30 Days of Glitter: Glitter Charms

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Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Glittered Paper Dolls

These were so much fun to make! i'm going to make a new set soon!

Paper Doll Ornament Clips
Supplies:
Pictures of faces that you either drew or photocopied, approx. 2” round
Thin cardboard, heavy watercolor paper
Fabric, paper, ribbon scraps
Glue stick, white craft glue
Crystals or gems
Crafty Chica glitter
Clothes pins or alligator clips
Crafty Chica Markers or paints
Scissors

Directions:
To make a batch of paper doll ornaments, you want each one to be about 7” long. Cut long triangles (to make the body/dress) from the cardboard. Decorate them with fabric and trim, using glue.
Apply the picture of the heads to cardboard. Cut out sets of feet and hands from cardstock. Sort the heads, bodies and limbs in piles. Before you glue, mix and match all the pieces until you create a doll you like. Glue the heads to the bodies and add the feet and hands. Embellish with glitter and gems, let dry. Hot glue the clothespin on the back and clip to your tree!
TIP: If your doll feels flimsy, glue a strip of cardboard to the back and then the clip.

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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Greetings from Tucson!

I'm back from two sunny days in Tucson, Az for the Tucson Festival of Books, as part of the Nuestras Raíces program!

Patrick, his mom and the kids came with me and we made the most of every minute there. Not only did I do a book reading and signing each day, I also led two Crafty Chica workshops. The books sold out and we had to turn a lot of unhappy people away from the craft tables when the supplies ran out. But hopefully I'll be back next year with double everything!

Here are some pictures from the trip...



Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: El Pastelito Card

El Pastelito means “the little cake” in Spanish. Regardless, the universal translation is ultimate yumminess! Make this card for the sweetest friend you have!

Designed by Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica

Materials List

• Tulip® Fashion Glitter™
  
  

  23533 Multi Fine

• Aleene's® Paper Glaze
  
  
• Crafty Chica™ Mojito Papers™
  
  
• Aleene's® Original Tacky Glue Sticks
  
  
• Crafty Chica™ Loteria Game™
  
  
• Crafty Chica™ Chunky Glitters™
  
  

  		25693 Bollywood Blue
  		25700 Frida's Fuchsia

• Miscellaneous
  Scissors, scalloped
  Paintbrush
  Cardstock, white and black
  Scrap paper
  Scissors
  Foil
  

Instructions

1. Cut black cardstock into desired card size. Fold. Cut white cardstock smaller on all sides than black cardstock. Using an Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue Stick, glue white cardstock into center of black card.

2. The front of the card will have three colors of glitter. Squeeze some Aleene’s® Paper Glaze onto foil and using paintbrush, paint a thick strip of Paper Glaze onto top 1/3 of white cardstock and immediately pour the first glitter color of your choice over the glaze. Press with your finger to set. Pour excess glitter onto scratch paper and return to glitter container for reuse.

3. Repeat step for the second and third sections of the cardstock, using the glitter colors of your choice. IMPORTANT: While applying Paper Glaze in the middle section, leave the center of the middle section without glaze so that you will be able to glue the image for the card to that spot.

4. Using scalloped scissors cut a piece of the newsprint design of the Crafty Chica™ Mojito Papers™ slightly larger than Loteria Card playing card piece. Using the Original Tacky Glue Stick, glue newsprint paper to the middle portion of the card that you left untouched with glaze and glitter.

5. Glue the “El Pastelito” playing card from the Crafty Chica™ Loteria Game™ to the center of the newsprint paper.

6. Let card dry, then write your special message inside.

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Glittered Bottles

This is a project from my Crafty Chica Collection book, glittered soda pop bottles!

Here's how to do it:

Buy some glass pop bottles. I love the Mexican ones because they have raised designs or the labels printed directed on the glass. But you can also use flat paper label ones. It's all good!

You'll need acrylic craft paint, assorted brushes, and toothpicks for the micro spots.

You'll also need decoupage medium and ultra fine glitter in colors that match your paint colors.

First paint the entire bottle, and all the little details. Let it dry.

Next, working one area at a time, coat it in a thin layer of the decoupage medium and then pour on the glitter. Don't sprinkle the glitter - POUR it! If you sprinkle, you'll miss some spots. Trust me. Tap off the excess glitter and move on to the next spot.

Stop when it is all covered in glitter. Spray with varnish to seal it.

You could skip the paint part, but I like to do that step because it makes the glitter more vibrant. Red glitter on red paint, yah, baby, gimme more....

Now you can use your bottles as vases, centerpieces for a party, for a window sill, etc.
Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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