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I found that I liked this best when I glued 2 Frosted Finishes snowflakes back to back with Crystal Effects and then attached them to the chain.  It ensures you will see a pretty sparkly snowflake if your embellishments flip around, and, it gives the piece such a nice weight.

Attach snowflakes to your chain with jump rings using 2 pairs of needlenose plyers.

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You can cut down a 24" necklace and make a bracelet like this one.. see original post here.

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LOOK WHAT I'LL BE WEARING TO CONVENTION THIS WEEK!

I attached these gorgeous new Frosted Finished snowflake embellishments to one of the Simply Adorned Bracelets Stampin' Up! used to sell.. I simply used a Jump Ring on each embellishment.. done! :)

The bracelet sold out months ago, but you can still purchase the NECKLACE on the Clearance Rack and embellish that!

Tomorrow is the Big Day... we fly off to Salt Lake City to the Stampin' Up! convention!  I have over 30 wonderful demonstrators from my Luv 2 Stamp Group attending this year and I am so excited to share these few amazing days with them!

I sent each of them a tag for their convention bag and a sparkly lanyard for their nametag.

I created the tags with My Digital Studio using a blank Swatchbook template.

Stampin' Up! is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year so it's sure to be a SUPER exciting Convention!

Watch for my blog posts from Convention this week.. I'll do my best to post each day!

<<< Cindee made me these adorable punched paper flowers to add to my lanyard/nametag for convention!

I love them!

I'm so blessed to have amazing and talented friends and am really looking forward to being with my gals this week in Salt Lake City!

I have made over 300 swaps and they are packed and ready to go... whohooo!!

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I'm playing "catch up" ... still blogging about our October Luv 2 Stamp Group meeting projects... yep, I know.. WAY behind!!! 

Today... FABRIC BRACELETS!

Laura showed us how to make these great fabric bracelets.. such a fun and quick DIY craft project!!

We used Floral District Fabric and Brights Buttons, but you could certainly select any fabric of your choice and even use a metal clasp or magnectic clasp instead of a button if you wish.

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What do you have planned for the weekend.. anything fun?

 

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I've been blogging about our Luv 2 Stamp Group Christmas Gift Exchange earlier this month.. and today I'm so excited to share the last segment of our evening together.  You can see other posts from this event with my downline here.

This darling apron and gorgeous plates were made by Lorena, and Cindee got this lovely gift. Lorena used Mod Podge to apply Stampin' Up! Candlelight Christmas fabric (#126905, pg 4 Holiday Catalog) to the back of large clear glass plates.  These are just STUNNING!!

I received this stunning bracelet made by Ellen... it is so pretty and features NEW Designer Paper coming up in the Spring catalog!!

Lorena was the recipient of these fabulous wreaths made by Laura.. they are wrapped with Candlelight Christmas fabric!

Sharon received lovely cocktail napkins made by Carrie. Carrie is a great seamstress and used Comfort Cafe fabric for these treasures.  (item #126894, pg 171 Stampin' Up! Catalog).

And lastly, (but not leastly) :) Joy received this amazing set of drawers decorated by Sharon.. I just love this technique.. Sharon shared it at our October meeting and i will be blogging about this technique soon!

 

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I am really sad to see the

Simply Adorned jewelry line

from Stampin' Up! leave us.

There are only a couple days left to order from the current Stampin' Up! catalog, and one of the products that is retiring is the entire Simply Adorned Jewelry line!

Check out this super quick project I just make ... I bought a $3.99 stretchy crystal bracelet at the "M store" and then added the Pink and Clear Baubles from Stampin' Up! to the bracelet.. it's so fun!

Now how's that for some quick fun?

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As you know, Stampin' Up! spoils us no matter what the event is.. but they REALLY GO ALL OUT on the Founder's Circle Retreat!!!

We get our own private room at the Marriott...

with our very own delightful hanging name plate on the door:

They leave us "pillow gifts" each night in our room... my favorite gift was the GORGEOUS PURSE CHARM in the BLOSSOM BOX on the last night!

You can make your own... I'm definitely making more of these and I'm going to add the Black Crystal Baubles to one!!!

