Sparkle your Project with Foil!

 Who doesn't love sparkle and bling!  

    Whether your favorite hobby is making jewelry, cards, wearables, or mixed media projects, there's always room for sparkle and bling to make your projects pop! 

    This month DCC designers are creating with a specialty line of toner paper from Ann Butler designs. A long time professional designer in the Arts & Crafts Industry, Ann is not only co-founder and publisher of the online magazine, Bella Crafts Quarterly she has also developed new product lines for a number of industry manufacturers over the past 10+ years. You can find more information about Ann and her line of products here on her website, but today we are working with her collection of toner card stock and Deco Foil from Thermoweb.

    Participating designers received a pack of either floral or geometric designs and foil sheets. Click their names below to see the projects each designer created then think about what you would do to rock a little sparkle on your own projects!

Steph Ackerman

Pam Bray

Susan M Brown

Nadine Carlier

Michelle Frae Cummings

Michelle Lafave Garrison

Kassandra Laurence

Julie McGuffee

Rosie Nunjai

Erin Reed 

Tonya Trantham

Janet Trieschman

Ann Butler's YouTube video on the foiling process   

Little Birdie Crafts Blog Hop

Please join DCC members this month as share projects created with product from

Little Birdie Crafts

 Little Birdie is a leading brand, manufacturing the most exciting Hobby and Craft products for craft enthusiasts from around the world. 

        Little Birdie was started in Bangalore in 2004 when Harish Closepet and his wife, Rashmi Closepet moved back to India from Australia with one mission in mind – to spread the joys of crafting.  We pride ourselves in empowering rural India by providing employment opportunities to 2000 women, directly or indirectly. Today, we have a product development team of handpicked Designers and Artisans. 

        We are both an online retailer and wholesaler of premium Handmade Flowers and Embellishments. From dainty and subtle colours, to vintage and rustic looks, we carry an entire range of innovative, elegant and sophisticated products and all of our flowers are meticulously hand-embossed, hand-shaded and hand-glittered. What’s more exciting is we have lovely Paper packs, Mediums & Textures, Paints, Sprays, Panels, Dies and much more to suit every crafter’s unique style – Scrapbooking, Card Making, Mixed Media, Altered Art and the list goes on.        

        At Little Birdie Crafts, we constantly strive to offer the most heartening and upscale products, while delivering an excellent value for money. Join us on a colorful and lively crafting expedition, and we promise it will be an unforgettable experience, filled with truck loads of creativity and inspiration.

       These leading designers received a selection of product perfect for either Scrapbooking, Découpage, or mixed media projects. Hop thru the following links to be inspired and delighted by their creative designs.....  At the end of the list you will also find a link to the Little Birdie blog, where you will undoubtedly discover even more projects on an ongoing basis. You can also keep up with Little Birdie on Facebook and Instagram......  Enjoy!

Janet VanLone Trieschman

Nadine Carlier

Anita Scroggins

Kassandra Tousignant

Erin Reed

Kathy Cano-Murillo

Steph Ackerman

Michelle Frae Cummings

Sue Eldred

Susie Madden Bentz

Susan M Brown

Betz Golden

Candy Rosenberg

Little Birdie Blog

Keep Calm and Carry On Crafting!

Beauty Lies Within...

Who doesn't love a brand new bottle of paint?!! 

Except when it bursts all over the place - YIKES! In an effort to clean up a bunch of spilled paint – I quickly grabbed a bunch of stuff to paint red in a hurry. This beautiful tag full of mixed-media LOVE is what became of my crafty accident... 

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Watercolor Thank You Cards

Whether you have an hour or just a few minutes, these cards are easy to make for when you need a quick "Thank You!

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Beach Inspired Mirror

Summer is here, but in a few months it will be just another memory. Who doesn't love to remember those fun beach days!!!  I created this fun Beach inspired Mirror to remind me that the beach is never too far away!

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Memories by the Sea...

As summer comes to a close, one can't help but want to remember days adventuring at the beach. I love to create mini-books that house my photos and mementos from vacations... and I don't have to look far for finding something to create with – but for this keepsake... I've raided my pantry and refrigerator!

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Paper Mache Seahorse Home Decor

I have always loved the beach but live nowhere near it so I bring the beach to me by creating beachy type home décor. Using paper maché items is a great way and super easy to do,  just be as creative as you like.

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Rebekah Meier Designs and Therm-O-Web Blog Hop

 

As designers ourselves, we love it when a designer from the Arts & Crafts industry develops a successful program that becomes part of a well known manufacturer's product line.  Many of us have known Rebekah for many years and we are thrilled about her success.  Honored to call her "friend" we are excited to share her new line of product, which is now part of the therm-o-web® family.  Although many of us have enjoyed working with her product in the past (please see last year's Fabric Elements blog hop), six of our members, known for their creative talents in the area of mixed media, were selected for this one.  Enjoy!

Steph Ackerman

Karen Bearse 

Susan Brown

Nadine Carlier

Candy Rosenberg

Anita Scroggins

Simple shapes with art crayons

It's really easy and fun to create colorful, whimsical art on canvas paper with water-soluable art crayons. For this mixed media painting, I also spritzed through a stencil with art spray and I added accents with a black paint marker. I call this piece "Happy Thoughts."

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