Season's Greetings

We wish you a festive season full of love, family, and beautifully wrapped treasures, with a mojo filled Happy New Year

Thank you for your continued support throughout the year and look forward to a creative and exciting 2015

Scrapping Vouchers to save the day

For those last minute presents, a hard-to-pick-for friend or for brownie points from the wife - we have something to save you - the "my2angels grift voucher".

We have several gift voucher options available - whether it be for your 'Scrapaddict' wife (hint, hint to the Hubby), your 'Scraptastic' friend or even as steps in a 'Scrapaholic'  anon program - go and order them now here.

They will be emailed directly to you - saving both time and postage.

Want a different amount to that listed? That's easily fixed - just let us know the amount you wish it to be for via the 'contact us' page on the website here. 

 

Want a personalised Voucher?  For your daughter, aunty or even your uncle? Let us know via email and we will create one just for you.

It's a Charming Christmas Day 5

Something totally different today...

let's grab a 21 and a 50 number charm - because I can't get my hands on 25's through my suppliers.  (:

Using pliers, break the numbers up so you have 25. (you get a 10 as well - but I have no idea at the moment what to do with that.)  ;)

Fill one of our petite frames with stickles or kindy glitz and pop your 25 over the middle of the frame.

Add our rhinestone chain/silver cup chain and ... ta dah!!!

OR how about a bling bauble?

Snip out the bar from our 3.5cm Rhinestone Buckle.

Tie a bow with our red baker's twine and add a 25th Dec typewriter key to the top of your buckle.

As a finishing touch - pop on a silver holly charm decorated with liquid pearls to highlight the berries.

Like our "charmed" tips, but just don't have the time to make them at the moment?

Share the my2angels facebook posts on embellished charms - leave a comment on our Facebook page telling us that you have - and you will be in the running for a chance to win each day's embellished charms 'examples'.

We have 2 to give away each day ... with all winners to be announced Friday, 19th December 2014. 

Daily winners will be chosen at random.

It's a Charming Christmas Day 4

Christmas Baubles

Start by grabbing one of our lollipop charms, snipping off the "stick" with some pliers. 

Then pop on a glue dot or tape to the back of the charm and cover the front with some clear glue. Twirl our platinum shimmer twine around the face of the lollipop, starting from the middle.  You should be able to take the 'end' of the twine up and out through the circle at the top so that you can use it as the 'chain' to hang the bauble by.

To finish - pop on a mistletoe charm, (these are also available in gold)

and sprinkle on a little diamond dust for a little extra sparkle. 

Most of our charms come in bags of 5 and many are priced at only $1.60 a bag.  This includes our mistletoe and lollipop charms - which are available here

You could also add our new rhinestone dots to the middle of a lollipop charms to make a sparkly bauble.

 Just add some baker's twine to make them into hanging baubles.

Or you could sprinkle diamond dust over wet liquid pearls and then add them to a card,

I used our red glitter ribbon on this card, along with our Joy typewriter key, red felt scroll star, mistletoe charm, bakers twine and red rhinestone chain.

The combinations are endless.

Like our "charmed" tips, but just don't have the time to make them at the moment?

Share the my2angels facebook posts on embellished charms - leave a comment on our Facebook page telling us that you have - and you will be in the running for a chance to win each day's embellished charms 'examples'.

We have 2 to give away each day ... with all winners to be announced Friday, 19th December 2014. 

Daily winners will be chosen at random.
 

It's a Charming Christmas Day 3

Starting where we left off yesterday - when we cut up our Merry Christmas with trees Charm and used a tree and the word tag ...

now to use up the bits we had left over!

Grab one of our Black Circle Pendants and glue some Stampendous Leaf Green Fragments across the bottom of it. Add some glitter glue to your tree.

When the green fragments are secure, fill in the rest of the pendant with plantinum liquid pearls.

