Elton John Fong Eyeglasses: Bella Crafts Halloween Birthday Blog Hop

Posted on October 11th, 2013 in Crafts. 17 Comments.

Boy, the title of this post is certainly a mouthful. Try saying that 10 times fast. But the project…now that’s an eyeful.

We are celebrating the one year anniversary of Bella Crafts Quarterly™ with a Halloween/Birthday themed blog hop. If you’ve never seen an issue of Bella Crafts Quarterly™, be sure to check it out online here. It’s free! There are tons of great articles about crafting, and they even had the genius insight to feature me in the fall issue.

For this blog hop, Bella Crafts Quarterly™ would like to thank the following sponsors: iLoveToCreate®, Spellbinders™, Rowlux®, and Westcott®.

Bella Crafts Quarterly™ is also celebrating with a fabulous GIVEAWAY! Thanks to Graphic45 for this wonderful gift pack. Click here to ENTER: http://bellacraftsquarterly.com/bella-crafts-birthday-celebration-giveaway

And now, on to my project. Our assignment was to incorporate all four sponsors’ products in either a Halloween or birthday (or both) theme. Here’s what I received in the mail to work with. 1) Rowlux® Illusion Film, which is this super cool material that looks like it has wavy 3-D patterns in it, 2) Spellbinders™ M-Bossabilities Reversible Embossing Folder, 3) Westcott® Cutting tools, 4) Aleene’s Tacky 2-sided Adhesive Sheets and Tulip Fashion Glitter from iLoveToCreate®.

To make the eyeglasses, I found a free template online at firstpalette.com. Then I sprayed some Elmer’s Repositionable Mounting Spray Adhesive on the template and placed it on the back side of the Rowlux film so i could use it as a pattern.

I used the Westcott Titanium nonstick scissors to cut along the outlines. For the interior holes of the eyeglass frames, I used a Westcott hobby knife. The Rowlux film cuts very easily.

Next, I cut strips of the Aleene’s Tacky 2-sided adhesive strips and adhered one side to the eyeglass frames to make stripes.

I placed the frames and the ear pieces in the Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folder and ran it through the Spellbinders Grand Calibur machine to give the Rowlux material even more dimension.

Next, I removed the top protective layer of the adhesive strips from the eyeglass frames.

I placed the eyeglasses face down on some Tulip Fashion Glitter, pressing down to adhere the glitter to the adhesive strips.

I brushed off the excess glitter and attached the ear pieces to the frames with a small piece of Aleene’s Tacky 2-sided adhesive.

I had some extra Rowlux film left, so I decided to cut out a matching mustache, sticking it to a skewer with a glue dot.

Happy Birthday Bella Crafts Quarterly!

Disclosure: I was not paid for this post. I received the materials free of charge for this project.

Carol says:

October 16, 2013 at 6:42 am

Seriously – this is beyond fun! What a creative and talented idea!!!! Love it. This is a great idea for a party favor. Thanks so much for being part of our blog hop and Bella Crafts Quarterly!

admin says:

October 16, 2013 at 9:56 am

Thanks Carol, such an honor to be part of the blog hop!

Theresa Cifali says:

October 16, 2013 at 3:47 pm

I let out such a laugh this morning when I saw your post. This is a brilliant idea, Jonathan. Both festive and fun! Now I know what I am going to do for my Halloween costume. Thank you so much for donating your time and talent to Bella Crafts Quarterly’s birthday celebration.

admin says:

October 16, 2013 at 4:15 pm

I’m glad I could make you laugh, Theresa. Thanks for including me in the celebration.

Eileen Hull says:

October 16, 2013 at 8:26 pm

Jonathan, great pic and project 🙂 I always know what you make will be different from anyone else’s and I was not wrong. Fun! Thanks for the smiles…

admin says:

October 18, 2013 at 1:16 am

I thought everyone was going to do glasses!

Ann Butler says:

October 16, 2013 at 9:37 pm

Oh my goodness Jonathan, you seriously always make me smile….I love this fun fun project you created! Thank you so much for being part of our celebration!