[16 Dec 2009 | 9 Comments | 14,648 views]
Tutorial:  Make a Bracelet from an old Record

Today we have another lovely guest poster here on Dabbled,  Kelly from Tresijas!  I discovered Kelly through some of the really cool creations she had posted in the Dabbled Flickr group–especially her vinyl record creations–, and I asked her if she’d honor us with a tutorial.  And she agreed, so here it is…  Enjoy!

How to: Make A Bracelet from Vinyl Record

List of materials:

Toaster oven with tray
An old pair of scissors
stretchy gloves (to protect from heat)
record album
low grit sand paper
bracelet mandrel or other cylindrical object (a soda can or skinny glass bottle will work too)

Most of these items can be found…

[15 Dec 2009 | 5 Comments | 2,048 views]
Free Christmas gift tag

Hi there, fellow crafty bloggers!
No, this isn’t Dot writing, it’s Fanie from Art vs Craft.net!

While she’s away, I managed to sneak into her blog and give you a freebie!
Since we’re all busy shopping around, I guessed some of us could use some extra tags for presents. So I made a cute cat Christmas gift tag for you!

I made this easy, all you have to do is to click on the image or click here to start the download.
It’s a A4 letter size, in PDF format, with 6 Christmas tags on them.

Happy Holidays!
If you liked this freebie, feel free to let me know via the comments…

[14 Dec 2009 | 2 Comments | 586 views]
Preview of coming attractions!

I spent most of the morning drawing about 60 little pictures that are part of a great little stocking stuffer game I’ll be posting a ‘how-to’ for in the next few days.   Here’s a little preview of some of the drawings… I was pretty impressed with my marathon 6 hour session — I really DID have other things I should have been doing today!

Free Shipping Ends Tonight

A reminder: Free Shipping on Prints ends tonight!  If you have been wanting one of Nancy’s art prints for a Christmas gift, grab it now…. Details on the free shipping offer here.

More Truly Shameless Promotion..

If you’re…

[12 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 1,002 views]
Last Christmas I gave you my heart…

ell, at least I gave you some cool tutorials…

Here are a few you might want to go check out again!

[Click to See Photos]

Links:

Picture Frame Ornament Tutorial
Recipe Related Gift Ideas
How to Make Homemade Eggnog – Both Cooked and Uncooked versions

[11 Dec 2009 | 9 Comments | 1,244 views]
Illustration Friday – “Hatch”

A couple of fun little doodles for you (and IF)…

First is a little monster/alien I’ve been doodling lately, hatching from his egg!    Second is the little monster, in holiday mode! Which do you like better?

Illustration Friday – Hatch

Happy Holidays from the Santa Monster!

Free Download of the Santa Monster, if you’d like to use it for holiday cards or crafting!  Just click through to flickr and download it there.

Twitter It!

[10 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 558 views]
Free Shipping on Prints

If you were wanting a print of one of my pieces, there is free shipping right now at Imagekind: http://dorsner.imagekind.com
I have a good number of pieces there (including several that are currently on display at the Museum of Science in Boston), and if you don’t see one you’ve seen before here or at nancydorsner.com, just email me and I’ll upload it for you.
Their quality is excellent, I ordered “Poppieeees” (below) for myself and it’s lovely.

Use the promocode CREATEGIFTS09.
Exp 12/14, order must be at least $25 to qualify for Free Shipping.

Go to Imagekind

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[7 Dec 2009 | 4 Comments | 1,712 views]
Christmas Tutorials!

Today I’m over at Dollar Store Crafts — Go check out my tutorial for making a cute, easy and cheap Stocking Ornament / Gift Card Holder!

And, in case you missed it, while I was off in London last week, we had 3 lovely tutorials last week by three lovely guest posters!

Tutorial – Make Resin Star Christmas Tree Ornaments

From Kerry at www.pennydog.com

A great project if you’ve been wanting to try crafting with resin!


Tutorial: Make Quick Mittens

By Heather from Dollar Store Crafts

I love projects that turn old sweaters into something new.. this would be great for when you accidentally shrink one, too!

Moss Terrarium…