Art Glitter Hair Clip



Supply List
Art Glitter 280 Lime Rind Ultrafine Opaque glitter
Art Glitter 150 Poison Ivy Ultrafine Opaque glitter
Art Glitter 297 Hibiscus Ultrafine Transparent glitter
Art Glitter 304 Petal Pink Ultrafine transparent glitter
Art Glitter Dries Clear Glue
Art Glitter Ultra Fine Tip
Art Glitter Sticky Paper
The Robin's Nest Metallic Red Dew Drops
Darice Barrette
Bridal Ribbon Hobby Lobby
Plastic packaging
Creative Memories Leaf Punch
Hot Glue gun

One of the things Clare loves about Art Glitter is the range of colors!  She knows she can find a color glitter to match any project she is working on!  This will come in handy with wedding season approaching.  Clare used the perfect color Art Glitter to make beautiful barrettes for the flower girl. 

She started by covering a Darcy barrette with ribbon, gluing it in place with a hot glue gun.  Clare likes to use a low temp glue gun to avoid burns!  She then punched some leaves in Art Glitter Sticky paper.  She peeled off the protective layer first.   Clare finds it easy to just dip the leaf in the glitter on the side of the leaf in the light color green. 

Here Clare used 280 Lime Rind Ultrafine Opaque.  She then dipped the same leaf in the darker color green to cover the center of the leaf, this is 150 Poison Ivy. 

Once the leaves were made, she glued them on top of the ribbon on the barrette. 

For the flower, Clare cut a rolled rose using a Sizzix die and some plastic packaging from a embossing folder she bought:  reduce, reuse, recycle!  She has even used the plastic lid to the salad packaging from the grocery store to make flowers!  You can find more photos of the packaging flowers here.   While the rose was still flat, she covered the center of each petal using 297 Hibiscus Ultrafine Transparent glitter and the ultrafine glue tip, and Art Glitter Dries Clear glue. 

She made a second row of color, again using the ultrafine tip and 304 Petal Pink Ultrafine transparent glitter. 

Once these had dried completely, Clare rolled the rose and glued it at the center using a glue gun.  For the flower center she glued a dew drop from The Robin's Nest.  She gently bent the petals once the glue had dried completely.  She then attached the flower to the barrette on top of the leaves.  

To see more of Clare's work you can visit her blog at cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com.

Holly Hair Clip!

Today, I am presenting a cute, easy hair clip.  It isn't only for hair.  It can be used for the Christmas tree, or decorations, or even as a clip on a purse or coat.  It was really simple to make.  Let me show you how.

MATERIALS:
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 167 Rain Forest
Art Glitter Dries Clear Fabric Adhesive
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive
Tombow Marker Dual Brush Pen 296 Green
Tombow Marker Dual Brush Pen 158 Dark Olive
Tombow Marker Dual Brush Pen 192 Asparagus
Tombow Marker Dual Brush Pen 837 Wine Red
Tombow Blending Mister
Paper Towel
Small Stencil Brush
3 Connie Crystals from the Red Suncatcher
Hair Clip
22 Gauge Floral Wire
Muslin Fabric (any plain cotton will do)
Canvas (or Duck Cloth)
Tim Holtz Holly Leaves Die
Manual Die Cut Machine (or you can use scissors and a drawing, if you like)

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Use the Tim Holtz die and a manual die cut machine to cut out holly leaves from muslin and canvas.  You could also just use your own design and some scissors, if you prefer.
2)  Color the muslin with Tombow markers.  Make sure that you use a lot of color.  You can shade them any way you like, but I prefer 2-3 different colors of green and one "surprise" color--in this case, Wine Red.

The coloring doesn't have to be particularly good, as you can see below.

3)  Fill your mister with water and spray the leaf.

 You can see the "bleeding" that happens when you have it full of water.  At this point, if you want to "pick up" some of the color that has dripped off the side, you can just slide the leaf over those spots of color.

 4)  Blot with paper towel to remove excess water and let dry.

 This is the three leaves dried.

 5)  Squeeze a little of the Art Glitter Fabric Glue onto your work space.  In this case, I actually used the inside paper of a just opened bottle of glue.

 6)  Pick up some of the glue with your stencil brush.

 7)  Blot the stencil brush on the paper towel.

 8)  Rub onto parts of the leaf that you would like glittered.  I always make sure that I glitter the areas that have grayed out with the spraying.

 9)  Pour glitter over the glued areas.  You can use any color that works with the project, but when layering like this, transparent glitter is the best choice.  Let it dry.

 This is what one leaf looks like done.

 10)  Match up the fabric leaf with the canvas leaf and glue together, using fabric glue.  Let dry.

 This is what all three leaves look like done.  Notice how the glitter is in different spots on each leaf.

 11)  Glue the leaves onto the hair clip with Designer Dries Clear.  You only need a little glue--don't use too much!  When gluing the first one on, be sure to hold it into place for a few minutes while it sets.

 12)  When all the leaves are on and dry, use the wire to attach the beads.

It was really easy and fun.  The coloring and spraying could even be done by a child. I hope you enjoyed this project today.  If you would like to get started using some beautiful transparent glitter with the awesome Art Glitter Fabric Glue, use the code TB20 on the Art Glitter Site to receive 20% off any order of $25 or more.
Until next time, glitter on!

Hair Decorations for Dancers

In my spare time I coach a high school dance team.  Like many school teams we operate on a pretty low budget, but the girls still like to change outfits and accessories to match their dances.  We are currently working on a little Latin-flavored dance with black lace gloves and I wanted some cute pink flowers for their hair.  In searching for these I ran into two problems - #1 - it is hard to find 10 of the same thing, let alone 10 in the color I wanted and #2 - even though they were only $4.00 ea, when I have to get 10 of them, that's $40 for a little hair bling.  So I decided to take a stab at making my own.....

For this project I used:  pink roses from the dollar store, Art Glitter Fabric Adhesive, Art Glitter Ultrafine glitter - Pink Diamond, Round brads, Acrylic gems, felt circles, hair clips.

Begin by removing all the leaves and plastic from the flowers so that all you are left with is the layers of fabric petals.

Using a paint brush, apply splotches of Art Glitter Fabric adhesive around the outer edges of the petals.

Waterfall the glitter over the glue while it is still wet, and shake off the excess.  I like to work over a coffee filter to catch the excess glitter.

Repeat on all the petal layers.

Place the largest section, glitter side up and run a ring of AG fabric glue around the center.

Place the next section on top of the first so that the hole in the centers line up, but the petals do not.  Hold in place for a few minutes until the glue starts to grab, then repeat with the other layers.

Run the prongs of a brad through the center hole and bend back to secure.  If I had 10 of the same color brad, these might have made cute centers.

But since I didn't, I covered the brads with acrylic gems that I had on hand.

For the clip, simply place a felt circle in between the prongs of the hair clip.  Use hot glue or E6000 to glue the felt to the back of the flower.

The girls will look spectacular when they dance tomorrow night!  And.... instead of spending $40.00 I spent less than $10.00!!

Please visit my blog for more fun, glittering projects!

KC