BLOSSOM BOX, #123127, PG 221

TRINKET CROWNS, #121891, PG 200

CLEAR CRYSTAL BAUBLES, #121012, PG 200

PINK CRYSTAL BAUBLES, #121013, PG 200

VANILLA PEARL BAUBLES, #121014, PG 200

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Beveled Windowpane Necklaces

You may have already seen the fun necklace we made at our Beveled Windowpane class.... I wanted to share some of the wonderful designs some of my students came up with!! Order your Beveled Windowpanes HERE TODAY!

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A Happy Birthday Bracelet to ME!

Today is my birthday! And I am thankful for soooo many things in my life... on my list of things I'm thankful for are my dear friends!  I wanted to share a gift my dear friend Sharon gave me for my birthday...

This is the Stampin' Up! Simply Adorned Charm Bracelet... fully decked out with Stampin Up! charms, baubles, keys and something VERY SPECIAL...

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Did you see it?? Cupcake Charms!!

Look what Sharon did... she used the Stampin' Up! Cupcake stamp set and Cupcake Punch and Shrink Plastic to make little cupcake charms for me!!

sooooooooooooooo sweet! Thank you Sharon!

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Beveled Windowpane Class - Necklace

I previously posted the cards we made in my Beveled Windowpane class.  These cool accessories are still available and are only $7.95 for a package of 12!!  Item #121881.  Order yours HERE today!

Here is the necklace we made in the Beveled Windowpane class:

Here are the steps.. I'm sure there are other ways to make it, but this is what I did:

Below, Step 1:  cut your choice of DSP to measure the same size as your beveled windowpane. I used First Edition DSP and stamped it with an image from Elements of Style.  Cut a smaller piece if you wish to stamp an initial.  Snail these layers together. We used the Lovely Letters Alphabet set.

Below, Step 2:  cut a piece of cardstock the same size as the DSP, snail together (for thickness and stability)

Below, step 3: cut about 6" of taffeta ribbon and feed thru holes in the windowpane as shown below (we used Basic Black Taffeta ribbon) :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below, Step 4: bring tails of the ribbon to the back and snail them down to the cardstock backing.

Below, Step 5: cut about 2-1/2" of taffeta ribbon and make a loop at the top, securing to the back with snail.

Below, Step 6: Cut additional DSP & cardstock to the size of the window pane and decorate as desired, THIS IS THE BACK of the necklace.  Add several Stampin' Dimenionals to the back of it and adhere it to the back of the necklace as shown below:

Below, Step 7:  Your necklace should look like this from the back, like a little sandwich behind the windowpane

Below, Step 8: your necklace should look like this from the front. We added an Antique Brad to the front with a Stampin' Dimensional.. cut off the legs of the brad with your Craft & Rubber cutting scissors as shown below.

Cut desired length of ribbon to string around your neck.  Clip on a Trinket Key or your choice of embellishment.  Knot ribbon at back of neck, or finish with jewelry findings/clasp if desired.

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Beveled Windowpane Necklace - more info

I made one of the Beveled Windowpane necklaces for my downline Cindee who was so kind to take swaps to Leadership for me, since I could not attend... and several of you have asked for more info on how to make these.. so here are a few more tips for you...

<< NECKLACE I MADE FOR CINDEE

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MY WINDOWPANE NECKLACE:

1.  you will notice 3 sizes of Windowpanes in the package, I used the largest one for these necklaces.

2. measure the size of the windowpane you are using and cut your cardstock or DSP to that size

3. stamp or decorate your piece of cardstock as desired.

4. put a small amt of snail at the very top and bottom of the cardstock/dsp and adhere it to the back of the windowpane to hold it in place while you get the ribbon on

5. place this on the cutting mat from the Mat Pack, paper side down/window pane side up, and use the Craft knife to cut slits in the cardstock, (you will place your knife in the slots in the plastic)

6. Thread your ribbon through the slots and to the back, securing with sticky strip, or snail, or glue dots or Crystal Effects. (I used crystal effects)

7.  add a loop of ribbon to the top, using your choice of adhesive (I used Crystal Effects).

8. if desired cut another piece of DSP or carstock to attach to the back to cover the ribbons (see photo in this post for a back view).

9. string a length of ribbon through the loop for your necklace

10. embellish with your choice of Key and Crown Trinkets, brads, flowers, etc.

wear and enjoy!

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Beveled Windowpane Necklace Stampin' Up! style!

