FF Door Card

Good day all -


Welcome to Festive Fridays blog hop.  Today I am revisting a card I made last year for our Festive Friday card because it has been a very hectic week for me and this was one of my favorites.   Every other Friday we are showing different cards for the Christmas season and since it's an every other week affair there isn't a mad dash at the end of the year to get them done.  So if you just happened upon my blog or you are reading this in an email, please start here with Terri (our hostess with the mostess), but if you came from Angela you are in the right place, so sit back and relax and I hope you enjoy what you are abou to see.

Recipe:

White cardstock 4 1/4 by 5 1 /2, Light Brown cardstock (layer), Red cardstock (door),

Maroon cardstock (trim), Green cardstock (wreath),

Gold chalk for edging, Red glitter glue, Green glitter glue

Gold brad - cut off pokies, Red ribbon for bow

Cuddle bug with wood texture plate

Popdots and ATG gun



Door Open

 

I wish the woodgrain showed up.



Here is the video taking you step by step.

I hope you enjoyed my video and please leave a comment.  I thrive for feedback.

Here is the complete listing for the Festive Fridays bloghop.  I hope to see you again in two weeks and now head on over to Now head on over to Cynthia's blog and check out what she has in store for you.  Remember there is a link on the left side bar with all the stops for you also.  See you in two weeks

As always, have a great day and god bless.

 



Butterfly pick

Good morning fellow crafters,


I know I haven't been the best blogger lately but I am trying to keep up with a busy work schedule and manage some family time and now I am getting ready for my daughter's baby shower...yup my daughter is expecting her second child in a little more than I month and I am so excited for that event.  I am in charge of her baby shower and I wanted to make it special and use my own creations instead of buying them.  Today I am going to show you the first of a few things I am making.  Her theme for baby Alexis (isn't that a pretty name?) is butterflies and fairies and today I am showing you what I did for the butterflies.


I had a stamp of a butterfly that I absolutely love and decided I wanted to see if I could make a mold of it and make it as beautiful as the stamp is.  Of course using the Amazing Mold putty I pressed the stamp into it and let it cure for about 5 minutes.  Then pressing my Creative Paperclay® into the mold and since I tend to let my clay stay in the mold and dry overnight the underside was still a bit wet when I took it out of the mold.  I took it out of the mold gently and just let it dry to it's fullest.  The reason I leave my clay in the molds to dry is so I won't distort the clay before it has had time to dry at least a bit.  After it has completely dried I took my dremel tool with a sanding bit and shaped all the rough edges and try to get as much detail as possible.  You can use sandpaper or even an emery board as I used to until hubby bought the dremel for me.  This cuts down on time for me.

Then I painted the piece.  I used plum acrylic paint and I filled the crevices

with dimension medium and sprinkled pink glitter on top of that for glitz.

(I wish the picture were better because

it really is gorgeous in real life)

Using my dremel again I bored a hole into the back of the

butterfly and hot glued a bamboo skewer into it.

This was so easy to make and I can decorate them

in any color to match any decor.

I hope you can get a chance to get yourself some Creative Paperclay® and make your own decorations.  There are so many things you can make with it and you can purchase it at Hobby Lobby, Michaels and online here.  

Love Cast in Clay Blog Hop

Welcome all to our Love Cast in Clay blog hop.  If you just arrived here or are reading this in an email, please start at the beginning at Creative Paperclay.  If you arrived here from Gini then you are in the right place.  Also if you get lost I have the entire blog hop posted on my right sidebar.  


As most of you know I am a designer at Creative Paperclay® and I soooo love it.  The best part of being on the design team is that I can make my own embellishments for a fraction of the cost.  Plus, how many times have you needed a certain embellishment and when you go to buy it you have to either buy 10 of them because that's how they are packaged or you need more than one and then you must buy two because they aren't packaged in multiples?  Well, I've run into that a lot...now making my own embellishments with paperclay allows me to make as many as I want or need.  Also being on this design team I get a chance to try products I probably wouldn't have thought of purchasing, as in this case, this fabulous mold from Articus Studios.

Each of the designers were allowed to order a mold from them and create something for this blog hop.  I have always been intrigued with locks and keys and when I saw this mold there was no question on what I wanted.   

First I pressed my paperclay into the mold and let it sit overnight.  Depending on the thickness of your pieces it may take just a couple of hours to dry or sometimes overnight.  Really depends on how much clay you use...I do let mine sit in the molds until completely dry and I have never had a problem with that.

