Beth's Beauties

Thursday, August 04, 2016

Mercury Glass Luminary Tutorial

Who loves Hobby Lobby? I know, dumb question, right?! Well, I am happy to announce that they recently added more DCWV papers to their stores! YAY! This is a luminary I created using those new papers.

Supplies:

DCWV’s Mercury Glass Premium stack (available in HL stores)

DCWV’s 12x12 Silver Shimmer Die Cut sheet (available in HL stores)

Small glass jar with a metal handle

5/8” Natural Burlap ribbon

Natural twine

1/4" Red Double-Sided Super Sticky Tape

Mini Glue Dots

Battery operated tea light

Obtain small glass jar with handle (about pint size). Cut a strip of the pink print paper from DCWV’s Mercury Glass stack at 2.5”x12”. Wrap around jar, securing in the back of the jar with red double sided super sticky tape.

Cut one section of the DCWV’s 12x12 Silver Shimmer Die Cut sheet (2” wide x 12” long) and wrap around the jar. Secure on the back side of the jar with mini glue dots.

Wrap 5/8” Natural Burlap ribbon around the center of the paper, tying in a knot in the front. Using an electric die cutting machine, manual die cutting machine or paper punches, cut a 1.5” and 1” star from the silver and gold paper in DCWV’s Mercury Glass stack. Score both stars from top to bottom at each point.

Bend the stars with a mountain fold at each point and a valley fold at the other score lines.

Tie natural twine in a bow to the handle, making a knot at the end of each string. Use glue dots to adhere the stars to the ends of the twine ties. You can also use glue dots to adhere the twine strings in place on the jar if desired. Add battery operated tea light to jar.

Enjoy your finished luminary!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Wednesday, August 03, 2016

DCWV's August Stackaholic Challenge

Hello DCWV fans! We are back with the Stackaholic challenge for August. I created this card to fit the sketch for this month.

The papers I used are from DCWV's Gilded stack. I kept it simple by welding two hearts from SVG Attic's Wedding Wishes set. I cut two of those layers, one in the gilded paper and then I used the back side of the patterned paper for the white layer and glued that slightly offset from the layer below.

The ribbon is from May Arts and I added a sentiment stamp that makes this card perfect for a wedding or an anniversary.

Want to play along with the challenge to get a chance to win some amazing DCWV papers??

Here is the card sketch:

And here is the layout sketch!

Head on over to the DCWV blog for all the details!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Tuesday, August 02, 2016

3D Peony Frame

Good morning all! Today is my day to post on the DCWV blog as part of the DCWV Social Media Design Team. I made this beautiful piece of wall art to share with you.

Here are is how I created it. The papers I used are from DCWV's 12"x18" DIY Project Stack: Large Flowers. Instead of using the templates included in that stack, I opted to use an SVG file. I cut the large peony flower from Fleurette Bloom's Lush Flowers set on my Silhouette Cameo. I increased the size to cover most of the 8x10 frame.

The flower pieces I spritzed with water on both sides and crumpled/shaped them the way I wanted them to look. Since the paper is double sided, it looks great no matter what side is showing! Once they were dry, I assembled them using hot glue between the layers.

To prep the frame, I removed the cardboard backing and the tabs that were holding it in place. I hot glued the glass into the frame.

I used E6000 glue to adhere the leaves and flower to the glass frame.

For the final touch, I cut the word "Bloom" out of black vinyl and added it to the bottom of the glass.

Once again, here is the finished product!

I hoped you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Trendy Twine ~ Denim Pillow Box

Good morning crafty friends! Today is my day to post on the Trendy Twine blog. I have this treat box to share with you.

I started with a Medium Kraft Pillow Box and wrapped it with two colors of DCWV's Paper Backed Denim and added a line of Stars and Stripes Trendy Twine between the two. Next, I wrapped a strip of DCWV's Vellum with Foil around the center. I colored the red areas in with marker.

To embellish, I added a Kraft Tag with Metal Rim with a banner using a sentiment from the You & Me Planner Stamp set. A bow of Stars and Stripes Trendy Twine finished off the tag. The final addition was a trio of red sequins from the Christmas Shaker Medley.