Here is the V-shaped crystal necklace I made with Swarovski 10mm, 8mm, and 6mm clear crystal bicones. Below is the finished project:
I followed the instruction on this YouTube video to make this necklace. It's very easy to make. Below is the link of the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00lZ2Iyykew&index=2&list=PLNou-_XjTYRts6l0lL2YaAsRCDClDESrD
And here is another look of the necklace:
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Here is Mama Elephant December Stamp With Me Challenge - to crate a holiday/wintry card.
I used three different sets of Mama Elephant's stamps to make this card:
I brushed Distress ink pads on the white cardstock and dropped some water to create this snowy background. Then I stamped the little boy and girl from Mama Elephant's Sunday Stroll set, colored with ZIG clean color real brush pens and cut them out. The snow man and trees are also stamped and cut out (from Lawn Fawn's Ready, Set, Snow set). The greeting is from Mama Elephant's Believe In Magic set and I heat embossed "Christmas" with black glitter embossing powder. I put some Ranger white enamel accents on trees to mimic snow as well as on snowman's hat. I applied diamond color glitter glue to form a slope shape and attached little boy, girl, snowman, and tress on the slope with foam tapes. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Stamps: Mama Elephant, Lawn Fawn
Ink Pads: Versafine, Archival ink pad, Distress ink pads
Others: embossing powder, glitter glue, ZIG clean color real brush pens, foam tapes
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Here is Paper Smooches December 2015 challenge- flowers. Below is the challenge photo:
And below is the card I made for this challenge:
I die cut "welcome" on white cardstock and put Ranger's white enamel accents on the die cut word. After dry, I attach "welcome" in the middle of kraft cardstock. Then, I stamped flowers and leaves with white pigment pad randomly on the background. After the ink dry, I stamped the same stamps with different color of dye ink pads on the white images (but off the original position a little bit). Finish the card by attach the whole kraft background with foam tapes onto the white card base. Below is a closer look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Stamps: Paper Smooches (Bold Blooms, Botanicals 1, Calico)
Ink Pads: Memento, Stampin' Up
Die: Paper Smooches
Others: white enamel accents, foam tapes
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Here is Mama Elephant November Stamp With Me challenge - create a new card and send it to someone.
I decide to make a card and send it to my friend who has just got a new job. Here is the card I made:
I used this cute stamp set "Little Edibles" and the "oh happy day" from "Bountiful Blessings" set to create this card. I stamped "oh happy day" on a piece of white cardstock with Versafine black ink and applied clear embossing powder to heat embossed it. Then, I stamped these cut little smiling face fruit randomly on the white cardstock. In order to blend blue Distress ink on the white cardstock, I used the "molotow" masking liquid pen to mask all of these little fruit (see below) and let them dry.
After the masking liquid dry, I brushed the blue Distress ink pad onto the background. Then I rub off the masking liquid with an eraser. I colored these little fruit with Copic markers and brushed the clear Wink of the Stella pen on each fruit. Below is a closer look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Stamps: Mama Elephant
Ink Pads: Versafine, Distress ink pad
Others: masking liquid, clear embossing powder, Copic markers, clear Wink of the Stella pen
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Here is Altenew November Challenge - From the Craft Room - Navy & Coral. Below is the challenge photo:
Below is the card I made for this challenge:
I stamped the freesia from "Fresh Freesia" set on the watercolor paper with masking method. Then, I colored the freesia with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush pens on the flower, stems, and sky. I cut it out with a circle stitched die. For the background, I stamped the freesia with coral color ink pad using my MISTI tool. I also stamped "thank you" (from "Label Love" set) with navy ink pad and cut out. Finish the card by attaching the circle die and "thank you" cut-out on the background with foam tapes. Below is another look of the card:
Cardstock: PTI, watercolor paper
Stamps: Altenew
Ink Pads: Versafine, Stampin' Up, Archival ink pad
Others: ZIG Clean Color Real Brush pens, foam tapes, MISTI
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Here is Paper Smooches November Challenge - Gold, to incorporate gold on the project. Below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made for this challenge:
I gold embossed these cute Christmas images from Paper Smooches various Christmas stamp sets. Then I colored them with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens and using the clear Wink of the Stella pen to blend the colors. So, every image has watercolor look with shimmer. I stamped Merry Christmas on a piece of black cardstock and gold embossed it. For the edges, I brushed the edges of the black cardstock with Versamark ink pad and dipped into gold embossing powder and embossed it. I also gold embossed the stripes on two sides of the card with black cardstock. I attached the Merry Christmas piece with foam tape on the background to finish the card. Below is a another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Paper Smooches, MTF
Ink Pads: Versamark
Others: gold embossing powder, ZIP Clean Color Real Brush Pens, clear Wink of the Stella, foam tapes
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Here is Lawnscaping Challenge No. 117 - Thinking of You. Below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made for this challenge:
I stamped the cute alpaca (from Winter Alpaca set) on watercolor paper and black embossed them three times. Then, I used ZIG Clean Color Real Brush pens to watercolor these alpaca in soft colors and cut them out. On a piece of white cardstock, I use the square stitched die (from Simon Says Stamp) to cut four squares out. I brushed the pink Distress ink around the edges of the background. I attached the three colored alpaca within the windows and used foam tapes to attach the window panel on the card. Stamp the "thinking of you" (from Chit Chat set) in black and cut it out. Attach it on the top left window with foam tape. I also stamped some little hearts on top left and bottom right of the card. Finish the card by brushing some clear Wink of Stella pen on the hearts and the scarf of alpaca. Below is another look of the card.
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, watercolor paper
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Ink Pads: Versafine (black), Distress ink pads
Die: Simon Says Stamp
Others: embossing powder, Wink of the Stella pen, foam tapes
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Here is Jennifer McGuire's Share Handmade Kindness Challenge Week 1: Friends & Family. I love the idea on the joy of creating and the kindness of sharing. Below is the challenge photo:
I made a handmade bookmark and sent it to one of my crafty friends in Taiwan. Here is the finished bookmark:
I die cut two geotags on sky blue cardstocks. Then I stamped and black embossed the cute penguin on the Distress ink blended background. On the other tag, I silver embossed a snowflake and black embossed "just for you". Finish the bookmark by put them through the laminator and fold them into a bookmark.
I also have this bookmark to attend this week's Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. Here is the challenge photo:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Hero Arts, Simon Says Stamp
Ink Pads: Distress ink pads, Versafine, Versamark
Die: Simon Says Stamp
Others: embossing powders, laminator
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Here is Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge, below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made for this challenge:
I used the set of Scandinavian Holiday by Lia and different colors of Hero Arts ombre ink pads to stamp each image on the background of the card. Then, I cut out a slanted stripe in the middle of the card. Using this cut-out as a template, I cut another piece of white cardstock and blend the green ombre ink pad on the stripe. I stamped "Merry & Bright" (from Christmas Crystals set) on the green stripe and white embossed it. I brushed the clear Wink of the Stella pen on each image at the background as well as attached some sequins on it. Finish the card by attaching the green stripe with foam tape on top of the background. Below is a closer look of the card dimension:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink Pads: Hero Arts Ombre ink pads, Versamark
Others: clear Wink of the Stella pen, embossing powder, sequins, foam tapes
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Here is Mama Elephant October Challenge to celebrate its 3 years - creating a birthday card. I decided to make a tri-folded birthday card for one of my friends who is Virgo as her astrology sign. Below is the finished card:
I used the die from Believe in Magic set to create the snow globe window in the card front. The background was colored and blended with Distress ink pads. The Virgo and stars are from Cosmic Stars and Believe in Magic sets. I placed a acetate sheet on the globe as well as some star gems on the acetate. The Congratulations greeting word is from Bountiful Blessings set. Below is the inside look (2nd layer) of the card:
Here is the open tri-fold card. The text below happy birthday is from Sunday Sentiments set.