Once I took the pieces out of the mold I used my exacto knife and "cut" away the excess.  I also use an emery board to smooth out any rough edges.  The paperclay is very easy to work with when it's dry.  Look at all these cute locks and keys I made and the detail is fabulous also.  Love, love, love this mold.  I wanted to use the heart shaped lock and small key for this project, so I painted the lock with red acrylic paint and sprinkled some glitter while it was still wet.  I did the same with the key except I painted it black.  Then I highlighted the edges with my silver paint marker to give it some depth.  I attached the two with a jump ring and used a glue dot to adhere it to a heart shaped piece of cardstock on top of the mulberry paper.  The other reason I LOVE using the paperclay is that the embellishment is so lightweight and doesn't get heavy on my card like some other embellishments can get.

I hope you've enjoyed my creation for this blog hop and remember I made one of each of these keys and locks so stay tuned to my blog for another idea shortly.

Now head on over to Jennifer's blog and see what she made for our hop and don't forget to leave a comment on everyone's blog because Terri (our fabulous team leader) will be giving away 16 oz package of Creative Paperclay® and package of Amazing Mold Putty so that you can also create your own embellishments too.

I can't wait to give hubby my valentine's card.

Now I also wanted to cast some of the keys and locks with the Amazing Resin but I didn't want to ruin the molds as they aren't as flexible as the Amazing Mold Putty that you can make yourself so I created my own molds and here is how I did it.

First I took the paperclay keys and locks and pressed them into my

worked Amazing Mold Putty.

and poured them with the Liquid to Solid in 5 minutes

Amazing Resin

Here is a comparison of the clay pieces (don't know why these pictures turned out so blurry)

versus the resin pieces.  The resin pieces are also very lightweight and can be used for cards and scrapbooking as well, but I think I am going to make something in jewelry with these pieces so stay tuned to see what I make.

Festive Friday Angel

Good morning and welcome again to another year filled with Christmas cards every two weeks.  I know, you are probably thinking "we just got done with Christmas", but this is a way to get all those cards done throughout the year and not have to worry about a made dash in November.  I participated in this hop last year and got so many cards done and I even had some left over.  So come every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month and check out some new cards that we will be making...and lots of surprises too.  So if you just happened upon my blog or you are reading this in an email, please start here with Terri (our hostess with the mostess), but if you came from Angela you are in the right place, so sit back and relax and I hope you enjoy what you are about to see.


Today I made a super easy (I love easy) card, but it's so darn cute too.


I started by using my Amazing Mold Putty to recreate a button that I picked up over the holidays that came in a package of 6 different ones.  I love these cherub angels and I thought I could use it as an embellishment.  I created the mold first and within minutes that set up.  (If you want to see how this stuff works head on over to their site or you can check out a few other things our DT has made.)  Then I added the Creative Paperclay® and let that dry for a couple of hours.  Depending on the size of the item you are creating it can take from a couple of hours to 48 hours to dry.  Just be patient and check your mold periodically.

So here is the original button, the mold and the clay piece

I used my alumilite copper powder, and embossing ink pad

and my wings stamps from Viva Las Vegas

I stamped the images on some white card stock and used

a paint brush to spread the powder over the embossed image.

Then I fussy cut around them leaving a piece in the center

I painted the Creative Paperclay® piece with the Alumilite

powder also to match the wings.

I used mulberry papers and ribbon to create this cute card.

I stamped Merry Christmas with the embossing ink pad 

directly on the white mulberry paper and also used the alumilite powder to enhance it.  

I placed the embellishments on top of that to make it look as if it were in the clouds.

  The picture doesn't do this card any justice, believe me!!!

I for sure love the fact that I can make any embellishment I desire.

Now head on over to Cynthia's blog and check out what she has in store for you.  Remember there is a link on the left side bar with all the stops for you also.  See you in two weeks.

Dartboard good luck charm

Good Morning
Today I am going to show you another project using Creative Paperclay® and a stamp.  A while back we were given an opportunity to order some stamps from VivaLasVegas Stamps and I went a bit overboard. I love stamps and of course using it with the clay opens another new world.


I rolled out my clay at about 1/4 inch thickness and stamped the dartboard image onto the clay using a black ink.

Then I trimmed the access around the image before

it dried.  I wanted just the image

After the clay piece was completely dried, I placed

it on a measuring cup inside another cup and poured

a mixture of the Amazing Clear Cast over the top

This will give it a shiny and sturdy coat so I can toss

this inside of my dartcase as a good luck charm.

See how shiny it got?  And now the resin cast

will also protect the clay piece.

I hope you can get a chance to get yourself some Creative Paperclay®.  There are so many things you can make with it and you can purchase it at Hobby Lobby, Michaels and online here.  I also hope you can go out and check out the Viva Las Vegas Stamp site and check out all the fabulous stamps that are available.

