... JanetZ! I emailed you. :)
I will be back today with prizes for the Card Drive, answers to questions and more. Off to breakfast with the kiddos. Love doing that. :)
In the meantime, you can check out Hero Arts' blog. I am the blogger of the week, so there is a video over there today! :)
...continues. I am going to extend it through tomorrow night. So, just leave a comment on the previous post HERE by Saturday night at 11:59pmEDT. Good luck!
And if you are bored, you can check out an article about my CK stuff HERE. I promise my answers will help you fall to sleep tonight immediately. :)
Hello!
Thanks for the posts and many emails about the card drive. It will be fun! Yep, after I get all the cards, I will photograph and share the big pile here.
Kay (my 13-year-old-step-daughter-who-I-adore-and-is-my-big-helper) is going to put the prize packages together tomorrow. She is so excited! Hope to show pictures this weekend.
I thought I would share three cards I made for the kids. It uses adorable little cards from Stampin' Up. They are such fun!
Supplies:
Hero Art stamps (animals, balloons and greetings, background) and gems
Memories Black Ink
Stampin' Up little cards
Creative Impressions silk ribbon
Other: circle punches, colored pencils and gamsol
A few people wanted to know what to write in the inside of the cards. You don't
have to write much - just say you are sending smiles or something and
sign it, along with where you are from. Or, you can get more
creative. Erin Lincoln was the first to send a card for the drive and
I love the clever thing she wrote inside! :) Erin, thank you so much.
Adore you. Here it her fab card...
By the way, if you aren't a cardmaker, you can send a store-bought card. Someone who is currently traveling emailed me and send they are sending a postcard - that is a great idea! Really, anything goes. And if I get a TON of cards, I will let you know and we can instead start sending cards in for our local children's hospital.
And, since you all have stuck around long enough to read this far, I have a giveaway! :) Just leave a comment here telling me something that you are dying to try in scrapbooking/cardmaking. Be sure to leave it by tomorrow at 11:59pmEDT. I will pick a random winner and send them a copy of the Designing With Recipe Book!
Thanks again, all! I have some videos coming soon. Off to work on my PS video. Smooch!
Back to that old saying of mine: "Every time you make a page, go ahead and make a matching card." Might as well since you have the stuff out!
This is the card to go with the page I did for 2Peas using Close To My Heart products. CTMH is wonderful - they make high quality goodies and are incredibly generous. Simply good people. I like that! This is a card I used with my leftover/unused pieces.
All supplies from Close To My Heart. For more details, and a matching layout, look HERE.
And, since CTMH is so generous, I ended up with two of my favorite sets - the Spot On Backgrounds. (It was used for the the background on this card.) If you leave a comment here by 11:59pmEDT on June 20th (you have a long time!), I will draw a random winner to send this set to! In it, tell me what your favorite TV show is. (I am looking for something new to watch.)
Have a good one!
Hi!
We have a winner for the kraft paper... Melissa from Miami, FL! I will email you. :)
Thanks for all the comments. Wow... it amazes me the amazing places you all live.
We are leaving today for a trip to St. John with the kids and Ken's parents. Can't wait! Thankfully, we have people staying at our house while we are gone so we don't have to worry about our house being buried in cicadas. :)
I will be posting from there... even have some videos ready.
Hugs to all. :)
I love to enable. :) Just ask Jana. Iphones, Cuttlebugs, Cricuts, stamps... you name it, I like to enable. But I also will be the first to tell you not to waste your money on something. I only enable I things that I really love and think others would love, too. :)
So, I think every once in awhile I will do Enabling Days. Where I share some fun links and products. (Yes, I am a dork. But enabling is even more fun when you share some good stuff, right? Keep reading... :)
Enabling #1: Etsy
I love love love etsy.com.
If you have never been there, I warn you. It is 100% addictive. I
love to support the sellers here - it is all handmade stuff. I love
that. I will share one of my favorite purchases: THIS stamp. I don't think she has this one for sale now, but I bet if you emailed her she would list one for you. I love it.
Enabling #2: Costco Printing
Ahhhh. Costco printing. It is *almost* as wonderful as my watching Rob Lowe on Brothers and Sisters. Hee. (Isn't he hot?!) Really - Costco has fabulous printing and good prices. You can even have them mailed to you or other people. From what I understand, you don't even need a Costco near you. You just load pictures online and have them mailed. The best part? 8x12 prints. I love the look of huge photos on pages. This is an old layout from a year ago, but I thought I would pull it up for Father's Day. Costco rocks.
