Friday, January 29, 2016

On making a leather cuff with a Relics and Artifacts adornment

Hi!!!! Yesterday I gave you a CHA recap of the wonderful people I met in Anaheim, CA. I failed miserably in taking a picture of the great  Jill Mackay  We met at the Sizzix booth. As I was walking the floor with my Relics and Artifacts jewelry she spotted me and asked if I was a designer.... Then she showed me what she had created for Sizzix and I was  madly in love!!!
Dies to cut leather to make jewelry and dyed pieces of leather of the best quality around, plus she will also have some findings to work with it all!!!! The collection will be available in April but I got the chance to work with it first hand. She graciously gave me some pieces to play!
Here's my first piece, a bracelet I've also used as a choker! There are 3 different dies used in this piece!
To learn how to make it visit my Snapguide   That way you'll be ready when the dies hit the stores!!! See you there!!!
Stay tuned for the next one, a full tutorial has been  done and will be coming soon!

Thursday, January 28, 2016

CHA winter 2016 recap

Hi everyone!!! I've had quite an exciting beggining of 2016! CHA was an amazing experience. Being part of the Ambasssadors for the Relics and Artifacts line gave me the opportunity to sit, demo and meet people from all over the world at the Prima booth!  Being in the company of Sandra Evertson is amazing, she is so sweet and kind and intuitive, a genuine soul I've been blessed to know! Also in the company of great artists such as Debby Anderson, John Creighton-Petersen, Kimberly Cochrane and Wendy Morris-Saponaro it was quite the unforgettable experience!!!
Here's Delaina, Sandra Wendy, me and Debby at the end of our first day!
More exciting people I got to meet 
Jo Packham the mastermind behind Where Women Create! A treat in itself!

Sneaking a moment with Debi who now has her own line of dies and I'm so thrilled for her!!! And of course Brenda Walton who I just absolutely love!!!
With Susan the Ice Resin creator and uber talented jeweler !!! Who BTW loves Puerto Rico!!!
And my adorable Bloom girls Jamie Dougherty and Lisa Adametz!!!!

Debby Anderson love her to pieces!!!
It is always a treat to meet someone you keep a daily relationship online! This is Luciana Warnowski from Brazil!!!

Super talented Mou Saha!!!
Amazing Paper Grace Becca Feeken!!! 
And i got to meet with Irma from Imaginoc and Annette from Scrapbook Gallery!!!
I also met Jill Mackay at the Sizzix booth!!!
Another exciting thing was getting published by Jewelry Affaire and then being posted on Instagram by Where Women Create 
Being reposted by Finnabair and being able to expose my work at the Prima Booth at CHA!!!!!
One of the cards I made for the Relics and Artifacts section also got featured at the Prima Catalog!!!
I turned 50 on the 23rd
So I'm loving this fantastic month!!! I have exciting things creating backstage for you so stay tuned!  Things may pop on my Instagram, follow me there
@milagroscrivera
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