Bon Voyage! From Paris with Love! Ring & Heart Tin, JustRite!

Good Tuesday Morning! I do believe you are in for a treat today! Well, actually for the next three days! JustRite Stampers has released their three new stamp sets for the month of September & JustRite Designers will be sharing what they have been creating with those stamp sets! The feature set today is Bon Voyage! Creative goodness at its best!

I took several pics of my creation to show the heart tin outside, the heart tin inside, the heart shape tin lid, and of course it all started with the ring! Kelli put together this cool collage of pics to give you a look at the project in its entirety. Thank YOU, Kelli! A quick note about how the ring is displayed in the tin, I rolled two pieces of designer paper into hollow tubes and cut to fit the tin. In between the two paper tubes allows a place for the ring to fit between, thus holding it upright.

Bon Voyage is a JustRite Cling set featuring 13 stamps. I stamped the Eiffel Tower onto my clear shrinky dink material with StazOn black ink. I allowed it to dry for several minutes before cutting around the image. I then used my embossing heat gun to shrink! I've not played with shrinky dink material in quite a while! Why? I don't know! I do know I love creating with it though, fun! You might be wondering where the tag sentiment image is hiding? That will be revealed in tomorrow's post! I can tell you after stamping I cut the tag out using my Spellbinders tag die. I then cut the tag in half. The perfect little pearls are called Nestabling! Want2Scrap is now stocking many Nestablings to coordinate with many of Spellbinders Dies! Life is good!

I stamped my ring images onto white cardstock, then firmly pressed the cardstock piece atop the ring creating an oval indentation outline. I cut along the indentation, placed a few drops of Crystal Effects onto the oval ring base and then placed the stamped oval securely in place. I let it dry for an hour while I worked on the heart tin. I applied three coats of Crystal Effects, allowing drying time between coats. After the first coat I placed silver cording inside the oval ring edge. After the last coat of Crystal Effects, I dropped in three tiny black twinkles and Shrinky Dink Eiffel Tower. I let the ring dry overnight, one things for sure, once Crystal Effects dries it's secure! The ring elements are not going anywhere! lol

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I know you will love all the Bon Voyage goodness! I'll see you tomorrow for the next reveal! Take Good Care!

JustRite Inspiration

Becca Feeken

Debbie Olson

Mona Pendleton

Michele Kovack

Stephanie Kraft

Kellie Fortin

Angela Barkhouse

Barb Schram

Heidi Blankenship

Kazan Clark

Sankari Wegman

STAMPS: Bon Voyage(JustRite)

PAPER: Gartner Designer Paper & Shrinky Dink Clear(Michaels), White Cardstock (PapertreyINK)

INK: StazOn Black Ink, Memento London Fog, Rhubarb Stalk, Cantelope Inks

DIES/PUNCHES: Martha Stewart Butterfly(Michaels), Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two (JustRite)

OTHER: Heart Tin (PaperTreyINK), Adjustable Oval Ring(Michaels), Tiny Twinkle(Taylored Expressions), Fancy Tags Two Nestabling(Want2Scrap), ScorTape, White Lace, Silk Ribbon & Silver Cord(Stamp Simply RIBBON Store), Crystal Effect(SU)

Kick Up Your Heels Flip Flop Style

Okay, can you tell I am obsessed with the Zebra image from Melanie Muenchinger's latest release, Jumping for Joy found at GinaK Designs? This will be the last zebra item for a while, friends! But how cool are these? These were created with my older daughter in mind. She has worn flip flops forever. And she has a bin full of them! Every color, brand, but I don't think she has a pair like this! Zebra is stamped on white polyshrink with Jet Black StazOn. Before I cut the zebras out, I did go in with a pointy cosmetic applicator tapped with black StazOn to hit some white spots. Sometimes the ink beads and does not cover completely. I let them sit overnight, then proceeded to cut them out! I love to cut this detailed of an image. I heat my polyshrink on a small bar stone pan from Pampered Chef. Shhh, no one has noticed it missing yet! I hold the polyshrink piece down loosely with my dry embossing tool from SU as I apply heat from my SU embossing gun. I also punched two holes in each because I knew I would tie them onto the flip flops. When I first used polyshrink years ago and the piece started to wiggle, dance, and ball up before it flattened again, I would freak out! But, the key is to keep the heat on the polyshrink and it will flatten out! Just be patient. I love to watch the transformation. White flowers are from SU Pretties kit, May Arts dark red sheer ribbon is from FLOURISHES. I wanted a ribbon that would add color, but would not be heavy to wrap around the straps of the flip flops. This ribbon is to die for! It is so easy to tie, and I love the light airy feel it gives. The ribbon is wrapped around the strap and brought up through the flower center. It will not add discomfort at all. Each zebra is attached with a strand of metallic DMC floss.

Take a look at the back of these flip flops! Sentiment is punched using SU word window punch and run through the xyron. Laminate on top side with adhesive on back side. I simply used the word window punch again through the xyron layers. SU black brads with a few white zebra lines using my Inkssentials white opaque pen from FLOURISHES. I heat set the ink so it would not rub off. I first used a straight pin to punch a hole and then pushed the brad in place. This will help hold the sentiment as I didn't think it would stay on with the xyron adhesive alone. Dollar Store flips flops never looked so good! I hope she likes them! Thanks so much for stopping by, I so appreciate it. Until tomorrow,

HUGS,