Is This a Good Friday For a Stampendous & Spectrum Noir Blog Hop Finale?

I think so! Happy (Good) Friday to all! Oddly, in Polish we call it Great Friday - meaning 'grand', not 'good'. There, a little factoid you did not need to know lol :)

It's almost Easter and we're getting ready at home for the festivities. But before my Easter break, I have one more thing on my 'to do list' lol.

Today, Stampendous and Spectrum Noir design team are hosting a finale of this week's blog collaboration. There will be fun, there will be laughter, there will be art and there will be prizes! If you missed the previous posts this week be sure to check them out:

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday

To be in with a chance of winning some AMAZING prizes, be sure to visit the participating blogs and leave some love! There is also a SUPER BUNDLE to be won - to enter, hop over to the Stampendous blog and enter via the Rafflecopter giveaway widget

Here is my today's offering - a little pendant. For this project I went back to my beloved Vintage Ladies stamp set, the same one I used in my recent dress form project. It's such a versatile stamp set - I love it! And it's perfectly sized for making your own handmade jewellery.

I finished my pendant with a crackled bead and a sparkly ribbon

After colouring my image with my 'Speccies', I die cut it to size to fit inside the bezel. But I was missing something, my bezel seemed to be lacking some oomph... so I used my trusty markers to 'paint' the bezel, I added some sparklies and Red Crushed Glass Glitter inside and I jazzed up the clear cover with some white rub ons.

Supplies I used:
Stampendous - Vintage Ladies Perfectly Clear stamp set, Red Crushed Glass Glitter
Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers - FS2, FS3, CR1, CR2, CR3, CR7, CR9, DR7, CT2, DG2
Adhesive Sheets from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Spellbinders Gilded Life Large Bezel GLLB - 006 and die GLD - 006
Maya Road - Cherry Blossoms White rub-ons
Memento Tuxedo Black ink

'Painting' metal embellishments with Spectrum Noir alcohol pens creates a shiny enameled effect

That's all from me! Be sure to check out all the other amazing projects shared today:

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley Purdie

Jamie Martin

Tenia Nelson

Wendy Price

Asia King (that's me!)

Kristine Reynolds

Spectrum Noir Blog

Thank you for stopping by and for all your lovely comments! Have a wonderful and peaceful Easter.

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Blossom Bunch Necklace - Woodware And Stampendous Play Time!

Hello lovely Peeps! If you are looking for my Shabby Chic Dress Form post for Spellbinders Partner Hop, you will find it here :).

I am back today with another blog collaboration project! This week everyone at Stampendous HQ is suuuuper busy - as well as taking part in Spellbinders Partner blog hop we are also playing along with Woodware Craft Collection and Dreamweaver Stencils (which have now become part of the Stampendous family).

The lovely Team at Woodware works super hard distributing Stampendous goodies. Yes, it's them who make it all possible for UK's retailers (and crafters) to get their crafty hands on fantastic products from Stampendous. And I myself cannot thank them enough for all the help and support they've offered me since I joined Stampendous DT (thank you, thank you, thank you!).

This fantastic blog hop, apart from amazing projects also brings you the opportunity to win amazing prizes. And the super cool thing is that this time UK crafters can also participate in the giveaway - how awesome is that!

We’ll be offering three prizes in the UK and three in the US. Each prize package will consist of Nathalie Kalbach’s terrific Grunge Mixed Media Cling Rubber Stamp Sets and the beautiful Zen Butterfly Dreamweaver Stencil. Both products are ideal for adding texture and backgrounds to your projects! To enter the draw, simply comment on all participating blogs. The more blogs you visit & comment on, the higher your chances of winning :). 

Deadline to comment is Sunday, March 29th, Pacific Time. Winners will be picked using random.org and announced Tuesday, March 31st, in the afternoon.

My offering today is a humble resin necklace :). Here is the list of supplies I used:

From Stampendous: 

Blossom Bunch 

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko® 

Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle 

Pearlized MicaFragments 

Frantage Lavender Glass Glitter 

Frantage Champagne Glass Glitter 

Plus: Cardstock by Bazill Basics Paper® 

Adhesives by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: Adhesive Sheets, DODZ™ – Small 

Envirotex Jewelry Resin; Spellbinders® Media Mixáge™ Squares One Bezel 

Liquid Pearls (Petal Pink, Lavender Lace); Inktense pencils, Winsor & Newton Satin Varnish; ribbon - May Arts 

Here's how to make this necklace: 

1. Stamp Blossom Bunch onto white card and colour the image in.
2. Trim to size and adhere inside the bezel with Adhesive Sheets. Apply two coats of varnish to seal the image in.
3. Cover the image with a thin layer of resin. Set aside for a couple of hours and then carefully add some mica fragments over the soft resin along the bezel's edges. Allow to cure fully.
4. Add some accents to the image with Liquid Pearls. Add a few sequins adhered with DODZ. Add another thin layer of resin and set aside for two hours. Carefully add some glass glitter along the edges. Allow to cure fully.
5. Add final accents with sequins and Liquid Pearls. Fully cover with resin. Allow to cure.
6. Mount on a coordinating chain and embellish with a ribbon and a metal charm.

