Thursday, September 30, 2010

You are going to want to be here tomorrow!



Ok. so, tomorrow is a big day, one that has been kept under wraps for weeks I'm telling ya! You will want to see I promise! So, here's a hint for now (see above) ... until tomorrow then!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

spring and baby cards!

Shaped spring card.



supplies:
3 Birds Super Sticker Nestables Foil and Glitter Set.
3 Birds Must Have Textured Cardstock Stack.
3 Birds 3D Sticker Embellishment Kit.

instructions:
Fold 12*12 pink cardstock in half.
Peel off the very center of large sticker.
Place round sticker (heart border, flower) on the folded cardstock, making sure a small amount of the circle hangs over the top, folded seam of the card base.
Before completely adhering edges of flower to cardstock, place some of the leaf stickers underneath the petals.

tip 1: Use a tiny amount of baby power and rub it on the sticky spot that overhangs the top of the card, this will make it non-sticky so it won't be sticking to your table.

Cut around the circular edges of the large sticker, being sure to cut thru both the front and back of folded card.

tip 2: If you want to use the shape of the center of the large sticker, but don't particularly like the way the pattern works with your project you can try this tip: I took the sticker and placed it on the back of a patterned paper that I wanted to use. Then I simply used my scissors and cut around the shape, flip it over and there you have the shape you want with the patterned paper you want.

Once you have the center ready, adhere to the center of your large flower using foam adhesive for dimension.
Use some circle punches and cut out pink then a smaller green circle, layer and adhere to center of flower.
Finish this card by adhering butterfly, title and flower to card as seen.

Here's another card I made using Cricut 3 Birds on on Parade Full Content Cartridge.

Stork baby boy card
.



Hope that gives you some good tips and new ideas!, Charity

Monday, September 27, 2010

Are we getting spooky yet?

The Create: 2010 Holiday Idea Book is out and it is overflowing with great ideas for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas!



I have two things in the book that are Halloween related- a spooky chandelier and Halloween page:






have a great day!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

My try at a cover

A few months ago I was asked to give the cover of Scrapbook and Cards today magazine a shot! It was a fun opportunity, and, though I didn't get the cover I had a good time trying. Be sure to check out the fall issue of Scrapbook and Cards today Magazine!

Here's the page I made:



Have a great day!

Friday, September 24, 2010

Creative Charms one chipboard set; four cards

Hi everyone! Just sharing a blog post that I shared at Creative Charms blog earlier this month and reminding you to try for the Creative Charms design team by October 1rst- here are the details for entering the dt call! It's a great team!

There are lots of new cute things at Creative Charms right now, including new chipboard sticker sets.

There are several sets perfect for Christmas and the holidays coming up. I used one set, the Christmas Multi-Dimensional Chipboard Stickers, and came up with four cards- a nice way to start my Christmas card stash for the Season!






Here's a look at the pack of chipboard stickers that I made these cards with...



Hope this gives you some fun ideas on how to get a lot of use out of one pack of fantastic chipboard from Creative Charms! Have a great day, Charity

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

cps 185- winter card

In case you missed it, be sure to check out my post a bit down on my blog about the big giveaway 3 Birds designs is having or check out the 3 Birds blog for more details.

I used 3 Birds on this week's Card Positioning System blog sketch, sketch 185:



Here's my card:



Winter.
Supplies:
cardstock, 3D stickers, stickers, rhinestones, diecut snowflakes- 3 Birds designs

tfl, Charity

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Women's retreat

This past weekend I went on my church Women's Retreat to St. Simon's Island. It was fantastic- time away from home, with the girls, great speaker, singing worship songs and great Bible study! We laughed, stayed up till 1:30 am talking, went on a late night run to cvs for mascara and went thru the Starbuck's drive thru for a cup of joe too! It was great to encourage each other, pray with each other, and learn together.
After the Bible studies, etc. we went shopping and ate at a local restaurant... they had the best pumpkin bread and sweet tea! yum! Here are some pics...







3 Birds designs Cricut cartridge and product giveaways!

Fun doings going on at 3Birds designs with giveaways... check it out...

Time for a giveaway birdies. Want to win some cool products? You have TWO chances to win!



Giveaway #1 - Visit our 3Birds Facebook Page add "Like" so you become a fan as well as leave us a comment. Everyone who "likes" us and leaves a comment will be entered into win our brand new 3Birds on Parade Cricut Cartridge and Straight from the Nest Paper Pack. Winner will be drawn from random and posted next Tuesday September 28th.



Giveaway #2 - If you haven't already done so, become a follower of this blog and leave us a comment about your favorite 3Birds product below. We will draw a random winner to receive our 3Birds Straight from the Nest Cricut Cartridge and Straight from the Nest Paper Pack. Winner will be posted next Tuesday September 28th. Make sure we have your email address so that we can contact you if you're the winner.



