Stampin' UP

Here are two of the Christmas cards I sent out this year. The Charles Dickens is so much better after it is colored in with colored pencils and the blender pens from SU. There is glitter on the cardinal but difficult to see with the close up. This is also to remind you that SU is having a sale until the 31st and then a new sale starting January 1! Check out my site at http://www.deannshirling.stampinup.net/ for the latest updates on their sales. There are retired sets plus new sets to preview from the new catalog. It is an exciting year for SU!

The fun beads

These next few posts are about the jewelry that I have completed in the last week or so. Some have been in the works but this is one that I made last Sunday afternoon. Linda Lee helped me pick out beads after I found the main ones that I immediately fell in love with while browsing the walls of new beads. The picture doesn't do the beads justice. The light makes the bigger beads change colors and the smaller beads just sparkle and sparkle. When I wore it, she noticed it right away and was pleased with the design. It made me feel so pleased that she liked it. Now on to other beading.

ladder bracelet

This ladder bracelet it started with twisted bugle beads in the middle and then I added seed beads and crystals to the edges. This is my first seed bead loop and button as a clasp. I still have a bit to learn about that. Now I have some gold twisted bugle beads and crystals that I hope to make up before the holidays have completely disappeared. Linda Lee taught me how to do this bracelet. What a teacher!!!

caterpillar bracelet

This caterpillar bracelet is one that started out to just be a single row of beads with some fringe. It is to go with a necklace I had already made. I'll show it sometime. The bracelet looked so blah that I let it rest awhile then finally completed it the other day. Lo asnd behold, it turned into a caterpillar bracelet. So instead of going from a caterpillar to a butterfly, it reversed itself. As I think about it, it really did turn into a butterfly because it wasn't too great the first way.