Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Weeks 6 & 7

I was so proud this morning as I finished up my project for the last week of the Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop...until I realized that last week was the final week for the hop. So much for catching up on deadlines. Another one went whooshing by! Here are my projects anyway, a couple of festive ideas for last-minute gift giving, perfect for times when the presentation is part of the present:

This is a tag book with a removable pendant on the front. The book is full of little quotes about friendship, plus, your friend can take the pendant off of the book and wear it!

For the pendant, I used: Katiedids™ Creative Components double-circle pendant; SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS 4mm & 8mm beads; Beadalon silver 19-strand, head pin, interchangeable pendant bail.

For the book, I used: Sizzix Bigz XL Die - Album, Brackets by Brenda Pinnick; SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS 18mm large-hole bead; 18-gauge tinned copper Artistic Wire; sheer brown ribbon; brown inkpad; script rubber stamp; glue stick; quotes from BrainyQuote.com.

This is a card made from Brenda's album die (see above) with the necklace attached to the front. I used Eileen Hull's Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Treat Bag Toppers at the top. The treat bag topper die is great because it has pre-punched holes in it that allow you to thread the necklace chain onto it to hide the ends. Then, I stacked the die-cut shapes together with foam tape to provide room for the chain. I made the necklace using my Katiedids™ Creative Components with Apoxie resin putty and SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS chatons.

I hope you've enjoyed these ideas for combining your paper crafting and jewelry making passions. The Triple Play Blog Hop is going to live on in a new blog: http://www.tripleplay.typepad.com/. Check it out!