My first Stick Pin Swap for "Life on the Scrap Beach"

I join my first "stick pin swap" over at Life on the Scrap Beach this month, I had so much fun making these pins and just as much fun making the heart tag.

I have a video showing the stick pins and sharing how I made the heart tag. Enjoy!

A close up look at the pins and rose.

I made 5 tags with three pins each and will receive 5 different tags and pins back... I'm so excited to see what others make and get more creative ideas. I'll share them when I get my package in the mail.

Thank you for stopping by today!

RCC Stamp Release Celebration -Day 4 "Sneak Peeks"

This week has gone by so quickly and it has been so much fun sharing images from my two stamp sets Snowman's Prayer and Gingerbread Holiday. My design team has done such a great job with all their creations, I'm so thankful for them and the amazing talent that they share with all of us.

Remember I'm having giveaways all week long and if you haven't had a chance to comment on each post there is still time to do so. Giveaway winners will be announced Saturday morning, and Blog Hop winners will be announced on Tuesday.
*Monday's giveaway: Prairie Bird Boutique -wrinkled ribbon
*Tuesday's giveaway: from me, one of my favorite products -Sticky Tape
*Wednesday's giveaway: The Twinery -the New Ultimate Color Sampler Pack 14 colors
*Thursday's giveaway (today): from me, another favorite product -Mounting Tape
*Friday's Blog Hop & Link Up Party: A stamp set given away by each design team member during the blog hop... woo hoo!! Stamp sets also available to purchase.

Today my design team and I are sharing more images from my Gingerbread Holiday Stamp set

Are you ready for some scrumptious holiday cookies? They look good enough to eat, don't you think? I have a video showing how I made them ;)
I used George and Basic shapes cricut cartridge for the heart, star, and oval shapes.

Wonderful projects from my design team

Heather

This is a beautiful wreath gift bag, I love all the greens

Kimberly

These gingerbread kids are so cute, and look at that tiny gingerbread on the tube so sweet!

Maquel

Such yummy candy decorate this card, and the glitter around the stamped sentiment is lovely!

Sheila
This patterned paper is so adorable with the popped up gingerbread kids, I like the candy canes stamped by the sentiment as well.

Giveaway from me, another one of my favorite products, Scotch Mounting Tape.

I use this to pop up my images on my card... love this!

Just leave a comment on this post to be eligible for today's prize. We'll see you back here tomorrow for our super fun "Blog Hop" and link up Party, also both stamp sets will be available to purchase.

Embellishment Tutorial -Designed 2 Delight Extravaganza

I love this little "Cup of Posies" digital image from Designed 2 Delight, for my embellishment tutorial, and as a special treat each design member of D2D has created a beautiful handmade embellishment along with a tutorial to share.

My tutorial is "Hand Stitching with Beads"

I've previously colored my image with copic markers, then used the following tools to create my stitching embellishment.

**Piercing mat, piercing tool, needle and thread, small seed beads**

When choosing your beads make sure that your needle is small enough that the beads will slide all the way past the needles eye and onto the thread.

I pierced 10 holes around the heart image on the mug, I've numbered each hole, to help with the tutorial directions.
Using the needle and thread I pushed up through hole #1 (I kept my thread doubled for thickness) I did not tie a knot, instead I place a piece of tape to hold my threads in place.

I place my first bead onto my needle then went down hole #2, thread up through #3, add my second bead, down #4, up hole #5. I continued around the heard until I came up through hole #1. Then continued adding beads in the same manner as I went around the heart in reverse direction.

When I came back up hole #1 I added one more bead to the bottom of the heart, and took my thread back through the same hole (#1) as shown in the photo below.

For the flowers, I poked holes in the center of each. I came up one hole with my needle, added a white bead then went back down the same hole. I continued until I had added beads to all flower centers.
And just to show you the back of my project... it doesn't have to look pretty, see how messy mine is :)

I also added beads to patterned paper for a fun corner embellishment. I used a Stampin Up piercing template to make my holes, you also could use a ruler.

I Then used the same method as above to add red beads to my punched design.

My finished card

I used my computer and printed out the "Thinking of You" saying, then added two beads for more embellishment.

Join us for the embellishment challenge and get this free digital stamp designed by Faith, the Designed 2 Delight artist.

**Make-Your-Own Embellishments Blog Extravaganza**

The Designed2Delight Lead Designers have been busy!!
Follow all the links below to view 9 different tutorials for 9 different embellishments (on 8 different blogs) that YOU can make YOURSELF!!

Designed2Delight.com

Don't forget to stop by the Designed2Delight Digital Stamps group on Crafter's Digital Art Center for the details AND a FREE Digital Stamp!!

Jane ~ Make Your Own Buttons Tutorial

Lola ~ Make Your Own Felt and Fabric Flowers Tutorial

Faith ~ Make Your Own Faux Prima Flowers Tutorial

Kathy ~ Make Your Own Chipboard Accents Tutorial

Debbie ~ Scalloped Punched Paper Flower Tutorial

You are HERE

Robin ~ Stitching with Beads Tutorial

Michelle ~ Scallop Punched Flower/Medallion Tutorial

Michelle ~ Ribbon Frame Tutorial

Sherrie ~ Make Your Own Ribbon Roses Tutorial

Love U Valentine Micro Beads Box

This is such an adorable box, I just love the heart shape and so very easy to put together. I added a fun embellishment on this box... micro beads... gives such fun texture and a beautiful look. The cartridge used is Tags, Bags,Boxes and More page 117.

I have a photo tutorial of how I cut out the pattern paper to fit the heart shaped box, you can find it here.

There are hundreds of places to get micro beads, I purchased mine from an on line store called Pennywise Arts. the sticky tape works great for the beads and they stick extremely well.

For tag, I cut the heart image from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge (same as the heart box) page 108.

The pink heart was cut at 2" the white at 2 1/4", I only used the pink window for the tag, and one of the white heart cutouts to place inside my pink window. I traced the white heart image onto the sticky tape, I cut two, only one showning in the photo below (the red image). Not shown in the photo I took a brown sharpie and wrote the word Love "U" on the white heart.

The sticky tape is double sided and clear, however the plastic covering over the tape is red but of course is removed when ready to use. I removed the backing on the heart shaped sticky tape and placed it onto the white heart cutout, added it to the pink window, then remove the red plastic from the tape and closed the pink heart window frame.
I then poured my light pink micro beads onto the sticky window, pushing firmly on the beads to "squish" them into the sticky tape. When I dump the beads off I look to see if there are any little holey areas that need more beads, then add more if needed remembering to squish them into the tape. They stick so well.

For the heart shaped box, I cut the brown cardstock using the "blackout" feature, then the patterned paper with the "window" feature. The heart shape (window) that I removed from the patterned paper I used as a template and traced onto the stick tape, removed the sticky tape backing and placed it on the box where the patterned paper heart had been removed, and added micro beads.

After tying the bow, I added thread to the tag using a sewing needle, then threaded it through the pink bow.

When I add embellishments to my boxes, I do this before assembling the box together, it is so much easier to work on a flat surface, I even tie on my bow before assembling the box
Such a fabulous project!