Mermaid Hair, Don't Care

The beach is calling and I need to go!! I live so close to lovely beaches but never seem to get there. 

I am sharing with you my first project with the Xyron Makers Program! So excited to share this with you and to use the Xyron Creative Station Lite.

What an incredible tool to have on my craft table! For this project I used the 5" Creative Station Permanent Refill and it worked for everything.

My Mermaid Hair wall hanging started with Wild Whisper Wild Whimsy paper and also the Card Pack and my Xyron Creative Station Lite. 

These pieces were cut to fit the sides of the wooden panel.

So quick and easy to have all 4 strips ready to go.

I adhered my strips around the sides of the panel and for the larger piece I used my Xyron Tape Runner. I also used the Xyron Adhesive Eraser on this part, as my little sausage finger had adhesive on it when I layed down the large piece. A couple of quick swipes with the adhesive eraser and no more finger print!

 

 

To add a bit of texture I used Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium and TCW stencils.

While the medium was drying I started work on my chipboard pieces from Southern Ridge Trading Company 

For the first pass I put the steampunk mermaid face down through the Xyron Creative Station Lite, so the adhesive was on the side that would be facing up.

I took the backing off and added some metal flake I had in my stash. It adhered so nicely with just the permanent adhesive.

 

I used the same method with the Xyron Creative Station Lite and ran through my coral pieces and then embossed them with Emerald Creek embossing powders. Ran them through the second time so I could attach them to my project.

These are all the embossing powders used on the chipboard pieces. Mermaid Fin, Dragons Egg and Kiss of the Fairy by Rita Barakat, Taos Sunset and Deep Sea from Seth Apter and Charred Gold.

I used this idea for making super cost effective foam tape using the Xyron Creative Station Lite. You can see the original post from Erin Reed  at Erin Reed Makes. She includes a quick video showing exactly how she did it.

Adds some great dimension.

And one more shot of the finished piece!!

And here are some close ups of the pieces done with Xyron permanent adhesive and embossing powders.

Taos Sunset by Seth Apter

Dragons Egg from Rita Barakat

Charred Gold by Emerald Creek and Deep Sea.

Mermaid Fin by Rita Barakat

Random metal flake that I had in my stash

Thank you for stopping by to check out my project as part of the Xyron Makers Program. I loved how much I could do with just one small tool on my desk. And it was so smooth to run through, I could do it with one hand. 

Have a great day!

This post has been sponsored by Xyron. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Xyron Products Used:

Xyron Creative Station Lite

Xyron 5" Permanent Adhesive Refill

Xyron Tape Runner

Xyron Adhesive Eraser

Thoughts and Theories

I do love my travelers journals! Today over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog I have a journal I created that will be heading to a friend's house soon.

I love how the chipboard from SRTC can take any kind of medium I throw at it!! For my pieces on this journal I used Emerald Creek embossing powder, Finnabair wax, Ranger Foil and Dylusions paint. 

For all the details and close ups hop on over to Southern Ridge Trading Company today and have a look. There is also a full supply list to check out too. To have a look at the inserts that are inside the journal you can check them out HERE

These were created with dies and stamps from Quietfire Design.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great first week of September!

Cathy

The "Be" Notebooks

Happy Tuesday! I'm very excited to share with you my guest post over at Quietfire Design. Thanks so much for having me Suzanne!

Such beautiful calligraphy/hand lettering from Suzanne Cannon that have been turned into stamps and dies!!

Here is my first guest post, The "Be" Notebooks for a travelers journal.

For step out instructions and more close ups of those beautiful quotes make sure you check out the full post on the Quietfire Design Blog today! And while you're there make sure you check out the store and all the wonderful dies and stamps.

Thanks for checking in and I hope you all have a great week!

Cathy

Christmas Ornaments in June

I think it has been established that I love the beach/ocean/tropical and would create with that theme all the time! I'm very fortunate that lots of my fave companies have that theme! :)

A few weeks ago I shared my first ornament created with fabulous Southern Ridge Trading Company chipboard, you can go back to check out that one HERE

I had a few more pieces left over and decided I needed another ornament. And here is the second one that I created.

The wooden tag is from SRTC and the wood like finish is actually a piece of napkin that I got from PEI last June. I used DW Gel Medium to put it on and it pulled apart in just the right places!

The full wooden tag.

This is where the napkin tore a bit and you can see the wood underneath.

The lobster is embossed in Candy Red and then again with the Fractured Ice over it. The crab is just done in the Candy Red.

Look at that gorgeous little crustacean!

The center word blocks are from Kaisercraft Beach Shack Collection and the baby seashells just had to be added.

I do have one more tag to work on and I plan on creating another beach themed ornament for my Christmas tree :)

Supplies Used:

Southern Ridge Trading Company Wooden Tags

Southern Ridge Trading Company Ocean Mix 1

Emerald Creek Fractured Ice

Emerald Creek Candy Red

Dina Wakely Gel Medium

Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the week everyone!

Cathy 

Wild Whimsy is here!

I was so excited for this release from Wild Whisper! Love the ocean and the dragonfly wings! My first project combines so many gems and shimmer and I got to use the fabulous Xyron Sticker Maker! so handy when I had strips of little gems that were all going to need adhesive.

For all the details and the close ups head on over to the Wild Whisper Blog and don't forget to order your very own Wild Whimsy Collection! And yes...that mermaid is part of the collection too!

Thanks for popping by! Stay tuned because I'll have 3 more projects with the Wild Whimsy Collection, and they may or may not involve the dragonfly wings! :)

Have a great week!

Cathy