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!

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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Jewelry Affaire winter 2016!

Have you picked your copy yet?

New Year Resolutions

Ok I said the one before this was my last post of the year...yet today inspiration struck and I obliged. And yes I decided it was worth sharing with you as well!

In my hands the Relics and Artifacts have a way of speaking to me and they connect with each other so well, like pieces in a puzzle!

I started with the center head, it represents me then to my left is my son  with his unruly hair to my right my younger daughter. The eyes represent how we look at the future together. The cross represents my faith and my commitment to make it stronger next year.  The dove represents the Holy Spirit and how I wish it guides us through next year.  I hope the Angels help me guide my family through and thus there's an Angels wing!

I painted with heavy white gesso and then used white crackle paste to represent purity.

I also drilled a hole on the wood to thread  the Lumies, another pure white light.

There's much to look forward to in the future.  There's a lot to do in the now. It's been an exciting year and I look forward to the new one with hopeful eyes! 

Thanks as always for stopping by! Happy New Year everyone!

Milagros 

PS: look me up on Snapguide to learn how to make it!

From our house to yours Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone!!! This will be my last post of the year.  I'm inspired by Riika Kovasin's sketch for Prima' December BAP

I wNted to make it into a Giant Christmas card of sorts with all my family in it!

A clean and elegant piece to embrace all that is good in my life

Anchored together by an Angel full of splendor and appropriately framed by Prima's antique white wood frame (#549893)

Here are the details 

My everything, my kids

And all of us together 

Here's Riikas sketch

May the New Year bring you joy, adventure, health, creativity and tons of joyful moments!

Milagros 

A Free Spirited Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone it's crunch time for Christmas and I just whipped a quick yet beautiful card for you on Jamie's Bloom Girls blog

Wedgewood porcelain inspired cards!

Check out How to Make a Card for a Girl by Milagros C Rivera on Snapguide.