Taking part today are:

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Jamie Martin

Asia King (that's me!)

Wendy Price

Woodware Craft Collection Blog

Pam Hornschu

Dreamweaver Stencils Blog

Cindy Groh

Louise Healy

Thank you for stopping by today and good luck in the draw!

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Also linking to:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

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Christmas Bangle and Stampendous & ClearSnap Big Blog Hop Finale

To all the new friends - welcome to my blog! To all my regular crafty companions - lovely to see you here again. As promised, I am back today with my second project for this week's blog collaboration of Stampendous and ClearSnap.

This is such a perfect pair for stamping enthusiasts. Beautiful stamps and fantastic inks - stamping just doesn't get better than this, does it?

For my inspiration today I've prepared a Christmas gift - a wooden bangle from DIY Bangles.

First I stamped the background panel from the Jumbo Dear Santa onto tissue paper using Bluejay and Butternut Mix'd Media Inx® Chox inks by Donna Salazar. Next I cut out one panel in each colour quite close to the writing and separated the panels into two smaller pieces.

After I painted my bangle with a light cream acrylic paint, I layered my tissue pieces on the bangle while the paint was still wet and smoothed out the creases. I sealed the tissue with decoupage medium.

My bangle had a groove which I filled in with small white thin foam squares, keeping the top protective sheets on.

Then I peeled the covers every other square and covered them with Champagne and Steel Blue Crushed Glass Glitters.

So hop on to see what other fantastic projects are waiting to be admired! And who knows, you might be the lucky commenter to win a fabulous prize.

Stampendous blog

Asia King (that's me!)

Kristine Reynolds

Jennifer Dove

Suzanne Czosek

Lea Kimmel

Jamie Martin

Janelle Stollfus
Krissy Fossmeyer
Tenia Nelson
Tobi Crawford
Rhea Weigand

ClearSnap Blog

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Challenges for this project:
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Tissue

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Nunn Design, Envirotex and Stampendous - big team up!

Welcome to the big Nunn Design, Envirotex and Stampendous team up!

I am really excited because this week all Stampendous gals get to play with some really fabulous products: Jewelry Resin and Jewelry Clay from EnviroTex and bezels from Nunn Design.

I love jewellery (UK English spelling lol) so being able to incorporate stamps to create truly unique (and durable!) designs was great fun. This has really opened a new world of opportunities for me! Today I am sharing a couple of pendants I made but I will be back on Friday with another exciting project. On Friday we will also host a fabulous blog hop, full of amazing projects as well as...yes, you guessed it - lots of prizes to win, too!

Ok, here's how I made one of the pendants.

First I covered the bottom of the bezel with Pearlised Mica and Tea Stained Mica fragments. I used Matte Multimedium to glue them in place.

Next, I stamped the butterfly from the Royal Butterfly clear set and leaves from the Critter Collection set onto white card.

I coloured the images with STAEDTLER ergosoft aquarell pencils and blended the colours with a water brush.

Next I fussy cut the images and arranged them over some pressed flowers. Again, I used Matte Multimedium to glue them in place.

Before you add resin, you need to seal any paper elements - I used Beacon's Fast Finish to seal mine.

Now you are ready to add resin. I didn't take any step out photos for this as I prefer the experts guide you through it :). So have a look at the video below to get all the deets:

And here's the finished piece.

For the second pendant I used Pearlised Mica fragments for the background. Then I stamped the sentiment from the Rose Thoughts clear set onto tissue paper which I glued and sealed with Fast Finish. The tissue blended in quite nicely letting the subtle pearlised background to show through. To embellish the pendant I sprinkled some Multi Crystal glitter, Lavender Glass Glitter and Silver Glass Glitter. And I added some gems and a jewelled flower from an old broken jewellery piece.

I really enjoyed playing with resin and I hope you approve of my first attempts :). Be sure to check out all the other projects shared - hop over to the Stampendous blog for all the links. I can't wait myself to start blog hopping!

Have a fabulous week my friends and I will catch up on my visits soon!

Big hugs

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It's precious - handle with care...

Oh my goodness! I can't believe how quickly the time has flown since I last blogged! It was a year ago! It appears that this is my first post for 2013 so HAPPY NEW YEAR MY BLOGGING FRIENDS! :). I have been very busy crafting but I cannot show you the fruits of my creative labour yet. 

But I have a little teaser for you on what's happening in the Stampendous world very soon! This is a little pendant I made for my best friend for Christmas. I used some Tim Holtz metal goodies and a generous amount of gorgeous Stampendous crushed glass glitters (Royal Purple, Champagne and Lavender) sprinkled over Beacon's 3in1 Adhesive. That's my new take on the encrusted jewel technique lol.

