DIY Ornament Kits: Hand Painted

The great thing about Globecraft & Piccolo bookboard products is that they can be enameled, embossed, stamped, painted or have an assortment of items such as lace, patterned paper, mica flakes, fabric, and more glued to it to create a beautifully finished piece.  Below you can see how the Trick or Treat Halloween Ornament and the Scarecrow Halloween Ornament kit look absolutely beautiful painted.

Collecting Love Charms

Laura here, and I am in a Halloween mood! I have a Love Charms book to share that was a collaboration between Globecraft Memories and Art Glitter recently.

MATERIALS
Book (I used a spiral bound journal)
Enough crushed panne fabric to cover book, front and back
Foam packaging scrap large enough to cover book, if desired
8" by 10" Muslin Fabric
Xyron Creatopia
Xyron Fabric Adhesive
One Sheet White Cardstock
Silhouette Machine
Silhouette Machine Clean Cut Fabric Interfacing
One Globecraft Memories Piccolo Delicate Hearts Earrings Set
Two Globecraft Memories Vintage Heart Charm Sets
Globecraft Memories Card Decor Set #4
Globecraft Memories Piccolo Enamel Powder Adhesive
Globecraft Memories Piccolo Enamel Powder in Vintage Silver
Globecraft Memories Piccolo Enamel Powder in Siam Silver
Globecraft Memories Piccolo Enamel Powder in Vintage Gold
Globecraft Memories Piccolo Enamel Powder in 24K Gold
Globecraft Memories Cool-Set Enameling Gel in Purple Mist
Globecraft Memories Glastique
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive with Fine Tip
Art Glitter Dries Clear Fabric Adhesive with Fine Tip
Art Glitter Microfine Opaque 516 Gold Tone
Art Glitter Microfine Opaque 508 Silver Moon
Art Glitter Vintage Glass Glitter 903 Alexandrite
Small White Heart Shaped Brads
One Large Silver Brad
Heat Gun
Iron
Big Bite
Scissors
Craft Knife
Large Stencil Brush
2" of 22 Gauge Wire
Tape Roller

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Cut panne fabric about 1" larger than the book both vertically and horizontally. You will be cutting one piece for the whole thing, so be sure to open the book and measure it all the way around before you cut.
2)  Cut foam packaging to fit over covers and spiral binding, if desired. Apply with Designer Dries Clear. I felt that I needed the foam to cover the spiral edge. I would not recommend this step unless you have the same circumstances.
3)  Use the Embossing Fluid and the 24K Gold Enamel Powder to emboss the heart shape.
4)  Use Designer Dries Clear to adhere the heart shape to white cardstock. Let dry.
5)  Use Glastique on the outer portion of the heart. Fill with Vintage Glass Glitter. Let dry.
6)  Use Cool-Set Enameling Gel in the center heart. Let Dry.
7)  Cover the Vintage Glass with Glastique. Let Dry.

8)  Iron the Clean Cut Fabric Interfacing on muslin.
9)  In Silhouette Studio Program, create the words and cut. I used the font Bradley Gratis. This step can be skipped if you have another way to cut out the muslin - either by hand or another machine.
10)  Set the cut out muslin in position on panne and iron on.
11)  Use your Art Glitter Fabric Adhesive to add the Goldtone Microfine Glitter to the words. Set aside to dry.
12)  Use Microfine Silver Moon Glitter around the edges of words. Let dry.
13)  Cut two straps from the cardstock. They will wrap around the binding and onto the back.
14)  Using the Globecraft Piccolo Enamel Powder Adhesive and your heat gun, emboss the straps, and all the remaining Globecraft Memories Elements EXCEPT the keys with Vintage Gold or Vintage Silver Embossing Powder.
15)  Emboss the keys with 24K Gold and Siam Silver Embossing Powder. We switched the embossing powder because this one is more detailed, which suits the detailed keys better.
16)  Make sure that all the glue is dry before you proceed. Send the leather through the Xyron Creatopia with the fabric adhesive.
17) Be very careful while removing from the background paper and covering the book. Use the extra fabric to wrap under the edges. Panne does stretch and can cling to itself. If this happens, carefully pry it off of itself and carefully press on the book. It will NOT be perfect.
18)  Use the Art Glitter Fabric Adhesive to attach all of the embossed pieces except the keys.
20)  Use Big Bite to create holes for brads. 
21)  Attach brads, leaving one just a little loose to attach the key.
22)  Use Cool-Set Enamel to cover the heart shaped brads. Let dry.
23)  Use wire to attach the keys from a brad.
24)  Brush off any extra glitter with stencil brush and remove remnants with tape roller.
I realize that this project is a little intense, but it can be modified in any way that you like. It is your book, so enjoy its creation. I loved making it so much, that I have created a second one, pictured here.

To see how I did the second one, check out my post on the Art Glitter blog at  http://artglitterblog.blogspot.com/ See you later, glitter on!

Design Team Call!

