Mod Podge Canvas ( using white school glue though)

Made for my mother in law for Mother's Day...

 So.. I spread the glue over the canvas, then used really thick tissue paper, ripped it up into strips and layered everything down, making sure there were no bubbles, covering each piece with glue with my paint brush.

After I covered the whole canvas, this is what it looked like. ( I printed out this picture, then ripped it into this shape, I wanted it to look old and tattered, but used the same process above)

Then I used some gold Glimmer Mist to spritz the outside edges of this project.

After everything dried, it was time to add the fun stuff... I used ribbon, Mulberry flowers, Metal Flowers, flat back pearls, rhinestones and lace at the end.

I also used LuminArt, which is a pearled water color paint. I used it on the flowers, her hair, dress and her hat.

I used some metal  key charms and glues them to the flowers. I also added some metal corner pieces after adding the lace border.

and added a pair of Cameo earrings. I just hung them through the holes in the key handle. ( not as decoration, but she can take them off and wear them)

Added a scripture sentiment a the top.

AND... finished! 

Flat back Pearls, Rhinestones, Metal Flowers, Metal Key charms, Clock charm, Metal Corner Pieces and Lace were purchased from Miriam's Crafting Supplies

http://www.miriamscraftingblog.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiriamsCraftingSupplies

Baby shower items I made for some good friends.....

Baby wipes travel case....

 Personalized with the baby's initials..... Just happened to be the same as mine... ;) 

3 Tier cake made with changing pads and travel sized baby shampoo...

Name Cards for the tea party....

Here are the name cards I made for my Mother's day Tea table.

I started out using a Peekaboo punch out from Stampin' Up. ( These are made to be lifted up, so you can see what's underneath, but I used it in a different way...see below)

I used the same velum that I put on the tea lights, and cut out little squares...

I put the velum BEHIND the scalloped edges, in front of the flip up flap....

I then glued down the velum using Scotch, Quick Dry adhesive.. just a thin line of beads along the outter edges of the velum...

I then grabbed some self adhesive letters and had fun with the names....

I scored the back of the punch out to bend backwards, and use it like an easel, so they are free standing!

The theme of my table is Alice in Wonderland, but it's the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, so, one of the puzzles, is trying to find your spot by unscrambling the letters!! :) Thought it was a fun addition to add to the wacky ways of the Mad Hatter!! 

Quick and Easy Decorated Tea Lights

Quick and Easy Decorated Tea Lights

I needed to decorate these battery operated tea lights for a Mother's Day Tea. I forgot I had these, and then realized I had no candle holders to put them in, so I decided to just decorate them with materials I already had at home! 

Here's what I used.....

Rhinestones and metal embellishments from Miriam's Crafting Supplies. ( I have her link at the below)

I needed glue dots, scissors, velum, my heat tool, glue gun and glue sticks, used my ATG ( tape runner gun thingy)  and my Scotch glue bottle to bend the metal pieces.

So.. I started out with these little tea lights.... and a 12x12 sheet of velum...

 I cut the velum into strips and used my ATG to run adhesive along the bottom and up one side. I stuck it directly onto the tea light.

 Her's where I did something I'd never done before.. after trial and error.... I figured out, if I add beads of hot glue to the metal pieces and let them dry, I could cut them down and clean up all the little glue strings off to make a very clean area to add the rhinestones to. Trimming the beads of glue while dried, allowed me to add the stones, without rushing, but also without the hot glue oozing out from underneath.

I used my heating tool to heat up each one, one at a time, to melt the glue again.... 

 I used a book binder clip to hold it while I heated it up.... and because this charm is metal, it really held the heat nicely, and left the glue pliable enough to allow me to make sure each stone was on straight, and move if needed.

 So, here is a close up of the charms and stones that I used.

 Both charms and stones....... the clear rhinestones are 7mm and the colored ones are 5 mm, all flat backs....

( check them out below on the links provided, I get them for ridiculously low prices from Miriam!!)

 All finished with the 8 of them.....

 I used my glue bottle as a template.. I bent these around the glue bottle so they would fit onto the tea lights.....

 I then used a glue dot to adhere the charm onto the tea light...

 Here are all of them finished before adding them to the tea lights....

AND.. the grand finale..... 8 tea lights, that will be party favors as well, minimal effort, and they only cost about $4 to make all 8, and that is including ALL materials!!

Miriam's links:

http://www.miriamscraftingblog.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiriamsCraftingSupplies?fref=ts

Tape Deck Rack Repurposed!

So.... I wanted to bring these tape deck racks home to use for my ink pads like I see a bunch of my crafty friends doing. I quickly realized I have nowhere near as many ink pads as they do! lol. However, I AM a ribbon hoarder!! I'm always going out to get THAT ONE color I NEED for a project. Too lazy to go through the totes I have my ribbon in I guess.... so I buy a new spool, and it get's thrown into the tote with the rest of them!

I thought to myself, what can I do with these racks... and BAM! It hit me... I grabbed a spool to see if it would fit... and it did! SOOO... I stayed up all night and went through my box of ribbon and organized it all by color. ( the larger spools didn't fit, so I took them off of the spool before putting them in the rack) I really like it, and it actually takes up LESS room than the 3 totes I have had these it. Cleared off a whole shelf now! WOOHOO! ;) hope this gives you an idea if you have one of these oldie, but goodies!! Now I can see EXACTLY what I have and actually USE it!

In the other one, I used it for my ink pads, but then found a bunch of other little things to add in there, like my Stickles! I filled it up pretty quick, but just LOVE how I can see everything, and yet, it all is contained, with out having a million containers!!

Hopefully this will give you an idea if you have one, and don't know what to do with it!

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