If you've never seen our Straight from the Nest Paper Pack be sure to check it out. It has adhesive backed cardstock that was designed to go through your Cricut. After cutting your shapes, you can peel off the back and have instant stickers!

Good luck to all!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Mini kit winner and Midnight Rooster and Creative Charms design team calls!

Thanks everyone who left a comment for the Midnight Rooster mini kit giveaway! My winner is Melanie Stanczyk. Melanie, please e-mail your contact information to Michelle at mburry{at}midnightrooster{dot}net so that we can get this little gem to you ASAP! =).


Hope you all check out the kits this month at Midnight Rooster!



A fun announcement from Midnight Rooster... it's time for a design team call! Here's the info for you!

Hello Friends!

I have an exciting announcement over here at Midnight Rooster! Its DT call time! We are looking for a few spots to fill on our team and I was just wondering if any of you might like to take a stab at it!? I sure hope you will, we are kinda fun over here and we would love some super crazy fun people to join us.

Heres what we need from you:

1) 3 of your best layouts...8-1/2 x 11 or 12 x 12
2) 1 card
3) an altered project
4) a link to your blog and/or work if you have one
5) Some stuff you’d like us to know…like your favorite items to use or some quirky, fun things about you!

*****international entries are welcome*****

sooo...here's what we'd like you to do every month:
1) complete 3-4 + pages per month
2) complete 1 card or project per month
3) post on the blog once a month with a project or tutorial
4) keep a fresh face on our facebook page by posting your work
5) spread the word on your blog and facebook page

I’ll telling’ you guys, this has been one awesomely cool 6 months, and I can’t wait to see who is going to join our team!

peace.love.and happy scrappy.


AND.. just wanted to remind you of the Creative Charms design team call:
When: Monday, September 13, 2010 – Friday, October 1, 2010

Note: Creative Charms is looking to expand their design team. If you enjoy scrapbooking, card making and/or creating altered items this call is for you! We are looking for experienced designers to create projects for our blog (www.creative-charms.blogspot.com) for at least a 3 month term. Each Designer will be required to post at least once a month (based on a set schedule), promote special on their personal blogs & social network sites & upload projects to online galleries. Designers will be compensated with $30 of Creative Charms (www.creativecharms.com) product each month (there are additional incentives for publications).



Please send us the following:

· Name

· Your location (US Only)

· Images of your 3 best projects

· Link to your blog

· List of current and past design teams

· List of any publication (when & where)



Please send the above to: midori@creativecharms.com with DT Call in the subject line. This call is open only to US residents only

Contact Info : midori@creativecharms.com

Also, here's one more look at September's deal of the month at Creative Charms- there's a boy set and a girl set...



September's Deal of the Month is everything you need for that busy boy.

This 161 piece deal includes:

* 18" Blue Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon
* Beige Teddy Bear (4 Pieces)
* Yellow Fuzzy Ducks (4 Pieces)
* It's a Boy Epoxy Stickers (18 Pieces)
* It's a Boy Felts & Epoxy Brads (17 Pieces)
* Playtime Boy Felts & Epoxy Brads (11 Pieces)
* Blue Sparkle Buttons (12 Pieces)
* Blue Gem Stickers (76 Pieces)
* Assorted Sports Brads (6 Pieces)*
* Assorted Star Brads (6 Pieces)*
* Assorted Animal Brads (6 Pieces)*


Regular Price is $ 24.00.
SALE: $ 7.99 each

Here's a look at the girls kit for the same price...



Have a great day!, Charity

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Midnight Rooster mini kit giveaway and September kit!

If you're new to Midnight Rooster, let me introduce you to them and this month's kit, Fairy Hoedown!

Here are some pics of it:





Main Kit Contents
Paper:
My Mind's Eye - Little Miss Muffet "Celebrate"
Crate Paper - Pink Plum, Peach
Cosmo Cricket - Material Girl, Snip Snip
October Afternoon - Thrift Shop, Complete Set
My Mind's Eye - Little Miss Muffet, "Delight"
Collage Press - Sweet Shoppe
American Crafts - Dear Lizzy, Spring
My Mind's Eye - Mary Mary, "Beautiful"
Collage Press - Knave of Hearts
Sassafrass - Apple Jack

Bazzill Cardstock:
Kraft
Sugar Cream
Passionate
Parakeet

Embellishments:
Fabric - 11x11
Pink Paislee - Artisan Element Frames
American Crafts - 15 assorted colors
Prima Flowers - Shabby Chic
Trim - 18" Flower trim
Trim - 18" Crochet trim
Prima - cream alphabet
Exclusive Stamp - Through The Viewfinder Frame
Exclusive Pins - 3 flowers with gems

and here are some of this month's add-on kit, Gnome Tracks:





