Being Sidetracked & Scraptiv!ty Nov 2009

Do you remember what I said about being side-tracked in my last post? Now that I am able to show you my November creations, I would like to explain. One of Scraptiv!ty's November kit contents is the 7 Gypsies: Artist Printer Tray. When I saw it, I, immediately, wanted to use it for jewelry display. So, this is where I got side-tracked.

I found a frame, took it apart and spray painted it black to match the artist printer tray.

Then, I painted mixed reds, yellows and golds onto a piece of foam board for the mat, (which can be penetrated by my gold paint sprayed tacks,)....and I attached it to the painted frame. Then, I added wire to hang jewelry:

Then, for the artists tray, I used cardboard with tabs to secure jewelry, in the display boxes, so that the cardboard could be taken out to use the jewelry whenever I wanted. The decorated cardboard has slits at the top for necklaces and holes for pins and earrings. And, there is one in which I glued miniture clothespins from the kit to hold a bracelet. Here is a closer view:

All products used were from November, or prior month's, kits.

With Scraptiv!ty kits, the members receive a Notions™ newsletter. It contains step-by-step instructions and techniques used for many of the projects. I will refrain from going into too much here as those may be found in the newsletter.

Here is November's fabulous Scraptiv!ty Kit reveal:


Here are the remainder of my creation's:
This one uses a Makins: texture sheets with Core’dinations cardstock. Once I embossed and sanded a piece of the paper, I saw diamonds, (hmmm,....is this a jewelry theme..). I decided to create a diamond flower to use on my "sketch" submittal. The other decorative elements were cut from paper from a previous Scraptivity kit:


For this project, I used a Prima stamp for a background print. By the way, these stamps are incredibly detailed,...I LOVE them! And, I used Liquid Pearls, which may be found in the April 07 kit, to trace the embossed design from Bazzill: Embossed cardstock – Ruby Slipper Vine:


For my card project, I used the other Prima stamp set to create a dimensional hanging chandelier:














Lastly, I used the artist's tray as a template for a layout base:
Then inked the edges from the packaging of the Prima stamp sets, with several other kit inclusions to create this vintage layout:

I hope that you enjoyed my post today,...Now, go get yourself a kit, here, while they are available! :)

Happy Creating!!! :)