These new acrylic "beveled windowpanes" in the new Occasions Mini catalog from Stampin' Up! are amazing!!   Check out this FUN necklace I made for myself!

  

I embellished it with the new TRINKET KEYS, the new Vanilla Rosettes, an Antique Brad, and Basic Black Tafetta Ribbon. 

I attached the ribbon loop on the back as well as the flower and brad with Crystal Effects.  It's  a GREAT GLUE!

I stamped the P from the Lovely Letters Alphabet set in Basic Black on Naturals Ivory cardstock and layered it onto a piece of the new First Edition DSP that I stamped on with the swirly image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Each package of Beveled Windowpanes comes with 12 pieces:  3 sizes, 4 of each.  It's a great bargain at only $7.95!  I used the largest size for my necklace.

 

And here is how I decorated the back:

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Button Bracelets!

OH my gosh.. these are too cute!! Go GRAB YOUR STAMPIN' UP! BUTTONS and have fun!!

I got this idea from Jill Olsen's blog, so I grabbed all my SU! buttons, stretchy cord and a beading needle and had fun!

 

For the one on the left, I followed Jill's directions and for the one on the right I made up another pattern..  see below for details.

SUPPLIES:

.5mm stretchy cord, beading needle and 30 buttons

I had never used a "beading needle" before.. it's great for the stretchy cord! The "eye" is in the middle of the needle - you spread the needle apart and slip the stretchy cord thru it and it shuts around the cord.

Lay your buttons out as shown at left... 10 medium, 10 large with 10 "flower" or small buttons on top of the large ones.

The instructions called for 30 buttons as noted above. I found that I only needed 9 of each size to fit my wrist nicely.  I have fairly large wrists, so you may want to stop when you have strung 8 of each size and wrap it around your wrist and then add more as needed.

 Cut approx. 26" to 30" of stretchy cord and begin stringing your buttons, leaving about a 3" tail.

here is how I strung them - the cord comes up from the bottom and thru the large and flower button, then back down, then down thru the med. button, back up thru the med. button, up thru the large and flower button, etc.

When you start to push them all together, it looks like this:

After stringing 9 of each size it looks like this from the front:

and looks like this on the back:

Side view:

Wrap it around your wrist to see if you like the length using 8 of each, 9 of each or 10 of each or more.

then pull it into a circle and tie the cord into a couple knots:

THEN run the excess stretchy cord BACK THRU ALL THE HOLES again, and tie the ends or use a crimp bead.  This is where you will find that the beading needle is soooooooooo helpful!

 I also wanted to try it with the big buttons being the bottom layer... I don't quite like it as well, but it's just a different look:

For the above 2 bracelets I mixed and matched buttons from the following packages:

Springtime Vintage Big Designer Buttons, Occasions mini, #122301 (available Jan. 4th)

Deck the Halls Big Designer Buttons, Holiday mini, #121002 (ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS!!! CLICK HERE to order now!)

Neutrals buttons (pg 186 big catalog), #119743

Brights Buttons, (pg 186 big catalog) #119747

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Wicked Simply Adorned Charm!

My friend Jan is so sweet... she made me this insert for my Stampin' Up! Simply Adorned Charm... I love our fabulous line of jewelry and this WICKED insert is really fun to wear this month!

 

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Simply Adorned Baubbles, pg 31 Holiday Mini Catalog

1/2" Raven black lace trim, pg 8 Holiday Mini Catalog.

Wicked Cool stamp set, pg 23

 

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Super Cute Button Bracelet!

My friend Steph Leider made this adorable button bracelet - she gave them to several of us at Convention... isn't it just WAY too cute!?  Thank you sooooooooo much Steph!!

She used stretch cord and small beads (available at craft stores) and our FABULOUS NEW Designer Bright Collections buttons!  Here are a couple close ups to help you see how she strung them:

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Steph used the Brights Collection plus the Certainly Celery button from the Subtles Collection. You could mix and match and use any color combo you want!  You could have one for each outfit! :)

   
 

buttons found on pg 186 in the Stampin' Up! catalog

 

 
 
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Video Tutorial for Build A Brad Bracelet

Several of you have asked for tips on adding the Rhinestone Brads to the Bracelet chain.. I hope this video helps.  I'm also offering a very limited number of kits for the Holiday Treasures Build a Brad bracelet - see post below.