Another Etching

I did another Glass Etching today. I am really having fun learning this process. I used a clear glass votive candle holder that I picked up at the dollar store. I am using contact paper rather than vinyl for my stencil. I have big roll of contact paper that I really have no use for so using it for making stencils to etch glass seems like a way to put it to use. I found a snowflake font pattern I liked and cut it out with my Cricut Expression using Sure Cuts A Lot. I used a stipple brush that I bought at Joann Fabrics yesterday it was less than $4. I think it actually worked better getting the etching cream onto the pattern than the foam brush I used the last time. While the bottle directions say to leave the cream on for 10 minutes I left it on for 30 minutes then washed it off. I am pleased with the results. I have a dinner plate and a vase I still want to try just haven't figured out what to put on them. I will post pictures when I get them done.

New Card

First I have to thank Penny Duncan from my Sure Cuts A Lot yahoo group who created the SVG file for me to make this card. I first made this card in my weekly Friday card class. While making the card in class I kept thinking two things, that I could use my Cricut to cut out the ovals and what ever I wanted to put in the center of the ovals. The other thing I kept thinking about was that I thought this would make a great christmas card with a snowflake. I used the SVG file that Penny created to cut the card. I than ran card through my snowflake cuttlebug folder and embossed it. I cut two snowflakes from the Accent Essentials cartridge and ran both of them through my Xyron. I covered them in white glitter then ran them back through my Xyron and stuck them together back to back with a ribbon down the middle so I could have the snowflake dangle from the middle of the card. For more great SVG files please check out Penny Duncan's blog. She does fantastic work and is such generous person. Thanks for looking.

Retirement Card

Here is a retirement card and made this afternoon for a co-worker. The green paper is from Bazzil and I embossed it with Cuttlebug and the Swiss Dot embossing folder. The patterned paper is from Stampin Up. The ribbon is just plain white twill adhesive ribbon that I dyed with some Ranger's distress ink in Fired Brick. I just sponged the ink onto the ribbon and allowed it to dry. I accented some of the middle of the flowers with some hand dyed skittle that I got from Cutter's Creek. The stamp is also Stampin Up. I cut the scallop with a Fiskars punch and the white circle I cut with my Cricut an Sure Cuts ALot(I don't have a punch and probably don't need one.) I am pleased how it turned out. It took me awhile to come up with what I wanted to do but once I did it came together fairly quickly. Thanks for looking.

Gerber Daisy Card

I made a birthday card for a co-worker today. I used the SCAL Gerber Daisy pattern I downloaded from Shirley's blog Paper, Scissors, Ink. This is the first time I have made a 3-D flower and I think it turned out fairly well. There are somethings I may do differently next time. The directions said to ink or chalk the edges of the flowers, which I did. I started out with ink but didn't have a good color so switched to chalk. I used varying shades of pink for the petals, and used a brown chalk in the middle. The ribbon I have had for quite a while and if I remember right I got it at Michaels. The Birthday Wishes stamp is from a set of clear stamps by Inkadinkado. I used Archival Brillance Pigment Ink Pad in Pearlescent Coral to stamp the sentiment.