3 ingredient cabochons

   Here's another variation on the rolled inclusion bead tutorial...3 ingredient cabochons...transparent clay(your fave brand) I used Premo accents transparent & Premo Frost(I'd never tried it before), acrylic paints & micro fine glitter(Walmart). In this tutorial I tried to use supplies readily available to most everyone. I really love the finished look of these freeform Cabochons & beads...glazed or unglazed they have a wonderful organic feel to them...

Several of these cabochons, the 3 larger cabs up the middle are just 2 ingredient beads...transparent clay & glitter. You could even go the other route & use just transparent clay & acrylic paint. The possibilities are almost endless. I enjoy creating these cabs so much that I think I'll make another batch today!
  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend & thanks so much for stopping by...Till Next Time!

Retro Valentine's Day Radio w/tag mini

   And now for something completely different...lol...A retro Valentine's Day Radio with loose Tag mini. I had such a great time stepping out of my comfort zone for this one. Not my usual color pallet for sure...no sprays or embossing powders & no metallic finishes! Using MME Lucky in Love paper line & some of my own embellishments along with just a bit of bling, I think it turned out super cute!

Retro Valentine's Day Radio w/ Tag Mini

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I used quite a few of my handmade flowers, did some masking & created a few polymer clay pieces to complete the retro look. The little foam music notes came from the dollar store & the butterfly was a gift. The little unbound tag mini has some vintage themed valentines & places for photos & journaling. A really cute, super fun project for sure. Thank you so much for stopping by...Till Next Time!

Christmas Themed Book Box

   Here's a lovely Christmas Book Box I created for a one on one swap I was asked to do for December. This is Gina(Gina Lindsey on YT) & I's second swap. We were to create three projects...we would each chose one for us both to do then we would each do a surprise creation for each other. I chose ATCs, she chose chunky charms & for her suprise...the book box.
  So first, the ATC card...

ATC Christmas Card

Lol...Ok so for everything else you'll just have to watch the video because I forgot to take the still shots.
  Well a bit of a cut short post but I do have more to come so stay tuned! Thank you so much for stopping by...Till Next Time!

"Believe in the Journey" Mixed Media Shrine

    Hi everyone & welcome to 2014! Sorry it's taken me so long to get around to posting but I have been busy at least. This is an inspirational piece that I created to commemorate the opening of my new etsy shop so of course its a store front with lots of clay pieces in grungy aged metal finishes. I've used loads of different products in this one...LSG sprays & embossing powders, Ranger embossing powders, acrylic paints, patinas & a bit of Inka Gold to finish it off nicely. My motto for the year is "Believe in the Journey" & not the destination...that parts inevitable...lol. I had so much fun creating this piece of wall art, it's truly my passion. Grungy, steampunky, metallicy  goodness & shimmery, sparkliness...what a combo!

"Believe in the Journey"

I've included the video because there's simply too much to cover here. So for all the details on the clay pieces & their finishes/textures please check out the video.
I hope everyone's having a great start to the New Year & Believe in the Journey...It's going to be awesome!
Thanks so much for stopping by...Till Next Time!

Rolled Inclusion Bead Variation Tutorial & share

  Here's a quick tutorial on a variation to the rolled inclusion beads video I did earlier this year. Some added acrylic paint adds a gorgeous touch & a different looks to these pieces. I've used transparent Polymer Clay, black clay, Peridot Metallic Acrylic Paint & Christmas Green Metallic Acrylic Paint & several different glitters...

I really love the way these turned out & I'll definitely be creating more of them to share with you. Thank you so much for stopping by...Till Next Time!

LSG December Color Challenge

Well the Holidays are too quickly approaching & I'm not even close to ready but I did finish a lovely Christmas card for the LSG December color challenge. This month colors were non-traditional & were quite the challenge! With such a gorgeous rich color scheme & inspirational image I just couldn't resist...
 

I've used several different Starburst sprays to create the background...Tibetan Poppy Teal, Tainted Love Teal, Autumn Maple Crimson, Witch's Potion Purple & just a spritz of Screamin Banshee Black. I just love the way they all came together & although I've never been to Paris, I'd like to think this looks like a calm, foggy night in Paris...so serene. Just a bit of added bling & some vintage German Silver Tinsel to finish it off. Very non-traditional & quite lovely I think.
Well that's it for now, Thanks so much for stopping by...Till Next Time!

Christmas Card ATC's

Sorry it's been a few days since I've posted, I've been a bit under the weather. Then with the ice storm & all, you know...Well I wanted to play around with some ATC's & decided to do an ATC Christmas Card. With some gorgeous vintage images from Sweetly Scrapped & a few others I just had some fun with them! I've used some LSG sprays on the backgrounds, some Ranger Embossing Tinsels & some Glossy & Crackle Accents on them for some sparkly touches. They're sweet, simple & very festive!

Well, I know it was short & sweet but I have more to come! Thanks so much for stopping by...Till Next Time!