How excited was I when the box of craft supplies from Scribble Shop showed up at my door?! Very… until I opened it. For this challenge, a group of bloggers are to use as many of the supplies in the box as possible to create a project. I am not sure what I expected to be inside, but when I saw what I had to work with, I was unmoved. What was I going to do with a ton of jumbo craft sticks, raffia, colored pencils, marbles, glitter buttons, stencils, pigment ink pad and rub-ons?
SUPPLIES IN BOX:
OTHER SUPPLIES I USED:
Vintaj Natural Brass Cable Chain
As I pondered the various frames and coasters I could make from these sticks, I was thinking about how I am so inspired to make jewelry right now, and how annoying it was to have to take a break from that for this challenge. That is when the idea came to me to die cut the craft sticks into pendant and charm shapes.
Here is what I did.
For the rectangle shape, I didn’t have a die that was the size I wanted, so I went primitive and used scissors. Sanding takescare of the rough edges that result.
To finish, I sealed the rectangle with Mod Podge. When that dried, I hole punched the pendant at the top and added the 2 eyelets for attaching to the chain.
The rose is made from cardstock cut with Sizzix 3-D flower die, with raffia leaves. I am so glad I was forced to try to incorporate raffia. I love it for the rose leaves, and I also tied a piece of it at
the bottom of the pendant.
Here is the heart charm, which I ended up painting with gold acrylic paint, along with the pink pigment ink. I punched a hole at each end to add the jumprings.
Big thanks to Scribble Shop, for forcing me to stretch the creativity!
To find everything I used for this project, visit the links in the supply list. Scribble Shop has teamed up with SBLC to offer you 15% off of your entire order. This offer expires 4/30/12. Enter dicount code SVDLVCR8. Be sure and visit them on facebook, twitter, and google + to keep updated.
***Disclosure: I received the challenge supplies at no cost and was compensated for my time.
