When cleaning out my crafty space and creating “blind boxes” to sell, I found these pattern papers from American Crafts that I purchased last winter in hopes of making some Valentines for some special people. It only took me a year to complete this task, no harm done. These were fun and fairly quick to make. I used my favorite Martha Stewart border punch, and added more detail to my scallop hearts by punching the teeny holes along the scallops. I also realized how many buttons i have when i was cleaning out, so pretty much everything I create lately is getting a button or three!
Now onto the winner from the {love} to my blog readers post, I really enjoyed reading and seeing all the things you guys {love} thank you for taking the time to post a comment!
I used the AppBox Pro app on my iphone, it has a random number generator, so I put in how many comments I go and let it do the hard work of picking a winner, this is what i got:
The 6th person to post a comment was:
http://pinterest.com/pin/229754018459930047/
I love these cupcakes and I would love to have the zebra one and freeze it!!! Xo
Congratulations Anna!!! And for the rest of my blog readers, I still have a pile of some other goodies to post here and there as prizes, so be on the look out!
I decided to try my first moxie fab challenge … and boy, is it a doozie! I’m all for a challenge, and this certainly didn’t hold anything back. The boldness, the color combos are all out of my comfort zone… but you know what? That is what is best about trying challenges, they open up your creative brain to new ideas!
I was immediately inspired by the bold wall paper, and happy to see a splash of teal (of course) and last but not least i loved the striking clean black and white pattern. Hope you enjoy the card I created!
so, this year was the first where I didn’t have much role in CHA… I wasn’t doing any ordering for the store, and I didn’t need to keep up on what everyone was releasing… it was definitely weird!
I do still follow some people and companies on fb and twitter, so I thought I would share with you some of the fun things I saw that are coming out, that get my creative juices flowing! (Hoping Ink About It has ordered some of these goodies!)
My Minds Eye: On the Bright Side - I love all the wood textures and the teal and orange combos!!
Basic Grey: PB&J – I am absolutely LOVING this color scheme… and the hint of nautical theme there is
Hero Arts & Studio Calico: Abroad stamps – looks like I better plan some more travels for 2012 because i NEED a reason to get these stamps!
Creative Imaginations – of course I got a good look at all the lines they were releasing before the show, lucky me… i do have a few faves!
Oceanside - Christine Adolph always creates the most beautiful lines!!
Nautical Collection – The name says it all… Samantha Walker created this wicked fun line!
Tea Party - Samantha Walker also designed this line. I just love the color scheme and the patterns
Tim Holtz: Ideology “chit chat stamps” – I love, love love these!! Those of you who take my class know I am always making up my own “word fetti” and I love that tim explains in the catalog that we can create our own “banter with them” when I teased him about it on fb he gave it right back to me haha (TIP: also i heard him explain in an interview that these are white and kraft AND matte finish so they will take to inks really well… any color you want!!)
Those are just a few of the new goodies I am loving. I also saw a lot of wash tape and trims that make me drool… now to just get my studio organized so i can get some new goods in my stash!
I did get to design some fun projects for Creative Imaginations… they have been doing a lot of fun sneak peeks over on their blog… but I thought now that CHA is over I would share my designs here.
Samantha Walker, Nautical
IOD Preposterous
Songbird
I have a few more projects as well, but they haven’t been showcased on the Creative Imaginations blog.. so you will have to just wait to see!
Are you signed up for Crop on the Cape? I AM!!! For the first year I get to teach classes, and CROP!!! I’m so excited!! Who else is going? I’m also super excited to see some familiar faces as well.
I’m sure there are still some seats available, but BEWARE- it DID sell out last year!! So get your registrations in. Over 200 people cropping together, a variety of FUN classes, vendors to purchase unique products from (psst Ink About It will be the main store vendor on location!!)
I had some other things I wanted to post on the blog here, after the crash. but then Hero Arts posted how this adorable stamp was on SALE… so I figured i would give you some inspiration to treat yourself 
to another fabulous owl stamp!! (you can click the pic to see it larger)
I created 2 of these cards.. for 2 very special people, who I am truly grateful for.. now let’s just see if they make it into the mailbox! One step at a time, one step at a time!!
Supplies Used: (listing the supplies is a new thing for me that takes quite a bit of time, let me know if it is helpful for you with or without the links )
- Hero Arts Big Eyes (sale ends jan 23rd!)
- Hero Arts Background Leaf and Floral
- Hero Arts Truly Grateful Clear Set
- Luminarte Twinkling H2o’s Kiwi
- Versafine Vintage Sepia
- Distress Ink Iced Spruce (this was a limited edition color, not sure if it is for sale anymore)
- May Arts Ribbon
- Ranger Cinnamon Stickles
- Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher (is there any other way to adhere ribbon anymore?)
- Memory Box Lagoon Notecard
I have a copic 101 class scheduled at ink about it on nov 12th 1-3p. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the markers before making an investment… as well as learning blending techniques, tricks with the markers and more!
In this class we will work on many different techniques with luminatre twinkling H2O’s and memory box stamps… we will create 4 holiday cards. We might not have time to assemble them in class, but everyone will get a PDF with pictures of the cards and assembly instructions.
You don’t want to miss this class! I will be sitting down with you and doing step by step coloring technique instructions… VERY FUN!
Saturday Nov 12th 10a-12p @ ink about it in westford ma (call the store to sign up)
Wednesday November 16th 6:30-8:30 in hyannis ma (email me to sign up, only 2 spots left!)
Tuesday November 29th 6:30-8:30 in oesterville ma (email me to sign up only 3 spots left!)
Hope everyone is enjoying their Halloween, even if it was postponed due to SNOW… a lil too early for me this year… but i’m trying to not complain about it.
I needed to create a ton of class samples this weekend… but after my super techy conference in TX last week… it took me a bit to get into the swing of it, I decided to create this fun Halloween card as a warm up
Have a *wicked* happy halloween!!!
Impression Obsession images, and Creative Imaginations pattern papers, colored with Copics
just popping in to let you know about my upcoming class offerings. I have designed another card class using Hero Arts stamps and Basic Grey’s Nordic Holiday 6×6 pad. In this class you will create SIX cards, and go home with the 6×6 Basic Grey pad (retail value $6)… how awesome is that!?
Wedensday October 19th- 6:30-8:30 @ Ink About It, Westford MA (5 spots left)
contact ink about it to sign up
Tuesday November 1st- 6:30-8:30 in Barnstable, Ma (FULL, taking waitlist)
Wednesday November 9- 6:30-8:30 in Dennis, Ma (2 spots left!)
contact me to sign up!
Looking forward to inspiring and sharing ideas!!
when my friend, cheiron was visiting the island a few weeks ago.. she saw all my sticky back canvas scraps and proposed that we make a card with it.. and challenged each other to post them on our blogs… i’m a very competitive person… so i was all about it
I have made mini books, altered pieces, wall hangings etc with claudine hellmuth’s sticky back canvas… but never really used it on a card…. so i sat at my crafty table… and sat… and sat… tried out a few things, that just weren’t working, luckily as cheiron pointed out, i had a lot of sticky back canvas scraps
I came up with this card where I used the sticky back canvas to create a scalloped edge border. I colored the canvas using Luminarte Color Concentrate…. and then I dug out all my Tim Holtz Halloween stamps.. some i have had forever and ALL never inked before!!! And i just had fun…. fun fun fun 
After peeking at my card, be sure to pop on over to cheiron’s blog.. i’m curious to see what she created!!
These blog challenges are fun, I wonder what we should do next?
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