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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Link Up, Me Hardies!


Avast, ye scurvy lot! Surrender yer jewelry boxes! Fakebeard the Pirate wants to hear about yer faaaaaavorite jewelry projects! Yer Linky Party be open, now go link up! Aaaarrrgh!



On Cool2Craft TV this week, we're trying some new jewelry techniques and celebrating some of our favorites! Do you have jewelry projects on your website or blog? We hope you'll share them on our Linky Party this week! We love sharing your work with our viewers! Link a post or email me so I can share your project or story on our Creative Community blog!

Link up here, me hardies!

Tell me all about it - candace@cool2craft.com

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Shoes of the Muse


I'm so excited about this week's Cool2Craft theme!  It's SHOES!  I live in my sneakers!  I love them and they should be a reflection of me...and now they are!
I loved messing around with Tulip Soft Matte Fabric Paint to color, shade and highlight every section of my shoes!
But, I should start from the beginning.  I've worn these shoes for almost two years.  I actually wore through the leather in a couple of spots!  Before I could think of giving them personality, I had to fix that.   I used Aleene's Platinum Bond Super Fabric Textile Adhesive  between the leather and the liner.  I wore them for a week before I detailed them and saw that the glue held fabulously, so I proceeded.
Now I've been wearing them for a month and every detail is intact.  In fact they look brand new!
Do you love shoes?  Do you have shoe projects or posts you'd like to share?  Well, head on over to Cool2Craft.com and find the Linky Party button!  See you there!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Crafting with My Kidlets

 
My grandniece, Ana, found an Easter craft online that she wanted to try, and everyone knows crazy Aunt Candy's house is the place to place to create!





Ana Googled kid's Easter crafts and this is the project she found.She printed out the directions and used her allowance to buy the supplies.
The craft called for a paper milk carton, but only one person in the family buys milk that way, so...



I showed the kids Tiffany Windsor's Paper Bunny Bagand they loved it!I helped Ana make her bunny basket and then we made a version of Tiffany's bunny bags.
I set out Aleene's Tacky Glue, circle punches and buttons and they went to town!
We used plain, colorful bags and scrapbook paper for ears and face details.
Ana shared her googly eyes, because who doesn't want a bunny with googly eyes!
After making the bags, the kids decorated my Easter tree.This is Steven, Lauren and Ana with their awesome creations!
When I get busy in the studio, I forget how much fun it is to craft with the kidlets.

I hope you have time to craft with your little ones, and I hope you'll share the photos with me!
Email me - candace@cool2craft.com with your story and high resolution photos so I can share them on our Creative Community blog.

 

Ana Googled kid's Easter crafts and this is the project she found.She printed out the directions and used her allowance to buy the supplies.

The craft called for a paper milk carton, but only one person in the family buys milk that way, so...

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Giveaway Alert!

This week on The Cool2Craft Easter Linky Party I will be giving away this Polymer clay, metal leafed egg pendant!  I loved making the metal leafed pendants for this week's show! The egg as a symbol of new life is delightful to me! It's all about bright and shiny possibilites!


I'm giving away this pendant to one of our Linky Party contributors on next Monday's show. All you have to do is link am Easter project to this week's party! I'll use Random.org to choose the number of the winner and announce it in the chat room on the April 9th show.

Good luck and go link up!




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