Day 341: Harry Potter Painted Bag

Ok, so this is the bag that started the whole project ball rolling. Totes adorbs, right? Max was like, "Mom! I need that bag, please." I said, "Max! I need to not have my card charged and then never see the product shipped, thanks." And off to Hobby Lobby we went...

These bag projects were fairly easy and inexpensive. I already had most of the paint colors we needed, so all I bought were the canvas totes (which we upgraded and got these string backpacks) and the fabric medium to mix into the acrylic paints (plus the correct red for Gryffindor as per Max's choice). I used a ruler to sketch in the Harry Potter face and scarf stripes. I used a mason jar lid ring to make his glasses, tracing inside and out to get the thick black frames. I left his eyes the color of the canvas tote and free handed the green pupils, because the books are always better (Sorry, Daniel, we still heart you). Max is over the moon thrilled about his new Harry Potter tote bag, and I only wish we'd found this project before Max's Harry Potter party. It's definitely a Keeper. Have a Ronderful day, Stampin' Friends!

P.S. hee hee...three hours sleep makes puns ever so funny...#sorrynotsorry #harrypotterforlife #idon'tevenknowwhyI'mhashtaggingthisblogpost #don'tletthemugglesgetyoudown  

Day 340: Lego Miniman Painted Bag

Today I'm sharing Gabe's bag, which was by far the fastest and easiest of the three painted totes we made. Gabe could not stop giggling when I showed him the freshly painted bag. 

You can see that my ironing skills leave a bit to be desired, since he looked more wrinkly after I ironed him than before. I was worried that I needed to use a pressing cloth (which are who knows where in my boxes) or a layer of packing paper between my iron and the paint, but after a bit of messing about I bit the bullet and just went iron onto the paint directly and it worked just fine. I didn't slide it back and forth, just did a press and hold for a few seconds motion moving bit by bit to ensure I got every bit of the painted area. My iron was just fine, no clean up necessary, and the design didn't smear a bit! Tomorrow I'll share my favorite of the three bags we made.

Sparkle Scarves are here!

Sometimes you find a material that just speaks, nay friends, SINGS to you. I love yarn crafts, but I don't often make time in my busy papercrafts world to enjoy that pasttime. This week I found this amazingly soft fluffy yarn with (hello!) sequins woven into the mix. My basket was full before I could say, "Sparkle!". I was making the first scarf within the hour, and have been totally hooked on making them in every spare moment. 

The scarf is sweet and cozy. It's an acrylic poly blend with such a soft hand - it's like wearing a warm hug! The mini sequins woven throughout shimmer and sparkle. My seven year old glitter addict keeps stealing it for cuddle time. It's is absolutely my new favorite fab thing!

Now my favorite new scarf is on sale in my newly minted Etsy Store!

I hope you'll pop over and favorite my shop. I will be loading hand-made cards and handmade scrapping embellies as quick as I can scrap them. It's my first time working on Etsy, so I'd appreciate any feedback on how to make it better!

I'm also doing custom made to order scarves - check out all the colors! Yes, I've made all of these this week. What can I say...new (portable) crafts make me happy! I'm ready for gift giving now!

P.S. I've listed the on my shop my stash page as well (in case any of my Canadian friends are looking for Consultant kit items to buy), and I'll be updating the stamp stash very soon!

Keep warm, Stampin' Friends!

Friday Favorite Things!

I'm so excited to be back for another week of Friday Favorite things. Congrats to last week's Winner, Casandra Bennet...and thanks to all of you for entering and reading along with me!

Today I am sharing a couple of rings that I made using the new Sarita textiles and the Base and Bling Ring Bases coming out August first. 

First up is a simple flower ring that I made using the pinked edge of the golden textile. I cut a narrow strip all along the pinked edge. Then I applied one of the new Base and Bling circle adhesive spots to the ring top and started applying the textile in a circular pattern working from the outside towards the center. Then I covered up the center with a Red Base and Bling flower gem.

MY second ring to share today is also a textile ring. For this project I hacked 5 (mostly) round circles from the blue dotted Sarita textile. I folded each circle in half, then half again and scrunched them onto the Base and Bling adhesive dot on the ring base. Then I used hot glue to pop one more scrunched circle on top to complete my "flower" ring. Both rings took just  minutes to make!

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