Hey everybody! This week those of us on the design team for Stampendous are playing with
EnviroTex Craft Resin. Carmi over at the
Resin Crafts Blog generously sent us some jewelry resin to create with and has shown us some cool techniques to try out. We've all jumped in with both feet and created some awesome things to inspire you to try this craft yourselves. The possibilities are infinite with all the wonderful micas, glitters, etc in the
Fran•táge Essentials Collection. Stampendous images are just perfect for jewelry and home decor, from the really big ones right down to the little bitty ones!
Here's what I've created!
My first project here was created using a fragment charm from Tim Holtz for a base. I stamped my piece using my Jet Black Staz-On pad and three stamps from the
Charm Collection Perfectly Clear Stamp Set from Stampendous. I punched out a small heart with red Bazzill paper and adhered it to the back side with Glossy Accents. Next it was time for Resin! On the front side, I added a little sprinkle of
Black Crushed Glass Glitter and added my resin. Once that side cured, I flipped it over and added a layer of
Multi Ultra Fine Crystal Glitter then covered it with resin. When that side cured I added a jump ring, some black satin cord and a few more charm findings from Michael's. This is going to be a really cool necklace to wear! My next project was equally fun to create using a bezel sent by Carmi. First I put down a layer of
Royal Ultra Fine Jewel Glitter for my water, then I added a little
Taupe Color Fragments for my sand. Next I stamped just the seahorse from the
Cling Mermaid Kiddo stamp on Neenah Classic Crest with Memento Tuxedo Black ink by Tsukineko. Next I colored it with Copic markers, cut it out and added a layer of Glossy Accents to keep the ink from blotching. Once my Glossy Accents were good and set, I place the seahorse where I wanted it, added three seed beads for "bubbles" and added my resin. Once cured, all it needed was a jump ring and a chain to wear it with!
Yet another cute piece of jewelry I can wear for years to come. Just knowing I created it myself will make it that much more special!
Come see what the others playing along today have done! Visit them, leave some love! Win cool stuff! If you get brave and try this, leave a photo on our
Facebook Page so we can see what you've done!
NATURALLY there are
Prizes!! Carmi has 3 prize packages that can be won by our fans in Canada where she lives. She will draw three Canadian winners from the comments on her blog all week.
We also have 3 prize packages for our friends with US mailing addresses.
- We'll draw one winner from the weekly comments on our blog.
- We'll draw one winner from the comments on Saturday's Big Blog Hop
- We'll draw one winner from Facebook - You need to SHARE one or more of our posts about this project on your Timeline **
Each prize package from us will include a Jewelry pack of Resin, a bottle cap, bezel and button to try, and the
Stampendous Charm Collection Perfectly Clear Stamps - perfect jewelry sized stamps for your crafting pleasure!
** Why do I need to SHARE the post ? Because Facebook has changed the way they show posts from a Page to that Page's fans. (There
are millions of posts a day now!) When you "share" a post it lets Facebook know you want to see posts from us. It also tells your friends what we're up to and extends our "reach". Maybe they will come like us, too! That IS why we're doing this, to meet more people!
How do I SHARE a post? Visit our page on Facebook -
Stampendous - We'll keep an EnviroTex post pinned at the top this week - just find it and click on SHARE underneath the post, it's blue. It will pop up a window that says Share On Your Own Timeline. You can write a message in the box if you like then click Share This Link. That's it...easy!!
Don't forget to come back on Saturday for more eye candy and more chances to win as the entire team is playing along. Woohoo! Now, leave me some love! Your comment might just be the winning comment.
Hugs,
Lea
...a merry little kiss-mas! Who doesn't like a little smooch under the mistletoe? Did you know this tradition began in 16th century England? Seems kind of strange for a plant that's a parasite! It's a pretty parasite, but a parasite, none the less! Still, it's got a fascinating history for a plant, mythology and folklore has surrounded this plant dating back to the 13th century. But, enough about that! LOL! You're here for a card, not a history lesson!
For my card today I used Dreamweaver Stencil LL 387, Mistletoe. I paste embossed it with white embossing paste and colored it with Copics once it was dry. I went over the mistletoe berries with Copic Opaque White and went that dried, I added Inkssentials Glossy Accents to round them off and give them even more dimension. When the Glossy Accents dried (notice there's a lot of drying time going on here!?), I trimmed my image down to size and edged it with Tim Holtz distress ink in barn red. For my sentiment I couldn't find one that had a kissing theme so I made my own on my PC! I printed it off, trimmed it down to size and edged it with more barn door. I created my card base from Bazzill and used Bo Bunny's Rejoice Collection for my patterned paper. I added some red May Arts ribbon and layered two pieces of ribbon that I dove-tailed behind the matted embossed piece and sentiment to mimic the ends of the bow on the mistletoe. So there you have it! Really very simple but kind of cute! Oh, and if you look, you'll see that the bottom row of letters on the patterned paper spells mistletoe! Kinda cool, huh!?
