"JOY" Coaster Wall Hanging

Hey ya'll,
I've been playing around a little this weekend. I put together this project using a combination of Elemental Stamping technique by Elemental Doodles and Doodle Imaging by one of ED's DT members (Cat).



Supplies Used:
Stamps - Elemental Doodles (new releases)
Chipboard Coasters X 6 - Elemental Doodles
Inks - Versa Magic & Brilliance
Accessories - Blue grosgrain ribbon, Hot Glue, Crystal Glitter, 2-Way Glue Pen, Stickles Glitter Glue, finger daubers

Instructions:
1. Pencil in the letters JOY on coasters.
2. Finger Dauber ink color over penciled in letters.
3. Stamp filler image over penciled letters.
4. Stamp Holly image in various places over letter.
5. Stamp accent image in various places.
6. Finger dauber ink around coaster edge.
7. Stamp filler image and holly around coaster edge.
8. Using 2-Way glue pen, add glitter to coaster edge.
9. Dot Stickles over letters.
10.Attach ribbon to back of coasters.
11.Attach 2nd set of coasters to back to hide the ribbon and glue.

Holiday ATC & Moo's

I am so excited......I had time to play a little with our new stamps before going to work tonight.

The ATC is made by matting 2 Moo's onto an ATC size piece of brown shimmer CS by The Paper Company. All images are Elemental Doodles. Both of the Moo's are sprayed with Cafe Late Scent-A-Mist (a new scented shimmer spray by Elemental Doodles). Inks used are Versa Magic and Versa Fine. Moo's on the ATC are dotted with Stickles.

The Moo is also matted on brown shimmer CS. All images are also Elemental Doodles. Inks used are Versa Magic and Versa Fine. Also dotted with Stickles.

Coaster Ornaments

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted here. Been so busy that I've just not had much time to keep up with my own blog. LOL Below are a couple of coaster ornaments that I did over the weekend. I will get instructions and exact colors of inks used posted very soon (I didn't write them all down LOL).

All stamps used are from Elemental Doodles' new stamp sets (they are available for pre-order now and are on sale....check out their website at http://www.elementaldoodles.com/ ). The coasters and acrylic rods and new release stamps and the new Scent-a-Mists are all on sale until the end of October.

Design Team Call - Elemental Doodles

Elemental Doodles is having their 2nd Design Team Call since they launched in March 2009. Please be sure to visit http://www.elementaldoodles.com/pages/designteamcall.php for more information on how you can be a part of their next DT. ED has a lot of new and innovative products that will be introduced in the next several months and you will NOT want to miss out on the opportunity to be the FIRST one to play with new products and stamps. :-)

Pre-Order Special - Elemental Doodles

Pre-Order Special Offer ~ LIMITED TIME OFFER!!!!!
Elemental Doodles is rolling out 8 new sets of images (among other new products) on June 15th, 2009.
Pre-Order your sets today and receive a 20% discount. Just enter the voucher code: NewRelease609 at checkout.

Go to www.ElementalDoodles.com , click on Catalog in the left side navigation, click on Stamps in the body of the Catalog page, click on New Releases and then select the sets you want to add to your cart.

When you enter this code in the cart you MUST click the RECALCULATE button at the bottom so that the cart will apply the discount. Otherwise, the discount will not be applied. All orders will ship as soon as the first run is received (expected delivery date into the ED office is between June 15-June 20th, 2009.

Pre-Order Special will end June 11, 2009

Website Update

In addition to the "new look" that I posted about previously, I have added a lot of new information and some pictures to my gallery on my personal website www.javamels.com . This site is not just about stamping. There's lots of information about chocolate, coffee, stamping, nutrition & weight loss (coming soon) and much more. I will also be adding a new "cafe" to my site very soon titled "Marriage Cafe". I just feel so strong about marriage and keeping families together that I felt moved to work on an online "support" for married couples. Family is an institute that God created and it's one that is worth fighting for and keeping together. So watch for this coming soon.

I have also added a guestbook to my site.....please stop by and leave your comments, suggestions and requests.

Magnetic Plaque Gift for Mom

Ok, so this project has absolutely NO STAMPING whatsoever on it. But I wanted to share. My mom got divorced and remarried in 2008 and I am just NOW getting around to doing something for her and her new hubby. Yeah, I know, I'm pathetic. LOL Anyway, I snagged this idea from my good friend and business partner, Kim. She gave me something similar only minus pictures and I just thought it would make a great belated wedding gift for mom and Walt.

Supplies used to create this are as follows:

• Metal plate things from Lowe's Home Improvement (I forget what they are called but they have lots of holes in them and are kind of thick).....you need 3 or 4 of these depending on how long you want the plaque to be....I used 3.
  

2 or 3 colors of CS that contrast each other.
Paper flower petals
Magnets
Ribbon
Tin Name plates and tin squares
Spellbinders in various shapes and sizes.

Other embellishments of your choice. I used colored wire, a mini clipboard, mini paper clips, etc. Adhesive, Stickles, pictures, etc. Rhinestone shapes

Directions:

1. Cut CS to fit the metal plates and adhere with adhesive roller.


2. Cut out photos and matting for behind them using Nestabilities or other die of your choice and then assemble.


3. Add magnets to the back of photos.


4. Add paper flower embellishments at this time if you plan to do so.


5. Remove adhesive squares from back of tin name plates and tin squares and put a magnet on them instead.


6. Adhere rhinestone shapes to tin squares.


7. Write or stamp what you want on the tin nameplates. I just used black permanent marker and then went over the writing with Diamond Stickles.


8. Add photo to mini clipboard if you are using one.


9. Using the Crop A Dile, punch holes in the corners of each metal plate through one of the holes and then line up the tin plates with the top and bottom and punch holes so they can be attached.


10. Make large wire jump rings using a heavy gauge wire. These will be used to feed through the holes and attach each section to each other. This is also used to attach the tin name plates to the top and bottom.


11. Attach all sections using the jump rings.
    
12. Make wire spirals (if this is what you are using as embellishment) using various colors of wire. Attach these to the jump rings and name plates as desired.
    
13. Punch 2 holes at the top of the top nameplate and feed your ribbon through them and tie in a knot.
    
14. Punch holes at the bottom of the bottom tin nameplate and add another photo if desired.