Hi
Everyone,
My
most favorite place on the planet besides a stamp or scrapbook store is the
beach! I just love the beach!!! I love everything about it. I love to feel the
sand between my toes and the sun on my face and every summer we head off to our
beach house to spend the month. For me, it’s the best month of the year and one
day I hope to retire here with my wonderful husband and my girls, the furkids.
Unfortunately,
I can’t spend all of my time at the beach right now so, I brought the beach to my home by
creating this cute little lamp. By using chalks, you can achieve a soft pastel
look to your lampshade. When using chalks in a palette form here’s a tip:
Instead of using make-up applicators, try tweezers and mini pompoms. Pick up
the pompoms with tweezers and apply color. Getting into those small areas on
stamped images will be a breeze!
Since
today is the first Monday of the month, that means that the Designer Craft Connection will be hopping!!! This month’s theme
is “Summer Vacations” and since I spend part of my summer every year at the
beach, I thought my beach lamp would fit in there nicely. And don’t forget
since we are hopping today to go to the right side of my blog and find the Designer Craft Connection’s blinkie. Once you click on that
blinkie, it will take you around to each of the designer's blogs that are
participating in the hop this month. Normally that means anywhere from 40 to 50
different projects can be seen by hopping from one blog to the others.
There
is lot and lots of fun to be had, so please join me and my fellow designers in
another round of fun and fabulous blog hopping with the terrific designers of
the Designer Craft
Connection. You won’t be disappointed!!!
Thanks for joining me. Until next time…
Crafty hugs,
Lisa
Stampin' Queen Creations
Give
the Queen A Call!!!
SUPPLIES
Stamps-
Little Girl, Beach ball, Sand, Clouds
Lampshade
Mason
jar
Electrical
lamp kit
Various
sea shells
Sand
Trim
Beaded
trim
ColorBox
Dye-Based Inkpad-Wicked Black &
Putty
Decorating
Chalks by Craf-T Products
Faber-CastellÒ Chalk Pencils
Pompoms
Tweezers
Spray
Sealer
Glue
Gun
INSTRUCTIONS
Step
1. Stamp girl, clouds and beach ball
with Black inkpad. Stamp sand with Putty inkpad. Color stamped images with
chalk pencils. Add color to sky and sand using decorating chalks, tweezers and
pom poms.
Step
2. After stamping and coloring is done,
spray lampshade with sealer. Next, glue trims to top and bottom of lampshade
with glue gun. Assemble lamp kit following manufacturer’s instructions. Pour sand
into mason jar and add sea shells.