Lay-out with Doilies,Stamped Clay Embellishments for All Crafts Challenge, Dies Challenge/June Challenges

 This lay-out was created for 

SpeedyTV's Monochromatic and Black and White Challenge 

Scrap It Girl Use your Dies Challenge check out the goodies for the winner!

and Tone-Lil's Doily Challenge at About a Girl Scrapbook Challenge Blog 

The flower on the lower right is layered scrunched up doilies sprayed and inked. I also folded them into triangles for additional embellishing within the other white flowers.

There are so many beautiful lay-outs within this blog...go check it out for some "Girly" inspiration!

 I made the 3 black and gold squared from baking Perfect Pearls into polymer clay. The dies are the Sizzix branch and Bigz Lattice.

Here is a set of my little polymer clay squares stamped with  Pearled Powder and sealed.

 These were really fun to make! It was a new challenge away from making my faux clay seals...a new way to work with clay

Please see My Etsy for Clay Squares/Seals/Button Embellishments

My Clay Embellishments are linked up to Elaine's party at:

All Crafts Challenge  

I'm a Challenge Winner with SpeedyTV/Clay Seals

 

Scrapbook Challenge

I am excited to share that my last post, Psalms 139 pages, won last week's stamping challenge.  Check out this weeks Recipe Challenge.  The designer team already has some beautiful inspiration.

I won this "Little Church Mini" stamp set!!!! So sweet!

Another way to use your Clay Seals

Enjoy Crafting!!

 A few more of my Handmade Clay Seals for flower centers, memorabilia envelopes, cards, ect..
 This project is linked to:

Heritage Lay-Out/Faux "Sealing Wax" Seals

1925 Photo of Hubby's Great Great Grandmother

I scanned and printed the back of the picture postcard which had my husband's grandmother's handwriting.  I wanted it to be part of the lay-out.

Isn't this a great purse! I would love to have that today...from 1925.









Here is a close up of the clay seal I created in the flower center. I added the brad, painted and sprayed glimmer mist after baking.

I wanted to show you another way to use the clay seals. I created this pocket to add to a scrapbook lay-out. A sneaky way to add more pictures, journaling or memorabilia to a page.

These project is linked to these challenges:

Tammy's Scrapin' Corner Homemade EmbellishmentChallenge

Ways to use Your Faux Seals

 There are so many Fun Ways to use your Faux Seals.

 Below is a snowflake metal button inside a clay seal. I used UTEE and ink after baking the clay to compliment the button.

Use them in Scrapbooking and Cards!

Here is a portion of a scrapbook page with a starfish clay seal as part of the sea embellishments along inked cheesecloth.

Use them on envelopes! Above the brad holds the clay seal onto the flower and envelope.

Below, the seal helps hold the matchbook flap closed...this minibook holds wallet size pictures on a scrapbook page.

Or use them on all your favorite Papercrafts, Homemade Boxes or Altered Projects!

                                See My Etsy for several designs clay seals ready for your projects.

OR....DIY

Check out my  link for making the flower center

Here is a picture of my latest batch after the baking process. They are ready to add back in the brad or button then paint, foil or ink.

Happy Crafting!! 

I shared this creation/DIY with

The Crafty Blog Stalker

Make It Monday

3D Challenge, Homemade Faux Clay Seals

3D Challenge

There is a challenge this month over at CreativeScrapbookDivas to share your favorite 3D project for a holiday. Michelle's challenge was so cute with all her little pillowboxes that I had to give it a try. This is one of mine with my homemade faux clay seal and the word "friendship".

This gift is linked to:

I have 4 of these little rose clay seals and this pillow box together for sale on My Etsy

I used my bigkick to emboss the box then scored the lines. ONLY glue the bottom flap then the top flap down. This leaves room inside for folding the sides and filling with candy, buttons, ribbons or any gift.

Michelle's blog has several links to help with templates, SVG files for your electronic diecut machines, twine ect. Check her out! I don't use the SVG file, I printed a template and handcut.

