CKC and Inspiration

Yesterday my best bud (and fellow scrap/shop-a-holic) and I went to our very first Creating Keepsakes Convention. For those of you who are not crafters or scrap bookers, it is like a mecca or utopia for us...lol. There were so many vendors there with lots of new and unique products, interesting classes, tons of people, etc. Even some "celebrities" within the crafting world.

We did a cool make and take at The Stencil Collection booth with sisters Corrie and Katie Risting, as I gushed about having seen them on a t.v. show. I was going to ask for a picture or autograph, but I'm pretty sure my friend would have either died of embarrassment or left me there alone :-) Here's the project:



We stamped an image on tile with Staz-On and heat set it, colored the image in with pastels, then applied a colored glaze. The glittery stuff is called glamour glitz, and the fuzzy stuff around the edges is called moon dust. I think its imperfection makes it look kind of retro.

Then today, my daughter and I worked on a few projects with my some of my newly acquired goodies. We made her some dainty little butterfly earrings by sewing headpins onto the backs of these nylon butterflies. To make them dangle I coiled the tops and added jumprings to fasten to the hooks. Then I finished them off with a dab of hot glue on the backs to keep the headpin from twisting.




Finally, we worked on the cover for a really cool Brownie's scrapbook. Boxer Scrapbooks was selling these Jumbo Shirt Chipboard Albums that you can dress up a variety of different ways. They had various cover kits to go with them, including all of the scout levels. I might be modge podging it later, to seal it and help keep it protected. I will add more pics as we work on the inside.



So there you have it - look what one day of creative inspiration can yield! Please leave your comments and tell me what you think.

Thanks,

E :-)