Festive Friday Wreath

Good morning and welcome again to another year filled with Christmas cards.  I know, you are probably thinking "we just got done with Christmas", but this is a way to get all those cards done throughout the year and not have to worry about a made dash in November.  I participated in this hop last year and got so many cards done and I even had some left over.  The people who got my cards this past year were absolutely thrilled and it made the holiday season so perfect.  So come every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month and check out some new cards that we will be making...and lots of surprises too.  So if you just happened upon my blog or you are reading this in an email, please start here with Terri (our hostess with the mostess), but if you came from Angela you are in the right place, so sit back and relax and I hope you enjoy what you are about to see.


Today I am showcasing a card I made that doubles as a gift also.


I started by using my Amazing Mold Putty to recreate an ornament that I have.  It has a lot of delicate detail and I just love it, but it's also very heavy.  So I thought I could create a resin of it.  If you want to see how this stuff works head on over to their site or you can check out a few other things our DT has made.

and here is my mold (I've used it multiple times

with different methods).  I didn't want the "Happy Holidays" 

embedded so after I molded the piece I added a bit of

the putty over the wording and it covered it up.  Genius I say!!!

I used the Amazing Casting Resin (liquid to solid in 5 minutes) 

and painted it using green and red acrylic paints.  See how you can't 

see where the wording was?

My goal is to whomever I give this ornament to, I 

am going to stamp their name or the date onto

the ribbon area and they will have a keepsake

ornament from me.

I used removable glue dots to attach it to a card

front and voila....there you have it.  So I guess my first card of the 

year long blog hop was more about the ornament than the card, 

but I hope you enjoyed it anyway.

Now head on over to Cynthia's blog and check out what she has in store for you.  Remember there is a link on the left side bar with all the stops for you also.  See you in two weeks.

Muppets back together

Good morning all:

I was excited about this blog hop of an oldie but a favorite and it brings back memories for me and my children...check out below the rules and have fun hopping! :) If you came here from Ruby, I apologize that you won't find a project.  I had the date written down incorrectly and am not ready, but you can go visit Shannon and keep hopping.

Here is the entire lineup Minus ME

Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com

Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Christel - http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com

Ruby- http://paper-junkie.blogspot.com

Brenda - http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com

Shannon Magee - http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog

Maria - http://justgetscraphappy.blogspot.com/

Erin - http://comfyonmycloud.blogspot.com/

Sher- http://www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com

Jamie- http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Shannon Leffew Keith - http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com/ 

Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Delightful Dart

Good morning,

today I am here to show you another fabulous idea using paper clay.  For this project I used the Delight air dry modeling compound.  I love using this stuff because it is so light and fluffy.  I especially like using it for my scrapbooking and cardmaking because of that reason.

So I started off using a dart

to make my mold.

I added the Delight clay to the

mold and let it sit for about 30 minutes

and then unmolded it.

Here you see the mold, dart 

and the paper dart

before it completely dried, I 

trimmed it down a bit with a

regular pair of scissors.  That's

another reason I love this delight

so much, it's soooo soft.

Then I painted the barrel gold, the tip black and the shaft purple with some acrylic paints and 

split a flight in half and glued it to the top of the dart.  

Now I can either turn this into a pin to wear (very light) or I might add it to a scrapbook page about my

 dart tournament I am playing in this weekend.

I just love all the fun things I can do with paperclay.  

I hope you will check it out and create something yourself.

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Vinyled mugs with Snowman Soup

Good morning all,


I just wanted to share a very quick and easy gift I made for some very special people in my life.  You know the kind...The kind that are there for you whenever you need something, even if it's just an ear.  The kind that do NOT judge you no matter what.  The kind that call you just to chat.  The kind that invite you over for coffee just because.  The kind that ask for nothing and give you everything.  These two people are like parents to me at times.  I am so far away from my own family that it feels great to have someone to take that roll sometimes.  They are both very, very special to me.  So here is a quick and simple, but from the heart, present for them.


I bought a pair of mugs and vinyled "His'" and "Her's" on them.  I used my cricut and my SCAL 2 and my favorite font, Fiolex Girls (minus the hearts).  

Then I made up two baggies with SNOWMAN soup.  1 package of hot cocoa mix, a few mini marshmallows, two kisses and a candy cane.  

I downloaded the tag from here and it reads:

Was told you've been real good this year

Always glad to hear

With freezing weather drawing near

You'll need to warm the spirit

So here's a little snowman soup

Complete with stirring stick

Add hot water - sip it slow

It's sure to do the trick

 Now I know it might not be much for such generous people, but again, it came from the "heart".  Now whenever they have their morning coffee or tea they will think of me and know that I am ALWAYS thinking of them.