 Hey, everyone! It's me, Sarah, and I have to apologize for the lack of updates. Lots has been going on at the shop, and as we all know... life will be life. Anyway, today I just wanted to share a fun tutorial by Hero Arts. ...and yes, we have that wreath stamp! Come and get it while it is still in stock! Hero Materials:
CH159 Red Gemstones CG485 Very Best HolidayCL627 Gingerbread WishesDI045 Wreath and OrnamentAF101 Black Ink PadAF160 Tim Holtz: Broken China Distress Dye Ink PadAF229 Forever GreenPS566 Snow Folded CardsPS610 Snow Layering PaperPS684 Aspen Paper Pad
Instructions:- Trim a panel of aqua patterned paper measuring 5.5"x4". Adhere a strip of snowflake patterned paper and two thin strips of Snow Layering Paper that have been inked with Broken China Distress Ink. Lightly ink edges with Broken China Distress Ink and mount to a Snow Folded Card.
- Stamp wreath image using Forever Green ink then die cut with the wreath Frame Cuts die. Use a scissors or craft knife to trim out inside of wreath.
- Mount photo behind wreath and then adhere to card with foam adhesive.
- Stamp sentiment with black ink.
- Embellish wreath with gemstones and ribbon.
- Round all four corners.
...and as always, happy creating!
This past week has been shipments after shipments through our door. Customers always ask us, "How can you guys fit so much into your tiny little shop?" Well, to be quite honest, it helps that our customers clear us out of lots of our collections, so it allows us to be new products consistently. ((A huge thank you to our loyal customers. We really appreciate your business.))With that said, here's just a sneak of some of the new products that are now out on the floor. First up, here's the latest collection from American Crafts, Ready Set Go, by Amy Tan: Also out on the floor, we have the latest paper collection from Studio Calico, Yearbook: There's also new Halloween stuff in from Pebbles, Inc. Super cute graphics in this collection. We especially love the spoooooky little ghosts, hehe. Last up, we got in Carta Bella's Halloween collection, as well. You're all going to love the All Hallow's Eve collection! Hurry in before we sell through our stash, haha.
...and as always, happy creating!
Ever since we laid our eyes on Lawn Fawn products, we've been sold! We're huge fans of all of their stamps. It's cuteness overload. The mailman was really good to us this week because he brought us a box loaded with Lawn Fawn stuff. Here are some of the stamp sets that we received: ...and to think, that's just some of the stamps we currently have in stock. We have a handful more, but we'll leave that to you to come check them out. Plus, we even picked up their paper collection, Dewey Decimal. Yes, we have the stickers and the 6x6 paper pads too! Here's a little preview to what that collection looks like: See, we aren't joking when we say that we love Lawn Fawn. Stay tuned for more updates. ...and as always, happy creating!
When we say that we're getting bombarded with lots of new products, we aren't exaggerating. Today, we received four different boxes loaded with some of the latest releases from various companies. Here's a preview of some of those goodies: Echo Park's Chillingsworth ManorWe even got in some new stamps from Impression Obsession. Here's just a few of the ones we received: We've got more at the shop. Head in to check them all out. Oh, and just for your information, the forecast looks like we'll be getting more stamps in later this week from a different stamp company. Stay tuned for details.
...and as always, happy creating!
Many of you have called or emailed us to see what's new. Well, we figured we'd give you a brief overview of some of the items that have come through our doors recently. Hopefully, this will help you with all of your crafty needs.
We received a huge box from Technique Tuesday with Ali Edwards' latest stamps. This is perfect for all you Project Life peeps! Plus, we picked up all of those fun story cards. Yes, we made sure to get them in every color. Last week, we received some yummy goodies from My Mind's Eye. Seriously, we're drooling over how beautiful these products are. Gorgeous papers, embellishments, and other trinkets came in from Prima last week, as well. ...and don't worry, we made sure to pick up all the washi tapes for each collection. Come on in to see the rest of the fun items we've been receiving daily. We promise there'll be at least one thing you can't live without. ;)
...and as always, happy creating!