Grab one of our house charms and ...

 
pop the house on over the liquid pearls (put to one side - not the middle), add the tree and then finish off by putting the "bells" up the top (over the loop on the pendant )- if you do this while the liquid pearls is still wet, it will act as a glue for them.

(sorry tree is blurry - camera didn't like the stickles)

How cool is our little Christmas scene?

Like our "charmed" tips, but just don't have the time to make them at the moment?

Share the my2angels facebook posts on embellished charms - leave a comment on our Facebook page telling us that you have - and you will be in the running for a chance to win each day's embellished charms 'examples'.

We have 2 to give away each day ... with all winners to be announced Friday, 19th December 2014. 

Daily winners will be chosen at random.

It's a Charming Christmas Day 2

Just like other elements in your stash - charms can be altered and broken-up to suit your scrapping needs. It might take a little more 'oomph' to break them up - but the effort is well worth it.

Starting with our Merry Christmas with Trees and Bells Charms...

Break them apart with pliers to produce the individual pieces shown below.

 

 

Working with just one of the trees and the Merry Christmas strip ...

Coat tree with glossy accents or dimensional magic and sprinkle on Stampendous Leaf Green Fragments and leave to dry.

Grab one of our truck charms ...

and pop the "dry" tree on the back of ute and place the Merry Christmas Strip under the truck.

How easy was that?

Now add to your card/tag or layout.

What to do with the other left-over pieces?  See you tomorrow, same place, same time, for another charmed embellishment idea

Like our "charmed" tips, but just don't have the time to make them at the moment?

Share the my2angels facebook posts on embellished charms - leave a comment on our Facebook page telling us that you have - and you will be in the running for a chance to win each day's embellished charms 'examples'.

We have 2 to give away each day ... with all winners to be announced Friday, 19th December 2014. 

Daily winners will be chosen at random.

It's a Charming Christmas Day 1

We all have lots of chipboard letters floating around in our stash (or is it just me?). One way to use some of these up, is to to make decorative words for your Christmas Creations using our new Christmas Buttons and Charms.

 

Okay, let's start with some inked chipboard letters and by removing the "O" from NOEL and replacing it with one of our ....

Christmas Buttons

We get this fantastic and festive-feeling "noel".

Or you could cover your chipboard letters with glossy accents or dimensional magic and sprinkle over with a light dusting of  Diamond Dust.

Then, using one of our wreath charms and highlighting it with liquid pearls...

Whallah - one cheery (and very sparkly) "noel".

Trying another staple Xmas word - let's work with JOY and  start by removing the "O".

(of course I had to do one or two in pink lol)

Again - use scrap chipboard letters and a coat of dimensional magic - but this time add some Fairy Floss Sugar Beads.  Colour a poinsettia pink with some pink mist and centre it with our new fuschia rhinestone dots.

 I added my 'Joy' word to a card, but replaced the new-in-store fuschia rhinestone dots with a white and pink rose - just to show you how easy it is to individualise your Xmas words.

Now grab one of our Candy Cane Charms and snip off the loop - now you have a "J" (turn it the other way round silly!).

Tie a bow with Baker's Twine to the top of a silver "o" typerwriter charm,
grab a "y" letter from your stash and pop on a mistletoe charm (I have added glam pink stickles to the berries to match my pink twine).

and you have yet another 'JOY'.

and a Bronze Version of "Joy"
with our Candy Cane Charm (coloured with inka gold), green poinsettia and Bronze Santa Hat Charm

Like our chippy tips, but just don't have the time to make them at the moment?

Share the my2angels facebook posts on embellished charms - leave a comment on our Facebook page telling us that you have - and you will be in the running for a chance to win each day's embellished charms 'examples'.

We have 2 to give away each day ... with all winners to be announced Friday, 19th December 2014. 

Daily winners will be chosen at random.

Christmas cards with rhinestone dots

Do you still have a few more Christmas cards to make? 

I always end up making a bunch of last minute cards and look for designs that are quick to make but look fantastic. 

