Whimsical Steampunk Pumpkin

Happy Funday!

Say hello to my little friend...Jack!

Today's project started out as a clearance item from last Halloween. Primitive pumpkin in a sickly yellow-green color. (it's not your screen...) Add a few fabulous metallic G&P Embossing Enamel Powders over the fun steampunk inspired Accents and ta-da!

A new and improved Jack! Want to make your own? See the clickable supplies below!

Make some time to craft this weekend!

Angi

          

Snowflake Pin

  Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye here with a wintery pin. I used the labels and frames from the new release Fancy Labels & Roses Accents and embossed the label with Royal Sterling and the Frame of the Rose Accent with Bahama Aqua. I layered these together to form the base of my pin.
Next I embossed snowflakes in Siam Silver, Bahama Aqua and Royal Sterling and layered then onto the pin base. I added some bling on the frame and in a few of the snowflakes to complete the front of the pin. A pin back was added to the back so that it could be worn on a jacket, hat, scarf or sweater!

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Piccolo LA117 Fancy Labels & Roses Accents
Snowflake Accents A120
Bejeweled Snowflake Accents LA100

Enamel Powder BAHAMA AQUA
Enamel Powder ROYAL STERLING
Enamel Powder SIAM SILVER

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

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

 

Dragonfly Medallion

  Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye here sharing a few new releases from last month that I just love! I created a back for the Circle frame on corrugated card board. I heat embossed the backing with Mermaid Tears. Next I embossed the Circle Frame with Gilded Rose Gold. I glued the frame to the backing and added a single crystal rhinestone to each loop. Next I embossed some flower tops with the gilded rose and some with the Girls Night Out and layered them to create dimensional flowers. I bent up the petals just a bit to give a little more dimension. I finished off the flowers with a rhinestone as the centers. These were arranged as on the center of the frame.
Finally I embossed the centers of the dragonflies with the Shamrock Dreams and then embossed over the wings again with Mermaid Tears. I love the opalescent effect it gives the wings when these two powders mix! The dragonflies were place on the flowers and frame to complete the look. This embossed medallion makes a great ornamentation for a shelf of a small wall.

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder MERMAID TEARS
Enamel Powder GILDED ROSE GOLD
Enamel Powder GIRLS NIGHT OUT
Enamel Powder SHAMROCK DREAMS

Piccolo A165 Flower Tops Accents
Piccolo F104 Classy Circle Frames pack of 2
Piccolo LA120 Dragonflies Accents

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

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

 

Heirloom Pro Stamp Show, Novi Mi

Globecraft Piccolo will be at the Heirloom Pro Stamp Show this weekend, Aug 2nd and 3rd with our parent company, Sweet Stamps in Novi, Michigan.  Stop by our booth and join the fun with this great make and take featuring a few new Piccolo's, embossing powder, Instant UV resin and a wonderful background technique (designed by owner Stacey Richardson).  Hope to see you there!

Butterfly Hair Accessories

Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye with a great hair accessory craft. Recently I needed some vintage looking comb pieces to put in my hair and thought the Butterfly Piccolo Accents would be perfect! I was right!

 I began by applying Enamel Powder Adhesive to the butterfly chipboard and heat embossed Mermaid Tears EP to three, and Vintage Black EP to three more. All butterflies had two or more layers of heat set embossing powder. The backs of the butterflies were finished with black paint.

 The embossed butterflies were then adhered to plastic combs using E6000. They were held in place until dry.

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder MERMAID TEARS
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
Large Butterfly Accents (set of 6) LA103
E6000 Industrial Strength Glue MINI

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

Blingy Steampunk!

  Happy Wednesday everyone! leslierahye here sharing a blinhgy steampunk card. I layered a background that was stamped and embossed with detail copper. The edges were distressed and embossed. Vintage black was also sprinkled in the bottom corner and embossed. 

The gears were embossed with detail black, detail copper and vintage black...the open gears were stamped with a speckle stamp while still molten. The solid gear was stamped with a detailed steam train stamp. Bling was added to the open gears by cutting apart the Bling on a Roll and gluing it down individually along the curve of the gear.

