Thinking Inking

Faux Turquoise Necklace

Oh, yes--the jewelry-making bug has bitten indeed! I saw THIS POST by Linda Peterson on the Spellbinders blog yesterday and knew that I wanted to make one today. I had everything I needed except for black acrylic paint  and a chain, hence a trip to WalMart. . . after a trip to a local bead store, but we won't talk about that one just yet. ;-)

I'm not stepping it out since Linda did that for you already. Watch her video--it's short and sweet, and you'll be inspired, I promise. I didn't have any green clay in my five-year-old clay stash, but I had some translucent clay that I finally managed to get softened enough to use. When I Googled for a colorant for polymer clay, I found THIS POST by Ginger Davis Allman that suggested alcohol inks to color polymer clay. Well, alcohol inks I have in abundance--my Copic reinkers! I coated a flattened piece of clay with Copic BG15 and let it dry completely before trying to mix it into the translucent Sculpey Premo clay. The drying step took a while--maybe close to an hour--and it took more ink than I expected it to, but I was happy with the color that it turned out.

Bwahaha--you might want to use gloves when you get to the rolling the wet black acrylic paint into a ball step--just a suggestion. . .

Those lovely bezels are from the Spellbinders Susan Lenart Kazmer™ line: I used the medium-sized Circles One bezel, two of the smallest size which you can get in a Circles One Five Pack, and two of the Triangles Two bezels (all in a SILVER finish). I had fun, and I have several more faux turquoise pieces to turn into jewelry in the future. :-)

I promise to have a nice LONG card post on the 15th! Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

He Cares for You

Welcome! I'm headed home from Richmond today--loved getting to meet some of you there! I made this card before I left and wanted to share it with you today. The focal image is stamped with JustRite Stampers Cast All Your Cares set; it's a great verse and thought that it would be perfect to lift a friend's spirits.

These are the Copic markers that I used to color the frame and the flower.

I used a glue pen to add some glitter accents to the flower center. Die that I used were Spellbinders Antique Frame and Accents, Labels Sixteen, and Fleur de Lis Squares. Patterned paper is from Lily Bee Designs Head Over Heels 6" x 6" pad, and pink pearls are from Zva Creative. 

Would you like to see more with the Cast All Your Cares set? Then you're in luck--you can see more at the following blogs. Thanks for visiting!

JustRite Inspiration

Debbie Olson (here)

Becca Feeken

Heidi Blankenship

Kazan Clark

Linda Duke

Angela Barkhouse

Michele Kovack

 

Butterfly Pendant Necklace and Earrings set on the Classroom blog today

Just a note: I have a pretty little vintage-looking pendant necklace and earrings posted here on the CLASSroom blog today. I used both Vintaj Brass and Vintage Groove pieces, together with Glass Glintz. All hardware pieces are linked in the article above, if you're interested. Thanks!

P.S. Looking for the Card Creations 8 post? Click here, or go two posts down--good luck!

Vintaj Brass piece posted on the Classroom blog today

Good morning! I have a stepped-out tutorial for this Vintaj brass necklace here on the CLASSroom blog today. Vintaj brass was a product that several of us were really taken with at last CHA, and it's finally in stock. This is my first experiment with it, but I can see myself using a lot more Vintaj brass in the future! Thanks for stopping by, and have a lovely Sunday.