A Pocket Full of.....

Hi everyone!  Happy Monday!  Today I wanted to share with you a project I made with one of my favorite Sizzix Dies, the Faceted Cone by Brenda Walton, some Teresa Collins papers, and some fun LED circuits from Chibitronics.

I began by die cutting the cone from my patterned paper and assembling as per the directions.  I then added my copper foil tape from the Chibitronics kit around the top of the cone to add extra interest.

I poked a couple of holes in the cone and ran the foil tape through the holes so that I could attach my battery and complete my circuit.

From there it was easy to embellish my cone.  A die cut rosette, also from Sizzix, and a few items from my stash.  Poke another hole in the bottom of the cone and add a crystal with the addition of a jump ring.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Mixed Media with Creative Jump Start

Hi everyone!  Today I want to share with you a few projects I made for Creative Jump Start.  I have been having a great time watching the videos, learning some new techniques and relearning a few others.  What a great way to get the year started.  Gotta love new mixed media techniques

This first technique was one Nathalie shared... to use dusting pads (swiffer) to make embellishments.  What a cool texture those pads offer.  With the help of some Design Master Color Tool Spray I was able to get the pad to be a gorgeous blue.  Oh, and the Design Master Spray, left the fabric totally soft and pliable.  Gotta love that!

 Oh, hint, hint...this card also contains some goodies from the February kit from The Sampler.  hee hee

 Next up, A fun tag featuring a technique using masking tape from Marjie Kemper...um, wait...masking tape?  All I have is painter's tape.  sigh  Well, I tried.  I wasn't quite as successful with this technique as I had to gesso over my blue painter's tape to get a uniform background.  And of course, in the process lost a lot of the texture of the tape.  Guess I will need to pick some tape up and try again

Don't you love that girl....she is a stamp from Prima, Jamie Daugherty's new Bloom Girls.  Love it!

 The last project today was a quick and easy tag made with a packing tape transfer technique from Kaz Hall...yep, got plenty of that kind of tape.  lol.  I haven't done an image transfer in quite some time so this was super fun.

Well, that's it for me today.  I still have many ideas floating around in my head and hope to continue to be inspired all year by these videos.  Hope you had a crafty weekend.

Hugs.

The Sampler - Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you the layout I made using the April kit from The Sampler and this month's sketch from the sketch challenge.  

And here is my take...

I love, love, love the great textures in this month's Sampler kit.  Tape, burlap, lace...oh my! and I know you will to.  Be sure and stop by the Sampler Blog and check out the card and sketch challenge and see what the other girls did as well as seeing how you can win a fabulous group of goodies from The Sampler.  You don't need to have a Sampler kit.  Just play along for fun and a chance to win!  How easy is that?



Hugs.

Nancy