My ARTistic Life

New Digi Freebie: Italy!

My Mom recently turned me onto The Borgias. I'm loving the rich costumes and beautiful Italian Renaissance settings. So, that inspired this lovely collage sheet featuring a vintage map of Venice and an assortment of Italian postage stamps. Get your free, high resolution digital download by simply emailing blogfreebie@artchixstudio.com.

Enjoy! : ) You're welcome to use it in your personal artwork, jewelry, journals, etc. Or hold onto it for a future project. This item is not for resell though.

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I have always loved Renaissance art and architecture. I recently asked my Mom if she could make a pair of Renaissance-inspired earrings. And here are the equisite earrings that she made. Aren't they gorgeous?! What a clever, creative way to use our Mini Clover Windows.

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When I put together the new digi freebie, I remembered how cute Inca helped me with the Sepia Post collage sheet.

Hope you're having a great Summer! I will see you in 2 weeks (August 3 or 4) with a new fun digi freebie, inspiration and a bit o' cuteness! : )

Super Cute Butterfly Earrings

I recently came across this photo of my dear Bruno posing with these cute Daisy Charms that I made earlier this year. I simply painted our Wood Daisy Charms (now on sale) with red acrylic paint. Then, I glued black and white images from our Mini Art Bubbles collage sheet to our Mini Acrylic Bubbles...and then I glued them onto the Wood Daisies. For a nice display, I tied them onto our Mini Eco Shape Houses. Seeing these charms inspired these cute earrings...

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These are the supplies that I used to make these fun earrings (x2):
Mini Art Bubbles collage sheet, Mini Acrylic Bubbles, 1/2" Round Photo Charms with 2 Loops, Tiny Crown Charms, Earring hooks, jump ring, beads, head pins and brass wire.

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And here they are! I simply punched out the butterfly image and glued it to the Clear Acrylic Bubble...and then glued it to the Photo Charm. Then I added the earring hooks, wire wrapped the beads and added them and added the Tiny Crown with a jump ring.

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Here I am wearing them so that you can get an idea of their size on a person. Super cute, eh?

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Last week, I announced this great digi freebie for you! My favorite vintage alphabet! Get your free, high resolution digital download by simply emailing blogfreebie@artchixstudio.com. Offer ends next Wednesday morning (July 20).

See you next week with a new digi freebie and more inspiration! : )
 

Digi Freebie: My Fave Vintage Alphabet & More!

Great news! I've got a new digi freebie for you! My favorite vintage alphabet! Get your free, high resolution digital download by simply emailing blogfreebie@artchixstudio.com.

Enjoy! : ) You're welcome to use it in your personal artwork, jewelry, journals, etc. Or just hold onto it for a future project. This item is not for resell though.

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I recently fell in love with the vintage alphabet above when I used it on our Scalloped Stage Frames. It's currently in mini size on our Party Flags collage sheet. Love it!

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Last week, I asked you for animals you'd like to see featured here in ARTchix-land. 5 winners are going to receive this amazing Flying Seahorses Gift Pack which includes our Dress Me Up Doll collage sheet, Small Wings, Classic Photo Charms and Red Seahorses. Wow!!!

It was tough because you all came up with some great ideas for animals! Thank you! And the winners (I picked the person that said the animal first) are....drumroll please....

Kersten - RAVENS
Louise - OWLS
Sue Young - DRAGONFLIES
Jan Vargas - PEACOCKS
Peg Englishman - GIRAFFES

Congrats winners! And be on the lookout for ravens, owls, dragonflies, peacocks and giraffes coming to ARTchix-land in the future. : )

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I have another fun jewelry class for you: Monogram Necklaces! They're easy, fast, stylish and totally inexpensive to make! This class uses our Round Wood Tags and Wood Daisy Charms which are both currently on sale. What a bargain! You'll see it on our website later today. : )

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And for your Weekly Dose of Cuteness....Bruno reminds us to S-T-R-E-T-C-H.

See you next week for more fun and creativity! : )