Layout from Creativity, Inc.
Supplies:
Autumn Leaves stamps, buttons and font (Uncle Charles - named after my mom's uncle :)
Versmark Ink
Memories Ink
Marvy Punches
Other: string and a photo to melt a momma's heart
Enabling #3: Kraft Paper
One thing I learned from my favorite scrapbooker, Cathy Blackstone: always use Kraft paper on a page whenever you are using bright colors. I just helps to ground it and not make it overwhelming. So, I have been using Hero Arts Kraft notecards a lot. I love that the envelopes match perfectly and that the color is a bit more kraft-y than other Kraft cardstocks. But, I craved bigger sheets. I was THRILLED to find that Hobby Lobby sells 12x12 packs of a kraft paper just like Hero's notecards... and it is inexpensive! Now, I will be the first to encourage people to go to their local stores over chains (we want those smaller stores to stay open!), but sometimes there are things that you can only get at Hobby Lobby. The cool thing? Whenever they have a 50% off paper sale, this stuff is even cheaper. (Warning: If you live in Cincinnati, don't bother trying the Fields Ertel store... I wiped them out. Hee! :)
Let's do a giveaway! Just leave a comment on this post by 11:59pmEDT Sunday night and I will pick a random winner to send a pack of this Kraft goodness to. In your post, just say what country or state you are from - I love hearing all the amazing places you stampers are!
OK... off to waste some time on etsy. Hugs!
Well, I am hoping to squeeze all that in before bedtime. :) But watching the goofs on the Bachelorette may be too distracting. (I can't believe I just admitted to watching that. Ha.)
First: a giveaway. Jana is giving away something you know I love - a Cuttlebug embossing folder. Click HERE to play!
Second: a cool link. The remarkably talented, incredibly thoughtful and fabulously funny Shari is the lead blogger on Hero this week. She has lots of giveaways planned! Be sure to go check out her cool projects. Go HERE to play.
Third: a layout. Actually, this is part of a Q&A, too. I had someone email me and ask what I do with 8x8 pages. I sometimes teach them for make and takes or mini classes. But I don't actually have any 8x8 albums. So when I come home with an 8x8 page, I just plop it on a 12x12 page and add photos. Here is a good example. This was a 8x8 page I did as a make and take in the Hero booth at CHA. I just stuck it on a background and added some favorite photos. Easy peasy.
Supplies:
Hero Arts stamps (border, greetings and circles), flowers and pearls
White Memories Ink
ArtPrint Brown Memories Ink
Marvy punches
Strano ribbon
Bazzill cardstock
So, really, whenever I want to turn any page size (such as 8.5x11) to 12x12, I just plop it on a background and add stamping or photos on the edge. Easy, huh? Nothing fancy.
Fourth: More Q&A's. These are some I got in emails.
Q: I was just wondering....what is that brown square surface you do all your work on? Is it a craft sheet (like the one Tim Holtz uses?)
A: Hee... mine is just a 12x12 piece of Kraft paper that I was using for scrap paper. :) My desktop is actually Home Depot cheapo countertop with a giant piece of glass on it. So, I have to put something under my projects when I video or I get a glare in the shot. I normally work on glass. I LOVE THIS. I highly recommend it. When it needs cleaning, I spray it and scrap with a knife and it cleans perfectly and fast. Love love love it. My dad had the glass cut for my table. Bless his heart. :) I do like Tim's craft sheets, too.
Q: I just discovered your blog - very nice! Thank you for doing it. I saw there that you did extra articles online at CK. I followed your instructions: "You can find new articles by going to creatingkeepsakes.com But the links weren't there. Which isn't your fault, I don't think - you're supposed to be able to click on any issue (in the archives) and see the table of contents for that issue - but it doesn't happen! So I think the site is bonkers. :) and clicking the "magazine" tab. In the middle, it says "more articles." The articles can be found there - Technique Corner."
A: Well, I think they are working on things over on CK's site. This month is a bit different - you can find my clear stamping article HERE. Once things get worked out over there, I will link you to new articles. :)
OK... I think that is all I have in me tonight. I need to get caught up on email. I am hoping to work on finishing my scraproom tomorrow - it is killing me to have the mess! If there is anything in particular that you wanted to see in the finished room, let me know.
Have a great night. Be sure to come back tomorrow. I am thinking it is getting to be time for another giveaway... :)
