PEACE with Rit Dye

Let there be PEACE this holiday season - give the gift of "Peace Cookies" in a jar and a hand-made ornament featuring Rit Dye, twine from The Twinery, and a funky Blumenthal Lansing button!  Find the full tutorial on the Rit Dye site.

A Winter's Day - Get-it-Straight with KellyCraft!

The KellyCraft Get-it-Straight Laser Square made creating this mixed-media canvas simpler!   Find the full instructions on the KellyCraft blog - http://kellycraftblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-winters-day-mixed-media-canvas-with.html

And, today's the day for the December Designer Craft Connection blog hop - so take the time to hop through the participating designer's blogs to see what they are sharing this month by clicking on the  DCC link in the left column.   - Happy Crafting! Cindi

Monster Mash with Rit Liquid Dye

You can find the instructions for the Halloween party favors I designed last year on the Rit Dye website.  This year I made something similar, but with a few twists.  Frankenstein's mouth is embroidered, and his neck bolts are made from straws painted silver.  I also used the same Sizzix Eileen Hull Scoreboards XL Die, and twine from The Twinery.  Thought I'd share those with you too!

Rit Liquid Dye is used to create custom-colored, textured cardstock for this Monster Mash invitation and treat cup.  A Sizzix Scoreboards vase die  is used to make a whimsical Frankenstein treat cup and for the face focal image on the invitation.  Ransom note style lettering cut from magazine spells out the key text.   A hand stitched mouth, silver drinking straw bolts, and fringed hair add to his monsterly appeal. 

MATERIALS  LIST: 

Rit Liquid Dye – Purple, Apple Green (www.ritdye.com) 

White and black cardstock

Google eyes 

Plastic drinking straw 

Black embroidery floss, needle 

Eileen Hull Scoreboards  Eileen Hull’s Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Vase, 3-D (www.sizzix.com) 

Sizzix Big Shot dye cutting machine (www.sizzix.com) 

Green buttons (www.blumenthallansing.com) 

Mandarin Twine (www.thetwinery.com) 

Plaid FolkArt Outdoor Metallics Silver Sterling paint, paintbrush (www.plaidonline.com) 

Magazine 

Elmer’s Craft Bond Adhesive (www.elmers.com)  

X-Actor paper trimmer and scissors  (www.xacto.com) 

Happy Halloween! - Cindi

The Original Projects

Recipe Book Re-Do - New Episode of Behind These Eyes on WCK

I'm excited to share my second episode of Behind These Eyes on When Creativity Knocks - Recipe Book Re-Do features fun retro kitcheny papers from Graphic 45's Domestic Goddess collection, twine from The Twinery, and some adorable hen & chick buttons from Blumenthal Lansing.  Best of all, there's a free .pdf download with stepped out instructions and some great recipes from the book itself!