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!
Happy Friday, everyone! I'm excited that the weekend is finally here. Many of you that are not subscribed to our newsletters have asked, "Sarah, what's new?"
Well... in the past couple of weeks, we've received the following collections:
Little Yellow Bicycle: Splash
American Crafts: Shoreline; Crate Paper: Baby Boy Blue & Little Bo Peep; Pebbles: Sunnyside; Studio Calico: Hey Day
Best Creations: Baby & Cowboy
There's a handful of new goodies that we have recently received, but we're gonna suggest you come check it out for yourself!
Hope to see you all very soon.
...and as always, happy creating!
Hi Crafters!
It's Mary, dropping in with a quick tag share. Tags are fun to make when you're feeling creative, but don't have a ton of time to work on a project. You can get your creative fix, and create something fun on a smaller scale (and you can use the tags later on cards or layouts).
Just a few of the supplies that I used are shown to the right.
I used heat embossing, distress inks, and a few stickers.
First, I used the Wild Honey Distress ink to ink the entire tag using a blending tool. Next, I stamped the Radiant Banner Cling Stamp (Hero Arts) using Versamark Watermark ink onto the tag. I heat embossed the stamped image with clear embossing powder.
I wanted the yellow/orange color to show through the embossed area of the stamp. I made sure to stamp only the top part of the stamp on the tag, leaving the banner part off of my tag since I wanted the tag to give the impression of a sun. I went over the entire tag with Barn Door Distress Ink, adding more and more color to make the red very bright. I used a paper towel to lightly wipe off the embossed areas (which resist the ink) and was left with a brilliant sunrise/sunset looking image.
To dress up my tag, I added a sentiment from the Jillibean Soup label stickers (Soup Labels) from the Game Day Chili collection. I chose "Be amazingly awesome today" and then added in a few butterfly stickers from Studio Calico. The butterflies are normally a woodgrain/graph print, but I had used them as a mask in an earlier project, so mine are green (Leaf Green Mister Huey's spray mist).
After staring at my tag for a few minutes, I decided it was too flat, so I cut a pop dot in half and raised one of the smaller butterflies up. It was a slight change, but I think the tag looks much better with just the one alteration.
Hope everyone enjoyed the quick look at this tag.
You can alter tags in so many ways and add more embellishments or different sentiments to fit your creative needs. Pick up a box of manila or white shipping tags at your local craft store, and spend a few minutes making something creative. Tags are a great way to jump start your creativity!
Don't forget: you still have until Sunday at 8pm to complete a layout using punches and add it to our comments section (or email the store the link/picture). The winner will be announced Monday morning and will win a $10 gift card from Our Paper Place.
Looking forward to seeing all those great layouts.
...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!
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