A Study in Pink…

Honestly I intended to put away my jewelry supplies this weekend but there was a bag of bright shiny pink beads smiling at me and I had to make a multi strand necklace.

 

Also I had an overflowing box of white/clear-black-nutreal beads talking to me (huh, my beads smile and talk to me, clearly I need my head examined!) so I decided to make a dent in the clear ones. Apparently I ignore any neutral colors when I bead…I  hope other people’s taste in jewelry is as gaudy as mine or I am going to be left with a lot of jewelry after next weeks craft fair LOL! It’s a good thing I like it I guess!

 The necklace has a toggle clasp that I embellished with a dangle and it is to be fastened in the front or on the side.

 

Also I like pink and green together…

 

I plan on selling these as sets but it might be a bit much…OK seriosly I think you could signal spaceships with that amount of sparkle…just the way I like it!

 

Well, I suppose I should pack up these beads for a bit and focus on the last few things I have yet to make for the craft fair. BTW I did manage to upload 2 new watercolor lessons to my shop Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff. I plan on finishing 3 more paintings today (if I can find room to paint among the beads!)

 

Oh and back to the title..yes a Sherlock reference, I was in major BBC Sherlock withdrawal so I watched a bunch of the episodes of Elementary on CBS.com and they weren’t as bad as I expected. Hey, even bad Sherlock is better than no Sherlock. Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!

Pretty & Vintage: Card & Boorkmarks

I like to listen to audio books. I listen when I fold laundry, drive, cook and craft. I really feel like I can savor a good book this way since I tend to skim over the slow bits of a book when I “read” or I fall asleep mid page. I’d much rather be multitasking:) I also have the bad habit of bailing of a book halfway though and returning it to the library or a friend with my bookmark still inside (I have left bookmarks all over town!) so it is nice to use up my scraps and make a few every now and then to replenish my stash. Oh, back to the audio book, I was listing to the book “The Help” when I made these:

 

I honestly could not tell you how any sewing theme stamps I own, I started collecting them about 6 years ago, I have been able to pick up quite a few sets lately because of the growing popularity of vintage sewing stuff. So my collection keeps on growing! The thing I love about vintage is that it will never go out of style. Collect away girls! BTW the stamps I used were from a Cling Mount (real rubber) set by TPC at Joanns, it was $6.99 but I used a coupon and got it for $3.50 BUT I think all of their stamps are 40% off this week!

 

 I finished “The Help: this weekend so I’ll have to find another audiobook to listen to, any suggestions? I think I am the  mood for a thriller now! Who knows what I will make listing to it 🙂  Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!

Hey Girlfriend!

ser⋅en⋅dip⋅i⋅ty: (noun) an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.

That explains this project. I was lucky enough to get published agin last month in Vamp Stamp News, I was extra lucky to be the winner of 10 back issues of VSN and I was even more lucky to pick the April 2000 issue that had load of goodies in including the template I used for this project. I also had the “Girlfriend” pad of collage papers and stamps from Crafty Secrets that I thought would be perfect to use being October and Breast Cancer awareness month.

A girlfriend gift! Paper: K&Co, Collage stuff: Crafty Secrets, Template: Nancie Waterman from Vamp Stamp News April 2000

As you open the book the flaps fold out to reveal more surprises 😉

I love the funny collage clips in this pad from Crafty Secrets!

"I got your back" A great reminder to do your monthly breast self exams girls! If you notice in the first photo you see the ribbon loop, that is so you can hang the card up, maybe in your powder room so you wont forget to do your exam EVERY MONTH! It saves lives ladies 😉

I love the caption "It takes a long time to grow and old friend" with the old ladies.

Here is the card closed, it is very dainty, I added a ribbon rose and a strip of scalloped paper and thats it.

This was pretty quick to make. I made a version of the template so I could cut it with my Cricut and SCAL software. The little scallop frame was from the free font Kutups. I cut the template from a sheet of double-sided K&Co pattern paper and clipped bits from the collage pad and adhered them to the layers. I stamped the pin-up lady, phrase and awareness ribbon on a cream panel and adhered. This template would make an excellent gift card or ATC holder. Mine was 3 3/4″x2 3/4″ but you could eek out a slightly bigger version (3″x4″) if you stretched the template to the full width of the paper. If you would like a copy of the template (and 3 other fabulous envelope templates) you can order the April 2000 back issue of Vamp Stamp News here. While you are at it why not subscribe?  It is $3 (or less) an issue if you do, I consider myself an advanced stamper and I always find inspiration in the pages of VSN but even if you are just starting out I’m sure you would enjoy it too.

Thanks for stopping by and till next time happy crafting!