The final focal element is created by melting a pile of ultra thick black emboss powder and mixing in detail copper on a craft sheet. I stamped the steam train image into the molten powder. If you attempt this and do not like how it looks remember you can remelt it and start again! After the stamped emboss powder dries, use the scraper tool to gently lift it off the craft sheet.

Enamel Powder MICRO BLACK
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
Enamel Powder MICRO COPPER
Enamel Powder ULTRA THICK BLACK
Bling on a Roll - Black with Silver
Craft Scraper
Vintage Gears Large #1 Accents LA101

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

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

Patriotic Blooms Thank You Card

Happy Monday, G&P friends!

Did you enjoy Sandy's card last week? My computer crashed and Sandy filled in for me with her fabulous card - Thanks, Sandy!

This week I have a card for you, too. Red, white and blue are not just a great Patriotic color combo (in the USA), but a wonderful color combo for any time, especially when you pair it with G&P Accents and Embossing Powders!

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

Stacey's Stacking Flowers (LA106)
Embossing Powder Micro White
Embossing Powder Pure Platinum
Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Bling on a Roll Silver
Glastique Gloss

Other Supplies:
Stampin' Up! Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Soft Suede
Stampin' Up! Classic Ink: Pacific Point, Real Red, Whisper White
Brown Twine
Versamark Watermark Ink
Stampin' Up! Stamps: Banner Blast, Hardwood, sentiment stamp
Foam Adhesive

Start by inking up the flowers. I found the easiest way to color the flowers is to place the flowers facedown directly onto the ink pad and gently press. Repeat until depth of color desired is achieved. Let dry.

Cut card stock to size for each flower set and trim. Using the Versamark and stamps, stamp each banner. Using the Embossing Powder Adhesive Fluid emboss the edges of the banners with the Pure Platinum.

Stamp the background panel with the Hardwood stamp and Adhesive Fluid and then emboss with the Micro White.

Stamp the sentiment on a scrap of white card stock.

Using the photos as reference, adhere the background panel. Adhere the flower layers together using the Glastique and again to adhere the flowers to the banners. Use the foam under the 2 smaller banners. Finish layering the elements and then tie on the twine.

Finish the card with a few pieces of the Bling on a Roll in Silver.

That's it - beautiful thank you card for any occasion!

Be sure to stop by again tomorrow for another fabulous creation...

Inky hugs,
Angi

Hunter's Sunset

  Happy Wednesday everyone! leslierahye here presenting a few new release products paired with the Piccolo Powders and 3D Enamel Gels! There are a few frame bubble kits in the most recent release and they are great for stand alone art in your surroundings--they cone with an easel back that can be glued on to provide support for your project.  They have generous mats to make a lush layered home decor accent! 

I began by marking where the opening would be on the base chipboard and brushing a coat of glastique in the oval. The glastique seals the chipboard and in this case allowed me to create a sunset scene with the gels. With a rainbow of gels I created a sunset background in a field by brushing on color in layers.  Once satisfied with the effect I set it aside to dry. 

I next embossed the elements for my scene with black detail emboss powder and Vintage Black. The layers were embossed with Brownstone, Vintage Black and Vintage Silver. Before laying each element I edged then with Black Marker to finish off the edge of the chipboard.

Globecraft & Piccolo Products used
3D Enamel Gel DAFFODIL PEARL
3D Enamel Gel DEEP RED
3D Enamel Gel LEAFY GREEN
3D Enamel Gel PURPLE MIST
3D Enamel Gel ORANGE
3D Enamel Gel SATIN HONEYDEW
3D Enamel Gel ULTRAMARINE
Enamel Powder BROWNSTONE
Enamel Powder MICRO BLACK
Enamel Powder VINTAGE SILVER
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
On The Hunt Accents (set of 9) LA112
Medium Fancy Rectangle Bubble Frame Kit FRMED

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Glastique GLOSS Finishing Glaze 2 oz.

