Jewelry Monday!

It's MONDAY and time for an awesome Blog Hop!  The Designers Crafts Connection Blog Hop that is!  It's all about creating simple jewelry!  Be sure to check out all the amazing projects that the talented designers of the DCC have in store for you!  Make sure you click on the DCC button on the  sidebar.

This simple wooden bangle was turned into an amazing mixed media piece to be treasured for years to come. 

Items needed for this project:

egg shells (cleaned/membrane removed/dried)
acrylic paint: lavender
Aleene's Tacky Glue
Mod Podge, high gloss
alcohol inks (purple, red, yellow--shown here)
Alcohol
Emery board

•   Paint bangle with lavender paint. Dry

•   Spread thin layer of glue around outer bangle,
    working in small areas at a time.
•   Picking up pieces of egg shells, layer on top
    of glue, smashing egg shell to break.
    Continue until bangle is covered.  Let dry.
•  Holding alcohol bottle & let drops fall onto the
    egg shell pieces.  Alcohol will spread & fill in
    the cracks.
•   When inked as desired, use a Q-tip dipped in
     alcohol to spread color to any white egg shell
     showing.  Let dry.
•   Use the emery board to smooth the edges of
     the bangle.
•   Coat with Mod Podge.  Dry
                                                                             ENJOY!!

ANNOUNCING the ImpressArt Blog Hop coming up!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Take a look at all the products ImpressArt has to offer!

Make sure to HOP through as 20 Designers create with these wonderful
products that will knock your socks off with their awesome designs!

May 12th is THE day!

Duetica Woodwynds Pendant

Sketching jewelry designs sure doesn't provide the beauty of the finished product! This turned out so much better than I could have imagined. I LOVE personalizing jewelry and find most people love it as well.

Duetica Lettering Arts Studio has these AWESOME fonts! If you don't know about them, you really should check them out. Here I used the beautiful Woodwynds font. The little swirls and dots just add so much charm and beauty to the letters.

Here the piece is shown on a white velvet background.

A close up of the side of the pendant shows the delicate metal trim that has been stained with alcohol ink. This also shows the metal piece that is mounted on top of the fragment.

Other materials used:

Duetica Lettering Arts Studio (http://duetica.com/)
In-Design computer software

Seven Gypsies metal embellishment
Keepsake Card Craft silver trim
Plaid Mod Podge: Dimensional Magic
Swarovski Meridian 16ss crystal
Tim Holtz Fragment piece
Pieces of leather with silver eyelets

Designer Blog: http://lifesnippets07.blogspot.com/

Duetica Website: http://www.duetica.com/

Duetica Blog: http://duetica.com/blog/

Duetica Lettering Arts Studio: http://www.duetica.com/boutique/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=2

Duetica DT Woodwynds Font: http://www.duetica.com/boutique/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=18

Frame IT!

I buy frames with nice wide borders whenever I come across them. The wider the better! Here's one I created during my twilight hours of NO sleep. Hey, I do make the MOST outta any situation.... :-)

1. Coat the back, front & sides of the frame with a dark brown acrylic paint.


2. Mod Podge was brushed on the front to adhere the scrapbook paper down.
   
3. Smooth paper over frame with fingers to remove any air bubbles.


4. Lay frame face down on cutting mat & cut paper from frame using an exacto knife.


5. Using a sanding block, lightly sand all edges.


6. Lightly use paint left in sponge (left over from painting frame) & lightly touch up all edges.


7. Fabric lace ribbon was tinted with distress "Antique Photo" ink by Ranger, Inc.


8. A selection of old buttons arranged across the ribbon.


9. Tan wax linen thread was used to tie knots in the buttons.


10. Beacon's Quick Grip was used to adhere the buttons on top of the frame across the ribbon.


11. Insert your favorite TRAVEL picture & you're set to display with style!

Scrapbook paper: Rusty Pickle
Adhesives: Mod Podge Mat finish and Beacon's Quick Grip