Mama Bird

I went to a friend's house the other day to meet her new baby. I had to whip up a quick tag for the gift, and I found these Mama Bird images from Doodle Factory in my craft room. Perfect! I made the tag for her, and this card and tag set. I think it would be great for a baby shower. It's non-gender specific. :o)

The paper is American Crafts. I had a slip of leftover paper, so I made this more sophisticated tag. I love the stamp set. I use it all the time. I wish I could remember the manufacturer.

In case it isn't obvious, I added an eyelet and brads to the tag as well. I used the crop-o-dile for the eyelet setting. Easy & quick!

Look what I found in my Dorito bag!

Have you ever heard of a pog?

I never really got into them as a kid, but when I found one in my Dorito bag, I fell in love with the cute, blue dinosaur on the front. I wanted to make him into a necklace, so here's what I did:

1. Using my crop-o-dile, I punched a small hole near the top of the pog. It was a bit off-center, but I liked it that way. That way my dino's head could still be completely whole. :o)

2. I pressed the entire pog (dino-side-down) into Versa-Mark ink.

3. I covered the "Versa-Marked" side of the pog with UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel).

4. With the heat setting on low, I used my heat gun to melt the UTEE.

But wait! I noticed that the pog was kind of curling on the sides to give a convex look to the dino. No matter! I just pushed it down with a pin and kept on embossing.

5. I repeated steps 3 & 4.

Again, the pog curls. Again, I push down. This time with less luck.

6. I repeated step 5. (ha ha!)

I give in! Let the pog curl. Hey... actually I like this effect. Yay for happy accidents!

7. I let it cool and I let the UTEE set. Then I added two jump rings at the top.

8. I strung it on a leather cord and rocked it!

YEAH BABY!

Luggage Tag

I have been wanting to do a luggage tag for a while, so I'm happy to show you this, my latest creation.

this is the front:

and that's the back!

*snap*

It was so easy, I'm actually a little ashamed. I took a K&Co tag, and triple-embossed it with UTEE to make it smooth & protected. Then I traced the shape onto some Bazzil KIWI CRUSH (whoot whoot) paper. I put my vital stats on the green paper, covered it in packing tape (yes, the stuff you use for your boxes), and snipped out around the lines. Then I applied sheet adhesive to the back of the original tag and adhered the two tags together. I smooshed them for a while to make a good bond, and then trimmed any excess. Finally, I chose a coordinating grommet from my Cropodile II kit and munched it with my Cropodile II Big Bite. Then I punched out the middle hole and trimmed excess. I finalized it by adding a complementary ribbon.

I'll be taking a trip this weekend and I'll let you know how it holds up!

Cheers,
C