Terry Ricioli Designs

Hi Crafters! This week I'm working with Totem Poppets that I received from Eye Connect Crafts .  These animal totems are so versatile.  You can use them in mixed media, cards or scrapbooking.  Here I'm using them in one more way - as puppets. This is the Totem Rabbit and the Totem Turtle .  At the links, you can read about the totem animal and see what they look like unpainted. Here are my Poppet Puppets.  They are painted with acrylics and detail is added with pens.  Then, I glued thin wood sticks to the back.  What fun it would be to create a whole menagerie of these and make a puppet theater for them!  Create them to tell and act out your favorite story. Poppet Puppets I'll be working with Eye Connect Crafts at the Craft and Hobby Show .  If you are in the craft industry, stop by and see all the amazing Totem Poppets and Lace-Ups that creator and owner, Erin Sparler, has designed!  We'll be in Booth #1902! Happy Cra...

Hi Crafters! Today some of us on the Designer Crafts Connection are working with a new product that we received from Sullivans USA called Hebe Cord.  This new cord comes in 31 beautiful colors and can be used for knitting, crocheting, knotting and tatting. I received two shades of purple.  Here is one of the projects that I created.  It's a simple project that anyone can make.  You'll love wearing these fun and trendy Fringe Earrings. Fringe Earrings with Hebe Cord To make these earrings, you'll need: Hebe Cord, medium purple Bullet style bead caps 22-gauge wire to match Earring wires to match 66 2/0 E beads (I used Beader's Paradise 2/0 Czech Glass E-Beads in Lavender Mix) Cut 32 nine-inch pieces of cord.  Fold 16 in half and slide 6" length of wire through the fold. Fold wire and wrap one around the other. Trim wrapping wire and slip on bead cap.  Add one bead and make a wrapped loop.  Open earring wire and connect to wrapped l...

Hi All! Today I want to show you another craft that I have designed using the Totem Poppets from Eye Connect Crafts .  I am having fun trying different ideas with these.  Today, I'm working with Starfish and Crab Poppets. Here's the packaged Poppets: Totem Poppets These are made from recycled chipboard and are easily removed from the square of chipboard from which they are laser cut.  They were designed to be put together with 1/16" eyelets, but they can also be put together with brads, small screws or fibers.  Each Poppet comes with a statement on its totem representation, which you can incorporate into your artwork if you wish.   For my version of these Poppets, I popped them out and painted them with acrylic paint.  I painted them with a main color, then dry brushed and dabbed other colors on top.  For the crab, I added bead eyes.  To hold them together, I used hemp twine.  I think it adds a nice natural feel.  It's ve...

Hi Crafty Friends! I love to decorate for the fall holidays and Jack O' Lanterns are one of my favorite decorations.  I made these Jack O' Lanterns with canning jars.  It's so easy to do with etchall® etching creme!  These jars look great sitting on my window sill filled with tinted water.  They also make great party glasses with orange punch or soda.  You can make different faces on each one so your guests will remember which one is theirs! Or, fill them up with candy corn or other treats and give them to your neighbors!  Add tea lights and set them on your porch (use the battery-powered ones for safety).  You can even darken the etched area with permanent marker for another look.  To make these jars, you'll need some etchall® etching creme .  Then, you'll need some sticky paper to mask your jar so it will only be etched where you want it to be. I didn't have any etchmask with which to create the design, so I tried a few o...