Christmas

Hello! Kim here with a fun Christmas card using this Piccolo Floral Christmas tree. I used the Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive to adhere the Aged White and Shamrock Dreams enamel to the tree. I then used a fine tip clear glue to adhere the red microfine glitter to the flowers. To speed up the drying process on the glitter I used a heat gun. 

Pretty Tree Piccolo | Enamel Powder

Good Morning crafty peeps!!  Britt Bass here from Pink Paper Crowns!

I'm here today bringing you a pretty little shaker card using a beautiful range of products from the Piccolo line.

When I first saw this pretty floral tree image I knew I wanted to use the Piccolo Enamel Powders to add color and dimension to the shape.

I used the Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive and covered the entire outside edge and several of the flowers with the adhesive liquid.  I applied Shamrock Dreams Enamel Powder and heat set it.  I repeated that method with Mardi Gras Enamel Powder and Copper Kettle Enamel Powder to cover the rest of the tree.  I finished the tree with dots of metallic pearl paint around the edges - and set it aside to dry.

I die cut an A2 sized frame out of brown glitter cardstock and layered in on top of the soft brown snowflake paper.  After the tree was completely dry, I used it to trace a window in the middle of the snowflake paper, cut it out and fit the tree into the window.

I attached clear transparency to the back of the piece, making sure to cover all the little openings in the tree, and then used foam adhesive to create a well for my shaker.  

I filled the shaker with brown seed beads from my stash and Sugar Beads from the Sweet Stamps store.  (I wish I had used a few sequins or confetti to make the shaker a little more obvious, but there's always next time!)  Lastly, I adhered the whole front piece to an A2 cardbase and added a brown satin bow!

I had SUCH fun working with these products and I can't wait to break out my Piccolos again!  Take a look at the Sweet Stamps store for tons of pretty and intricate shapes like this!

Have a wonderful weekend queenies!

Later!

Sing Me the Blues

A sweet friend has a birthday soon and I needed a card for her. I called this Sing Me the Blues because she loves blues and jazz.

 

 

 I stock up on blank cards when I have a coupon so these started to coordinate with the chevron card base.

 

I stamped a textured card stock with the Love Bird Collage and Aquamarine Ink.

 

Then I die cut the lower corner using the Mini Medallion SweetCuts die. I backed the  negative  space after embossing it with Bahama Aqua powder. I applied Enamel Adhesive around the area with my fingertip before applying the powder.

 

I attached to the card blank and then embellished the openings. I used a stack of buttons for one and the medallion from the die back into the other.

 

Have a great week.

 

The Midway!

Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye here sharing a layout using the midway rides chipboard. My husband and daughter recently attended the State Fair of Texas and took some fabulous photos at the midway that I knew would be perfect with the midway chipboard. I created an 8×8" layout and layered the "rides" along the bottom. Deep Blue and Ruby Red Slippers EP were the perfect powders to coordinate with the red and blue neon of the midway! I hope you enjoy my layout!

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder DEEP BLUE SKY
Enamel Powder RUBY RED SLIPPERS
Piccolo S100-set Amusement Park Rides
Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

Snow Twinchie

Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye here sharing a twinchie [2" square] that I created for you on some Art Board with my favorite Piccolo Powders. I layered on Turquoise Lagoon until I had the surface nice and thick. I sprinkled in some Pure Platinum and a touch of Deep Blue before adding my "snow" washers to the surface of the twinchie. I then layered several coats of clear UTEE to build up a finish and dipped the edges of my twinchie into the Deep Blue Sky to create a boarder.
To complete the twinchie, I added some white paint dots and wrote the word "snow".

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder DEEP BLUE SKY
Enamel Powder PURE PLATINUM
Enamel Powder TURQUOISE LAGOON
Enamel Powder ULTRA THICK CLEAR
Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

A Key Pendant

  Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye here sharing a jewelry piece that I made using the new release from September of Key Accents...there are some nice BIG keys in this release and they are perfect for jewelry making projects. I used the biggest keys in the 6×6" matrix of keys. I embossed opposite sides and then glued the 2 pieces together. I went around the edges with a black pen. Once dry, I wrapped black wire with beads around the key making a few loops and adding a decorative loop to the bottom and a bail to the top. This made it easy to add to the silk cord necklace! A few matching beads and charms were added to the end loop to finish off the piece

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder VINTAGE GOLD
Piccolo LC101 1-2-3 Keys Accents
Real Silk Cord Necklace with Lobster Claw Clasp 2/pk
Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

 

A Happy Hello

  Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye quick and easy happy card using the Piccolo accents! I used the beautiful Pop Up Flower Accents and coated two with adhesive fluid and the Girls Night Out EP. I built up a few layers on those two and finished off with a small touch of Vintage Gold EP in the center. For the middle flower, I built up layers of Cranberry Wine EP and then added a bit of Girls night out to the insides of the flowers and some Vintage Gold to finish it off. To finish off the flowers I edged the with a dark marker. I adhered each onto my card mats with white glue and set aside to dry!

