A little bit of class: Counterfeit Pearls

Diamonds may be a pearls best friend, but pearls are just classy.  If you want something a little dressy, but not in your face on your project, pearls are the way to go.

I love these pearls from Queen and Co.:

And ZVA Creative has some really lovely designs:

One of our Master Forgers, Rebecca counterfeited the pearls in the kit this month.  Check out her post about it HERE!

Tutorial-Alphas with Flourishes

These Square Alphabet Stickers, by Fancy Pants in the Wishful Thinking line are in this month's Main Inspiration Kit.  I decided to replicate them using stamps and graph paper. 

Fancy Pants Wishful Thinking Line

Supply List:
Alphabet Stamps
Graph Paper (printable graph paper)
Flourish Stamps
Various Colors of Ink
Corner Rounder
Black Pen
Paper Trimmer

Step 1:
Cut the graph paper into one inch or 1 1/2 squares (I tried both for this tutorial).

Step 2:
Stamp the desired letters onto the graph paper.

Step 3:
Stamp flourishes in different colored ink onto your squares. And round the corners using your corner rounder.

Step 4:
Add in the adjectives, verbs, or nouns that correspond with each letter.  Below are two sample titles that I created with this technique.  Super easy and pretty quick!  Enjoy!

OOPS!  I almost forgot, each letter has a hand drawn border just the inside of the square...you can add that in if you'd like it to match even better!

Tutorial-Decorative Photo Corner Overlays

In this month's Mini Creative Kit there was a set of yellow overlay photo corners with flourish designs on them.  These can be easily recreated with transparency paper, Staz-On Ink, and/or paint.  They can even be dressed up a bit with glitter and rhinestones!  Here is an example...

Supply List:
Staz On Ink (or other similar ink pad)
Stamps (flourishes, corner designs)
Glitter and/or glitter glue (Stickles)
Rhinestones
Transparency Paper (Clear Paper)
Acrylic Paint

Step 1:
I use 4x6 photos often when I scrapbook, so I cut a few pieces transparency paper down to 4x6.

Step 2:
Either using the acrylic paint, or ink pad, ink up your stamp and stamp your image on the transparency.  The stamp will slip and slide around if you are not steady, so you might want to try a test stamp first on a scrap piece of transparency.

Step 3:
After the ink/paint has dried, turn the transparency over and rub glue over the back side of the image, sprinkle on a small amount of glitter and tap off the excess. (Or use Stickles and rub it around with your finger to create a thin film of glitter.)

Step 4:
Turn the transparency back over (right side up) and add a few rhinestones to the front.

It's that simple!  Here are a few photos of some that I made tonight.  I made 2 Decorative Photo Overlays and 2 bracket journal blocks. 

Tutorial- Rhinestone Designs

In this month's Main Kit, Creative Mini Kit, and Limited Edition Inspiration Kit  there are some cute rhinestone flourishes and designs.  Making your own is as simple as can be!

"Rock Your Stamps" Tutorial