Monterey Pine Charms Video Tutorial for Imagine Crafts

Good morning friends!
Today I'm over on the Imagine Crafts blog sharing these fun charms!

They are super simple to make using Monterey Pine from Imagine Crafts, Electric Neon Inks, embossing powder, some fun dies from Spellbinders® and Artistic Wire!!
Check out the video here! And as always, thanks for stopping by! I greatly appreciate your support!

Until next time... Happy Creating!!

Julianna Hudgins design team work!

Hello everyone! Today I'm here to share with you two projects that I did using Julianna Hudgins  die templates! The first is in my blog post on Julianna's blog today! Here is the project... for more information and some details hop on over to Julianna's blog and check it out!! I have used her new die template set from Spellbinders called S5-143 Jewel Flowers and Flourishes! SWOON!!! ADORE this set! Check out this simple elegant card that I created...

WITH LOVE

Next, I have a special project to share with you. I had originally created it for my first blog post with Julianna... only both of my posts for June were postponed due to Spellbinders blog frenzy and then for Julianna's new website changeover!! So I waited an extra month to be able to share! I wanted to use the new dies for my post, so I decided to share the first one here! :).....

Here is my original post I had written for that!!

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Today I want to share a bracelet that I made using the LF-013 Jewel Goddess set. I had SO much fun creating this project!! Check it out!

Wild Thing Bracelet

To create this bracelet I cut the baby Goddess out using clear shrink plastic and Spellbinders (TM) Grand Calibur machine. Once it was cut, I punched shrunk it down in the oven at 250 degrees for about 5 minutes. While it's still hot, I like to put it under a heavy book or something to make sure it cools nice and flat.

Once it's cooled, I ran it thru my Xyron 5" Creative station. This is an adhesive machine that applies adhesive from edge to edge. Once it has adhesive on it, I stuck a piece of Zebra print patterned paper to it,(Momenta) with the pattern facing the plastic. The great thing about this adhesive is that it is clear, and edge to edge so you can not see it thru the plastic! Very cool!! OK, once the paper is stuck down good, I went around the edges with a craft knife and cut away the access paper. I then lightly sanded the edges using a sanding block to smooth out the edges. Finally I added a coat of Making Memories glitter glaze, just to add a little sparkle to it!! From this point, you can use this beautiful little Goddess for anything you want!

I chose to make it into a bracelet! I added some fun and funky chain that I found and adhered the Goddess to it using some Artistic Wire. Such an easy project, but it has gotten me SO many compliments!

I hope this will inspire you to create some fun charms using shrink plastic and Jewels fabulous dies!! :)

Until Next Time, Happy Creating!!

Julianna C. Hudgins Design Team!!

I have been holding this secret for a couple of weeks now... and I know it's been driving some of you crazy that I've been so secretive! :) Sorry, but I just could NOT spill...
Until now!!
The talented and fabulously Fabulous Julianna C. Hudgins has decided to begin a design team.  You can't even begin to IMAGINE my surprise when I received her email, asking me to be a part of her dream... Speechless... in tears... and so unbelievably EXCITED! How could I NOT say yes!!
So... I did! And here I am today to share this exciting news with you!!

I am one of the designers for the 

Julianna C. Hudgins Design Team!!! 

SQUEEEEELLL!!!

For those of you who are not familiar with "Jewels" let me share a bit about her... She is a designer for Spellbinders... she has come out with her own line of die's which she calls "Positively Me". You can find them on the Spellbinders site if you'd like to see more.
She is also a GIA Accredited Jewelry Professional Jewelry Designer, Author, On Air Talent, International Teacher. But besides all that professional stuff... she is adorable. She is the kind of person who makes you excited... she is real, she's fun, and she is encouraging. I am so pleased to have a friend like her... and I am extremely honored to be a part of this adventure of hers! It's sure to be an amazing ride!! :)
Besides myself, Jewels has also asked the following designers to be a part of this team...
Holly Simoni
Kazan Clark
Heidi Blankenship
Judy Hayes
Lesley Langdon
Savannah Starr
Jeremy Bright

I have been playing around with her Jewel Goddes dies and shrink art! Working on potential Mothers Day gifts... (yes... procrastinate is my middle name!) I am not finished, but I wanted to share with you what I have so far... it's so much fun!!

This is a piece of white shrink plastic.I diecut it using the "baby godess" die template. After it was cut, I stamped using a variety of stamps from Jenni Black (script), Sparkle N Sprinkle (butterflies) and Unity (Heart). Then i used my heat gun and shrunk it down! Then I added some metallic gold alcohol ink, some gold Stickles and a touch of white gel pen! I have to say that I LOVE this piece! I found this old strand of beads literally laying around the floor... we had gotten them as part of a costume at a thrift store! I think I'll be re purposing them and using them with this piece! They go so well together! A bit of wire... a few beads... :) Makes me want to head to my studio!! :)
Here is a shot that I took to show you the die template... and how much it actually was reduced in size...

Isn't that FUN??? If you have not played with shrink plastic... you will have to give it a try! :)
I also want to quickly share with you another piece that i started... I used the larger "godess" die for this one... it is bigger of course, but still shrunk down so sweet! I used the same techniques as for the above one (different stamps) . But I allowed my alcohol inks to sit differently... check it out..

I can't wait to make this into something fabulous!! :)

So there you have a taste of what is to come... It has been an amazing few weeks and I am SO pumped about what the next year holds!! You will be seeing so many different things from me... way more than just scrapbooking and paper crafts! So if you're looking for a fun ride... subscribe, follow or check back often! It's going to be awesome!!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I look forward to inspiring you in the days to come!!
Until Next Time...
Happy Creating!!