Well hello again! I hope your Monday is going well - we have a bank holiday here in the UK which means an extra day off - yippee!! And double yippee that the sun is shining AGAIN today! I received an email last night to inform me I made the top 3 over at Catered Crop this month for my Beau Chateau birthday box as seen here :)
I've had my eye on the Soda pop tops in the Spring/Summer catalogue for a while now (shiny, shiny - magpie ;) so decided to order some and have a play. I need to be making some party trinkets soon and thought they would be perfect. So I set to work (well hardly work as it's too much fun to be work!) Not the greatest pictures today - apologies :(
I flattened my pop tops (129388 £3.75 for 16) in my Big Shot (place an order of £25+ with me by end of 31st May for chance to win one!) and then stamped with the Collage Curios stamp set (w 129099 £18.95, c 129102 £14.95), full of lots of ickle vintage & retro images that perfectly fit the soda pop tops just perfectly.
The larger pop top was stamped in crumb cake ink with the script design stamp and the rose using Calypso Corql & Old Olive marvellous markers and then I sponged the edges to look more aged. I punched it with the 2.5cm circle punch, glued it onto the soda pop top then covered it with Crystal Effects which sets to give it a sealed and glossy look. I punched the now flattened pop top with my punch tool then threaded the key ring attachment through it.
With the smaller pop top I stamped using one of the Itty Bitty Bits (w 117056 £10.95, c 120060 £8.95 - fabulous prices!!) stamps again coloured with marvellous markers in melon mambo and dafffodil delight and undertook the same process, but this time mounting it onto a ring plate. I think these will be really cute gifts boxed up, especially if I put the recipients initials on the pop tops as well :)
Soda pop tops (129388 £3.75 for 16)
Collage Curios & Itty Bitty Bits
I had a new jewellery box for my birthday to replace my 25+ year old one; I could of course fill it myself with soda pop top trinkets ;)
Tinkling along to challenges at Creative Moments #17 - circles, Divas by Design - friendship, Inky Impressions - distressed, Penny Paper crafty - circles, Colour me creative - coral, Fashionable Stamping #48 - alter it, Hobbycutz #7 - flowers/roses, Joanna Sheen - girls, girls, girls, Squirrel & the Fox #44 - here come the girls.
Happy crafting today wherever you are :)
