• Moments and a card to remember

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    Lately I have been reminded how important it is to enjoy the good things in life. A quote by Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese “We do not remember days, we remember moments” has haunted my mind as of late. I have been ill lately but thankfully I can still do my artwork. I am so grateful for my family and their never ending support. So I thought why not put that quote on a card to give to those that matter the most. I went with a Tuscan style theme in remembrance of my Italian side of my family. 🙂

    Supplies:
    G&P Vintage Grape Vine Flourishes
    G&P Floral Whimsy Accents
    G&P Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze
    G&P Glastique Matte Finishing Glaze
    G&P Micro Gold Embossing Powder
    G&P Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive
    G&P Leafy Green 3D Enamel Gel
    G&P Purple Mist 3D Enamel Gel
    G&P Yellow Ochre 3D Enamel Gel
    Piccolo Easy Grip Tweezers
    Art Glitter Ultra Fine Glitter Hydragnea and Angel Dust
    DCWV The Mariposa Matstack
    Blank card
    Cosmetic Sponge
    Foam squares

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    Carefully remove all of the Piccolos from the chipboard frames. You will be using all of the Vintage Grape Vine Flourishes and two of the swirls from the Floral Whimsy Accents. Place the remaining pieces to the side for the Flight of Butterflies Pendant, check out the Globecraft & Piccolo blog for that tutorial.

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    Pick a piece of cardstock to be the front of your card and cut to fit on the front of your card. Blot on G&P Yellow Ochre 3D Enamel Gel with a cosmetic sponge to the piece of card stock. This will give it an aged, Tuscan wall look.

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    Blot on G&P Yellow Ochre 3D Enamel Gel to the front of your blank card with a cosmetic sponge. Repeating the Tuscan wall look.

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    Print a sentiment on regular printer paper and cut to size. Using the tweezers grip the edges of the papers and very carefully scorch the edges with a small candle flame.
    *Ignore this step if you rather use a sentiment sticker.

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    Blot on G&P Yellow Ochre 3D Enamel Gel to the front of your sentiment strips. Let dry.

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    Apply Piccolo Enamel Adhesive to the frame.

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    Apply two coats of the G&P Micro Gold Embossing Powder and heat to set.

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    Apply G&P Leafy Green 3D Enamel Gel to all of the swirls and the leaf portions of the grape vines. Apply G&P Purple Mist 3D Enamel Gel to the grapes and let dry.

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    Carefully adhere the frame to the card stock with G&P Glastique Matte Finishing Glaze. Put foam squares on the first portion of the sentiment and place in the middle of the frame.

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    Carefully glue the swirl Piccolos to the front of the card using the G&P Glastique Matte Finishing Glaze. Using foam squares place the second portion of the sentiment to the right of the frame, overlapping a bit.

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    Carefully glue the grape vine Piccolos to the front of the card using the G&P Glastique Matte Finishing Glaze, let dry.

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    Coat all of the Piccolos with G&P Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze and sprinkle Art Glitter Ultra Fine Hydragnea glitter on the grapes and Angel Dust glitter on the greenery. Let dry.

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    Attach the card stock with all of the Piccolos to the front of the card with foam squares. Stamp or write your favorite  sentiment inside. 🙂

    Hop on over to the Globecraft and Piccolo Blog for my Flight of Butterflies Pendant tutorial using the new Piccolo Instant UV Resin!

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    Until next time, safe travels!

  • Vintage Copper Tag

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    Recently I have been noticing the paper crafting boards I follow on Pinterest are pinning new types of tag art. From fun and funky to just beautiful, I am loving the variety of art being shown on these little “mini” canvases. I felt inspired to start working on more tags to build up a collection for gifts, paper embellishments and jewelry.
    This tutorial is for a simple but lovely Vintage Copper Tag.

    Supplies:
    G&P Butterfly Charm Set
    G&P Vintage Dress Forms Accents
    G&P Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze
    G&P Copper Kettle Embossing Powder
    G&P Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive
    G&P Yellow Ochre 3D Enamel Gel
    G&P Oval Bezel with 1-Loop
    Piccolo Easy Grip Tweezers
    Brown ink stamp pad
    Mini Adhesive Foam squares
    Crystal stickers
    Heat gun
    Vine and sentiment stamps
    Small piece of cardstock
    Ribbon

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    Smear G&P Yellow Ochre 3D Enamel Gel both on the front and back of the bezel. Let dry.

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    Take the brown dye ink pad, rub it on the edges and sides of the bezel.

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    Ink the vine stamp with the brown ink and stamp around the edges of the tag.

