I made this card for a new school principal. Can you tell their mascot is a dolphin? I didn’t have an appropriate dolphin stamp, so I created a digital one. I would like to share the digi stamp with you. You can download a zip file with a jpg version and a png version [HERE].
I used clear mini micro beads and clear flat back rhinestones to embellish the dolphin. I used O’So Sticky Tape to adhere them to the image. You can really see those micro beads sparkle in the close up pic! You can buy the beads and tape at Suzanne’s site: Pennywise Arts They have the best prices on micro beads and red-liner tape!

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Pennywise Arts Yahoo group has a “Dollar Store Art Challenge” going on right now. I purchased a small 4×6 photo album a while back. I decided to alter and embellish it with papers, stamps, stickers, and clear Pennywise Arts Micro Beads. I had a lot of fun creating this. I am going to make it a family album/brag book. I hope you all like it!

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My friend Lisa P sent me this darling pendant with my favorite subject (my son) as the focal point! I love it! Thank you so much, Lisa! I wore it last night and everyone loved it!

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I needed a small “Thank You” gift for one of the teachers’ that my husband works with. I decided on 4 small embellished notebooks. I liked them so much that I made two more. See below for instructions and pics.

You will need adhesive, notebooks, cardstock to cover the notebooks, cardstock for layering, vintage images, a punch, micro beads www.pennywisearts.com/beadsopaque.html , O’So Sticky Tape www.pennywisearts.com/tape.html and any embellishments that you want to use. I used images from one of my (Swing Shift Designs) collage sheets. You can purchase the collage sheets at
www.pennywisearts.com/collagesheets.html

1. Gather your supplies:

2. Cut your cardstock to size. Measure from the bottom front to the bottom back, going over the binding of the notebook. Add about 1/2 to an inch more so you can open the notebook easily. Adhere the cardstock.

3. Cut more cardstock to frame the focal image. Use as many layers as you like. Use a punch to make some decorative elements. Go around the edges with ink or a pen.

4. Adhere O’So Sticky Tape to the back of the decorative punched elements. Then sprinkle on the micro beads.

5. Layer everything together:

6. Add any embellishments you want. I used some cording and rhinestones.

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My brother recently had double knee replacement surgery. I made this card for him and included a “get well” message inside.

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Here is some collage art I made using Swing Shift Designs Collage Sheets.

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Bird ATC

I made this “Bird” ATC for a swap. I stamped the bird image with Black StazOn then I colored it in with chalks. I sprayed the images with Fixatif and then cut them out.
I stamped the background with distress ink and then used green quilling paper to make the branches. I layered it on bronze cardstock and then onto green faux parchment paper. I punched the flowers out of pink shimmer cardstock.

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Here are some flower cards using different techniques.

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I like trinket boxes, storage boxes, and pretty much all kinds of boxes. These were fun to make and they are as useful as they are decorative.

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