PWA Beadie Buddie Blog Hop & Blog Candy

Welcome to the Blog Hop. I am sure you have seen some awesome things so far. Hopefully you came from Linda's blog and saw her wonderful beadie pieces of art. If you happened here by accident be sure to start at the beginning by clicking here. You don't want to miss anything.

Penny Wise Arts is a wonderful community of crafters, artists and fun people from all over the world. It is the friendliest Yahoo group around. I hope you will want to join our group. We love to share not only our art but our life as well. We have been around since 2003 and plan to be here for many years to come. We have monthly swaps of all kinds that revolve around these little beadie wonders.

***If you visit every blog in the Hop and leave a comment and your name will be put in a "hat" for a wonderful prize at the PWA blog. ***

Easter Banner

Here is a little banner I made to celebrate Easter. This was so fun to make. I used my Cricut Expression to cut out all the pieces. I used the George cartridge. The total length of the banner is 24" from button to button. Each square is 2".

Here is a closer view of one square. See those wonderful beads!

I used the buttons to keep everything from falling off the ends and to have something to hide the tape holding the banner to the door.

Supplies used:

Purple Opaque Beads, Sure Tac, O'So Sticky Tape - LB-0027 (PennyWiseArts)

Buttons - FooFaLa

Pattern Paper - K & Company

White card stock - Georgia Pacific

Fiber, Dollar Tree

Staples

Daisy Card

Don't you just love it when you get an idea and it really works. That is what this card represents. I cut out some flowers on my cricut machine and could not throw away the leftover sheet. It started out as an 8 1/2 x 11. I cut it to fit the front of the card base. I also cut a sheet of O'So Sticky tape and stuck it to the backside. I punched some orange dots and put them on the tape to be the middle of the flowers. I peeled off the other side of the tape and stuck everything to the card base. I stamped and cut out the butterfly. I put foam tape on the back and stuck it to the front of the card. I then poured beads all over the card to fill in the flowers. Below is a close up of those wonderful beads. The lamp behind the card is giving it the "glow" effect.

Supplies
O'So Sticky Tape cut from the 6"x 6' mega roll
Clear beads
Butterfly from Paper Inspirations
Stazon Ink - Black Jet

If you have any questions please be sure to e mail me.

Now for some fun. I have blog candy. Just leave me a comment and a way to contact you if you win. Be sure to leave your email address in the following manner so we can cut down on spammers ... your name at IPS dot com. I will use the random hat thingy. The winner will be notified Tuesday evening.

The prize from me includes:

2 - 6x8 sheets O'So Sticky Paperback Tape from http://www.pennywisearts.com/

Clear micro beads from http://www.pennywisearts.com/

Oasis 4x4 album from k*i memories

MetalGrams from American Crafts (2 packs)

Rub on Transfers - October Afternoon

Clear stamps stitched journaling panels from Autumn Leaves

maybe more by the time the drawing is done.

To visit the next Hoppening place click here to see what Jennifer is doing with beads.

Thanks for stopping by.

Marianne