DIY Laminate Earrings Using Die-cuts

Hello, Crafty Friends!! I'm back with team Xyron again and this week we are getting our creative juices flowing crafting with laminate! Yup, laminate! It's not just for protecting documents anymore!!

And today, I will be showing you how to make laminate earrings using die-cuts from cardstock... Yes, cardstock!!

Supplies Used

Big Shot (Sizzix)

Lynda Kanase- Box, Tropicool Twist (Sizzix)

Eileen Hull- Bookplate, Hinges, & Label (Sizzix)

ColorBox Premium Dye Ink- Olive, Deep Sea (Clearsnap)

Creative Station Lite (Xyron)

5" Two-Sided Laminate Refill (Xyron)

Tacky Glue

Makeup brush

Piercing Tool

Round Nose Pliers

Metal Earring Findings

Twine (optional)

These earrings were ridiculously easy to make. If you are a scrapbooker or card maker, you may already have some of these tools! As an all-around crafty gal, my Big Shot and Creative Station Lite are my best friends. But did you know they're not just for card making?

When you hear the words paper or die-cuts I bet jewelry is far from your mind. I hope today's project changes your mind!

First, using the Tropicool Twist die set by Lynda Kanase, I die-cut gecko and palm leaf shapes from random scraps of paper. These were literally just lying around and were leftovers from a previous project. I cut 4 of each die-cut, 2 cut regularly and 2 cut with the image in reverse (mirrored).

Then, I shaded my geckos. I squished a bit of  ColorBox Deep Sea Premium Dye Ink and used s make-up brush to lightly blend the color over it.

I repeated the same thing steps onto the palm leaves using ColorBox Premium Dye Ink in Olive.

Then, adhered the two sets of shaded die-cuts back to back with their matching "mirrored" die-cut.

I ran the sandwiched die-cuts through my Creative Station Lite with the 5" Two-Sided Laminate Refill inserted. And hand trimmed the excess laminate from the die-cuts.

I layered my geckos onto the leaves and glued them in place. Be sure to use a glue that is made to adhere to plastics. Otherwise, you may not get good adhesion and your piece may peel off.

I used my "pokey" tool to pierce holes at the top of my leaves. I opted not to punch holes with a hole punch because even my smallest hole punch was too big and would have left a sizable hole that way weaken the structure of my earing and rip right off.

I didn't want that... and I think you might not want that either.  So I just pricked a tiny hole on each, slipped on a jump ring, then attached earing hooks using my round nose pliers.

And check out how cute these little guys are...

As a final touch and for beautiful gift giving I used another die, this one from Eileen Hull's Bookplate, Hinges, & Label die set, to create the earing backer.

They almost look enameled.

How super-duper easy were these?!!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and give laminating crafts a try! 

Until Next Time...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

~Mitsyana

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Halloween Planner Clips

Hello again, Crafty Friends!!!

I have another Pink and Main project for ya, and just in time for Halloween too!

These are so super simple to do...

I started by stamping  these adorable jack-o-lantern and bat cupcakes, from the Sweet Halloween set, onto white cardstock using Momento Tuxedo Black ink.

Then colored them in with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and color pencils.

I used... 

LG3 & CG4 for the greens.

HB2 & HB3 for the purples.

And GB4 & OR1 for oranges.

Then dusted the cheeks with hot pink chalk, added freckles and highlights with a white gel pen, and added eylashes using an XS PITT Artist Pen.

I used the matching Sweet Halloween Dies to cut them out perfectly.

Then, ran the cut-outs through my Xyron Creative Station Lite loaded with double laminate cartridge.

Next, I trimmed off the excess laminate from around the cut-outs.

Using a hi-temp hot glue gun, I attached paper clips to the backsides of the images. Then cut-out pieces of felt to conceal the clips.

Then attached tiny coordinating bakers twine bows onto each clip.

And here are my finished Halloween planner clips!!

These turned out so stinking cute!! And, I can't wait to stick them onto planner pages!!

I hope you enjoyed my project for today!

Until next time... HAPPY STAMPING!!

~ Mitsy

Supplies Used

Sweet Halloween (Pink and Main)

Sweet Halloween Dies (Pink and Main) 

Creative Station Lite w/ 5" Two-Sided Laminate Cartridge (Xyron)

White Cardstock

Spectrum Noir Markers and Color Pencils

White Gel Pen (Sakura)

XS PITT Artist Pen (Faber-Castell)

Paper Clips

Hot Glue Gun

Bakers Twine

Felt

Planner Peeker Clips

Hello, Crafty Friends! I have been on a planner clip making binge!! They are so quick and easy to make and so much fun too!!

