Bottle cap Owls

Hi Guys!
It's Creepy Glowbugg and I'm back to guest design this month!

I am sharing a project today that is totally new for me.

First off, it requires NO coloring. Yup, I said it. No coloring at all.

I have used the adorable and beautifully vibrant pre-colored bottle cap art found here. 

I have had the bottle caps for quite some time, and in an attempt to destash a bit, 

and make a few Christmas gifts, I decided to give it a go.

I began by printing out the bottle cap art and punching out the owls with a 1" circle punch.

I used regular printer paper first, but found that photo paper works much better with the

lacquer as you will see in a minute.

I also had some tiny caps, so I punched those out with a 1/2" punch, 

only using the owls faces. 

I added holes to the small caps with my piercing tool and a hammer.

Now for some bling! 

I added various glitters and sparkly stuff to the images for sparkle and interest. 

Lots of tweezer action happening here.

Lastly, I added 3D laquer to the caps to seal in all that gorgeousness.

This was actually my first attempt at this project, and in my second attempt I used

much less laquer and got a smoother finish, which I prefer.

Once dry, I added some ridiculously strong magnets onto the backs. 

These could also be used a pendants, but I figured someone might get 

more use out of magnets. 

I attached the caps together to give them some movement,

and added a rhinestone charm. More bling never hurts, right?

Here is a good comparison on the difference between using photo paper

versus regular copy paper. The lacquer really bleaches out the image to the point

where it looks like a totally different image.

Left one is using photo paper, right one is copy paper. 

My son says the bleached ones look, "vintage". Let's go with that.

All the caps together for a group shot.

Thanks so much for having me this week.

I'll be back next Saturday with another concoction to share.

Happy Holidaze!

Happy Halloween Eve!

Creepy Glowbugg back again to share my final

guest DT projects for this glorious month of October.

I just had to use this adorable image #129 as my focal point.

After coloring her and her spider friend with Copics, she went perfectly 

with the digital paper from The Creepy Chronicles #20.

I couldn't resist layering some drippy die cuts to add to the gooey-ness 

of it all. I also added some more glitter die cuts for added bling. Perfection! 

I had to make some cute ATCs with the yummy goodies of image #468.

Still on my die cutting kick, I thought the zombie hands would

be pretty cute. And I was right.

I popped the images and die cuts onto some Distress Oxide backgrounds.

Fun to create and fulfilling to use some scraps.

 Lastly, is my favorite little lady...

She is my chosen favorite from the fabulous group of ladies in image #469.

Using my new die from Sizzix, I added this beauty to a simple

die cut background with a Distress Oxide moon.

It has been so fun to be part of the Oddball Art Stamp team this month!

Thank you so much for having me, ladies. I've had a blast creating with 

you this month.

Happy Halloween!!