Stampendous! and DIY Bangles Blog Hop!

It's time for the Stampendous! and DIY Bangles Blog Hop!!! I have created a fun Santa pendant to share with you today using one of the simple tube beads from DIY Bangles. I used several layers of Snow and Ruby embossing powder on the bead, overheating just a bit to achieve a vintage look. I then used Scor-Tape to adhere flock and glitter to create a Santa look on my bead! A bit of May Arts twine finishes off the pendant, making it a fun holiday necklace!


At each blog (or just the ones you want) leave an insightful comment that lets us know you actually looked at the project and we'll enter you once for each comment in a chance to win some DIY Bangles, beads, or circles plus some Stampendous goodies with which to embellish them.

Annette Witherspoon

April
Derrick

Barb Turpin

Jennifer Ingle (Jingle)

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Mary Dawn Quirindongo

Melinda Gleissner

Tenia Nelson

Wendy Price

We sure hope you've had some serious fun with our collaboration this week! Thanks for joining us.  Would you mind sharing our hop on your Facebook page? We love being able to offer these great prizes and the more we have the more we can offer!  Join us, as well for our new December Challenge - CAS (Clean and Simple) Christmas Cards. We'll be doing our best to give you last minute card ideas you can complete quickly to fill out your card sending list. We'll be providing simple Christmas card inspiration all the way up until Christmas day, so stick with us. This will be our last challenge of the year and we're mulling over what to do next year, so stay tuned for that as well!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out Kristine's blog next!

Jingle Out!

A Pretty Bracelet, handmade? Sure! I can do that!

This week Stampendous! is teaming up with DIY Bangles to show off some totally awesome projects! These are PERFECT if you like to make handmade gifts for your loved ones!

I got to play with the large Pentagon bangle for this one. It began as simply a plain, wood bracelet, but with a bit of Stampendous! magic... well....


I began by covering the entire thing with Aged Rose Embossing Enamel. I covered both the outside and the inside of the bangle. To do this, apply VersaMark in sections, sprinkle on the enamel, heat, and repeat until you have gone all the way around the outside. After completing the outside, do the same on the inside - you will need a VersaMarker or a small VersaMark ink pad to easily ink the inside of the bracelet.


The next step for this piece was to stamp the butterflies and flourish from the Charm Collection Perfectly Clear Stamp Set on white tissue with StazOn ink. I carefully trimmed these pieces and then affixed them to the bangle using Beacon Fast Finish.


Finally, I glued gems around the bracelet using Beacon Fabritac. (This stuff is pretty strong, so it was a good choice for this project.) I love how it turned out! AND...I know exactly to whom I'm giving this fun bracelet!

Head on over to the Stampendous! Blog to check out the rest of the great projects made today!!! And be sure to check in throughout the week for LOTS of inspiration!!!