Supplies Used

Planner Peekers (Pink and Main)

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink (Tsukineko/ Imagine Crafts)

White Cardstock (Spectrum Noir)

Alcohol Markers (Spectrum Noir)

Creative Station Lite w/ 5" Double Sided Laminate (Xyron)

Wink of Stella - Clear (Zig/ Kuretake)

Large Paper Clips

Hot Glue Gun and Sticks

White Felt

First, I started by stamping my unicorn images with Tuxedo Black Ink onto smooth white cardstock.

Then I colored all my images with Spectrum Noir Markers. 

All the heads were colored with FS4 and CR2. 

Purple mane was colored with HB1 and HB3.

Blue mane was colored with TB1and TB2.

Green mane was colored with LG3 and CG3.

Yellow mane was colored with LY3 and LY2.

Orange mane was colored with GB4 and OR1.

Red mane was colored with CR9 and DR2.

Pink mane was colored with PP2 and BP1.

Once all my heads were colored I cut each of them by hand. Then added sparkle to each of the unicorn horns using a clear Wink of Stella pen.

Once the horns were dried, I ran all the unicorns through my Creative Station Lite using a double laminate cartridge. Then trimmed off the excess laminate with scissors.

Next, I hot glued the laminated pieces onto paper clips.

Then, I added more hot glue and laid each unicorn face up onto a piece of felt.

Lastly, with a really sharp scissor, I trimmed off the excess felt from the unicorns.

And... there you have it!! Cute little planner clips!! 

These little cuties are going to one of my best friends, who happens to be a certifiable planner nut... I hope she like them!!

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!!

~Mitsy

Spring Gardening W/ My Kids , the Diamond Press, & Xyron

Happy Hump Day, Friends!! I have an awesome post for you today!! I had the wonderful privilege to get to play with one of the newest  and coolest gadgets in the crafting world... the brand new Diamond Press by Crafter's Companion!! 

And not only did they send me all these awesome goodies in the picture above... but they will also sending another complete bundle to one of my lucky readers as well!! EEEEEKK!! How stinking exciting is that?!!

AND...  As if that wasn't enough excitement, guess what??!! The amazing people at Xyron are also going to let me giveaway an awesome Mega Runner and fabulous "X" Sticker Maker!! 

AWESOMESAUCE!!

That's right... one of my lucky readers could win this whole kit and kaboodle! This entire prize package is worth over $85. To find out how you can win this super fab craft package read all the way through this post. So let's get to it!!

Well, let me start by telling you how flipping cute this little machine is! And a cute machine needs cute little hands to play with it!! You don't really need to have cute little hands but it just so happens that I have a few ready and willing pairs of hands to help me in today's post. OK, honestly, I barely did any of the work. My children are the ones who will be running the show today!

I will show you how my brood of munchkins made these... Biodegradable Planters!

Supplies Used

Diamond Press (Crafter's Companion)

Xyron Creative Station Lite

5" Creative Station Laminate Refill Cartridge

Jiffy Pots

Hemp Twine

Plastic Forks (like toothpicks but with 2 prongs at one end)

Acetate (Grafix)

Paper Trimmer (Fiskars)

Non-stick Cutterbee Scissors (EK Success)

We started by pouring soil into our biodegradable planter cups. Everyone got in on the dirt... literally. The kids each, removed, hardened chunks of dirt & rocks, and oversized twigs. Then we read the directions on each seed packet and planted all the seeds according to each.

We saved all the leftover packets for this next step.

Making Planter Markers...

Each of my kiddos

Trimmed their packets down to 1-3/4"x 2-3/4". Then arranged it onto the blank/ cutting folder with the die cutting edge to paper. and cranked it through the Diamond Press machine.

They each took turns cranking out their plant markers/ signs... even my 3 year old toddler. The cutting folder instead of a plate system made die cutting a breeze!! No more having to think of what plate combo to use. Just close the folder with you die and material and you are good to go!!

 Always remember to craft responsibly. Young children should only craft under close adult supervision. Even though these tools are extremely easy to use, parents should exercise caution at all times. I always monitor my children very closely... because frankly, these are mommy's toys! I'm just sharing them! LOL

I share lots of crafting toys. Always supervised, and alway after thorough instructions.

