Papertrey Saturday

Last night I had a ton of inspiration with my Papertrey set “My Punny Valentine”. I had started a project about a week ago and decided to finish it last night, but before I could I had 2 new ideas pop into my head. So I decided to put those 2 ideas to paper and then finish my project! Im really excited about how these turned out!

First, I used the branch and leaves from “Take a bough” and made an acorn tree for the squirrel!

Then, I flipped the branches vertically and made a berry bush. The background was stamped with the circle from ‘borders and corners monogram edition” and embosses with white EP.

And then finally I finished my extra special Papertrey project! I decided to make what I am calling a “Pie charm”, like a wine charm but for your pie! Because, how many times have you been to a dinner party and put your pie down and then couldnt find it on the table with all the other pies? Hahahaha! No, it’s more like a necklace almost, just a really cute accessory for the pie to make it that much more special.

So, I stamped the pie onto the papertrey white CS and embossed the crust to make it look baked and golden. Then I enclosed it in glass and soldered it. I attached blue gingham ribbon to the loops and tied it around the pie. I thought this would just make the pie so much more gift-like, a little personalized tag.

And because I FINALLY got myself a scorpal, I was able to make a recipe box to go with the pie! I stamped the scroll from “Piece of cake” in red and then stamped the large single flower from that set as well in the center in blue ink. Then I made the box out of my custom patterened paper. I then scalloped the edges of the top of the box and used some gingham ribbon to coordinate with the pie charm around the top. Then I made a recipe card with the pie recipe to tuck inside.

Now who wouldnt LOVE to get that pie gift?!?!?! And I cannot believe that I made my own box! No instructions, just measuring, scoring and folding! I feel like a super genious right now, LOL!!!

And now, that the pie project is finished my poor mom can finally have a piece! I’ve had the pie in the house for 2 days while I finished the gift set and she has been eyeing it whenever she comes over! It’s time to dig in!

Have a wonderful Saturday, and I’ll be back later with some fun stuff!

ETA: I wanted to let you all know that the silver I use for soldering is lead free, so there is no worry about food safety or the safety or the pie charm.

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And now for something different

This is the point where I’m going to get emails telling me to stop doing so many different things. That I should stick to one thing and do it well. And then I’ll have to confess my self diagnosed, rare form of crafting ADD. I CANT stop learning new techniques. I get bored easily. I want to learn as much as I can! I have to know how to do something! Im curious!

Anyway……..

My Mom told me the other day that she wanted me to make her a new purse pull thingie. You know the danglie charm that hangs off your purse zipper? So I decided I wanted to make her a glass soldered charm. And I’ve made 4 today. You see I’ve only made about 8 and it’s SO FREAKING HARD!!!!!!! But fun.

And my Mom is a perfectionist and likes things “just so”. So I am NERVOUS to give her anything less than perfect. Needless to say this wont be given to her. She didnt saw WHEN she wanted it. So I will continue to perfect, or at least better my glass soldering techniques.

The glass is a 1 inch square, and I stamped the open work flower from the new SU! set “A beautiful thing”. Here it is in all it’s unperfect glory:

Working with HOT molten silver is exciting, challenging and extremely difficult. I bought a TON of glass a couple months ago expecting myself to needs lots and lots of practice. Unfortunately it’s been months since I’ve done it, Christmas has interrupted my learning. But now I’m making a point of playing again.

And I also have a new bangle bracelet in the works. Because it doesnt take a lot of effort to mix and pour:

It’s black with a gold swirl. If it sets it will be beautiful. Lets hope it does!

Happy Monday everybody!

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Soldering glass, resin and a burnt knuckle

Tonight my resin was set from yesterday. I had mixed pearl ex powder into the resin liquid and then poured it directly into a pendant that I had bought. Here is a picture of the finished resin:

But tonight I worked on some glass soldering! I had bought a piece of designer paper from eclectic paperie, called winnies walls from winnies blooms, or it may be the other way around. At any rate here is the link for the paper. I had scanned the paper and then printed it out in a 1 inch square, as the glass I have is 1 inch.

I also made a piece with pin-up art from Gil Elvgren. I love pin-up art, and I always flip flop between who is my favorite, Elvgren or Vargas. Either way, I chose a simple woman to make a pendant out of.

Here are the two pendants:

I have only had a chance to do a few pieces, but it’s something that is getting better with every try! And that is so exciting! I love soldering glass, this is such a fun project and Im glad that it’s going the way I had hoped.

Although, it isnt without a certain ammount of danger. I touched the tip of the soldering iron to my knuckle, it was a white hot second and at first I didnt feel anything. And doesnt the worst accidents never register at first? Within a few seconds the little blister started to form, so I decided what better to do than take a picture!

It’s now been about an hour and it’s much more red and painful. All I could think when after it happened was that I was glad it didnt hit my eye! Yowza~

I hope you enjoyed a peek into my non-stampy crafts. Tomorrow I need to send out the last swap Im due for and then create something new!

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