Patty's Stamping Spot

Faux Seaglass Bracelet Class

We had the MOST fun on Saturday... working on our Faux Seaglass bracelets...  of course.. yes.. this is another SHARON IDEA!  :)  She helped me lead the class with instructions of how to make the faux seaglass pieces from Shrink Plastic!! 

Oh ya, did I mention there was chocolate?

  

 

To aid in making the class a little quicker, I preshrunk and colored about 300 pieces for them to use, and they created the ones with the swirl impressions in class:

Rip the shrink plastic into pieces approx. 1-1/2"x3" and punch a hole with the large hole of the Crop A Dile, then shrink it with the heat tool.  While it's still hot, impress a swirly stamp into it (we used the swirls from Priceless).

  

Then mix reinker and crystal effects and paint it on the pieces... voila... faux seaglass!  It is amazing!

Then put jump rings through the holes and add them to bracelet chain.  We also added rhinestone brads and charms to ours!  LOVE THEM!!

Here are a few of them:

 

Now.. go buy shrink plastic and make one! :)

"Sea Glass" Bracelet - FABULOUS!!

Yep... SHE'S AT IT AGAIN!!  Sharon made me this AMAZING bracelet.. it's "faux sea glass".  She made it by coloring shrink plastic with a mix of crystal effects and reinkers!!  Isn't this just GORGEOUS!!?

 

It looks like wonderful pieces of sea glass, doesn't it??  She combined Stampin' Up! Rhinestone brads and various charms to complete the bracelet.  I am ONE LUCKY GIRL!  Thanks Sharon!

On a different note.. I'm having fits with typepad lately.. I am so upset with the quality of the text on all my photos.. they say they are fixing the issue, but so far, no dice. If you click on the photo to make it larger, the text looks fine - just like I saved it on my computer.. but it looks so unprofessional when displayed on my blog.... so come on typepad.. let's get this fixed please! And I apologize for the way my posts have been displaying lately.. I'm totally embarassed.  ugh.

Have a great weekend.. I will have a special wedding anniversary project to share with you at some point this weekend, but I can't take pix right now.. the light coming in my house is all ORANGE due to all the fires all around here.

Build A Brad Bracelets! WAY too fun!

UPDATE: a kit in the mail is available for this project - see THIS POST.

Wow.. WAY too fun!  I usually, almost always, ok, ALWAYS get really excited about any new project I'm working on ...  I'd been noticing the Build A Brad bracelets on other stampers blogs and was anxious to try them out, but most of them used jump rings between each Build a Brad and I thought that sounded like a lot of work (and not so easy with my pathetic eyesight).  So, as I was explaining this idea to my partner in crime friend, Sharon, she suggested looking for some chain that we could just attach the Build A Brad directly to!!  VOILA.. Sharon you are BRILLIANT! :)

So.. here is the saga (and a few tips for assembly) of my Build a Brad bracelets.. enjoy! :)

Below:  a finished "Cutie Pie" Build A Brad bracelet, with the chain ready for bracelet #2.  I've got my Build A Brads ready to go (center of photo)....

After you have made your brads, put the legs through one of the links of chain, and spread the legs apart:

Then using needle nose jewelry plyers, tuck each leg under the ring of the chain and "crimp" it down to secure it in place.

Then the back should look like this (really difficult to take a close up photo of something SO shiney!):

Close up of the right side. I alternated Rhinestone brads with Build A Brads on the Cutie Pie bracelet. Have you guessed what I used for the 2nd bracelet??

Answer: I used the Lucky Star Accents & Elements tin for the 1/2" circles in the Build A Brads on bracelet #2 !!

Here is a close up of the chain packaging.. purchased at Michaels:

OK... so then... I couldn't leave the 2nd bracelet alone... I HAD to add some fun bangles that I got at Michaels yesterday... I love it ! 

Whew... does that get an award for longest blog post?  LOL

Have A GREAT weekend everyone.. Happy Mother's day to all the moms out there... and Happy Blog-O-Versary to me on Sunday.. it's my one year anniversary of having a blog!!  yahooo!  Check back tomorrow if you are interested in my weekend anniversary SPECIAL!

Bermuda Cruise - Super Fun Jewelry Ideas!

A SUPER BIG round of applause to my friend and dinner partner on the cruise, Jan Wakeland and her FABULOUS jewelry ideas... CHECK THESE OUT.......

Jan used washers from the hardware store and beads and discs from the jewelry aisle in the craft store, and decorated them with Felt Fusion Flowers and our Rub-Ons!! HOW FUN!!  LOVE IT! I feel a class coming on! 

You look maaaaaaaaavelous, Jan!  Thanks for an awesome week!

more info on Jan's Blog here!