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Piccolo LA123 Pop Up Flower Accents pack of 6

Enamel Powder CRANBERRY WINE
Enamel Powder GIRLS NIGHT OUT
Enamel Powder VINTAGE GOLD

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Trellis on a Wall

Check out this great brick wall I created for today's Globecraft Piccolo card.  Using the newly released Sweet Stamps Art Stencil Stone Path and White Embossing Paste  I created my background and then while the paste was still wet, I sprinkled Piccolo Brownstone Enamel and then let it dry for 2 hours.  Once it was dry, I heat embossed it and look at the fabulous bricks!  Be sure to click on the picture for a closer view of this wonderful enamel.

 

 I die cut my Cheery Lynn Designs Trellis; heat embossing it with Piccolo Aged White Enamel.  I added both the Right and Left Mini Fanciful Flourish from Cheery Lynn.  Then added a couple of Piccolo Dragonflies Accents, using Piccolo Girls Night Out Enamel for the smallest and Turquoise Lagoon Enamel for the larger.  I added a coat of Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze to my dragonflies; it makes them a bit more flexible and easier to shape the wings.   Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches. 

Trick or Treat Dimensional Card

  Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye here with a dimensional trick or treat card using the Trick or Treat Ornament!The ornament comes with two globes and two rings for holding the globes on. For the card I used just one ring and one globe. I am holding back the 2nd ring and globe for another dimensional card or project.
I clipped off the top of the ornament where the hanger would go and heat embossed the center ring that contains the characters with Vintage Black. The silver in the vintage black collected on the ghost and the black and gold on the witch and the moon--it did perfect! For the top ring that holds down the globe I covered it with spider paper, edged the ring with black india ink and heat embossed UTEE on top to give a more aged look to the ring. I sandwiched the rings and the globe and held them together with clothespins until adhered. I applied a piece of patterned paper to the back of the ornament frame.
To finish off the front of the card, I embossed Vintage Silver to the edges of the matte and layered the globe over the accent strip so that the words Trick or Treat could be read.

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder ULTRA THICK CLEAR
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
Enamel Powder VINTAGE SILVER

Trick or Treat Ornament ORTT01

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Halloween Tag

For my project today, I have created a fun Halloween gift tag.  I began with the newly released Sweet Stamps Art Stencil Going Batty and Black Embossing Paste.  This give the bats wonderful raised dimension.  I added some random Piccolo Purple Mist 3D Enamel Gel dots between the bats. 

I love using my Cheery Lynn Designs Poinsettia Strip for Halloween flowers.  I die cut them from 3 papers and then coated each petal with some Glastique.  This gave them a wonderful glossy shine and made them easier to mold.  I used Piccolo Shamrock Dreams Enamel on my Medium Flourish Accents and the Cheery Lynn Designs Happy Halloween.  Adding a spiderweb ribbon finished off the tag.  I hope this inspires you to get your crafty supplies out and create. 

Haunted House and Graveyard

Here is a fun dimensional card I made using Piccolo Haunted House Accents and Haunted Graveyard Accents.  These are such fun sets for those crafters who love Halloween as I do!  This card will fold flat and measures 4.25 x 5.5 inches.  I used three different embossing enamels on this project:

House and Fencing - Vintage Black

Tombstones - Aged White (added a touch of Black Soot Distress ink)

Grass - Mossy Glen

For the Gnarly Tree, I used a combination of Burnt Umber and Mars Black 3D Enamel Gels.  I also used the Mars Black to create the steps leading up the hill.

For this pic you can see all the parts that create the scene.  You just make long rectangles any size you need, adhere them to the back and bottom of the card stock and they will fold forward when you close the card.  You just have to make sure your items are not too tall when closed.