Add-On Kit Contents
Paper:
Crate Paper - Pink Plum, Wildberries
Prima - Strawberry Kisses, Berry Splash
Crate Paper - Pink Plum, Pink Cherry
October Afternoon - Sprinklers
American Crafts - Dear Lizzy, Spring

Bazzill Cardstock:
Kraft
Maltball

Embellishments:
October Afternoon - Mini Market Stickers
October Afternoon - Shape Stickers, Fly a Kite
American Crafts - Flair, Lovely
My Mind's Eye - Be Happy Bird
Jenni Bowlin - Dotted Labels
Fabric - 6x11
Trim - 1yd brown lace
Trim - 12" braided lace
Midnight Rooster exclusive - stamp (not shown)
Midnight Rooster exclusive - rhinestone/pearl flower

THE GIVEAWAY: each month Midnight Rooster gives away mini kits, one per design team member. Just answer my question by leaving a comment here on my blog, I'll choose a winner and we'll post the winner on the Midnight Rooster blog as well as here in a few days! Be sure to hop to the other Midnight Rooster team member's blogs for more chances to win. The question: What's your favorite thing about fall?

Here's this months mini kit giveaway:


Kit Contents:

Paper:
Life is Good - echo park paper co.
Fly a Kite: Garden - October Afternoon
Think Big - Pink Paislee
Katie - Crate Paper

Embellishments:
Strip of fabric
Felt clouds
Sprouts - Lilybee
Crochet Trim - Maya Road
Flower Trim - American Crafts
Damask shape stamp - Purple Onion Design

Happy Crafting, Charity

Monday, September 13, 2010

Camp out




Wanted to share this two page layout I made using October Afternoon's Campfire line- the Campfire line will begin shipping the end of this month! yay!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Creative Charms design team call


Job Description : Monday, September 13 – Friday, October 1, 2010

When: Monday, September 13, 2010 – Friday, October 1, 2010

Note: Creative Charms is looking to expand their design team. If you enjoy scrapbooking, card making and/or creating altered items this call is for you! We are looking for experienced designers to create projects for our blog (www.creative-charms.blogspot.com) for at least a 3 month term. Each Designer will be required to post at least once a month (based on a set schedule), promote special on their personal blogs & social network sites & upload projects to online galleries. Designers will be compensated with $30 of Creative Charms (www.creativecharms.com) product each month (there are additional incentives for publications).



Please send us the following:

· Name

· Your location (US Only)

· Images of your 3 best projects

· Link to your blog

· List of current and past design teams

· List of any publication (when & where)



Please send the above to: midori@creativecharms.com with DT Call in the subject line. This call is open only to US residents only
Salary :
Contact Info : midori@creativecharms.com

Friday, September 10, 2010

Glue Dots!!!!!



I cannot name one project I've ever made in all my crafting days that I have not used at least one glue dot product on. I love love love them and I am so excited that I have been asked to be on the glue dots team! It's going to be raining glue dots here at my house and I can't wait to share more glue dots projects on their site and here on my blog! thanks for letting me share and congrats to all the new glue dot team members:

We are very excited to announce our first ever Glue Dots Design Team! We received an overwhelming response and thank each of you for your interest in our program! Since we had such an amazing response, the Glue Dots team has developed two design teams!

We welcome and congratulate the Glue Dotties and the Glue Dottesses!

Without further adieu, here are our talented new team members in no particular order!

Glue Dottesses

Alyice Edrich
Angi Barrs
Becky Thackston
Bree Tetz
Brianne Nevill
Candy Spiegel
Chris Hurley
Christine Ousley
Christy Rather
Danielle Hunter
Debby Lewis
Jeanette Giancaspro
JJ Sobey
Kimberly Seldomridge
Latrice Murphy
Laura Davis
Lisa Dorsey
Lorelie Kim
Michelle Philippi
Rita Barakat
Samantha Taylor
Sarah Bucek
Tara Anderson
Terri Sproul
Windy Robinson

Glue Dotties

Abbey Richards
Carolyn Lontin
Charity Hassel
Dani Smith
Danielle Ryerson
Debbie Seyer
Jackie Weeks
Jenifer Cowles
Jennifer Cochran
Jessica Bates Wills
Karen Taylor
Kay Rogers
Kim Wilson
Lea Cioci
Lynda Jeffs
Lynn Warner
Monica Gardner
Nancy Rykiel
Renee Wallace
Shawnte Park
Stephanie Ackerman

Thursday, September 9, 2010

September Midnight Rooster dt work

Midnight Rooster kit club's September kit will be on sale to non-subscribers tomorrow...

here's what I made this month with the kit:





tfl!~

Monday, September 6, 2010

boomerang

They were projects that I posted here, they went on a visit to Scrapbook Trends or Cards magazines and now I'm putting them back. tfl!