Now for my favorite 3D Holiday projects to share for the challenge:

These are made with mini paper mache boxes. They are filled with microbeads to make them shakers, wrapped in paper and layered with torn pieces of old cards. I wrapped them in trim from old doilies and added an eyelet screw to hang a treasure. The final touch is my wonderful Aleene's glitter snow. They adorn my winter berry wreath.

I covered this tiny box with an old book page then music paper. The angel is hanging from a loop which is screwed into the bottom. I get my old vintage buttons from a great lady at the local flea market. She has hundreds of fun old buttons. This extra gift is hanging on a Christmas gift bag with a matching tag.

Faux Clay Seal Embellishments

This is a close-up of 3 out of the 5 in the next picture.
Plus I love how it coordinates with vintage style paper.

I put more rose clay seals on My Etsy after being so excited that I sold my last batch.
These 5 homemade faux clay seals are a wonderful embellishment for scrapbook pages, minibooks or collage art, and envelopes. The underside is flat. Two of the roses have white perfect pearls powder baked in, two have gold and the leaves have green perfect pearls. After cured they were edged it with pink and sealed with Ranger Glossy Accents. The "white roses" are also edged with walnut ink over the pink for an aged look.

Check this post showing my envelopes for examples of how

to use these seals.

Here is my thought for the week: When we are thankful, we are happy. It's hard to be thankful and angry at the same time. Find something within the chaos to be thankful for. Thank your child for something before correcting whatever it is in need of correcting.

The Golden Rule of Feeding your Family: We eat what is served and we appreciate what we get."

I'm still trying to instill this thankfulness into my kids hearts!

More Clay Faux Seals

I love making different textures with objects I just happen to find. Then to see the delightful image and texture in creates within the clay. The small plastic bottle cap pressed into the ball of clay gives the deep impression ready for an object. This bottle cap happened to have a circle of bumps. The impression encircles the brad. The knob makes texture around the outside of the seal.

They are baked without the brad. Makin's Clay is a bit easier to work with in making these seals as it is air dry clay and stays a bit flexible even when cured.

The flowers with the brads were sold on My Etsy

Clay Faux Seals/Embellishments

This seal is for sale on my Etsy. SOLD

This one has a softer touch as I used different paint and finish.

I took an imprint of a rose from the corner of a picture frame to create these seals.
SOLD

And embellished this homemade envelope with coordinating rose paper and colors. The envelope holds 4x6 pictures for my friend's rose-themed scrapbook. We usually have pictures we want to keep but they don't necessarily have to be on a lay-out, that is why I designed this idea a couple years ago. I love to have pretty envelopes or mini-books as part of my lay-outs.

Clay Buttons

I couldn't resist these 2 adorable buttons made by my clay artist friend, Sara, at the town's art show this past Friday. We have such wonderful artists here in Bowdoinham.
These buttons go really well with my K&Co. paper and stickers!

I have finally been able to use my clay, pasta machine and made some cool buttons with gold perfect pearls powder.

I made these extra wings when I was working on my "Healing Wings". I may make a "family traditions" scrapbook to hold all the recipes and crafts we typically do during the holidays.

Clay Book and other Ebay listings

Two of the clay seals have real shells. Then an imprint of a sandollar, a clay fish and a clay heart.

There are 3 inserts for up to 6 pictures but will hold 8 pictures total (or journaling).

I have some listings on ebay this week including this minibook. So here is the link for My Ebay. I sold 5 envelopes for the MOPS benefit crop, yippee.

This matchbox style minibook is for holding wallet size pictures on a scrapbook page. I have used this trick alot for getting more pictures of my story within my lay-outs.

Clay Faux Seals

More seals!! I still need to color the two white ones but I think I'll wait until I design the tag or envelope.
The rose has white perfect pearls powder baked into it then I edged it with pink acrylic
paint.

I used alcohol ink on these after cured.