Catching Snowballs and National Crafting Month

We have some great challenges going on right now at Dixie Pieces as we celebrate National Crafting Month. This week I am focusing on GLITTER! Now why doesn't this surprise most of you???

I know, I hear some of you saying "Glitter is so messy" - well it doesn't have to be especially with this cool little tip: mix your glitter with Crystal Laquer and then paint it on.

Title: Catching Snowballs

Supplies:

Glitter: Light Pink, Clear Crystals (P K Glitz)

Quickie Glue Pen (P K Glitz)

Crystal Laquer (P K Glitz)

Cardstock (Prism)

Patterned Shape (Rhonna Farrer)

Acrylic Paint: Traditional Tan (Claudine Hellmuth); White (Plaid)

Ink: Tea Dyed (Ranger)

Chipboard: Buck Naked Ornaments (Cosmo Cricket)

Punch (E K Success)

Machine Stitching

Look how beautiful this snowflake looks with the painted on glitter

I used the Quickie Glue Pen to add glitter just to the bottom of my title letters

I added glitter just to the tips of the paper. 

Wanna join in the fun? You have until March 31st to enter over at Dixie Pieces!

A New Start

All of the papers I have used on this layout are available in the Cartoon kit available at Dixie Pieces. The kit is totally fabulous "as is" but this page needed a boost - it needed - well - it needed some bling! What better way to add sparkle to any project than to use P K Glitz - and that is what I did!

Title: A New Start

Supplies:

Glitter: Mint, Crystal, Light Yellow, Pink, Peach (P K Glitz)

Quickie Glue Pen (P K Glitz)

Cartoon kit: March 2010 (Dixie Pieces)

I added Crystal glitter to the puffy paint around the clouds while it was still wet.

A Quickie Glue Pen and P K Glitz Crystals and the house border was transformed in minutes!

Here is a little tip: I don't guarantee this will work every time, but, if you want to add some sparkle on a darker image or cardstock and you don't have a color that will match, try using Light Yellow Crystals. It gives a much softer look than using the Clear Crystals.

Check out the P K Glitz blog for oodles of inspiration!

Fabric Flowers Tutorial and Ritzy Ditzy Glitz

I am just loving all of the fabric flower tutorial that I am seeing so I wanted to put  my own little twist on technique. I used Ritzy Ditzy Glitz from P K Glitz to color my fabric and I made sure it was dry before making my flower.

Watch the video to see how I did this:

Here is the card that I made using this flower along with a close up shot of the flower.

 

 

If you love making handmade flowers and more, join me over at Dixie Pieces for our National Crafting Month challenges and a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dixie Pieces store!

Decorative Stamp Storage and Birthday Card

A short while back, I showed you how to make some Dazzling Flowers. Well, I am still at it! LOL
Along with making cards and scrapbooking, I love decorating my studio with bright colors and fun patterns. It makes creating so much more enjoyable! My unfinished wooden CD racks were long overdue for a makeover.

Title: CD Storage
Supplies:
E P Max: Lemonade, Buttered Rum (P K Glitz)
Glitter Glitz: Crystal, Peach, Light Pink, Light Yellow, Mint (P K Glitz)
Ritzy Ditzy Glitz: Gold (P K Glitz)
Sticky Tape: 1/4 inch (P K Glitz)
Hat Pin (Maya Road)
Paper Flowers (Prima)
Patterned Paper and Letters: Cartoon Kit (Dixie Pieces)
Spray Paint (Krylon)

Look at how cute these flowers work with this paper!

To add some additional sparkle, I ran a strip of 1/4 inch Sticky Tape along the top edge of the patterned paper and it gave it just the bling it needed!

You will want to visit the P K Glitz store to find all your adhesive and glitter supplies. The paper I used is from the Cartoon kit at Dixie Pieces.

My son was turning 18 and I wanted to give him a fun card so I used some stamps from myStampBOX to create this bright and cheerful card. He told me he liked the card, but he preferred what was inside - $$$. LOL

Title: Celebrate
Supplies:
Glitter Glitz: Mint (P K Glitz)
Quickie Glue Pen (P K Glitz)
Sticky Tape: 1/8 inch (P K Glitz)
Acrylic Stamps: Bits and Pieces (myStampBOX)
Beads (misc)
Cardstock (Prism)
Markers (Copic and Bic Mark its)
Shaker Box: Sm. Square (Impression Obsession)

You can also see these projects and others on the P K Glitz blog

Thanks for stopping by!

Dixie Pieces Cartoon Kit - Part 2

Glad you came back today to see the rest of the projects I created with the Dixie Pieces March 2010 kit called "Cartoon".

The kit also had some really cute chipboard houses which I used behind the white overlay.

These beautiful flowers are also included in the kit.

I altered these little buckets using the Cartoon kit.

I altered this cupcake stand from Glue Art and Paper Studio using the kit. The altered buckets will then sit on the stand and hold my small embellishments.

Now - do you wanna see the kit? Take a peek at this video



What are you waiting for? Hurry on over to Dixie Pieces and order your kit!

Wanna See Some Cartoons?

The new cartoon kit from Dixie Pieces is here! This is fabulously fun kit and you better hurry before they sell out!

I had so much fun making these projects!

The clouds were outlined with puffy paint that is included in the kit

On the reverse side of this pretty yellow print from Basic Grey is this fabulous design that works perfectly for a flower embellishment.

This silly robin spent anywhere from 2 - 3 weeks trying to get into our bedroom window. Every time I would open the blinds, it would continue to fly into the window.

The flowers were made from the ribbon that is included in the kit.

I cut out the bird shape and frayed the edges a bit. I then backed it with a different pattern.

That is it for today but come back tomorrow and I will show you what else I created. You won't want to miss that!!!

The March Kit is Coming....

That's right, the Dixie Pieces March kit - Cartoon is about to make its debut! You definitely won't want to miss this one as it packed with everything fun and happy!

Here are a few sneek peeks of the projects I made from this fabulous kit!

Isn't this flower just so much fun made from the ribbon in the kit?

Look at those beautiful spring colors!

I love this flower, and do you recognize the background paper?

This is a little peek from my favorite project I made using this kit.

I really can't wait for you to see it, but I guess I will have to :) Come back on March 1st and I will reveal it all!