Good grief it is almost midnight! Before I shut the pc down I wanted to let you all see this bookmark that I created after I saw Ellen Hutson's inchworm bookmark here.
I finally got over my fear of cutting glass! It's really easy! Just score with a glass cutter (I wore safety goggles - I'm paranoid...) and snapped it! I am amazed at how easy it is...and I'm going to try it again!
To make 1" x 1" inchie glass squares, I used 1" x 3" microscope slides and cut them down. Sandwich art between the two panes, tape and solder. Ranger will have out 1" x 1" squares in April so this gift idea will assemble a whole lot faster with pre-cut glass. :)
If you ever wanted to try soldering, there is a dandy soldering kit in Ellen's store that has everything you will need to get started. Quality tools and materials are enclosed, plus their liquid flux is amazing - better than what I was using...and the heat tool is fabulous! Maintains a nice, consistent temperature, a professional, quality tool...and it's PINK!!
For a wonderful and detailed tutorial on soldering, please go to Ellen's educational blog post here. Everything you need to know is in that tutorial, and with the kit nothing can stop you! Warning - soldering is addictive!! If you can use a hot glue gun you CAN solder!! :)
The Lockhart teapot was stamped on 7gypsies script paper (Catania) and colored in with Copic markers. After soldering the piece I cleaned it, then attached a few Swarovski crystals and sterling Bali spacer beads (source: Firemountaingems.com).
I also attached a jumpring to the wire loop at the end of the crystals, so I could have something big to sew the ribbon end to. Using a sewing machine I stitched a long segment of reversible ribbon to the large jumpring and neatly finished the other end. Add a Borders gift card and presto! Another gift ready to go! :)
Hey - it's almost FRIDAY!! Yippieeeee~!!! Thank you for stopping by! Tomorrow - another bookmark without the soldering, inchie-style!
(p.s. - the book I photographed this bookmark on is a 1941 book of Leonardo da Vinci published in Berlin. ah, Leonaaaardooo.... :)
I finally got over my fear of cutting glass! It's really easy! Just score with a glass cutter (I wore safety goggles - I'm paranoid...) and snapped it! I am amazed at how easy it is...and I'm going to try it again!
To make 1" x 1" inchie glass squares, I used 1" x 3" microscope slides and cut them down. Sandwich art between the two panes, tape and solder. Ranger will have out 1" x 1" squares in April so this gift idea will assemble a whole lot faster with pre-cut glass. :)
If you ever wanted to try soldering, there is a dandy soldering kit in Ellen's store that has everything you will need to get started. Quality tools and materials are enclosed, plus their liquid flux is amazing - better than what I was using...and the heat tool is fabulous! Maintains a nice, consistent temperature, a professional, quality tool...and it's PINK!!
For a wonderful and detailed tutorial on soldering, please go to Ellen's educational blog post here. Everything you need to know is in that tutorial, and with the kit nothing can stop you! Warning - soldering is addictive!! If you can use a hot glue gun you CAN solder!! :)
The Lockhart teapot was stamped on 7gypsies script paper (Catania) and colored in with Copic markers. After soldering the piece I cleaned it, then attached a few Swarovski crystals and sterling Bali spacer beads (source: Firemountaingems.com).
I also attached a jumpring to the wire loop at the end of the crystals, so I could have something big to sew the ribbon end to. Using a sewing machine I stitched a long segment of reversible ribbon to the large jumpring and neatly finished the other end. Add a Borders gift card and presto! Another gift ready to go! :)
Hey - it's almost FRIDAY!! Yippieeeee~!!! Thank you for stopping by! Tomorrow - another bookmark without the soldering, inchie-style!
(p.s. - the book I photographed this bookmark on is a 1941 book of Leonardo da Vinci published in Berlin. ah, Leonaaaardooo.... :)
