Learn to Make a Dollar Store Playing Card Necklace with Giveaway! #dollarstoreartchallenge

It's a dollar store art challenge!  Learn to make a dollar store playing card necklace with art supplies from the dollar store.  Join me and the artists below to see what wonderful art projects they dreamed up.  This event, hosted by Shemi Dixon, has a giveaway!  One person will win a $20 gift card to the Dollar Tree (US) or a $20 PayPal (International).  Check out the links below for details.

Giveaway open from January 23, 2017 - January 29, 2017, winner announced on Jan 30, 2017.

Welcome to the Dollar Store Art Challenge. After you watch this video just click on the video links below to watch more wonderful projects or click on this link https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp2Pcto6l38tkGsr7gOiSE5lhFDmTu-I- to Our Playlist to watch all the projects at one time. We have created over 21 Projects for you to enjoy. When you complete this list, click the very last video for a new list of Dollar Store Projects to watch. Please don't forget to leave a comment, like, and subscribe so that you won't miss out on all the wonderful future projects and inspiration.

To Enter the Giveaway please click this link http://craftsnamesandthings.blogspot.com/2017/01/dollar-store-art-challenge-and-giveaway.html and follow the instructions.

Prize: $20 dollar gift card to the dollar tree USA Winner Or $20 USA Dollars send thru PayPal for international winner
• There will be 1 winner picked at random
• Giveaway starts January 23 ,2017 and end at midnight on January 29,2017
• Winner will be announced on Monday January 30 on Shemi Dixon you-tube channel

Video Links
Lisa Cobler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Yf_ey6GeE
Barbara Rankin
https://youtu.be/-qmxcIc5y9Q
Gale Wilson-Broady
https://youtu.be/K5cy76jVBG8
Peg Robinson
https://youtu.be/EdjmGD1yZPk
Mimi’s musings Maryanne Durniak Mott
https://youtu.be/u8jJ_LvBsDM
Meridel Abrams
https://youtu.be/ens41lN8bt8
PaperOcotilloStudio Shel C
https://youtu.be/TRj2UIXleCk
Andrea Kidman
https://youtu.be/ppGJLkIJX20
Sweet Willow Designs Maria Clark
https://youtu.be/I0BftAFCu7A
Ina Solsbery
https://youtu.be/nHvYnPrgwkU
Stacy Evans Part One and Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiWVRcHZ7Ck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y1UzI9FpI4&feature=youtu.be

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Dollar Store Facial Brush Hack

Dollar store hack.  Use a dollar store facial brush in your art studio.  All the scrapbookers, card makers and mixed media artists, take a look at how I'm using this facial brush to apply ink shading to a card.  I love the look of inked edges but didn't want to pay the relatively high price of the felt and velcro ones you can find in the craft stores.  These facial brushes apply the ink perfectly and smoothly at a low cost.  You can have several for different colors.  Love this dollar store hack.  Hope you do as well.

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How to Make an Advent Charm Bracelet - Special Gift for a Christmas Baby

There's a Christmas baby due - our first grandchild.  To commemorate the event and to celebrate the Christmas season, I created an Advent Charm Bracelet for my Daughter, Emily.  Learn to make this simple bracelet with various charms and green/red holiday clusters.  Use simple jewelry making tools and materials to create the bracelet and I'll also show you how to turn a dollar store holiday tin into a personalized jewelry box to keep all the charms in.  Your loved one can open a mini package for each day leading up to Christmas and add the charm to the bracelet.  Usually there are 24 surprises in a traditional Advent calendar but in this one I added the 25th as a special charm for the baby.

You can use these techniques to make a charm bracelet to count down for any special event.  This would make a really nice gift.  Hope you enjoy and thank you for joining me in my studio.

Tools

Nail - choose a size comparable to the size of the knob
Hammer
Screw Driver
Stamps - number or use number sticker s
Jewelry pliers - round and chain nose
Wire cutter
Paper punch - round or ribbon type

Materials
Tin - the size I used was approx 5" long, 4"deep and 4" wide
Mini envelopes
Charm bracelet blank
Various charms
Glass beads - green leaves, 4mm red faceted
Ribbon (to tie the envelopes closed) or could use Washi tape
Head pins - 4 per cluster
Spring rings - 1 ea for each charm and cluster
Stamping ink
Jump rings - may or may not need if the charms come with them, otherwise 1 ea per charm
Clear Command mini hooks (Optional, I used them to hold the bracelet to the top of the box
Sharpie - gold metallic

SWD Learn to make a Dollar Store Halloween Skeleton Necklace

Hi All,

Join me in my studio to make this fun Halloween Skeleton Necklace.  I had bought a couple of the $1 skeleton garlands at my local Dollar Tree a while ago.  I hope they still have some of these this year, it's kind of close to Halloween and I notice everything is turning over for Christmas.  If they don't have them, save this for next year.  It's a great, inexpensive Halloween project and simple enough for the kids.  I made this for an elementary school teacher and I think it will be a great hit with her class.

We'll use very basic tools and materials such as wire, jump rings, chain, jewelry making pliers and wire snips.  If you want a more temporary necklace use the jute string that comes with the skeleton garland in place of the wire and chain.  You can simply tie a knot to wear the necklace.  The full tools/materials list is below the video.  If you enjoyed this project, I hope you'll let me know by subscribing to my YouTube channel, giving me a thumbs up (always encouraging) or leave a comment.  I hope you enjoy.

Tools
Jewelry pliers - two chain nose
Wire cutters

Materials
Skeletons - I used the skeleton garlands from Dollar Tree, if you don't find these, look for something similar; make sure they're flexible and a good size for a necklace - not too big
Jump rings - 2ea 10mm
Craft wire - 22ga approx 2'
Pumpkin bell or other pumpkin you can attach to represent a trick or treat bag (optional)
Chain - 2ea 6" lengths
Clasp - toggle or other