more from Kristie Larsen

I wanted to showcase all the different stamps in the Itty Bittys set. This is most of them, but there are quite a few still missing! I love how different they all are. I loved that they matched up with this square background paper by Scenic Route. I cut about 3 inches off the right side and flipped the paper. That orange is the back of the square paper. This is the safest thing to me because I know the paper will match! I cut out white CS to 1″squares and stamped the patterns from “Itty Bitty’s” in different colors. I then matted them with the same color they were stamped in. I popped them up with thick dots so they really jump off the page and added stitching to help bring them out.

This was my son’s last day of preschool and I thought this sentiment was perfect for it. I love the fonts of all the sentiments in this set and I can see SO many different moments in life scrapped with both the images and sentiments. This set is quite versatile and fun to work with!

One of the things that has caught my eye lately are these cute little things called ‘Wine Charms’. Now, I am not a drinker myself, but I do know cute when I see it. And wine charms certainly are that! They can make really great gifts for a hostess or fun additions to any party. I have been wanting to make some of my own for awhile now, but really couldn’t wrap my brain around it until myStampBox set Itty Bitty’s showed up in my mailbox. This set was PERFECT for this project. Now my jewelry skills are sub-par (I found so many other crafts I loved more!) but with a little patience and some supplies, it was doable. Ultimately what that means is if I can do it, so can you! I used some memory wire that curved on its own. This way you just clip them around and they hold themselves on. No fasteners to mess with.

I started by stamping my Itty Bitty images onto white cardstock. I trimmed them out to 1″ squares and glued them to some chipboard squares of the same size. Ink up the edges with some black ink to hide that dull chipboard color ; )  I glittered the images up in random spots and then pulled out the decopauge and pasted over them. Don’t forget to do the front AND sides. It is best to use a hybrid ink if you plan on decopauging since the glue makes the ink run a bit. I punched holes with a Cropadile and twisted up some wire around for the charm. String it on with some colored beads, and Voila! Your charm is complete!

Here they all are together. Doesn’t this just look like the kind of party you would like to go to??? The thing about the decopauge is it will help keep the chipboard from getting wet and peeling just incase your glasses start to sweat. There is even outdoor decopauge that you can purchase, which will definitely stand up to more abuse. And with each glass getting their own charm, you will never have to ask “Is this my glass?” again!

Hope you enjoyed this project as much as I did creating it! Happy Crafting!
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Thank you so much for sharing all these very inspiring projects with us Kristie! It was great to have you as a designer this month!