I added a bit of yellow card stock behind the House to simulate candlelight.  And for the great background, I used the newly released Art Stencil Going Batty from Sweet Stamps.  I used painter's tape to mask off the bats I did not need and then applied Black Soot Distress ink.  I added a bit of distressing around the edges as well.  The Happy Halloween is from Cheery Lynn Designs.  I hope you enjoy my card,  I had great fun creating it.

Vintage Black Enamel

My Piccolo project for today features Vintage Black enamel.  I love the beautiful mix of black, silver and gold in this enamel.  It is such a rich color.  Please ignore the plum tones to the above picture, it was taken inside under lamplight and I am unable to adjust the color.  In real life this is warm gray/taupe color.  I used the gorgeous French Oval Piccolo as a backdrop, adding a Vintage Dress Form Piccolo.

This picture is more the true color.  I added an insert to my French Oval Frame on which I stamped Sweet Stamps French Writing with Black Soot Distress ink, then shaded the oval.  On my card base, I stamped a Flourish and again added ink around the edges.   The lovely lady, Sasha, is a new release Glam Girl from Sweet Stamps.   I thought she was perfect for this card.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches. 

A Trio of Trading Cards

Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye with a trio of Altered Trading Cards. I LOVE ATCs--they are little pieces of artwork on a 2½×3½" card! Piccolo Accents are perfect for these!
I began with some pre-designed collages on colored  collage sheets. I adhered the collages to my ATC chipboard base. Next I applied Enamel Powder Adhesive to the edges of each ATC and enamel powder to match the base collage. Enchanted Aubergine to the photographer, Temple Stone for the jewels Victorian chic, and Deep Blue for the Papillons. A bit of the powder or an accent powder like Mermaid Tears and Bahama Aqua was sprinkled and melted in a Frantage technique fashion. I love that spill of melted powder.

Accents were made with the piccolos and the melted enamel molds. A bit of glue to add them to the card completed the piece.

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder GILDED ROSE GOLD
Enamel Powder MERMAID TEARS
Enamel Powder BAHAMA AQUA
Enamel Powder DEEP BLUE SKY
Enamel Powder ENCHANTED AUBERGINE
Enamel Powder TEMPLE STONE

Mini Butterfly Accents A160
Vintage Corner Flourishes A157

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Dragonfly Thank You

My card today showcases the new Piccolo Dragonfly Accents as well as one of the new Fancy Labels.   I heat embossed my large Dragonfly's wings with Turquoise Lagoon enamel then added a light layer of Mermaid Tears enamel for some opalescence.  For the body, I used Deep Blue Sky enamel then added a good layer of Instant UV Resin for a glass-like finish.   For the smaller Dragonfly, I heat embossed just with Mermaid Tears.  I used Aged White enamel on the ATC Bubble Background. 

For my label, I began with Deep Blue Sky enamel and then gave it a coat of Mermaid Tears.  It is a wonderful shimmery dusky blue.  These enamels combine so beautifully.  The last step was the Thank You from Sweet Stamps.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

Piccolo Fun in the Sun

One of the new releases from Globecraft Piccolo this month is the At the Beach Accents.  You get a lot of pieces in this set and can create lots of fun in the summer projects.  I used the palm tree island as the main focus on my card.  Using a paint brush, I painted Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid on just the island portion and heat embossed it using Brownstone Enamel.  Love the flecks of white and dark brown in this powder; I thought it made a good beach.  Painting just the palm fronds, I heat embossed them with Mossy Glen Enamel.  For the tree trunks, I added Burnt Umber 3D Enamel Gel.

To create my little scene, I used my Sweet Stamps Tropical Getaway clear stamp set.  First I created a horizon line with a mask and then  using my Copic makers, B00 and B01, I added the water.  Next I stamped the sun in the sky and colored with my Copic Y15.  I glued my island down on the card stock and then stamped the fronds in the foreground, coloring them with Copic G24.  

I stamped a few birds in the sky and then using Cheery Lynn Designs Tags 2, I created the little Fun in the Sun tag.  My last step was to add a drop of Turquoise 3D Gel Enamel to the tag.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches. 

Molded Embossed Embellishments

Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye with a steampunk fatbook page that I create using embellishments that I made with Piccolo Emboss Powders. I am a mold addict--there, I said it. I think molds are awesome...from molded food and resin projects to jewelry projects and more...molds are, simply put, FUN!

