Terry Ricioli Designs

Hi all, Today I'm sharing a piece I did for the Creating With Joy blog , where we use Joy iron-on letters in our artwork and crafts.  Take a look there for my materials and instructions on how to create your own canvas. Upcycled Sunflowers I collect and re-use materials like cardboard coffee sleeves and the foil that seals coffee cans.  (And, a lot of other stuff!)  I like the coffee sleeves as they come in a lot of different textures.  I used three different textures here.  And, the foil is really fun.  It usually has a texture, too; and, it can be cut and bent easily.  The Joy Iron-on letters can be painted or dyed as you like and add a nice dimension to the piece.  So, save some of these fun materials and create your own fall art.  These materials are easy enough for kids to use, too. (I am a member of the design team for Joy iron-on letters and receive their product with which to create my art.  Check out the Creating with ...

Fall Banner I love creating projects for fall.  Although I will miss summer, I love the fresh coolness of rain, bright warm harvest colors and the rich spicy smell of pumpkin pies or bread baking in the oven. Today on the Designer Crafts Connection, we're creating designs with Kunin® felt .  Participating designers received a package of felt and trim to use in their design. Here's what I received - Olive, White, Prickly Purple, Lemon Frost, Ocean Blue and Pumpkin Spice felt along with some fun pom pom trim. To this, I added a few more pieces of felt - Yellow, Light Yellow, Orange and a nice rusty brown called Copper Canyon.  I also bought a few more pieces - Olive and more Pumpkin Spice (never enough Pumpkin Spice!).  They were 4 for $1 on sale at JoAnn's!  There were so many wonderful colors, I wanted to bring them all home! The Olive piece that I received is a larger craft cut (12" x 18") that is also heavier (Kunin® Pre...

Hi all! I just received my copy of Best of Jewelry Stringing magazine in which I have a small part.  It's so nice to see Stringing again.  I love looking at all the beautiful designs for inspiration.  They always have the most interesting designs with innovative uses of components.  As a jewelry designer, it's always been one of my favorites and I was sad to see it go earlier this year.  Get your copy of the Best of Jewelry Stringing today and maybe they'll bring the magazine back!  (I can always hope, right?) Best of Jewelry Stringing 2017 These are the earrings they chose for the magazine. Chandelier Earrings Also, if you like the style of Stringing, there are some designs included in Interweave's bead stitching magazine, Beadwork , under Fast and Fabulous. Happy Creating! PS  My earrings were featured in the Beading Daily blog post .  Thanks, Debbie!

Hi all, When I saw this glass skull at Michaels, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.  I wanted to etch it! I coated the outside of the skull with etchall® etching crème. Skull coated with etchall® etching crème Here is the skull after etching.  It's now ready to paint.  Etching gives the glass a "tooth", a rough surface that makes it easy to paint. At first, my thought was to paint it with some brown stain to make it look like a very old skull.  I still like that idea.  My second idea was to paint it as a sugar skull with bright, colorful motifs.  That sounded more interesting. To start, I painted it with white acrylic paint.  The first coat I put on with brush strokes.  Then, I went over it with a soft brush pouncing to cover the brush strokes.  Here's how it looked at this stage: I added black paint in the eye sockets, nose and around the teeth.  Then, I added acrylic sticker...