Media Mixage from Spellbinders

I finally get to share a fun project that I did for CHA

this past month!  Spellbinders is partnering with two

amazing artists-Susan Lenart Kazmer and Jen Cushman

and offering some amazing jewelry pieces to design with.  

We had the opportunity to create too and one of the projects 

I made was this fun Wild West Belt that you can see here...

on the Spellbinders Gallery!!  

 For this project I used lots of the New Bezels that they 

designed and created and filled them with embossed papers
 and colored resins and sparkly crackle polish.

Here is a closer view of the resin and the faux leather

that I created using papers and one of the brand

New Metal Embossing plates from Spellbinders.

To make this project you will need ICE Resin,

enough Bezels to fit around your waist or hips,

embossing plate, square dies and re inkers to dye

the resin with, PPA Gloss and brown distress ink.

First you will cut and Emboss the papers and chipboard and

ink around the leather looking pieces to distress each of them

a little bit more.  You are going to glue the chipboard

pieces in the square bezels first just enough so that

when you put the textured piece of paper in it will

be level with the top.  Add a thin coat of a glossy

coating like PPA when it is dry as shown to fill the bezel.

For the round Bezels I started with a tinted batch

of ICE Resin in each and let them dry.  Then I painted each 

with crackle polish and let them dry again.  Then I wiped each

of the bezels off with a soft cloth and polish remover to 

get a distressed look.  When it was dry I coated it one more time 

with ICE Resin and let it dry for 24 hrs.

When all the pieces were dry I attached them together with a fancy

bead and wrapped thin wire between each bezel about 3-4 times.

For the ends I added a chain and a large clasp to

attach it together to wear it with my favorite jeans

or over a blouse.  It was really fun to create and

I think I would love to make another maybe filling

each bezel with resin to look like turquoise.. but

that's another project down the road and I hope that 

you try some of these when they come out in stores

and create something special for yourself!! Be sure 

and check out the other Media Mixage Projects from

Spellbinders in the gallery here.....

Have a wonderful day and happy crafting!

Cardabilites #67 up

There is a new sketch up on Cardablities and I 

had some time after doing my housework to whip

up a card for Valentines.  The sketch has lots of possibilites

and I decided to use the sticker tag and work around

that with all the gorgeous papers from the
We R Valentine Collection that I just got.

One of my favorite new Spellbinders dies is the Matting Basics

and I used 2 of these around the outside edges to give

the edges a really pretty embossed edge to finish 

them off.  The die behind the sticker is part of a

New Set called Butterfly Corner S5-165 and it

is so versatile and you can create lots of projects with it.

Thanks again for the wonderful sketch Karan
and be sure and check out the other entries here...
I have lots of Valentine projects to do so that
is all for today... Have a wonderful day and
happy creating to all of you!

New File Folders for January

Well first I am going to go on a bit about the CHA show.. There 

was so many awesome things there with Mixed Media, New papers,

New Dies, chipboard, wood and card products and I cannot

wait to start making up things for display and for classes in

the store!  And of course for Spellbinders too!  Stacey got the

Attendee's Choice Innovation Award for the New Gold Imperial dies

that were just released and the booth was really hopping with excitement

for the whole show!!  Soo that means there is going to be lots of

exciting things coming your way from all of us for inspiration!  Yay!

But meanwhile back to reality.. I have 2 more File Folders to

share today which fills up our Heidi Swapp file folder with 7 and it will

be time to start another set next month for new classes with new themes. 

 I can't say enough about what a fun project this is

to do and my class only takes about 2 hours to complete 

this whole folder!  How fun that you have a place to

put soooo many photos and journaling and you

still have time for other things with your family

like going out and taking photos for more folders?  LOL!

Inside i created lots and lots of fold outs and little

pockets for goodies that you might have!  This file

is made with the New Basic Grey Valentine line.

It is beautiful and has the prettiest prints to use

and stickers too... I so loved creating this folder :)

And my second file that I want to share for this Saturdays

class at Hearts N Crafts is for a fun trip to California Adventure 

or any Theme Park that you might visit.  These papers

are from October Afternoon and are they ever

adorable.  You get the cutest stickers and it

really went together in a snap!

 Aren't the stickers just so very, very cute?

 and...There is lots of places to put photos on this one!

We even traced and cut out our own custom folders

to use until the new Heidi Swapp folders come out

next month with lots of new prints. It is going to

be so fun for the next couple of months ahead.

Well that's it for today and I hope you try and create

some of these folders to get caught up this year

and be sure and stop back for some other fun

projects with the new Spellbinders dies..

Hugs and Smiles,

Teresa

CHA 2013 started today!

Yay-- the show started today so finally we can share

the excitement with all of you about all the New

Amazing dies, embossing folders and jewelry making products

 that Spellbinders is releasing!

They are gorgeous and there is so many to chose from,

it is going to be a creative heaven for us for months

and months ahead!!  How exciting to finally get to share!! 

Today I made a card using the Filigree Delight die S5-177

that was shown in our sneak peaks last week.  I 

 used the new Valentine line from Bo Bunny for the papers

and some cream colored cardstock and chalk inks from Colorbox.

 All of the dies that are being released at the show

are so detailed and so beautiful.  I really love this

set because it has the fine detailed backround, the oval, a tag

and another piece you can use to adorn a project.

To make the tag I cut one of their tags out with

our die and layered it over the filigree die and tied

a few short pieces of ribbon around to the back.

And to finish it I cut out a red heart on the paper

and inked around it with lipstick red colorbox chalk

and then coated it with clear glossy accents.

I really love the colors and the beautiful dies 

make it easy to create with. I can't wait to show you more 

projects with all the new dies so be sure and check back and see!

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting.

Hugs and Smiles,

Teresa