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    Carefully remove the two small butterflies from the G&P Butterfly Charm Set. Remove the loops on both butterflies with a craft knife.

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    Carefully remove the swirl dress form G&P Vintage Dress Forms Accents set. Using a craft knife remove the stand from the dress form. Save the stand piece and all of the other kit pieces for A time for Nature tutorial; check out the Globecraft & Piccolo blog for instructions. 🙂

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    Apply Piccolo Enamel Adhesive to the dress form and butterflies. Apply G&P Copper Kettle to the butterflies and dress form. Heat to set.

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    Use Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze to attach the butterflies and dress from to the tag. Let dry.

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    Stamp a sentiment on the small piece of card and cut to fit the tag. Rub the brown ink on the edges of the card stock to give it an aged look.

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    Use Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze to glue on the sticker gems to the tag as shown. Let dry.

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    Thread the ribbon through the loop on the top of the tag and tie.

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    Now you have an embellishment to add to a gift or paper craft.

    Hop on over to the Globecraft and Piccolo Blog for my A Time for Nature tutorial!

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    Until next time, safe travels!

  • Inspire Art lapel pins

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    Positive affirmations, inspirational art and things that make one smile can really help with the creative process. Why not make and wear a little bit of inspiration? Today I want to show how to make your own Inspire Art lapel pins, such as the blue above with the copper butterfly.

    Supplies:
    G&P Assorted Bookboard Charm Bezel Shapes
    G&P Bookboard Birds & Butterflies Accents
    G&P Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze
    G&P Burnt Umber 3D Enamel Gel
    G&P Yellow Ochre 3D Enamel Gel
    G&P Metallic Copper 3D Enamel Gel
    G&P Turquoise Lagoon Enamel Powder
    G&P Copper Kettle Enamel Powder
    G&P Siam Silver Enamel Powder
    G&P Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive
    Piccolo Easy Grip Tweezers
    Heat Gun
    2 Connie Crystal 10mm Crystal beads
    2 Silver jumprings
    1 Charm Brooch Pin
    Crystal sticker gems
    Small foam squares
    2 Flat nose pliers
    1 round nose plier
    1 headpin
    1 eyepin
    Sentiment stamps or sticker

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    For this project we are using the large round flower bezel from the Charm Bezel Shapes set. Carefully remove one butterfly and swirl from the bookboard Accents set.

    Art Resurrected_DIY_Inspire_Art_lapel_pin_Tracy_Alden_tutorial_Photo_3Apply Piccolo Enamel Adhesive to all of the bookboard pieces. Apply G&P Copper Kettle to the butterfly, G&P Siam Silver to the swirl and G&P Turquoise Lagoon Enamel Powder to the flower bezel. Heat set.

    Art Resurrected_DIY_Inspire_Art_lapel_pin_Tracy_Alden_tutorial_Photo_4Stamp a sentiment on a 1inch by 2inch piece of paper. Apply G&P Burnt Umber. G&P Yellow Ochre, and G&P Metallic Copper 3D Enamel Gel with a cotton swap to the paper front and back to give an aged look.
    *Ignore this step if you rather use a sentiment sticker.

    Art Resurrected_DIY_Inspire_Art_lapel_pin_Tracy_Alden_tutorial_Photo_5Using the tweezers grip the edge of the stamped paper and very carefully scorch the edges with a small candle flame.
    *Ignore this step if you rather use a sentiment sticker.

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    Use Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze coat the flower bezel with a thin layer. Let dry. Adhere foam squares to the back of the butterfly and the sentiment, press onto the bezel. Attach the swirl Piccolo with Glastique Gloss and coat the assembled pieces with a thin coat of Glastique Gloss.

    Art Resurrected_DIY_Inspire_Art_lapel_pinTracy_Alden_tutorial_Photo_7  Use Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze to glue on the sticker gems to the bezel as shown. Let dry.
    Art Resurrected_DIY_Inspire_Art_lapel_pin_Tracy_Alden_tutorial_Photo_8Thread one crystal bead onto the jewelry eyepin and one on the headpin. Using the round nose pliers curl over the remaining wire to form a loop on both jewelry pins.
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    Open up jump rings with the flat nose pliers and put one jumpring through the loop on the headpin and eyepin, close jumpring. Use the other open jumpring to connect the crystals to the bezel as shown, close jump ring.

    Art Resurrected_DIY_Inspire_Art_lapel_pin_Tracy_Alden_tutorial_Photo_10Glue charm brooch pin to the back of the bezel with jewelry glue. Let dry.

