Goodmorning

Hello there. I never got around to showing you all the other jewellery boxes I made the other week.

As usual, it's been pretty busy around here.

As you can see, I had a lot of fun making pretty jewellery with shrink plastic with this range of dies and punches.

You can find out more details on Blog Tonic.
I also made a plaque for a dear friend who is having a baby very soon.

Today, I am whizzing around - or I will be shortly, getting the place ready for my little 8 year old daughter's birthday party. How the time flies! I'd better get busy, there is much to do! BTW, she was very impressed with the pop up butterflies inside her birthday card!

Have a lovely day

Doda
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Beautiful itty bitty butterflies

The new Tonic Studios Intrica large butterfly punch cuts through shrink plastic with ease - and doesn't it make the cutest little butterflies ! I took advantage of the new pastel colours of shrink plastic that are now available and made this cute little bracelet.
Of course, it then needed a gift box. I used one of the dies in the gorgeous new Romantic Vine oval die set to cut into the lid of this box and then further embellished it with layers of paper butterflies and a few jewels.

I made a similar box for another piece of jewellery. I'll show you what's inside next time!

Jodie Johnson will be on Create and Craft TV, Tuesdsay at 9pm with the launch of the new products.

Yey...the sun is shining here....must get out in the fresh air! Bye for now

Doda
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More with the new Tonic Studio dies...

I've made quite a few things with the latest Tonic Studios dies and their new Frames so far. I found a mirror coaster that was exactly the right size so I made this mirror frame. The frames are card and you fold them and glue them yourself, and then decorate in the manner of your choosing. I made a woodgrain effect here with acrylic paints. The rose corner dies were cut from tomato paste tube.

I have used the lovely butterfly latering dies to decorate little jewellery boxes, and then made some earrings from shrink plastic to go in them all.

Each pair of earrings coordinates with the butterflies on the lid of the boxes.

Wouldn't the white ones be pretty for a wedding !

I really enjoyed making these...you know how much I love making boxes!!!

There has also been other glass etching. I made this candle vase.

Here it is filled with sweeties...I didn't eat all these myself ! I promise !

There are still a few more things to show you, but I'll save that for another post. Hope you feel inspired to go make something now.
Have a lovely day

Doda
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who's a crazy chick then?

I just listed some of my funky chicken brooches in my Etsy shop. 
They were sitting in my desk for ages, but now I can finally tick that little job off my "To Do" list.
Now for the other gazillion jobs on my list!

Think Shrink

I've just made these cute little horse pins

for my twin nieces. We share a love

of Russian artist Ivan Bilibin,

and so these are done in the style of his work.

I made them from shrink plastic, with permanent pen

and Karisma coloured pencils, (I believe the US

equivalent to those are prismacolor.)

New stuff

I've been having some fun with shrink plastic.

I might put a couple of these bird pins for sale.

Their dangly legs look so cute!

It's nice to wear something that makes people smile.

Here are two little elephant pendants

about to go into my Etsy shop.

Ernesto and Eduardo.