I'm so excited! It's release day for the first instalment of the "little/big" project that I've been working on! Some of you have been asking what all this mystery and intrigue has been about. And now I can finally reveal: it's a series of tutorials for creating fabulously eye catching iridescent jewellery. It's the kind of jewellery that makes people look twice! Check it out on the Books page at Mill Lane Studio - it's pretty spectacular stuff! But it doesn't end there: there are more fabulous techniques to come so look out for these in the coming weeks too. Later there will be an extended version available in a book, plus it will also be released in a downloadable ebook format for those of you with tablets and smart phones. But you don't need to wait until then because right now, you can buy the printable pdf versions of just the projects that you like. So if you love my iridescent jewellery, and want to learn how to make it yourself, check ......

Not quite an Opal and not quite dichroic glass, but it's certainly eye catching! This is one of the techniques you learn in my Resin Jewellery Workshop . One of the fun things about working with resin is the myriad of items that you can embed. Whether they be found objects, charms or iridescent mylar as in the sample above, resin will allow you to create your own really unique focal pieces. This piece is made using Krafty Lady Art Mould AM282 . It's quite a large piece, measuring about 5.3cm x 4.0cm, so it gives you a lot of surface area to create a really interesting design. Such a stunning cabochon needs very little in the way of decorative elements so I've kept it simple and just wired it to a filigree stamping. Filigrees are wonderful decorative elements and despite their lacy and elaborate appearance, they can compliment even a busy piece. This one does a great job of holding the cabochon in place without detracting from it and yet, when you turn it over, the filigre......

With all the mad, last minute preparations for CHA I have been spending all of my time in the studio these past few weeks. It hasn't left much time for anything else including my blog and I feel I've neglected you so today I want to share a little sneak peek of one of the projects I've been working on. The Global Display at CHA is a display being put together by 30 designers, each one creating their own individual piece inspired by the arts and crafts of the country they have been assigned. I've created a project inspired by the colours of the paua shell - a gorgeous green and blue shell found in the cooler waters of New Zealand. It is prized for both its flesh which makes good eating and its shell which was traditionally used as adornments in the Maori culture. Whilst I can't share the actual project with you, I thought you'd enjoy a small glimpse of the piece which is a bit of a step outside of the box for me. I've used materials that you probably have amo......

Well, we're in November and the countdown to Christmas has begun. In my local area, Christmas decorations have hit the shelves and the malls are being draped in Christmas attire. But you don't have to decorate with generic, store bought decorations or stick to traditional colours when you can fashion your own unique Christmas decorations from some simple paper craft supplies you might already have on hand. So with that in mind, I've designed this Fantasy Christmas Tree table decoration using Fantasy Film and Fantasy Fibre. This class is inspired by Laura Bray 's hard rock candies. It is such a pretty piece, perfect for gracing your Christmas Dinner Table and it's sure to spark plenty of compliments. Imagine a small group of these little lovelies adorning your sideboard or mantlepiece. This class is already filling and numbers are limited. If you're interested in the class, then give Jenny a ring (3393 3022) at Stamp Antics and she'll happily reserve a place ......

Well, here we at the final day of my Twelve Days of Christmas challenge - it's hard to believe that there are only a few days more sleeps to Christmas. As this is the last card I'll be sharing with you using Magenta's My Christmas Tree / Mon Arbre, Ive made one with real impact - an explosion of colour - like all the twinkling lights festooning the houses in my neighbourhood. This technique is called Faux Carnival Glass and its bejewelled appearance belies its simplicity. I began with a piece of black coreboard the shape of the tree which I coated with Versamark Watermark inkpad and a layer of Franklin Opals embossing powder. In this technique you keep adding layers of powder and heating in between until you have a smooth surface and then you add pieces of Fantasy Film into the molten Opals. I like to give it another burst of the heat gun at this point so that the Fantasy Film warps a little and intensifies in colour. Then add another coat of ink and more Franklin Opals to ......

Another green and blue piece! I created this necklace some months ago when Fantasy Film first became available in Australia. Combined with melted Opals, the Fantasy Film colours change and intensify and the light reflects all sorts of different hues creating a lot of depth and interest. I cast the Opals in Krafty Lady Mould AM222 (Fancy Oval Cab). This is the first jewellery piece I've had published - check out the full article in Issue 15 of Beads etc.... for full instructions on how to make it. I'll post more Fantasy Film and Opals pieces in the future!...