Another gem initial

Welp, it's time for another one!
This one is different, and I really cannot decide which one I like better, I think I like them equally, buttttt I'm not sure. So anyways, you basically just start out the same, foam board and stencil of your letter (Mine is K because I made it for my other sister's birthday, and her name starts with a K, duh). Then you take some of these....

It's a giant bucket of circular gems, and when I say giant, I mean GIANT. So you take the gems and lay them on the letter you traced. You get them all situated perfect, and then you glue them down. I guess if you're more of a spontaneous person you could just glue them down without planning it out first, but I'm just too much of a planner to be able to do that. Anyways, So you get them all glued down and it looks like this....

and then you take one of these....

and put the foam board in it,

And there you have it! another beautiful homemade present! (:

jewel art

Well hi there! Today I thought I'd share about what I made for my sister for her birthday.Her birthday was in January and it's now March and she still hasn't gotten it... but I'm not really worried about her seeing it because of this because...well... she just never gets online. Ever. So I'm pretty sure I'm safe.
So, here's the deal, my sister's favorite color is pink and she's all about fashion and gems and jewels. So, for her birthday I wanted to make her something that kind of represented her, and this is what I came up with.

Here's how it's done. First, I got some foam board (I swear, it's my favorite thing ever when it comes to crafting!). Then I picked out my jewels, I got a really cool pack with all of the different shapes in it. Then I printed out a stencil of the letter J and traced it onto my foam board. Then, I arranged all of the jewels on there how I thought I wanted them, and then I one by one picked them up and stuck them on with some Eileen's tacky glue. It was tedious, but so worth it. To finish off, I got one of my favorite cheap frames, and framed it.

And there you have it! (: