July 3, 2015 By Steph Ackerman 1 Comment

Iridescent Bangle Bracelet

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today using Ann Butler Designs Iridescents from Earth Safe Finishes to create a beautiful Iridescent Bangle Bracelet. I love the rich colors.

design star steph shows you how to create a beautiful iridescent bangle bracelet #annbutlerdesigns #earthsafefinishes #amethystiridescents /diyjewelry

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First, paint a wooden bangle bracelet with Amethyst Iridescents. Then allow to dry thoroughly.

Using Molding Paste and ColorBox Art Screens by Ann Butler – Stars Art Screen – add stars randomly about the bracelet.

While still wet, sprinkle Pearl Iridescent Powder over the Molding Paste.

Allow to dry completely before removing the excess powder. Once dry, use a small paint brush to brush away the excess powder.

There you have it – a beautiful wood bangle bracelet that anyone would love to wear.

Thanks for stopping by today.

My blog.

March 30, 2015 By Vishu Reberholt Leave a Comment

Up-Cycled Wood Bangle with Iridescents

A warm hello from Buffalo, Vishu here today, I am stopping by with a quick Up-Cycled Wood Bangle post. Love the way this bangle turned out and it was quick. This is great to give as a gift or if you want to increase your own jewelry collection.

Products Used:

Unfinished Wood Bracelet by DiyBangles.com

Ann Butler’s Iridescents by Earth Safe Finishes – Berry

Ann Butler’s Color Box Art Screen Stencils by Clear Snap – Waves

Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Black

Color Box Art Daubers

Rhinestone sheets.

First I colored the wood bangle with 3 coats of Ann Butler’s Iridescents by Earth Safe Finishes – Berry, then using the Ann Butler’s Color Box Art Screen – Waves

colorbox daubers and black ink dabbed the waves design on the bangle. Lastly for a finishing touch cut a strip of rhinestone and stuck it to the outer edges of the bangle and voila!.

I absolutely love the iridescents as this give such a smooth shiny finish to any surface and the art screen gives that pop of design.

Hope you enjoyed this project and thanks for stopping by………

December 22, 2014 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Makin’s Clay Stars Necklace

Hey, crafty friends, Einat Kessler here with a fun project!

This time I decided to step out of my comfort zone and play with Makin’s Clay. The clay is versatile and is air dry so it is very easy to work with and you don’t need fancy tools. the only thing you do need is patience because it takes 24 hours to dry. This is a great project for girls and moms, for a birthday or for a friend. You can play with the colors and shapes and customize it anyway you like!

I started with Rolling out Makin’s Clay white clay to about 1/8″ thick on craft sheet using the roller tool. Don’t worry if your shape is not round because you will cut it later.

Then I used Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilted Stamps – 2″ Doily Picnic and Ann Butler Designs Crafters Ink by Clearsnap – aquamarine to stamp the clay. I pushed firmly to create a patterned texture but not too hard so it’ll not be distorted. Continue stamping, until the Clay is covered. I Cut three starts from the stamped clay with the Makin’s Clay Cutters Stars. I used two different sizes.

While working I decided to use only two stars. I added more color with a wet brush and the aquamarine ink.

I embedded some pearls in the clay and added glitter.

I also added some darker color to the edges with the Aruba ink.

Finally, I pierced the larger star both on the top edge and on the bottom edge, and the smaller star on the top. I let it dry overnight.

I inserted jump rings to connect the two stars to one medallion and thread blue velvet ribbon, circles ribbon and a chain to create the necklace.

Have fun creating!

Einat

November 12, 2014 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Iridescents Stamped Bracelet

I love using Ann Butler’s Iridescents paints from Earth Safe on Makin’s Clay! When I saw the wood bangle I was so excited to combine some fun elements to make a bracelet you could LOVE!

I rolled out the clay and stamped into it with my Ann Butler Faux Quilting Stamps. I then used the heart cutter from Makin’s Clay. I actually put the on the panted bangle before it was dry so it would have a nice curve. To my happy surprise, it STUCK! No clue required! I then painted and over painted and painted some more to get the fun shades of all the colors! Of course, I had to add some Connie Crystal BLING!

Here are some photos of the finished product up close and full shot!

I could have added another coat of paint to the bangle but love the look of the sheer coat!

Hope you like the sparkle and shine! Find me on Facebook and check out my blog!

November 10, 2014 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Stamped Spring Floral Bracelet

Hello my dear crafty friends!
Irit is here and this is my post made for Ann Butler’s blog for November.
Wee all know that in our hemisphere it’s fall going to winter. But as my favorite season is Spring, I decided to make a project in lovely spring colors and just to pretend it’s a Spring time here.
So here is my small tutorial- easy to make bracelet made over DIYBANGLERS Ready to decorate wooden flat small size wooden bracelet.

1. Flatten Makin’s white clay to fit your bracelet size . Use Makin’s tools for the better result. Stamp over the flat clay strip, roll the stamped clay around the wooden bracelet and trim the edges.I used a strip from Ann Butler’s EZ-De’s 1” Rail Fence Set. Let the clay dry.

2. Flatten another piece of clay; stamp with another stamp (I loved diamonds from 2” Diamonds and Plaids Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting set from Unity. Then cut all sizes of flowers with Makin’s Flower cutters. I made one big, 2 medium and a lot of small flowers. Let them dry.

3. Ink the dry bracelet with Ann Butler’s Aquamarine Clearsnap Crafter’s ink.
You can use Clearsnap Color Blender tool or just to roll the bracelet over the ink as I did after all.
Dont’ let it dry as we are going to heat emboss the inked pieces.

4. Ink your dry clay flowers with the same Ann Butler’s Aquamarine ink and with Ann Butler’s Berry and Limelight inks from Clearsnap.

5. Heat emboss the bracelet and all the flowers with Clear embossing Clearsnap powder and your heat gun. It make the color pops and now all clay pieces are bright and shiny and durable too.

6. Adhere your flowers over the bracelet with Beacon Zip Dry glue. This is a perfect glue for this craft project: you can arrange the flowers as the dry time is not too short and you can’t see the clear leftovers if you have them.

And the 3d view of this finished craft project. I decided not to ink the inside wooden bracelet as I like the natural color, but you can paint the inside too if you wish to do so.

Thanks for reading this tutorial and hope you will do some similar projects with Ann Butler’s delicious products.

October 31, 2014 By Design Team 2 Comments

Mixed Media Iridescent Wood Bracelet

Hi crafty friends! Einat Kessler here with my first post for Ann Butler Designs. I’m so excited to be here and share some creativity with you. When I got the box of goodies Ann sent me my eye immediately caught a DIY wood bracelet by DIY Bangles. I love altering stuff and this was just perfect!

I started with coloring the bracelet with the amazing Ann Butler ‘s Iridescent orange color by Earth Safe Finishes.

After it was dry I smudged the Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap in the bark color on my craft sheet and diluted it with water. I loaded a brush with the diluted ink and applied it on the bracelet letting it drip all over. I dried it and got beautiful pale brown drippings. I also inked the edges with the same ink.

I added more patterns to the bracelet with Ann Butler Faux Quilting Stamps , I used the 1″ Strips.Dots.Hearts and Leaves all Over. When I stamped the surface of the bracelet I only pressed gently on the stamp so only part of the pattern will be stamped and not all of it.

Then I cut butterflies and music notes from tissue paper and added it to the bracelet with gel medium.

Finally, I added a metal wire around the bracelet and some beads. I also added two charms and the word LOVE handwritten on a few spots.

I hope you were inspired to create a mixed media bracelet of your own.

Have fun creating!

Einat

October 3, 2014 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Wearble art with Faux Quilting Stamps

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my monthly Ann Butler’s products blog post!

A few weeks ago I made a small pink and black jewelry piece with Tando jewelry elements and Ann Butler’s stamps. I loved it so much that I decided to make three more wearable pieces with the same technique and in different colors.

So welcome my new wearable papercrafts.

The first one is this purple and black piece made with Ann Butler’s faux quilting Unity stamps. I stamped over the white cardstock and hear embossed the pieces with clear embossing powder, Then I inked the stamped cardstock with Lilac Crafters ink from Clearsnap (Ann Butler’s product again). The chipboard frame was covered with a think payer of Ann Butler’s Earth Safe Finishes Lilac paint and the thick layer gave it a good non even texture. I added some pearls inside the piece and used the same dotted ribbon for the bow.

The second piece is this orange and black one.

Same stamping technique, but this time the frame was made with Ann Butler’s Tangelo ink and clear embossing powder only.

The last piece was made in blues, with Ann Butler’s Aquamarine ink and clear embossing powder over the frame.This time I added some pre made flowers in the same color as the ink to make it a bit different.

And here are all my beauties together.

Product list:

Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting stamps

1” Leaves all over

1” Doily picnic

Crafter’s inks Clearsnap

Aquamarine

Tangelo

Lilac

Earth Safe Finishes Ann Butler- Lilac

Hope you like my small and wearble art and see you again in a month!

October 1, 2014 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Stamped Comic Book Bangle Bracelet

Hi everyone! This is Carmen and today I wanted to share with you a colorful way to show the world that you have action super powers – with a comic book inspired bracelet. I had such fun making this bracelet! The Ann Butler Iridescent paints go on like sparkly butter while the Faux Quilting Dots stamp adds that iconic comic book halftone effect. I am just crazy about that dot stamp! This project will also show you how to use clear adhesive shelf vinyl as a mask so that you can control exactly where the stamping goes. It’s a great technique that you’ll be able to use in other projects.

Here’s how:

Materials:

Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting Stamps – 2″ Stripes / Dots / Hearts

Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Sunshine, Tangelo

Unfinished Wood Bracelet by DiyBangles.com

Ann Butler’s Iridescents by Earth Safe Finishes – Yellow, Orange

Black permanent marker

White paint pen

Clear acrylic sealer – gloss

Clear adhesive shelf vinyl

Tools:

Acrylic block, paintbrush, plastic plate, Sizzix Bigkick die cut machine, Sizzix “Build A Flower #3” die

Instructions:

1. Brush the wood bracelet all over with the yellow Iridescent paint. Add two more coats of paint to build up the color, letting the paint dry in between coats. Brush the inside and edges of the bracelet with several coats of orange Iridescent paint.

2. Die cut four flower shapes from the clear adhesive shelf vinyl.

3. Peel the paper backing from the die cut flower shapes and apply the adhesive flowers to the bracelet. Smooth down. Trace along the outer edge of each flower with the black permanent marker.

4. Use the 2″ dots stamp to stamp Crafter’s Ink Tangelo all over the bracelet including the edges. Let dry 20 minutes.

5. Peel off the clear vinyl flowers from the bracelet. Write an action word in each blank flower area with the black permanent marker. Add highlights with white paint pen. Finish with a coat of clear acrylic sealer.

That’s it! Now you can wear your action bracelet and feel like a comic book hero! Enjoy!

September 26, 2014 By Ann Butler Leave a Comment

Makin’s Clay® Quilted Stamped Bracelet

Today I am sharing a Makin’s Clay® Quilted Stamped Bracelet that is oh so easy to do. By now most of you know that I love Makin’s Clay® and my color of choice is usually black. I like to add color in either powders or inks to create a rich color but, for this project, I decided to start with white clay and use my Crafter’s Inks to give it color…

and created this Quick and Easy Stamped Bracelet…

I started by rolling the clay out to about 1/8″ thick; 2″ wide by 8″ long.

I placed an assortment of my 1″ square Faux Quilting Stamps by Unity Stamp Company diagonally onto the clay…

and pressed each lightly into the clay to make an impression.

Then I trimmed the excess clay away…

on both of the long ends.

I applied my Crafter’s Ink in Tangelo, Limelight and Sunshine randomly over the clay…

and blended the ink with art daubers; I also inked and colored the backside. Then I let the clay dry for a couple hours.

I used Westcott Non-Stick Scissors to cut the clay to size.

Then I attached VELCRO® Sticky Back Adhesive with a dab of Beacon Tacky Glue for a secure bond to the ends of the clay to create the bracelet, letting the glue dry completely.

There you have it a Quick and Easy Stamped Clay Bracelet!

August 27, 2014 By Beth Watson Leave a Comment

Faux Quilted Monogram Necklace

With this project, I decided to step out of my comfort zone and see what I could create with Makin’s Clay. Ann works and designs for Makin’s and I had the pleasure of demoing for them at the CHA Winter 2014 Show. This clay is versatile. It is already conditioned right out of the package and since it is air dry, it is very easy to work with AND you don’t need a lot of special tools!

These necklaces are a quick and easy craft. Great project to make with a group of tween girls for a scout troop, birthday gift or sleepover party!

Now, on to my project…

Materials:

Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilted Stamps by Unity – 1″ Doily Picnic and 1″ Leaves All Over

Ann Butler Designs Crafters Ink by Clearsnap – aquamarine and Limelight

Makin’s Clay – White Air Dry Clay, Clay Cutters Round and Tools – Roller and Cutters Set

Non-stick craft sheet, acrylic stamp block, plastic zipper bag, damp paper towel, Craft Awl or Bead Reamer, Jump Ring, Needle nose Pliers, small monogram stickers – black and 24″ of black cord or lacing.

Instructions:

1. Roll out white clay to about 1/8″ thick on craft sheet using the roller tool. turn craft sheet as you roll, so your clay is as round as possible.

2. Place 1″ Doily Picnic stamp on block, ink with Aquamarine and stamp in center of circle. NOTE: I eyeballed the stamp placement through my clear acrylic block. Push firmly, but not too hard or your stamp pattern will be distorted in the clay. Continue stamping, until the circle of Clay is covered.

3. Cut two circles from the stamped clay with the Makin’s Clay Cutters 1″ Round.

4. Repeat steps using the 1″ Vine Stamp from the Doily Picnic set and Limelight Ink. Cut two circles with the Makin’s Clay Cutters 1/2″ Round.

5. Pierce each circle of clay at the top center with a craft awl or bead reamer. Set aside to dry overnight.

6. Open a jump ring, insert through two clay circles and close jump ring. Thread 24″ length of black cording or lacing through jump ring. Tie a loop knot at the end. Place monogram sticker on smaller clay circle, wear and ENJOY!

Thanks for stopping by! – Beth