We have a few openings to fill in our Globecraft & Piccolo Design Team.

We’re searching for crafters who love to create home-décor projects. We’d love to see how you upcycle and refurbish items for your home using Globecraft Memories’ products and every-day scrapping and stamping products.

Here’s how to be considered: email us at GlobecraftDesignTeamCall@gmail.com

1.    First and last name, city & state.
2.    Link to your blog and online gallery if you have one (also, let us know if you’re on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc.
3.    Attach three samples of your latest home décor projects.
4.    Tell us how many, and which other design teams you currently serve on (previous design team experience is not required).
5.    Include a bio and mug and tell us why it is important to you to be a member of the Globecraft Memories Design Team.
6.    Do you teach classes in a store or online? If so, where?

Here’s what is required of team members:

1.    Post two tutorials each month. These must include step-by-step instructions and good, well-lit photos.
2.    Post a brief product highlight each month.
3.    Participate actively in our albums, Pinterest, Facebook and other media avenues.
4.    Be supportive of our other design team members.

Deadline: November 18, 2012; 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Challenge #89 Black Magic

Hello crafty friends! It's time for another weekly challenge at SweetStamps.com. Now don't be spooked by this week's theme...

Black Magic

What is Black Magic? Well, it's a neat technique for adding color to an image on black cardstock that really pops! There are two different ways to do this: 

1. Heat Embossed Black Magic: Stamp your image onto black cardstock using an embossing ink and heat emboss with white EP. Add color to the white embossed image using colored pencils, permanent or alcohol based markers. Dye based markers can be used, but can rub off the EP which is great for a distressed or lighter colored look. For a tutorial using colored pencils, click here. Scroll down to see photos of this technique using alcohol based markers.
2. White Ink Black Magic (aka Chalkboard Technique): Stamp your image with white ink onto black cardstock. Make sure the ink is completely dry and color over it with chalks. Any chalk that gets outside of the white image will show, but you can always clean it up with an eraser. 

Supplies used: Embossing Pal Anti-Static Pad, Black Artist Trading Card (ATC),
#6000 Parisian Bouquet Silhouette stamp, Distress Clear Embossing Ink, Fine Detail White EP, LePlume permanent alcohol based markers in assorted colors

Here is the image embossed in white on the black ATC

Here is the result after coloring with alcohol based markers - pretty huh?

We'd love to see your creation, so come join in the fun! Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.com. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

Take a look at these awesome Black Magic creations from our design team sweeties this week:

Bonnie Brown

Calypso Bastian

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

 Sandy Fredrick

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WIN FREE STAMPS! 

Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

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Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including ours).  You must link back to us in your blog post.

Next week's challenge theme is Christmas. I hope you'll join us then.

Happy Stamping! Hope your week is super sweet!

Burned Embossing Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's challenge #88 Burned Embossing is...

Barbara Washington

Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a new challenge every Tuesday!

A haunting we shall go!

Good morning, Steph here with a fun Halloween project using Piccolo Halloween Graveyard Haunting Accents and Happy Pumpkin Accents. What's Halloween without some spooky stuff!

Once I created my card, I had fun selecting the elements I wanted to use. I heat embossed the tree and the bats with Enchanted Aubergine Enamel Powder, covering them with three layers to get a really cool effect. Then I gave the pumpkin the same treatment using Piccolo Gilded Rose Gold Enamel Powder.

Have a Happy Halloween!

A charming Halloween bracelet

"Hello everyone! DeeDee here, and so super excited and honored to be showing you some new goodies today! I've created a Halloween themed Dangle Bracelet in black and white.

I've used the following supplies to create it:

Piccolo Lil Pumpkin Harvest Accents (HP05)
Piccolo Halloween Graveyard Haunting Accents (HP02)

Piccolo Cool-Set Enameling Gels in Mars Black and Titanium White 

Glastique Matte Finishing Glaze

jewelry findings (head pins and jump rings)

beads and pearls

a bracelet chain

ribbon by May Arts

Snug Hug - a silky seam binding

micro beads in silver

Advantus Idea-ology dangles

a vintage Bingo marker

needle nose pliers

rounded pliers

bead reamer

paper piercer

The main part of this piece was altering the Piccolo charms to match the theme. I glazed each charm in either Titanium White or Mars Black Enameling Gel. Using a paper piercer and bead reamer I put holes in each of the piccolo charms. Combine them with beads, pearls, jump rings and head pins and we've got a recipe for some gorgeous dangles! Attach them to a bracelet chain and weave some big thick ribbon through the links to create a chic Halloween bracelet. Here's a video on fast forward to show you how I made one of the dangles:

Fill your bracelet up and put it on! With the awesome variety in charms and enamels available from Globecraft Memories you can create these in any color and any theme you choose!

Order your Piccolo products to create your very own Halloween charms!

New Release Winners

Here are the random winners of some of our NEW Release Stamps...

 pssequimages

debbie's world

jan scholl

gram's treasures

chris in CT

grandmalee 

Congratulations!

