Mothers Day Gift Ideas

Hi everybody! Kim here from My Kraft Kloset sharing a very special bracelet I made using these wonderful products from Craft Fantastic. As Mother’s Day is approaching next month on Sunday, May 13th you still have plenty of time to order this amazing kit and make several handmade gifts for all the special ladies in your life.

Let's get started in 4 easy steps:

1.  I started with a Retro Square Bracelet Kit in antique brass which includes one bracelet and 8 Glass Squares.  

2.  Next choose from hundreds of Craft Fantastic images, which is always the hard part. I love them all! Or choose this *NEW* Sewing mini image sheet, like I used, because it reminded me of those sewing patterns from my childhood.

3.  Add a few drops of Fantastic Glaze & Glue on the back of each Glass Squares and press gently for a few minutes and hold until set. Repeat until you have eight amazing images. Wipe off any excess glue around the edges with a Q-tip.

4.  Once dry, cut around the glass and cut out the images. Adhere a Fantastic Super Sticky Dot to each square space on the bracelet and remove the red backing. I suggest laying out your images in a row to decide where to place each image first, before you add them to the bracelet and complete. 

Voila! There you have a uniquely designed gift for Mother's Day or any upcoming occasions like Graduation, Birthday, Wedding, Baby Mama gift or special gifts for a seamstress, crafter, fashionista or any special day.

Be sure to check out our *NEW* Designer Kits-of-the Month and get started designing special gifts and keep a few for yourself too, because they are stunning! The possibilities are truly endless with these super fantastic products! Thanks for stopping by!

Kim Klinkovsky @mykraftkloset

A Candy Inspired Bracelet!

2015 is quickly coming to a close, but there is time for one more blog project before we usher in the New Year. I wanted something fun and festive to wear for the holidays and immediately visions of candy canes and peppermint popped into my head. Go figure that I would immediately turn to candy as my inspiration. Good thing I wasn't inspired by a glazed ham! LOL!

I dug deep into my bag of crafty tricks and pulled out one of my favorite tools. Yes, you guessed it. Some day I hope someone will ask me what medium I prefer to work in just so I can reply with "Nail Polish"!  

Let's get started...

What You'll Need

Craft Fantastic Retro Square Bracelet Kit in Black

Fantastic Jeweler's Dots

Assorted Nail Polish - I used bright red, white, and a couple of silvery metallics polishes, plus a top coat.

Pencils with Erasers

Flat Topped Tac Pins 

Water Cup

Heavy Coffee Mug

Pin

Gather your supplies. Oops! I forgot the bracelet in this photo.

Press the flat topped tack pins into the eraser tops on the pencils, then stack 2 Jeweler's Dots on top. Press the flat side of a small glass square on top of the Jeweler's Dot. The 2 dots will be strong enough to keep the glass piece in place and act as a "dipper". Need more info regarding this "dipper" technique? Check out my blog post here. Next, paint the top of the glass with 3 coats of the white polish. Set the dipper in the mug and let it dry.

Fill the designated water cup with water, then drip several drops of the red polish into it followed by the metallic polishes. Drag the pin lightly through the polish to create a bit of a swirl pattern. Don't mix it too much. The polish forms a skin on top of the water and you don't want to risk dragging the skin completely off the top of the water with the pin.

Drag one of the dippers with a painted glass square on it through the nail polish. When you lift it out of the water, you'll see a beautiful marbled design on it. The best part about this process is that each time you dip one of the glass pieces in the polish you will get different results.

Set your completed masterpieces in the mug and let them dry.

Finish the glass pieces with a shiny top coat. I like to use a quick dry formula.

I placed a Jeweler's Dot in each tray of my bracelet and then topped each tray with one of my candy inspired glass pieces. 

I LOVE how this turned out! Each square is different and gives the bracelet a unique appearance from each angle. 

Here it is from a different view.

This was certainly fun and very quick! The longest part of this process was the drying times between the coats of polish. I would say that all in all, this bracelet took me 3 hours to complete, drying time included. Give this one a try and whip up something festive for yourself or a friend! They will love it! 

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Postage Stamp Retro Square Bracelets!

I love using unexpected materials in the Craft Fantastic trays. It seems that no matter what I put under that crystal, clear jeweler's quality glass, the colors are heightened, brightened and amplified. As is the case with a small package of beautiful canceled postage stamps that was recently shared with me. They featured the most glorious colors and the imagery was predominately taken from nature. 

I wanted to use the shape and size of glass that would waste as little of the image as possible, so I opted for the small glass squares. The designs would pair perfectly with the Retro Square Bracelets so I decided to create one in each finish. Let's make them together, what do you say? 

Let's get started...

What You'll Need

Craft Fantastic Retro Square Bracelet Kit - Your choice of finish. Both are equally wonderful for this project. 

Fantastic Glaze & Glue - Keep our special glaze and glue on hand for a variety of projects!

Fantastic Jeweler's Dots - Our high tack adhesive dots are another workhorse item designed to adhere a variety of elements onto different mediums.

Postage Stamps - Be sure not to raid any rare postage stamp collections for this project. We wouldn't want to upset that special philatelist in your life ;) 

Cotton Swabs - To swipe away the excess glue.

Scissors - I like to use an inexpensive pair incase a bit of the glue finds its way to the blades. 

Scrap Paper - For keeping your work surface clean.

Start with the Glass

Working on a piece of scrap paper on a flat surface, I laid out my postage stamps and decided which ones I wanted to use. I needed 8 pieces of glass for each bracelet, so I selected a total of 16 images to complete the two projects.

Following the usual Craft Fantastic instructions, I applied generous dots of Fantastic Glaze & Glue to the flat back of the small glass square, then positioned it on top (glue side down) of one of the stamps. I pressed the glass square firmly, forcing any air bubbles trapped underneath to ooze out the sides. I held it in place for just a couple of seconds until I could feel the glass "grab" onto the stamp.  Using a cotton swab, I swiped the excess glue away by running the swab down each side of the glass. 

 

After the glass was fairly dry, I trimmed away the excess paper using my scissors. I trimmed right next to the edge of the glass for a clean finish. I scraped away any stray glue using my fingernail or the blade from the scissors. 

Look at that! A nice big, beautiful pile of small glass squares just begging to be showcased in a piece of jewelry!

Time to put it all together!

Now for the fun part! I laid out the glass in the order I wanted it in each of my bracelets. Then I placed a Fantastic Jeweler's Dot inside each tray. One at a time, I peeled away the red backing exposing my adhesive and firmly pressed a piece of glass into the tray. 

Viola! So quick and so much fun! Plus, nobody has bracelets exactly like these. Pretty special :)

Postage stamps come in such a variety of designs and colors these days that it's hard to toss that beautiful artwork into the trash on a discarded envelope. Instead, why not turn them into something you can wear and enjoy! 

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you'll come back next Wednesday for something new!