Today I used silicone molds which come a variety of ways. There are companies that make them special for embellishments and then there are food companies that make them for decorated cakes and there are also companies that sell the materials to make your own mold! I chose to use molds for crafting embellishments.I found that heating up the mold a bit before adding a sprinkling of emboss enamel helped the enamel to melt faster and stay in the mold rather than flying out! I added enamel in metal colors to the gear molds and built up my molten pile until it was near the edge of the mold. Once I was happy with the fill, I set my mold to the side to cool completely. Before popping out the embellishments, I zapped the edges of the mold one more time to melt the thin "flash". Once removed from the mold you can add more paint or colorants, sand or whatever. I like the shiny metal look of the gears but on some I zapped the top of the gear to give a textured metal look! I think these were perfect for my steampunk fatbook page~!

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder COPPER KETTLE
Enamel Powder GILDED ROSE GOLD
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
Enamel Powder VINTAGE SILVER
Enamel Powder VINTAGE COPPER
Enamel Powder ENCHANTED AUBERGINE
Enamel Powder MERMAID TEARS
Enamel Powder MICRO BLACK

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

Alice's Wonder-Pendant

  Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye with another jewelry project today! This creation was made using royalty free Alice in Wonderland images and a variety of charms with the Piccolos, Gels and Glastique.
I printed my Alice image to fit the skinny rectangle bezel and adhered it to the background. I heat embossed my keys and steampunk airship accents with Victorian Bronze. I added emboss powders to the edges of the bezel as well. I used glastique to adhere the embossed chipboard to the bezel and then added a layer of glastique over the top of the Alice image.

The charms were colored with 3D Enamel Gels and an additional coat of glastique was added over the top.  Charms and bezel were joined with black jump rings and chains.

3D Enamel Gel DEEP RED
3D Enamel Gel ROSE PEARL
3D Enamel Gel SATIN HONEYDEW
3D Enamel Gel TITANIUM WHITE

Enamel Powder VICTORIAN BRONZE

Infinity Key Charms 22pc LC104
Skinny Rectangle Bezels (pack of 4) B112
Steampunk Airship Accents A100

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers
Jump Rings, Black, 4mm & 6mm 120pc
48" Hematite Plated Steel Oval Loop Chain
72" Bright Silver Small Loop Cable Chain
Glastique GLOSS Finishing Glaze 2 oz.

  I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

DIY Glow in the Dark Galaxy Pendant

So many crafts, so little time...

It's a good thing you can make your very own Glow in the Dark Galaxy Pendant in less than an hour!

Here's what you'll need from the G&P shop:

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

Enamel Powder Micro Black

Enamel Powder Vintage Copper

Enamel Powder Deep Blue Sky

Enamel Powder Royal Sterling

Enamel Powder Micro White

Enamel Powder Poodle Skirt

Easy Grip Reversible Tweezers

Teardrop Acrylic Craft Charm (AY004)

optional items:

bail

necklace chain

Your choice of finish: Enamel Powder Ultra Thick Clear, Glastique or Instant UV Resin

glow in the dark acrylic paint

old toothbrush or paint brush

This is unbelievably easy!

The basic technique is to sprinkle on small amounts of Enamel Powder and heat. Keep adding Enamel Powders while the surface is still warm, heat and repeat until the desired effect is achieved. Then cool completely and cover with your choice of finish.

It's always good to have a before and after picture of a craft, but it's GREAT to have pictures of the process...so here you go! I've included what colors I used when and any tips I learned along the way.

Start by peeling the blue liner off of only one side of the acrylic charm. (Carefully use the tip of the tweezers to lift the edge of the liner.) This will keep the backside clean until you're done.

Cover the surface of the charm with the Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid. Sprinkle on the Micro Black. Heat. While still warm, add more Micro Black. Heat. Repeat one more time. (The picture below is after the first layer was heated.)

Using a small scoop (Trimmed slurpee/slush straws are great for this!) add bits of Vintage Copper. Heat.

Add Deep Blue Sky. Heat.

Add Royal Sterling. Heat.

Add Micro White. Heat.

Add Poodle Skirt. Heat.

Add Deep Blue Sky. Heat.

Continue to add Enamel Powders until you love what you see. Heat. Let cool.

If you want the cool glow in the dark stars (is that really a question?!), dip the toothbrush bristles into the glow in the dark paint and run your fingernail across them to splatter 'stars' on the pendant Practice on a scrap of dark paper first, so you can see what the splatter pattern looks like. Let dry.

Finish by topping off with Enamel Powder Ultra Thick Clear, Glastique or Instant UV Resin.

It will be even better in person. Trust me.

Inky hugs,

Angi