had at hand

Wire, string or decorative yarn

Decorative beads if you'd like

Eyelets or brads- I recommend brads, more on that later.

Dimensional glue- the clear kind that you can cover an image with

An old phone book - I use one for almost all my drilling and punching to protect the surface I'm working on.

Sandpaper or nail file

Cut the top and bottom off the can, then cut the can open. By the UPC is a good place to cut if you want to center designs for your ornaments. Flatten it by running it across the edge of a table working against the curve. It won't flatten the can completely, but it will be pretty close.

Punch out the 2 inch shape and the decorative shape. If you have any sharp or rough edges, smooth them with the sandpaper or nail file. My punches are punching out the shapes pretty cleanly and need very little finishing.

Punch a hole in the middle of the large shape, and in the middle of the bottle cap, and put them together with the open side of the bottle cap out. I used an eyelet on mine, but because of the thickness of the bottle cap and how it bowed slightly when I punched it, I plan to use brads next time. The dome part of the brad would be on the back of the can piece, and the little arms spread on the inside of the bottle cap.

Cut the image out using the 1 inch circle punch, a 1 inch circle punch will fit perfectly into a bottle cap. You can do fan ornaments like my daughter and I are making, or you can do pictures of your children. It would be a good grandparent gift!

Glue the image into the bottle cap, and cover with dimensional glue. You can add glitter or all sorts of little inclusions at this point. 

Let it cure according to instructions. 

After it's cured, punch a hole in the top of your decorative shape, and the top and bottom of your framing big shape. Use wire, thread or yarn to connect the pieces and make a hanger.

If you want to decorate the metal, you can use paint markers, or let your kids design them and color them after you cut out the pieces. 

My daughter wants a full set of the Doctors for our tree. This is the art for them, click on the image for the full sized 300 ppi version. Personal use only please!

Time and Relative Dimensions in Space

My husband wants to replace our perfectly serviceable shed with a TARDIS. He's a big Dr. Who fan and that was so not helped by the new show which just firmly cemented. I'm not really sure who's the biggest fan, our daughter who has taken to wearing scarves like Tom Baker even when it's really warm, or Mike and his desire to build a TARDIS.
Sometimes though, I can't resist a little joke on Mike, and today, I made up a police call box notice and hung it on our front door.If you click on the image, it's 300 ppi.
For personal use only. Like to bug husbands with by hanging on your front door. After he comes home and sees it, E is planning to put it on her own door. I used repositionable glue on the back to hang it with, and sealed the front with a clear sealing spray. As usual, click on the small image for the full sized version.