If you're like that too, you need to check out the new rhinestone dots. At only $1.40 for 10 you can really go to town! 

 Simply mat a couple of patterned papers on a white card, round some edges and die cut a hole. Stamp the greeting into the hole (it helps to outline the circle in pencil so you know where to stamp). Tie a ribbon bow and glue a piece of ribbon on the card as string. 

 Now to decorate! I glued rhinestone dots in clear, fuschia, purple and black (they also come in gold) around the hole, added some metal stars in pink and silver and a few rhinestones. 

Done!

If you have a Christmas tree embossing folder, you can make this pretty card. Simply emboss silver cardstock, mat it and glue on rhinestone dots and rhinestones. 

It's so simple, but the chunky rhinestone make it look fancy. What will you create with them?

♥♥♥

Antique Wings and Things Framed Birthday Card

Like the vintage look? Doesn’t matter if you don't - you will love this Antique Wings and Things kit regardless once  you see how stunning (and versatile) it is.

Hi, Susan here again.
 I used this wonderful kit to make a birthday card with a difference.

Here's how I made this card:

Step 1 - Alter Wooden Frame

I picked up a cheap frame from Ikea and altered it to match the

vintage style Antique Wings and Things kit. 

Take the frame apart and lightly sand the frame.  Paint the frame (I painted it cream).  Once dry, sand edges (heavily sand some parts of the edges).  I then randomly rubbed Walnut Stain Distress Ink in places and where the edges were heavily sanded, I rubbed in Inka Gold – Old Gold.

After painted and sanded, randomly rub in Walnut Stain Distress Ink and Inka Gold.

Step 2 - Prepare Back Piece

Cut a piece of thick card the same size as the inside of the wooden frame. 

Paint with Distress Paints (I used Picket Fence).

Using stencilling or modelling paste, stencil your chosen design onto the back piece. 

(I did not stencil all over, however you may wish to - or you may want to stencil the wooden frame instead)

Once stencilling/modelling paste is dry, I painted again with Picket Fence Distress Paint.  Once paint is dry, randomly spray areas with Perfect Pearls/Glimmer Mists. I used Heirloom Gold, Perfect Pearls, Bronze and Powder Blush. If your colours are too strong, use a tissue to remove some colour and once dry, you can also spray all over with Perfect Pearls.

If you don’t have these, you can make your own sprays using Perfect Pearls powders.

A HINT:  If you are impatient like me,

you can use a heat gun to speed up the drying process.

Step 3 - Colour Flowers (if not already the colour you want)

 My2Angels has many flowers (white, cream or coloured) for you to select from.

I changed the white roses using the some of the same colours I used for the back piece - Powder Blush, a small amount of Copper and lastly Perfect Pearls.  I painted just the edges of the rose petals with gold paint using a dry paint brush.

Step 4 - Alter Other Pieces

I also used some muslin and a white crochet doily, both of which I changed the colour of with tea

to give a more vintage look.

I found a cheap metal frame, which I spray painted cream.  Once dry, I lightly sanded the raised parts of the frame and rubbed in Inka Gold – Old Gold onto the raised areas.

Step 5 - Put Frame Card Together

Adhere your prepared back piece to the wooden frame backing and place back into the wooden frame.

Adhere strips of pearls around the inside edge of the wooden rame.

Stamp 'Happy Birthday' onto cream card and cut out with circle punch. Adhere into brass frame from the kit and adhere the epoxy circle on top of this. Adhere to wooden frame.

Stamp sentiment onto the frame (if you wish).

Adhere an Antique Bronze Large Flower Filigree to the bottom of the frame.  Adhere a piece of muslin onto the filigree flower.  

 Using Scrap Dots Silicon Glue (or similar), adhere the white roses which have been coloured.  

 You can then stick pieces of Ivory Pearl Garland in between the roses, making sure they are pushed into the silicon glue.

Finish putting together as per the sample pictured.