WHAT IS CREATIVITY?? Creativity is Endless - You Can Make it if You Can Imagine It....

I was asked to make some jewelry and hair accessories by using Quick Snipper and paper.  Now I have done jewelry with just about everything, from recycled clothes, beads, yarn, clay, duck tape, but not once did I think about using paper, until I was invited by LIMIRI, LLC to design some jewelry and accessories for them using the great Quick Snippers - what is Quick Snippers?  it's a great tool that consists of 6 scissors in one, each has a different design pattern.  These are just a few of the items I have created.  I have to admit that at the beginning I asked myself how can I use paper to create jewelry. Well after I cut my first shape, it was easy to just keep on cutting different papers and I was hooked.  I love making jewelry, love creating new designs every time.  I am so happy I was invited to make paper jewelry with this great tool.  Now lets face it a lot of us craft on the go, I know I do, weather it's paper, clay or duck tape; I always...

Here is a picture of the first coupon & receipt wallets I make using only duck tape. the one standing was my first one - it fits inside my wallet without even trying -see I got tired of having my store receipts all over my purse - so I made this to help me keep my purse and wallet free of all those receipts that make it so hard to look for other things in my purse....... here are the supplies I used to make these wallets 1. self healing cutting mat 2. Westcott's cutting knife 3. Westcott's non-stick titanium scissors 4. Duck tape - different colors & designs 5. Velcro strips (missing in picture) In this picture you can see the first steps to making the wallet - I chose black for the outside and hot pink for the inside - I cut out as many strips of duck tape I needed for the inside and the outside made two sheets - the black had to be a bit longer on two sides so I can fold it like it shows on the third picture - this gives your wallet a finished edge (these...

 I started working with duck tape since March of this year.  It has been fun making different types of projects with this product.  I've had the most fun making flowers out of it - I have used these flowers to decorate headbands, hair clips, purses/wallets that are made out of duck tape too.  Well this past weekend I decided to make a flower small enough to make a ring with it - and so I did.  Below are pictures of the finished ring, as well as a few steps of how-to make one and a list of products I used - I hope you like this, I sure had a lot of fun making it and it's my first of many jewelry items that I will make using duck tape. Here is the finished ring! Now here is a list of the first items I used to make this flower ring, below you will see what else I end up using to finish this ring. 1. Red duck tape sheet 2. Friskars cutting mat 3. Westcott's cutting knife 4. Ad Tech glue gun and high temp glue sticks 5. Black metal ring base (don't have bra...

So last month I went to the Chicago Craft Social and took a class with Marissa Pawelko also know as the Modern Surrealist she showed us how to make purses out of duck tape.  Well it was so much fun, I had my daughter Nicole with me at this event - she's my crafty buddy!!! she took the class first and was so very proud of what she made so I had to take it too.  She came back and joined us because she wanted to make another one, so really once you start having fun crating with duck tape, the possibilities are endless, and you become addicted.  I know we are.  I am showing you pictures of the purse I made, and all the headbands, and hair clips showing flowers.  See I love making flowers of anything I can think of, and when I realized that I could make flowers with this tape, well it's been something I've been working since this Social.  Hope you enjoy these, I was asked to make a video, I have to see if I can do it.  Really if you make flowers out of fabr...