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    The inspire art pin is now ready to wear or give as a gift!

    Until next time, safe travels!

     

  • A Steampunk Valentine

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    I seriously can’t get enough of Steampunk art these days. The diversity, detail and amazing styles that are being created are a wonder to behold. Continuing with this theme, I wanted to create a different form of the traditional Valentines. My feeling was, why not let a Steampunk fan know they are loved with a card? 🙂

    Supplies:
    G&P Key to My Heart Charm Set H006
    G&P Keys to My Heart Accents H009
    Vintage Gears Embellishment Set ST002
    G&P Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze
    G&P Glastique Matte Finishing Glaze
    G&P Ruby Red Slippers Embossing Powder
    G&P 24K Gold Embossing Powder
    G&P Copper Kettle Enamel Powder
    G&P Vintage Black Enamel Powder
    G&P Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive
    Globecraft & Piccolo Pure Sparkle Gold Glitter
    Piccolo Easy Grip Tweezers
    Red crystal sticker gems
    Blank card
    Red card stock
    Gear and key Stamps
    Stamp ink

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    Carefully remove all of the Piccolos from the chipboard frames. Separate the frame, gears, small keys, two lock hearts without loops and the swirl. Place the remaining pieces to the side for a wearable Valentine’s Day Bling project; check out the Globecraft & Piccolo blog for that tutorial. 🙂

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    Apply Piccolo Enamel Adhesive to all of the remaining pieces. The two heart locks I coated with G&P Ruby Red Slippers Embossing Powder. The two keys, windup key and swirl with G&P 24K Gold Embossing Powder. The four tiny gears with G&P Copper Kettle Enamel Powder. The frame and remaining gears I coated with G&P Vintage Black Enamel Powder. Heat set.

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    Stamp the card stock with the gears and key stamps. Adhere to the front of the blank card. Carefully glue the embossed Piccolos to the front of the card using the G&P Glastique Matte Finishing Glaze.

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    Coat all of the Piccolos with G&P Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze and add the red sticker gems to a few of the gears. Put a few drops of Glastique Gloss on the card, smear the drops  with your finger and sprinkle Globecraft & Piccolo Pure Sparkle Gold Glitter on top.

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    Stamp or write your favorite Valentine’s sentiment inside. 🙂

    Until next time, safe travels!



  • Mushrooms and Merriment…


    As a young child one of my favorite Christmas decorations was glass mushroom ornaments. They were typically red with white dots and wonderful highlights of pearls, silver, gold and glitter. To me it was like a little frozen bit of fairyland. Traditionally the mushroom ornament was seen as a good luck symbol. In Germany they were seen as a symbol of a person’s love of nature and hope for good tidings in the New Year. Well that got me thinking I just had to make one of my own!

    Supplies:

    Globecraft & Piccolo DIY Portrait Ornament
    Globecraft & Piccolo 3D Enamel Gel Satin Honeydew
    Globecraft & Piccolo 3D Enamel Gel Napthol Red
    Globecraft & Piccolo Piccolo Enamel/Embossing Powder Adhesive
    Globecraft & Piccolo Mossy Glen Enamel Powder
    Globecraft & Piccolo Pure Sparkle Gold Glitter
    Globecraft & Piccolo Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze
    Globecraft & Piccolo Medium Flourishes

    Reindeer Moss
    Polymer Clay Mushrooms
    Ribbon
    Red Sticker Gems


    I started with applying the Piccolo Enamel Adhesive to the outer rings of the ornament. I then coated the rings with Mossy Glen Enamel Powder and heat set with heat gun. I then drew a thin bead of Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze around the inside of the ovals, placed the globes in each half and clipped into place.


    Taking the inner ring, I applied Glastique Gloss around the edge and sprinkled on Pure Sparkle Gold Glitter.


    The flourishes got a coat of 3D Enamel Gel Satin Honeydew and the polymer clay mushrooms caps had a layer of 3D Enamel Gel Napthol Red applied. Let dry. Then little dots of Glastique Gloss on the mushroom caps and a sprinkle of Pure Sparkle Gold Glitter on top.


    Once the mushroom are completely dry I bundled them together and wrapped Reindeer Moss around them tightly. I  glued all the pieces of the ornament together with Glastique, carefully sandwiching the mushrooms and moss. I left them clipped in place until dry.


    Using Glastique as glue once again, I added the flourishes and sticker gems to the ornament. Once dry I added the ribbon to the top!

    Hop on over to the Globecraft & Piccolo blog today to see my Christmas Airship Express tutorial!


    Until Next Time, Safe Travels!