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Stamps: Mama Elephant, Simon Says Stamp
Ink Pads: Distress ink pads, Memento, Versamark
Others: embossing powders, start gems, acetate, Wink of the Stella clear pen
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Here is the Lawnscaping Challenge #115 - Sentiments, and below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made for this challenge:
I silver embossed the sentiment stamps from Winter Scripty Sayings set to mimic icy land. I stamped the penguin (from Winter Penguin set) in black ink and colored with Copic markers. Then, I used the matching die to cut it out. I also silver embossed the snowflakes on the upper background and applied some blue Distress ink on it. Finish the card by attaching the colored penguin on the script sayings with foam tapes. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Ink Pads: Versamark, Memento, Distress ink pad
Others: silver embossing powder, Copic markers, foam tapes
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I made this card to attend Altenew September Challenge: From Places Abroad - Windsor Castle as well as Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. Below are challenge photos:
1) Altenew September Challenge: From Places Abroad - Windsor Castle
2) Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
And below is the card I made to attend these challenges:
I dry embossed the white cardstock with the embossing folder and an oval embossing diffuser to make a blank oval shape in the center. Then, I lightly applied gold Gelato on the embossed area to make it gold & distress look. I heat embossed the flowers (from Peony Scrolls set) with gold embossing powder and watercolor the flowers. After the watercolor dry, I cut out the flowers and attached them on the oval space with foam tapes. I also gold embossed "Happy Birthday" (from Persian Motifs set) on top of the oval space. Finish the card by attaching some gold pearls. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Stamps: Altenew
Ink Pads: Versamark
Others: Gelato, watercolor, gold embossing powder, embossing folder, embossing diffuser, foam tapes, gold pears
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Here is the necklace and bracelet set made by Swarovski green pearls. Below is the look if the finished set:
The diamond shaped bead is a special bead which can change its color when you use hand to warm it up - pretty cool feature. I used 3mm Swarovski bicones and seed beads to connect the green pearls. Below is another look:
I made the necklace into a Y-shaped one, so it looks more interesting. They are very easy to make and it's a quick project.
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Here is AEI♥U Challenge #28 - Non-white Card Base, below is the challenge photo:
Below is the chalk board background card I made for this challenge:
I used a chalk board cardstock as the background and stamp the text (Write It set) with Versamark ink pad and white embossed it. Then, I stamped the same text stamp with white ink pad but off to the right a little to make the chalk board effect. I stamped these cute little creatures (Swim Team set) on a white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers. I cut them out and attached on the chalkboard background with foam tapes. I also attached a stripe of white cardstock under the turtle to make it grounded. Below is the side look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Michaels
Stamps: Avery Elle
Ink Pads: Versamark, MTF
Others: Copic markers, embossing powder, foam tapes
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Here is this week's Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes Challenge. Below are challenge photos:
Below is the card I made for this challenge:
I stamped the jar & flower image from Best Buds set on black cardstock and white embossed it. I also stamped the greeting and embossed in white as well. Then, I applied different colors of Inka Gold with water brush to color the flowers, leaves, and jar. Finish the card by stencil white polka dots from the left side of the card. Below is a closer of the colored flowers:
Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up, PTI
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Ink Pads: Versamark, Stampin' Up
Stencil: Simon Says Stamp
Others: Inka Gold, white embossing powder, water brush
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I just received my order from Studio L2E for the new release stamp sets. I found the size of each letter in Hexagon Alphabet set can be matched perfectly with Tim Holtz's hexagon punch. So, here is the U R Amazing (You Are Amazing) card I made:
I water colored blue and green on a piece of watercolor paper, then I use the hexagon punch to punch them out. I used foam tapes and attach each watercolor hexagon on the white cardstock. I stamped U and R from Studio L2E's Hexagon Alphabet set with black Versafine ink pad and punch them out with hexagon punch. I also used foam tapes to attach U and R into the watercolor hexagon background. I stamped "amazing" with black Versafine ink pad and clear embossed it. Finish the card by mount the background on a piece of black cardstock. Below is a closer look at the dimension of these hexagon tiles:
I would like to have this card attending the following two challenges:
1) Runway Inspired Challenge (ric#91) - Michael Kors, below are the challenge photos:
2) Virginia's View Challenge #18 - Geometric Patterns, below is the challenge photo:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, watercolor paper
Stamps: Studio L2E, Simon Says Stamp
Ink Pads: Versafine
Others: watercolors, water brush, foam tapes, clear embossing powder
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