The sentiment is from a fantastic stamp set (one of many) that will be released and available in shops very soon (I will certainly let you know when so watch this space!). My friend has recently suffered from a bit of a heart ache so the message on the pendant has got a very important meaning. She's a very special lady and she deserves all the best in the world.

Do you recognise the flowers? I made them using Stampendous embossing enamels (click here to watch my video tutorial). And the beautiful encrusted gem on the right is from my friend's old broken jewellery piece. She gave it to me a while back to use in my art - so I did :). And I think it looks gorgeous there.

And for those who have been anxiously waiting to hear some updates from the CHA, here are a few exciting sneak peaks...

Lovin' these as much as I do? How about a Micro Glitter rainbow to brighten your day?

And if that hasn't put a smile on your face, then this certainly will - Leonie and Nigel from Create and Craft TV rockin' the new Jumbo Daisy!

Want to see more? Well, then - have a look at these beauties crafted by my super talented Teamies :).

More to follow! 

Thanks for popping in and big hugs



Challenges for this project:
Tuesday Throwdown #130 - Frame it
Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge #55 - Fancy edges
Live and Love Crafts #7 - Something Old
Pan Pastel UK #2 - New technique
Vintage Stamping Challenges #4 - Vintage
Bunny Zoe Crafts January - Anything goes
Creative Creations Challenges #1 - Anything goes

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Essential Tim Holtz fragments and Stampendous Cling & Bling

Re-edited: Yay! My project was one of the top picks at the Stamp Man challenge! :)

I have been a bit quiet lately as I haven't been very well. Surrounded by coughs, sneezes and viruses I have been targeted myself, too :(. I am slowly getting better but somehow the colds always seem to cling onto me for weeks :(.

Anyhow, I have finally managed to find some energy to share this little project, that I am extremely proud of :). This is my first ever completely independent jewellery set - yay!!! 

I've recently attended a lovely workshop with Amy from the Oxford Beadshop and I have decided to put my new skills into practice :). 

But what I love about this project the most is the combination of my all-time favourites - Stampendous stamps and Essentials, printed napkins and gorgeous jewellery bling!



My project was inspired by this month's Essentials challenge at Stampendous blog. We'd love to see what you can make with Glass Glitter, Color Fragments, Mica Fragments, Embossing Enamels, Glitters, etc. If you need to do any essential shopping pop over here to our Essential Boutique :).

And here are the step-by step instructions:
1. Stamp CRM285-R Cling Bluebird Branch onto a scrap paper (I used Tim Holtz shabby chic pack).
2. Colour the image with pencils or markers.

3. Layer on a couple of flowers cut out from a printed napkin.
4. Trim the card about 1cm larger than your acrylic fragment. Sprinkle the edges with Shabby White Embossing Enamel and heat with a heat gun from underneath.
5. Choose your desired shape from the Tim Holtz Fragments Charms and add a good amount of Glossy Accents to the acrylic fragment.
6. Sprinkle some Multi Crystal Mix Glitter onto Glossy Accents. 
7. Layer your fragment onto your artwork and move around slightly to spread GA. Don't worry, Glossy Accents dries clear so you won't see any glue residue after it dries.
8. When dry, cut around the fragment with a craft knife and sand the edges gently. Cover the back of the paper with Glossy Accents to seal your pendant. When dry, paint the edges with a silver acrylic paint, if desired.

9. Repeat the above for the ear rings, using small TH fragments.
10. To decorate the fronts, add some Glossy Accents in places and layer with Champagne Glass Glitter, Silver Glass Glitter and some beads and pearls.
11. Add more GA on top and sides and sprinkle with Multi Crystal Mix Glitter. Tap off the excess.
12. Using beads and wire assemble your necklace and ear rings.
(Lucky) 13. And... enjoy wearing them! lol ;)

If you are new to Frantage beauties, why don't you try the lovely Treasure Kits, with a selection of coordinating essential products. They are absolutely fabulous! Check out the Glitter Kit, Embossing Kit and Mica Kit. 

I hope you'll like my Essential Saturday inspiration and I look forward to seeing what you create. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun playing with glitters and powders, I certainly have! Look at that sparkle - I love it!

As always, thank you so much for your sweet comments - they make me so happy! :))

Big hugs



Challenges I would like to enter:
The Stamp Man November - Embossing
The Artistic Stamper November - Anything goes
Happy Daze Design Team November - Brighten up the Month
Fussy and Fancy #45 - Pearls and Flowers
Happy Campers #4 - Use bright colours
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes
Tip Top Tuesday #89 - We're all Heart (heart shaped beads on the necklace)
Sweet Stampin' - Anything goes

Click here to join our Essential Challenge!

 

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