Designer Craft Connection- ImpressArt Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

 The day is finally here! The Designer Craft Connection professional designers have been very busy creating wonderful designs with the fabulous products from ImpressArt Metal Stamps and embellishments.

I must admit that this was the very first time I used these metal stamps and I was a little nervous that they would be hard to use. My first thought was I was going to break one of my fingers, or worse than that, I would break a new manicured nail! Oh my gosh, we cannot have that! But I realized that after I practiced a few times and I made sure that I taped the metal embellishment down to the metal pounding block, these little metal stamps were very easy to use.

Well, that was all it took to have me hooked! I began pounding these little metal stamps on everything. I finally had to stop because the constant pounding was scaring my little wiener dog so badly that I was sure she was going to have a doggie heart attack!!!

So with scared wiener dogs aside, if you’re looking for great ideas using these terrific metal stamps, you have come to the right place. All you need to do is clink on the Designer Craft Connection blinkie on the right side of my blog to begin hopping from one blog to the next. And for more information on the ImpressArt Metal Stamps and embellishments, please visit their blog at www.impressart.com. I hope you have a wonderful time hopping from blog to blog. I know I will!!!

Thank you for joining me. Until next time…

Crafty hugs,

Lisa

Stampin’ Queen Creations

Give The Queen A Call!!!

Contest*Contest*Contest*

ImpressArt Metal Stamps will be hosting a very cool contest. For more details on the contest, check back with me on Monday and I'll have all the terrific details!

“Let it Shine” Key Ring

Materials for Project

Materials

ImpressArt Alphabet Stamp Set, Jeanie, (lowercase)

ImpressArt Design Stamp, Whimsy Flower

ImpressArt Metal Stamping Blanks, Sun & Star

ImpressArt Metal Stamping Hammer
ImpressArt Metal Stamping Block

ImpressArt Stamp Straight Tape

Mat board

Pattern paper

Tan cardstock

Jewels

Micro Beads

Key ring

Fibers

ColorBox Pigment Inkpads- Gold, Copper& Moss Green by Clearsnap

Clearsnap Clear Embossing Powder

Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink- Pumpkin by Clearsnap

Heat tool

Hole punch

Super Tape

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Dazzle Tac Jewelry Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Marker

Sun & Star Rubber Stamps

Instructions

1.    Cut mat board into the shape of a tag. Adhere pattern paper to the front and back of tag. Cut tan cardstock into tag shape smaller then mat board. Stamp sun & stars randomly on cardstock with pigment inkpads, cover with embossing powder and heat.

2.   Adhere cardstock to tag. Color center of the sun with Smooch. Adhere Super Tape around edges of tag and cover with micro beads.  Set aside.

3.    Place metal sun embellishment onto the Steel Stamping Block. Tape into place with Stamp Straight Tape. Using Metal Stamping Hammer, stamp “let it shine” on the sun. Repeat with metal star embellishment using small flower stamp. Scribble impressions with a marker. Wipe off excess marker ink.

4.    Punch hole in tag. Tie fibers through the tag and key ring. Using Dazzle Tac, adhere jewels to metal embellishments and three jewels to bottom of tag. Tie metal embellishments to key ring.

©Lisa Rojas, Stampin’ Queen Creations

www.stampinqueencreations.blogspot.com