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

Father's Day comes after Mother's Day

The wonderful thing about making cards is there is always a reason to make one! There are only five weeks until Father's Day and I have a card to share with you that uses embossing enamels, Piccolos and some fun stamps!

Here's today's Globecraft & Piccolo supply list:
Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Embossing Enamel Vintage Copper
Embossing Enamel Real Rust
Embossing Enamel Aged White
Embossing Enamel Ultra Thick Clear
Piccolo Vintage Lock & Keys Charms (CA124) large key
Piccolo Vintage Lock & Keys Necklace (CA125) small key

Other supplies:
Jar stamp (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Alphabet stamps (Inkadinkadoo)
sentiment stamp (Stampin' Up!)
Grid stamp (Hero Arts)
jump ring
crochet thread
small heart punch
Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Use the Enamel Powder Adhesive to ink up any of the stamps before using the embossing enamel. I used Vintage Copper on the background. Do you see the green 'patina' in the Vintage Copper? I use an old towel to wipe the cardstock after the Vintage Copper to get any extra powder or mica off.

I wanted this card to have a bit of an old homey feel, so I used Real Rust on the heart. Distressed the edges of the heart, the jar label and the white panel using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

The keys are embossed with the Vintage Copper, too. I only used one layer and dabbed a little Vintage Photo Distress Ink into the unembossed areas.

The cracking was a happy accident! I coated the cardstock stamped image using the Ultra Thick Clear and while I was working on something else, the fussy cut piece fell onto the floor. When I picked it up, I accidentally folded the corner and it cracked! I liked the look, so I bent the cardstock gently and 'broke' the embossed glass jar.

Easy, peasy! I hope that you have found a little inspiration of your own. Would love to see what you do - share with us on Facebook!

Inky hugs,
Angi

Offbeat Bride - components week three

Good morning all. Teresa here. I've been busily making more flowers and such for this offbeat bouquet. See previous tutorials HERE and HERE.

Today I'm featuring two more shapes and both were super easy to do.

So let's shop.

Vintage Cross Piccolo Set
Fairy Wings Piccolo Set
Mermaid Tears Embossing Powder
Mossy Glen Embossing Powder
embossing enamel adhesive
glastique Matte 
fine applicator tip
A pearl button
Assorted bead
Bead wire.
glitter - I mixed a fun green, copper, silver, and blue from my stash

Gather your shapes - carefully punch them out - keep that little round piece in the center of the cross.

Emboss both sides of the cross with the Mermaid Tears Powder - this is such a versatile color.

Add a pretty pearl shank button to the center - I glued this with the Glastique Matte Gel. For the final assembly, I will wire through the shank of the button.

The cross element is now complete.

Wiring any of the shapes into the bouquet has to be considered. Each of these has a designed in way for that to happen - those details will be added in next weeks final assembly post.


Next - lets make a dragonfly - now let me just say, this may be my favorite creation ever. This turned out far better than I imagined.

Emboss two large and two small of the fairy wing set with the Mossy Glen Powder. Also emboss the little circle from the cross with Mossy Glen. Glue to tissue paper - let these dry and trim. Then using the fine line applicator tip and the glastique- and the technique described here - fill in the areas you want to glitter.

Sprinkle on the glitter and patiently wait for this to dry.

Once dry assemble the dragonfly wings.

To assemble these - glue them to the little circle from the cross center. I used quick dry tacky glue and as you can see, I propped up the wings so hey would dry level.

While this dried, I beaded a dragonfly body using a variation of my own, but from these basic instructions.

I glues the dragonfly head and body to the wings (again with quick dry tacky glue).

Just look --- yes I like this one A LOT. There will most likely be a blue toned one in the bouquet as well.

I'm looking forward to putting all these elements together with some lace, buttons, and silk florals for a wonderful - Vintage Brooch inspired bouquet.

Be sure and visit the archives, I've used a lot of the ideas and techniques from the blog in several of my creations. There is a wealth of inspiration and how to in those previous posts.

Have a wonderful Thursday.