Inspired By Stamping: Jewelry Set + Card

Hi, friends!  I'm here with another creation using products from Inspired By Stamping!  This time I've got a jewelry gift set and matching card to share with you!

I started by printing some digital paper from the Girl Birthday Bash Paper set and some digital elements from the Vintage Digital Printables set.  I used the paper to punch out circles for the earrings and necklace.

Then it was time to get the card squared away!  I started by adding a panel with the same paper from the Girl Birthday Bash Paper set.  I then added some heart ribbon and white Fabric Tape.

A few tickets and other elements from the Vintage Digital Printables set were added along with some pearls.  I finished off the card with a sentiment from the Amazing Inspirations stamp set.

That's all for me today!  I'll be back again soon with another creation using more fabulous product from the Inspired By Stamping store!  Don't forget to hop over to the IBS blog on Monday for another chance to win some blog candy, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all! :)

Breast Cancer Awareness Bracelets

I got to see a friend today that I haven't seen in almost a year.  It was so nice to get together with a crafty buddy and create today!!!  We wanted to make some bracelets following a picture tutorial that I found HERE so we went off to the store to buy the supplies.  I was really apprehensive that mine would be awful.  But they weren't!!!  All four of them turned out gorgeously!

Here they are~

And individually~

For these fabulous challenges~

Link Up for Pink: 2nd Annual Link Party

Craftymess: Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays: Anything Goes

Aren't they pretty?!  If you are looking for an amazing and relatively inexpensive gift to give to those you love this holiday seasons, then this project is for YOU!  Seriously--it was so fun!  I'm going to make more for people that I know so that I can spread the love around! :)

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at today's creation!  I hope you were inspired to create and to join in these fabulous challenges!  Happy crafting, friends! :)

Goodwill Finds!!!

Okay, so I came home from the Goodwill today and told my DH that I'd found a bunch of cool stuff to re-purpose. And you know what he said to me?! "Oh, is THAT the politically correct way to say recycle now?" Why, YES, it is, DH! ;) So, I thought I'd just show you my finds. I'll be posting projects I re-purpose from these items later on...

Here is the first group of finds--not really re-purpose-ful, but good deals anyway.~

My favorite painting is Starry Night, so this $5 canvas of part of it was too hard to pass up.~

I've been really stressed lately, so I got this book to give me some ideas on how to focus. $0.99!~

These are prints of a young Jesus being taught by his parents by Simon Dewey were a steal at $1.49 each, and they'll look fabulous re-framed and in my nursery.~

Here's the second group--ready for repurposing!~

Three different beaded projects that will be dismantled and remade into heaven know what at the moment. $2.50 for all of them~

I fell in love with this print because it looks like something out of Jane Austen's life. I've been wanting to do a Jane Austen journal for a while, and once I get PTI's Simply Jane set, I'll be ready! The print will be the cover and the frame re-purposed somehow. $2.99~

So, I got out of there with all this plus a new shirt (literally--brand new!) and a few more books for only $25!!! What have YOU found today that can be repurposed?! Happy crafting! :)

2011 Christmas Gifts

I thought I'd show you some of the homemade gifts I've made. Not linking them up to anything, just for show and tell for my loyal followers! :)

Pendants for my sisters~

Birthday cards for my mother to give away
(using SCRAPS!!!)
(Some posted earlier...)~

If you'd like to see the digital prints that I made, check out my other blog for my digital crafting here. :) The first three posts were used as framed gifts. :)

Butterflies

Here's one of my latest jewelry endeavors--a rainbow butterfly bracelet! I added one of the butterfly beads as a charm to add a little more whimsy. I love making these for other people--they are way simple and quick to make. I think I enjoy making bracelets more than any other type of jewelry because they are so quick and easy, so you get your end result when you want is (aka NOW). :) I hope you take the time to make something pretty today! Happy beading!

Oldies but Goodies!

Random project pictures--I made these forever ago and wanted to share!!! :)

The top one is my FAVORITE!!! It's so simple, too! Take a plastic test tube and fill it with Reese's Pieces. Punch out ovals and fold in half and cut to look like leaves. Attach with tag and elastic cording!

The second one is another favorite. I LOVE jewelry--this is a pin! I used punches to create it. The image is embossed in Kaleidoscope embossing powder to give it a holographic effect. Love it!

The last one is a one page no cut bag. I originally got the idea here. Gotta love Splitcoast! Happy crafting, everyone!!!

Aquamarine

So, I mentioned earlier that I won a prize from EK Success for National Craft Month. And that it is AWESOME! By the way, if you haven't taken the chance to go to the EK Success website and sign up for a contest or something, you should! Anyway, this is what I made with the aquamarine Swarovski crystal beads! I made it to wear on Easter. Of course I then had to go and purchase something to match (found at Khol's for $8--cute short sleeved turtle neck sweater). Anyway, I hope this inspires you to create today! Happy crafting!!!

IT CAME!!!

I am having a VERY happy Easter weekend! My EK Success prizes came! They told me it would be worth around $50, but I'm thinking there is WAY MORE than that! I got Swarovski crystals and those alone are $10 a strand! So....here are all the pictures. The contents of my prize are as follows:
*3 olivine rock pendant Swarovski strands

*3 aquamarine briolette bead Swarovski strands

*1 2 pc. Bail set in white

*3 Swarovski crystallized toggles

*1 Swarovski crystallized pendant

*1 6 mm pkg. Pastel Swarovski bicone beads

*1 4 mm pkg. Pastel Swarovski bicone beads

*1 Inkadinkado rainbow primary giant dye based ink

*2 Inkadinkado clear mini stamps

*2 Inkadinkado 9 pc. clear stamps with blocks set (Easter & Halloween)

* 1 pkg. 42 wild raspberry glitter acetate die cuts

*2 Jolee's title waves

*3 Jolee's dimensional stickers pkgs.

*1 EK Success glitter stickers pkg.

*1 K&Co. Brenda Walton grand adhesions

*1 K&Co. Embossed stickers pkg.

*1 K&Co. Confetti glitter stickers pkg.

*1 K&Co. Confetti rubons and gems pkg.

*1 K&Co. Confetti silhouettes die cut papers 6 pk.

*1 K&Co. All Seasons 862 pc. scrap kit

WOW. That's a lot! I feel so incredibly blessed! I hope that you take the time today to give thanks for all you have. Happy creating!