November 30, 2011 – 8:26 am
** Submit your contest/call/event via the submission form here. ** Scrapping Everyday Miracles - Greatest Gift of the Season Blog Hop Deadline: December 04, 2011 Every day one of our Design Team Members will post a project to inspire you. They will also post a link to their personal blog where you can go and [...]
November 30, 2011 – 8:13 am
Welcome to Day 11 of Christmas Card-a-Day! To see previous cards, please click here. Today's card comes to us from Laurie Jefferies. In this example, Laurie shows us two examples for the same card design. Here are some details from Laurie on how she made her cards: " I used Close To My Heart patterned paper, cardstock [...]
November 30, 2011 – 8:00 am
Sketch Funny Faces is more than a sketch book. It is a "draw-inside step-by-step sketchbook." This book is one in a series, published by Impact, which combines instructions and tutorials along with blank sketch pad quality paper pages for you to try the examples yourself. All you will need is a pencil. Take the book along [...]
November 29, 2011 – 8:00 am
Shojo Wonder Manga Art School -"Create your own cool characters and costumes with markers." This new book by, Supittha "Annie" Bunyapen will get you right into creating your own manga (comic) characters. Manga is a popular Japanese technique for creating characters and is characterized by the extra large eyes and elf-like qualities. Lately we have been seeing [...]
November 29, 2011 – 7:44 am
Welcome to Day 10 of Christmas Card-a-Day! To see previous cards, please click here. Today's card comes to us from Tammy Malone. She gives her instructions, below. Supplies: – Glitter: Sky Blue, Renaissance, Bronze Patina, Sand, Silver (P K Glitz) – Acetate: Nativity Silhouette (P K Glitz) – Sticky Tape: 1/4” (P K Glitz) – Sticky [...]
November 28, 2011 – 8:11 am
Crafty Secrets just released a New Vintage Illustrations CD and some BIG NEWS! They are changing over their Heartwarming Vintage lines of images and Clear Art Stamps to Digital CD’s and licensing images to other companies. They have started a Big Clearance Sale to make room for their new & exciting changes! Owner, Sandy Redburn says; “I hope [...]
November 28, 2011 – 7:49 am
Welcome to Day 9 of Christmas Card-a-Day! To see previous cards, please click here. Today’s card comes to us from Jennifer Roach. She tells us about how it was made, below: “Image was stamped onto kraft cardstock and coloured with white Koh-i-noor pencil crayon and Copics. The background was embossed with a Basic Grey embossing folder and [...]
November 27, 2011 – 8:00 am
Welcome to Day 8 of Christmas Card-a-Day! To see previous cards, please click here. To submit your card, please read details here. Loredana Bucaria, from Italy, shares a holiday card with us today. Below, she tells us a little about the card: Christmas Wishes card I have created the background with a words stamp. A [...]
November 27, 2011 – 7:55 am
** Submit your contest/call/event via the submission form here. ** Helmar Adhesives - Holiday Hop Deadline: December 04, 2011 Helmar is excited to announce our Helmar Holiday Blog Hop so mark your calendars for a weekend of fun! Xmas_BlogHop Join our entire team for a weekend of Helmar Holiday Fun on December 3rd and 4th! Lots [...]
November 26, 2011 – 9:06 am
Lynne Forsythe shares a tutorial on how to make this pretty paper flowered wreath (see photo at right), in a post here. Oh, I love this burlap inspiration board by Vanessa Spencer at Stampington. There is a bit of a tutorial there too. Paper Crafts magazine has lots of downloadable paper crafting patterns available for [...]
November 26, 2011 – 8:37 am
Welcome to Day 7 of Christmas Card-a-Day! To see previous cards, please click here. To submit your card, please read details here. Today's card comes to us from Peggy Fitz-Patrick. Below, Peggy tells us what products she used to create her card. – Light Green and Dark Green Glitter Paper cut with Cricut Cartridge Christmas Cheer 2-1/4" [...]
November 26, 2011 – 8:23 am
An Announcement from Cheryl Waters, Lead Fiskateer, Fiskars. It's so appropriate that today is Small Business Saturday and I have some exciting news to share. I'm excited to share the grand opening of Artsy Findings. My family has purchased Artsy Findings, a on-line store that offers awesome products and lines by Melody Ross, Donna [...]
November 25, 2011 – 8:31 am
Shimmerz Paints has specials available for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. See below for details! For Black Friday, the new Limited Edition Holiday set is on sale for 25% off! Click here to order. On Cyber Monday, get a free Jack Frost Enamelz with any purchase of $35 or more! Plus, get reduced or even free shipping with your purchase! Shimmerz [...]
November 25, 2011 – 8:06 am
Birds of a Feather The Birds of a Feather Kit Co. December Kit is revealed… this beautiful holiday-themed kit includes, among many other fabulous products, a Tim Holtz 6×6 Grungebook and Authentique Diction stickers, perfect for your December Daily. Fancy Pants "Saint Nick" and Lily Bee "Jingle", with their wonderful, whimsical, and slightly non-traditional elements [...]
November 25, 2011 – 7:30 am
Welcome to Day 6 of Christmas Card-a-Day! To see previous cards, please click here. To submit your card, please read details here. Today's card comes to us from Pauline Dirrig (Polinka), from France. She teaches it to her students, and was kind enough to share the instructions with us below. "This is an easy and quick card! Just choose [...]