Shrink Plastic Earrings

Hello! Alison Heikkila here. Today I do not have a card. I did make something that is just as near and dear to my heart though. I made a pair of earrings. I've been making jewelry basically my entire life, and in recent years, I haven't had the time to make much of it at all. But when I saw the new Lawn Fawn Heart Shaker Gift Tag dies, I knew I needed to make some jewelry.

This is a very quick and fairly simple project to make. I started off by die cutting my heart out of shrink plastic. Then, I colored the plastic using the Rich Reds Nuvo Creative Pens. I colored them twice for a deeper color. Then, using my pin tool and heat gun, I shrunk the hearts. I like to flatten them with an acrylic block once they're done shrinking to make sure they're nice and flat. They are pretty delicate when they are still warm, because of the preforated line, so if you give this a try, take care when they haven't finished hardening.

Once the harts had cooled, I just started playing around with some of my beads until I came up with something I liked. I used some Swarovsky crystals, carnelian, and glass beads, along with silver findings.

This is a great little project to do with tweens. You can of course make the heats any color you like and then just have fun choosing different beads. The heart is a wonderful size for an earring, and it's nice and lightweight. What else could you make with shrink plastic hearts? Be sure to head over to the White Rose Crafts shop to see the rest of the new products they've gotten in recently. Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Back To School Cards

Hello Crafty Friends - Annie here with some School Cards.

Most of our children have started or will be starting school soon. I thought it would fun to create a few cards to inspire them to back into school.

Card # 1 Learn Full Tutorial

Let's get started.

I gathered the components for the card. 

I stamped and colored the Ruler, & Pencil. I also stamped the Notebook paper 3x and added a few of the mini sentiments, math problem and letter grade to the paper. I trimmed the pattern paper and card front panel. I die cut a File Folder from yellow cardstock for some finishing touches I used some Gold stars, paper clip & chipboard tag.

 Next, I start layering the blue star pattern paper and a red cardstock onto the card front panel. Then, I layered the Ruler to cover the seams of the other papers.

 

I tucked two of the notebook papers into the little file folder. I added a bit of adhesive to make sure they don't move. Then, I added a paper clip. Place some foam adhesive to the back of the folder and placed it onto the card front. Next, I added the chipboard tag.

 

 

Then, I added a bit of foam adhesive onto the notebook paper with all the stamped mini sentiments and layered on the file folder. Next, I adhered the pencil toward the bottom of the notebook paper. For finishing touches, I added 3 gold stars.

Materials Used:

Doodlebug Design Pattern Paper: Back To School Collection

Woodware Collections: School Tots Stamp Set (math, ABC, school days, letter grades)

Hero Arts: Just A Note Stamp Set (Ruler & Notebook paper)

Woodware Crafts 1mm Foam Tape Roll

Kaiser Crafts Double-Sided Tape - 12MM

Versafine Clair Ink: Glamorous

Tsukineko Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black

Recollections Brand Cardstock:  White, Red, & Yellow 

Sizzix Die: File Folder

Walmart Brand: Paper Clip

Dollar Tree Brand: Gold Stars

Spectrum Noir Markers: Pencil - MG1, IG1, & FS1

Ruler: RB1 &GY1

Chipboard Tag: Unknown - for my stash

Card # 2 - Hi-Ho- Hi- Ho It's Off To School We Go!

For this card, I basically followed the steps above. I added a scalloped yellow cardstock border under the white cardstock. I stamped and colored the elements (backpack, apples, book stack, & Lunchbox) I fussy cut them and popped them up on some foam tape and placed them on the white cardstock strip. I added a bit of foam tape on the back of the white cardstock strip and added it to the card front.

I cut some fishtail banners from the pattern paper and stapled them together with Tim Holtz mini Stapler. Tuck them just under the white cardstock strip. For the sentiment, I used a sticker that I backed onto white cardstock for a firm piece. I also added a bit of foam behind it. For a finishing touch, I added some Zig Wink of Stella on the apples and some Sakura Gelly Roll White pen.

Materials Used:

Doodlebug Design Pattern Paper: Back To School Collection

Woodware Collections: School Tots Stamp Set

Woodware Crafts 1mm Foam Tape Roll

Kaiser Crafts Double-Sided Tape - 12MM

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen: White

Recollections Brand Cardstock:  White, Red, & Yellow 

Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Pen Clear

Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Tiny Attacher & Staples

Lawn Fawn Dies: Stitched Scalloped Borders

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers: 

Backpack: TB1 & TB2

Apple: DR1, DR7, RB1, LG1 & LG2

Lunch Box: LG2 & LG3

Books: CT4, OR1, LG1, TB1, DR1

Sentiment Sticker: Making Memories (old school - I know)

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