Paper Smooches SPARKS ~ Anything Goes Challenge!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm here to share the Card/Etched Bracelet I've made for the New Paper Smooches SARKS Anything Goes Challenge over on the Paper Smooches SPARKS Blog!! If you are New to my Blog than you don't know that Jewelry Making is one of my other FAVORITE Hobbies!! I have been wanting to create Etched Jewelry with some of my FAVORITE Paper Smooches Stamps for quite awhile and I have FINALLY made some!! I started by Watching this AMAZING You-Tube Video/Tutorial and then Visiting this Free On-Line Class Site for even more Information on the Process/Techniques of Etching Base Metals!! I KNEW I could take the Info that I learned and transfer it over onto my Stamping World and I just LOVE the results!! I started by using the PS Flap Happy Stamp Set to Stamp my Butterfly Image to be Etched in Staz-On Ink and then went over it with a Sharpie Marker just to make sure that the lines were Crisp!! I stamped them onto a Nunn Designs Crest Tag Grande Circle Antique Copper for my Base and I LOVE that they are Finished on the Back side with a BEAUTIFUL Design!!  When Etching these they are of such AMAZING Quality that they Etch AMAZINGLY!! I then Etched it in the Ferric Chloride - I use PCB Solution from Radio Shack just as Directed in the Video!! I wanted to create a Card that would Showcase the Bracelet and when I saw the Polished Die Set I just KNEW it would be PERFECT!! I added the FUN Finger Nails and some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Marker for some Sparkle!! Then I added the Ring that I Die Cut from the same Metal Sheets that I used for the Layers on the Bracelet!!  I used the Just For You Icons Dies to Die Cut the Sweet Little Butterflies!! I wanted to create a Shirt Sleeve to Finish off the Design and decided the Inside of the Frame 4 Die would work GREAT!! Then I added a Sweet Doily Edge to the Top of it just to make it Pretty!! I used the Quotables Die Set to create the Speech Bubble for my Sentiment from the Birthday Sampler Stamp Set and then Stamped the ...... also from the PS Flap Happy Stamp Set!!  I wanted to make the Inside of my Card just as FUN as the outside so I Stamped the Sentiment from The Welcome Wagon Stamp Set and then added the Friend Word Die and a Layered Metal Sheet Die Cut Butterfly also from the Just For You Icons Die Set!! I just LOVE the way it turned out and I CAN'T WAIT to send this to a SWEET Friend!! =)

 

I hope you'll give this a TRY if Jewelry Making is something that you have been wanting to try!!?? If you have ANY Questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments and I'll get back to you!! Checkout the rest of the AMAZING Paper Smooches SPARKS DT Blogs to see what they created this week!!
Karin Åkesdotter

Larissa Heskett -- you're here!!

Lori Tecler

Lynn Mangan

Savannah O'Gwynn

You'll  have until Saturday June 27th at 11:59 PST to Play Along Please visit the Paper Smooches SPARKS Blog for more details!!

I'm also Linking this up to the New Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Favorite Technique and/or Product!! =)

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Newton's Nook Designs April Release ~ Fanciful Florals!! =)

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 Hello!!
Welcome to the Newton's Nook Designs April Release!! I'm SO EXCITED to be sharing the New “Fanciful Florals” Stamp Set with you today!!

This set is SUPER FUN and I think there are SO MANY occasions that this set can be used for!! I decided to create some Etched Jewelry Pieces for today's Release!! Now if you have followed me for awhile, you know that my SECOND Favorite Hobby after Card Making/Stamping is Making Jewelry!! As SOON as I saw these AWESOME Stamps for today's Release I knew this set would be AWESOME for a Technique called Etching Base Metals!! I used several Different Copper Metal Blanks to create some FUN Jewelry Pieces and I LOVE that with this technique the results are NEVER the same!! I mean sure you get an Etched Design and its the same Stamped Image that you used, but depending on the Metal Base that you use and how long you leave your piece in the Etching Solution-Ferric chloride ~ (I use PCB Solution from Radio) the results are different EVERY TIME!! I will Link you to Several Tutorials below that I have liked for achieving this process!! I just used the Newton's Nook Designs Fancilful Florals Stamp Set along with Staz On Ink when it was time to do the Stamping!! So without further ado here are my FUN Pieces for today!! =) I LOVE the way they turned out!! =) (P.S Sorry for the Pictures too I'm not a PRO at Photographing Jewelry yet!! LOL!! Something I'm still working on) Hopefully you get the Idea though on how AWESOME and FUN this Technique is!! =)

I used several Nunn Designs Metal Pieces for my Designs today!! I used the Metal Stamping Toggle Flat Tag~Antique Copper for my Circle Bracelet and the Metal Stamping Crest Tag Circle~Antique Copper for the Earrings!! Then I used several other Jewelry Finding Pieces to finish off my designs!! I really hope you ENJOY these and look to see ALL the different ways you can use your stamps!! =)

This tutorial from Beaducation.com is my FAVORITE!! They even share an AMAZING Free Class that is SO EASY to follow!! The You-Tube Video can be found here if you're just interested in watching the Process!! =) If your into trying this technique out for yourself this is where I would start!! =) Next this tutorial Etching Aluminum by Karen McGovern is another AMAZING tutorial to check out!! She shares Several Videos too and there is just ALOT of useful information!! =) I hope that if you try this out you'll share your Projects with me because I'd LOVE to see how they turn out!! =)

Would you like to win “Fanciful Florals”?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, April 16th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you'll join us tomorrow for a look at the New Garden Whimsy Stamp Set!! You're going to just LOVE it!! =)

Have a Fabulous Week!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES

LARISSA  =)