I think it's easy to say, I have some really bright children ... here is my oldest, switching cartridges out of my Xyron Creative Station Lite and then proceeded to use it. I think someone has been watching mommy way too closely!

Not only did she change out the cartridge herself, she ran the little flag pieces through, knew to trim the pieces off with trimmer attached on the backside, and burnish around the die cut pieces with her fingers. She handled it like a pro! Yup, someone has been watching mommy way too closely!!

Here, I finally got to help out... after the die cut pieces were laminated I attached them onto plastic "forks" and then sandwiched it between a piece of acetate and trimmed off the excess. No additional adhesive was required. The regular laminate cartridge lays down a layer of  laminate on one side and permanent acid free adhesive on the other. Making it also perfect to apply onto photos. 

Here are my little goofballs sticking their plant markers into their pots.

Uh-oh... here's where we found out we forgot to decorate our pots first. OOPS!!! It's a good thing we have extra pots! We can just decorated the empties and transferred our dirt and seeds after we decorated the pots.

 To decorate our pots, we just reached into our Diamond Press Bundle kit again. Not only did this bundle come with the machine, dies, and folders... it also came with matching stamps and an ink pad as well.

 And since the ink included is dye based, we don't have to work about the ink smearing and washing away if they get watered or rained on. Our stamped images will be on there for good!

Once stamped mommy just attached hemp twine bows onto each pot. And presto, our pots are done!! 

I'm was very impressed with the quality of these stamps... they stamped wonderfully!

Even though our pots are rounded and heavily textured, you can still clearly see the details from the stamp... like the stripes on the butterflies (above) and the polkadots on the flowers (below).

Just imagine the amount of detail it will leave on a flat surface.

 Now all we have to do is soak the pots, water the seeds, and wait for our little sprouts to grow. And once they have sprouted a bit we just plant them directly into the ground. No need for removing the from their pots. Easy peasy! 

I hope you enjoyed today's crafting/gardening project!! My kiddos did!

Thanks for sticking with us!!

And now, down to the crafty giveaways! I'm sure you haven't forgotten about this...

Or these!!

I will be choosing one RANDOM winner to win this amazing prize package... that's right, ONE of my lucky readers will win ALL 3!!

Here are a few things you need to do to be eligible to win...

1. Visit Facebook and LIKE the Diamond Press page. Don't forget to tell them that Mitsy from the Xyron Team sent ya!!

2. LIKE Xyron on facebook.

Let's not forget to thank them also for sponsoring such amazing prizes!

AND

3. Leave a comment below.

This last one isn't a must but is very much appreciated!! If you can, leave a sweet comment below letting my kiddies know what a fabulous job they did! I will read each comment to them to inspire them to keep on crafting and encourage them to express themselves through art... so, please no negative nellies!! All comments will be moderated before being posted.

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Giveaway will be open till 11:59pm Friday, March 25 and announced on Monday, March 28.

WISHING ALL OF YOU THE BEST OF LUCK!!

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Until next time...

Happy Crafting!!

~Mitsy

Xyron Design Team Box Reveal

Hello Crafty Friends!! Time has just slipped away from me the pass couple of weeks. I've been  swamped with my girls' dance recital, picture taking, and now May Fest event on top of all my many design team obligations... 

But I am happy to say I did get to open my HUGE box of GOODIES that Xyron has generously sent me! If you follow me on Facebook you may have seen a picture of a ginormous box on my livingroom couch... Many of you asked what was in it... And, at long last, HERE IT IS:

MY BOX REVEAL

CONTENTS

1 New & Improved Creative Station (HYBRID- Takes BOTH 9" and 5" refill cartridges)

SIDE VIEWS

BACK VIEW

It's streamlined and SLEEK!! The new white and gray color is ultra chic! This Beast is flat out SEXY!! The first hybrid of it's kind, it takes the place of both the 9" and 5" machine all under one roof! A definite spacer saver!!

And as if this BEAUTY wasn't enough...

Xyron also sent:

1-9" Laminate Cartridge

1-9" Magnet Cartridge

1-9" Repositionable Adhesive Refill Cartridge

1-9" Permanent Adhesive Refill Cartridge

1-5" Laminate Cartridge

1-5" Magnet Cartridge

1-5" Repositionable Cartridge

1-5" Permanent Adhesive Cartridge

And here are all the GOODIES out of the box!!

OH EM GEE... What is a girl to do with herself??!!

Why PLAY of course!!

I'll be posting my first Xyron project so stay tuned!!

And, thanks for stopping by!!

~ Mitsy