Treasury Tuesday Lavender Delights

'Lavender Delights' by Lottieoflondon

Lavender is for lovers true, Which evermore be fain. 

(Quote Handfull of Pleasant Delites, 1584)

Handcrafted Lavende... HerbalMyrtle $2.95	Lilac Pearl Scribbl... Lottieoflondon $18.00	Coiled basket handm... SewDanish $32.00	Violet and Cream, S... TheWhistlingCo... $6.95
Silk Purple Bow Tie... VaVaSilkBowTie... $40.00	Lilac Lavender and ... MollysKnitted $9.50	Lavender Circles - ... egluteDesigns $7.00	Hand dyed Rare Bree... KnitwitOrigina... $9.50
Lilac Flower, purpl... lupin $8.50	Small zippered pouc... Angharad $14.50	Lavender Amethyst G... deezignstudio $14.00	Fairy Forest Print ... TRUTHMOVEMENTA... $18.00
Button Mix - Purple TheBrightonEmp... $3.00	Lavender Purple Wed... ABespokeTouch $6.50	Wisteria - Beaded ... SilverBirchOri... $12.00	Ocean Wishing Pot i... PatsParapherna... $5.00

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Weekend Catch Up

It's been a busy one this weekend, we are currently fostering a new little kitty for the MIL.

Pumpkin our new fostered addition

Introducing Pumpkin, his a cute little fella, if not a bit nutty and has made himself right at home in our mad house.  We will be looking after him to help him socialise with our dogs and until he grows a little bigger then he will be back off to his permanent home.

 We already have a cat, my daugthers Misty, she is nearly 2 yrs old now and is a bengal/siamese mix, she did'nt take to the new kitty at all well and has spent most of the weekend skulking off to sulk, but shes finally coming round to the idea of havng a ball of fluff to  push around :)

Misty our own kitty cat

So its been a bit hectic here with cats and dogs all running around under my feet, I did however get a chance to make a few new charm bracelets, here's a peak

Lilac Millefiori Bird Charm Bracelets

Lilac Millefiori Bird Charm Bracelets

This lilac bird themed charm bracelet features my millefiori polymer clay bird beads, teamed with an assortment of lucite flowers and crystals.

Cupcakes & Tea Charm Bracelet

and my cupcakes and tea charm bracelet, featuring my polymer clay cupcake beads.

I also added some new additions to my Etsy Store, so despite the busy weekend it has been quite productive after all.

Peach Cream Scribble Necklace, Polymer Clay

China Blue Millefiori Thong Necklace, Polymer Clay

Black & Red Petal Polymer Clay Bracelet

Part of Handmade Monday with Handmade Harbour

A London Olympic Treasury Tuesday

Treasury Tuesday

 
Well we are now in July and not long to go before the London Olympics 2012 finally kicks off, this weeks Treasury Tuesday is by Linda Welcome with a nod to the Olympics

'Five Rings Across the Pond' by Warmth

Mementos of an Olympic Experience

London in Red, Set ... jrowe100 $24.00	London olympics pas... lifestylewithl... $25.00	London Necklace - B... theblackstarbo... $22.00	I Heart London Unde... RoseberryStore $7.00
Bubble jewelry Olym... violasboutique $14.00	Corgi dog 8x10 prin... susanalisonart $17.00	London 2012 Olympic... KillamCreative $6.50	Olympic Ring Soap -... ButtersandBubb... $6.50
Union Jack British ... tinycherubs $24.50	Union Jack Flag of ... HarpandThistle $32.00	Genuine London Tube... RoseberryStore $6.00	4-6 cup Red White a... GeorginaKay $13.00
London 2012 London ... FancyHeadquart... $3.00	London Telepone Box... Lottieoflondon $6.00	London 2012 Olympic... HaveAGanderUK $28.00	Leather London Unde... LoveFromHettya... $25.00

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Stamping Ink on Polymer Clay

Stamping Ink on Polymer Clay

There are a lot of tutorials for stamping on polymer clay on the web all using various techniques and inclusions, for this post I'm going to be covering a simply tutorial by Sculpey for the Asian Bead Bracelet, this tutorial is for a simple technique of stamping ink onto polymer clay beads.

I have tried stamping ink on polymer clay previously though unsuccessfully I might add.  This could have been due to the fact I was using an ink pad I had simply picked up in a local craft shop, as it would never dry and my work would always end up smudged. I later discovered that for clay it is better to use a solvent type ink as they are permanent on porous surfaces such as clay and they dry quite quickly.

Staz on ink pad and musical note themed stamp

The ink I am using for this project is Staz On, not the easiet to get hold of here in the UK, as it seemed to be sold out everywhere.  I am also using a new musical stamp (rather than an asian stamp) for this tutoiral as I have some future plans for this theme.

The clay is prepared and the beads bases are covered in white ready for my project and stamp application.

 Once the beads are prepped and ready, I stamp the musical stamp onto the beads by following the project instuctuions of inking the stamp and placing the bead onto the stamp as you can see the transference of the inked stamp was not totally successful for me using this method, some beads have become blurred and yet some faded.







As I was'nt have'nt much success with this method I decided to to ink the area of the stamp I wanted to use and carefully press it onto my beads, which produced a much better result in the stamping.

As mentioned above I have some ideas for this stamp so I stamped a sheet of clay also, here the top stamped area was pressed lightly with my fingers, the second stamp area was pressed using a slightly heavier object.

I honestly thought this would be an easy project, but trying to the get a decent print from the stamp can be quite tricky, which personally I found frustrating as I hate to waste clay.  It definitely takes some careful application of your stamp to the clay to get decent and usable results.  I also wonder now if maybe the music stamp was maybe slightly too busy for working with clay, but I'm really pleased with the Staz On ink pad as it dried very quickly.

The beads are now being cooked and the finished results will be added soon.

Updated (a little later)

Here is my finished bracelet from my project, I think a little more practice is needed with the stamped application and maybe some different shaped beads for a future project would work well.

Polymer Clay Bracelet Stamped Inks on Clay

And what happened with my clay sheet

Polymer Clay Charms with stamped Ink on Clay

Well for a future project I created these little round stamped musical charms and a pendant with the remaining sheet.

Part of Handmade Monday with Handmade Harbour

Resources

• The tutorial used for this project was Asian Bead Bracelet by Sculpey

Treasury Tuesday Yummy Candy Pink Chocolate

Something for your sweetooth

'Candy Pink Chocolate' by Lottieoflondon

An assortment of yummy candy pink and chocolate brown finds

Chocolate Buttercre... ajsweetsoap $13.95	Chocolate Candy Pin... Lottieoflondon $17.00	Little Paws Purse i... GraceandFirefl... $16.00	She's Here Hers... carouselcandys... $9.95
RUNNER Dandy Damask... FantasyVintage... $13.00	Polymer 3D pens, ca... LuminousBling $6.00	Girls Birthday Tutu... TiarasTutus $35.00	Pink Brown Bow Hair... fabulousfinds $8.00
READY TO SHIP - Cho... ElvishGiggles $15.00	Cupcake Shaped Gift... copaseticbetty $5.95	Handmade Glycerin S... ShopStellas $4.50	Tiny Flower Barrett... SugarBearsBows $8.25
Pink Cupcake - Fine... stoopidgerl $13.00	Mini Choco Strawber... sugarcookie $8.00	OPEN CLOSED boutiqu... HairBowHolders $59.95	Cream , Pink and Br... StemellinaSupp... $15.00

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