Hi Crafters! Just wanted to pop in a share a little bit about embossing powders.
Heat embossing is easy to do and requires only a few things to get started. While you can buy many different colors of embossing powder, try starting with white, black, and clear. If you have any watercolor paints or ink pads, you can color your own patterns after embossing with the clear powder. You will need a heat gun, embossing ink (some type of sticky ink- I happen to like Versamark watermark ink), embossing powder and a stamp to get started.
 I made a few (very rushed samples) last night, so the embossing isn't perfect. I just wanted to show a few different types of embossing powders and how they look in person on a few different types of paper.
 Black embossing powder on white cardstock, black cardstock, and vellum.
Blue opaque embossing powder (Wave Zing! embossing powder by American Crafts) on the same three papers: white and black cardstock and vellum. I love the look of the Zing! powders on most papers, but especially on black cardstock as it is super bright and truly is oqaque.
This is a clear embossing powder on the same three papers: white and black cardstock and vellum. It looks almost the same as the black powder on the black paper. I like the clear powder especially for using Distress inks to color over an image. I will often emboss an image in clear powder and then go over the paper with Distress inks to create my own backgrounds. The embossed image will resist the ink, and the original paper color will show through the embossed area.
 This is silver embossing powder (Stampendous). It looks very metallic once heated and dried. Melting it is a little tricky as it turns two colors while melting. It just takes slightly more time to melt and a little more attention to detail as you are heating it. It didn't look as nice on the vellum - the powder spread a little more than the other colors on the vellum and closed up many of the lines in the heart pattern.
Hope this inspires you to try heat embossing as it truly leaves beautiful results on your projects!
...and as always, happy creating!
 close up of sentiment Hi everyone! This is Mary, dropping in with a quick card share. It's a very simple card, but rather striking in person.
The card base is made from a piece of patterned paper from the new Story Teller collection from Crate Paper (it is an orange wood grain pattern called Yesterday).
I took the new Studio Calico Huey's Masks (the chevron mask) and misted over the patterned paper using Mister Huey's in Overdue (red) and Calico Shine (clear sparkle). After it dried, I adhered a piece of yellow ribbon (something I no longer have the packaging to) and a piece of red baker's twine to the front of the card, about an inch from the bottom.
I stamped the medal stamp with Versamark watermark ink and heat embossed the image with Mustard Zing! embossing powder from American Crafts. The medal stamp (and greeting) are from an older Studio Calico/Hero Arts set called You Are the Best. After the embossing cooled, I stamped the sentiment using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I cut out the image and then adhered it to the card using foam dots.
The great thing about a card like this is that you can send it to someone as is for a simple card, or dress it up as much as you like since there is plenty of space for other embellishment.
Hope you enjoyed the card.
Remember to look for a fun challenge coming later this week here on the blog. There will be a prize for one lucky participant.
...and as always, happy creating!
Many of you have been noticing that the shop's inventory keeps growing, especially our stamp collection. If you haven't visited us in a while, you'll notice that we picked up more stamp companies, as well as more inks.
 We have ordered (and reordered) all of the new Studio Calico stamps by Hero Arts. Everyone loves that the latest stamps released work well for all that love to stamp on their scrapbook layouts.
 We have also picked up a handful of the latest from The Cat's Pajamas. One of our favorite sets is You Sick Thing. How do you not smile when you see that "Ruff Day?" sentiment?!
 We now also carry those adorable sets by Paper Smooches. If you think this Hang Ups set is cute, wait until you see the rest of the ones that we've got!
We have more than just these three stamp companies; we're still working on adding more to our inventory daily. Some of the stamps we also carry are Technique Tuesday, La La Land Crafts, Swiss Girl Designs, American Crafts, Unity Stamp Co., plus more. But it doesn't stop there -- we're still waiting on more shipments from other companies.
Drop in to check out our latest frenzy!
...and as always, happy creating.
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