Woodland Fox Card

As you know, I am a member of the Susan K. Weckesser design team.

I love so many of her stamp sets.

She has a fun, whimsical quality to her designs.

This little fox is one of my very favorites...

Sometimes simple is best.

I stamped the little fox from the Going Wild stamp set on a cork tag I picked up at the Michael's bins on clearance.

And that is all.

I will write a sweet note inside and send it to my daughter soon.

Short and sweet.

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Craft Lightning Scout Crafts

I was a Girl Scout and so was my daughter.

I actually spent a summer in college as a Girl Scout Camp counselor.

It was a great summer.

I made friends from all over the world since we had international staff from countries such as England, Australia, Greece, and Denmark .

I recall learning more that summer than I suspect each of the campers did.

So I was totally on board with this Craft Lightning of Scout Crafts.

Let's make a Paint Dot Pendant.

Gather your supplies:

Paint

Q-Tips

toothpicks

cork circles

drill

Piece of scrap wood to drill on

paper plate

Squirt a little paint out on the plate and begin to make dots in a pattern on your cork circle.

I started out with the Q-tip to make bigger dots as bases so I can add smaller dots on top when they dry.

If you want fairly even concentric circles, start in the center and as you add the next round, do your dots at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock positions first and then fill in the rest.

Next make dots between the dots you just made.

Continue to add colors.

Set aside to dry.

Time will vary depending on your humidity level, the temperatures and the sizes and thickness of you dots.

Add more smaller dots on top of your first dots.

Set aside to dry again.

Drill hole in the top of the pendant.

Add silk cord, leather cord, ribbon or a chain.

Ta-Da!

This could be done on rocks instead or you can cut a slice of a cork from a bottle for a smaller pendant.

Hope you are going to give it a try.

Head over to see all the other great projects this week.

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Potion or Poison?

Just a little quickie post today...

For years I have collected treasures to use in my work.

I saved them, waiting for the perfect design...

They sat in jars and trays and boxes and drawers.....

No more.

My goal this year is to use those things I love.

This little blue bottle intrigues me.  

The stamped PP back-to-back make it the perfect amulet for a Potion or Poison necklace...

Vintage crystals and a vintage key compliment it.

What treasures do you have stashed that you can use today?

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April is Amulet month!

At least it is over at Art Jewelry Elements.

You can check out the original post here.

I was one of the lucky winners.

This sweet little thing came in the mail....

Now, I have to admit....the whole reason I signed up was that I wanted to see one of these amazing amulets up close and personal.

So imagine my delight when I was contacted that I had won.

I was even more delighted when it came.

It is even better than I hoped.

My head began swimming with possibility.

So the first thing I did was to get out my 3 favorite materials to work with: silk strips, polymer beads and waxed linen cord.

And quickly, this came together.

The amulet is predrilled on either side but the cork was not so I tied my waxed linen cord through the holes on each side and this allowed the cork to still fit back on.

I love the colors of the one she sent me....

It goes perfectly with my handmade polymer clay beads...

I just did simple knotting with the cord and silk strips.

I prefer a necklace that is adjustable with the silk cords.

So there you have it....

My amulet reveal.  

I cannot wait to see the rest.  

Want to see what everyone else made?

Check out each of the other blogs in the hop below.

The Copper Cat

Alison Adorns

The Gossiping Goddess

Blueberribeads

Jenny Davies-Reazor

Glass Addictions

Phantasm Creations

Sue's Beads

Niky Sayer's Artisan Jewellery

Marsha Neal Studio

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