Thank you all for your wonderful comments about our new release images. Winners, please contact me with your mailing address for your winning prize at SweetStamps.com.

Challenge #88 Burned Embossing

Hello crafty friends! It's time for another weekly challenge at SweetStamps.com. This week's theme is...

Burned Embossing

To burn embossing powder, you need to keep heating it after it has raised to the point where it flattens out. You can then stamp over the "burned" embossing powder if desired. We'd love to see your creation, so come join in the fun! Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.com. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

Check out what our talented design team sweeties have created this week:

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Joni Mastronardi

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

 Sandy Fredrick

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

WIN FREE STAMPS! 

Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including ours).  You must link back to us in your blog post.

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Next week's challenge theme is Black Magic...stamp an image onto black cardstock with white ink and color with chalk, or heat emboss with white EP and use permanent or alcohol based markers to add color to the image. Silhouette (bold) images work great with this technique. I hope you'll try your hand at this and join us in next week's challenge.

Happy Stamping! Hope your week is super sweet!

Stippled or Sponged Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's challenge #87 Stippled or Sponged is...

Jenn Z

Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a new challenge every Tuesday!

A little Halloween Boo Boo

Linda here with a little something in time for Halloween. She's more cute than scary so don't be afraid to continue on! 

She has such a beautiful face and it's so haunting with those goblins surrounding her. I couldn't resist using her for a little Halloween ATC (Artist Trading Card). She's a free clip art from Red Lead Paperworks but there are several places to download free clip art on the web.

I started out with Piccolo Card Decor Set #6. The little compressed book board pieces punch out of the background which is the perfect size for ATCs! I painted the edges with Adirondack Pitch Black Acrylic Paint Dabber.

I brushed on Globecraft Memories Glossy Glastique to adhere the clip art to the ATC backing then used a brayer to ensure good contact between the paper, Glastique and ATC background.

Glastique works as an adhesive as well as a sealer, so when the backing was dry (it doesn't take long) I brushed a coat of Glossy Glastique over the front of the ATC as well.

I put a second coat on the front when the first was dry. This gives the card a really nice glossy and protective finish. I set it aside to dry while I prepared some elements that would be added to the ATC.

I cut a pumpkin from my clip art sheet, glued it to cardstock backing with Glossy Glastique (remember, it is also an adhesive) then inked the edges lightly with Black Soot Distress Ink. I adhered this to a scrap of my Card Decor leftovers for added dimension and stability, then coated it with a fairly thick layer of Glossy Glastique (it's also a clear-drying dimensional adhesive). This will give the pumpkin some pizazz when dry.

While the pumpkin is drying (I placed him under my Ott Lite for additional help in drying) I punch out a cat from Piccolo Card Decor Set #5. It's nice to have several Card Decor sets on hand so you can mix and mingle the pieces to get the look you want.

I used our new Piccolo Cool-Set Enameling Gel, Mars Black, on the cat and I must say he came out nice and very black - perfect for a Halloween cat! I added several small dots of Piccolo Cool-Set Enameling Gel, Cobalt Turquoise, for his collar. I also used our new Piccolo Cool-Set Enameling Gel, Metallic Silver, on some corners I punched out, but opted not to use them on this project.

 

I printed out the words 'Boo" in several sizes, cut them out and edged them with the Black Soot Distress Ink as well. When the pumpkin and the black cat were dry I adhered it all to the ATC. This is actually the first ATC I've made that I can remember and I quite enjoyed it. She turned out pretty darn cute!

 

In addition to being traded with a friend, she could be used as an embellishment on a scrapbook layout or punch two holes in the top, string some wire or ribbon and use her as a knob hangar.

Visit my blog for more Globecraft Memories-inspired projects: http://linda-neff.com

Dream- Found Home Decor Refinished!

Good morning friends!

Pinky here today with a refinished/renewed project. 

I am always on the hunt for a bargain as I am sure you all are, when I came across this broken wall decor plaque for only .10 cents I had to grab it! I knew I could fix it up and for .10 cents what chance am I taking?

I instantly thought of the Piccolo Enamel Powders.

(Below) This was the plaque before- see the big chip on the corner.  Which means it is no longer $14.99 but $0.10!

 Step 1. Take wire brush or small hammer and chip all edges.

Step 2. Coat edges with Piccolo Enamel Powder Adhesive.

Step 3. Sprinkle on Piccolo Enamel Powder. If you get powder where you don't want it simply brush it off.

Step 4. Heat set edges with crafting heat gun - repeat for the raised word DREAM.

Step 5. Apply coat of Glastique on DREAM to make it pop out more and to protect the piece   Adding Glastigue Gloss will extend the life of your project and add a beautiful glass-like shine!

Step 6. Allow to dry (shouldn't take long!). 

That's it! Literally a .10 project and 1 hour of your time!

This would work with a frame and other home decor as well. 

I hope you enjoyed my "find" as much as I did and bringing it back to life. 

Until next time- Pinky Hobbs