“My Favorite Crafty Things: Cutting Tools” + Video + Giveaways

(This is day two of “My Favorite Crafty Things” feature. You can see day one HERE.)

Remember – you can get 15% off the products I feature at Simon Says Stamp by using the code “JMFAVES” between now and 12/18. (This is in addition to their normal free shipping for USA and Canada for orders over $75 and worldwide free ship for orders over $350.) You can go HERE to find all of My Favorite Crafty Things – she created a category for easy shopping. (Additional products will be added over the next few days.)

Here I am sharing my My Favorite Crafty Things: Cutting Tools. Instead of writing a bunch of info, I thought it would be best to do a quick video…



Here are the products featured in the video. Click on the product image to find out more information…


Giveaway time! Leave a comment here by 12/13/12 at 11:50pmEST for your chance to win a pair of Tim Holtz and Fiskars scissors!
Good luck.

More soon…

NEW Feature! “My Favorite Crafty Things: Stamping Tools” + Video + Giveaways

For the past few years, I have done a “Holiday Gift Guide” to help husbands/partners/loved ones with picking out gifts for card markers. (You can see these posts HERE – there are six days total.) I wasn’t going to do it this year, but have gotten several requests. Also, I get emails often asking for my favorite products. So I decided this year to reformat my suggestions into “My Favorite Crafty Things.”

So over the next week or so, I will be doing “My Favorite Crafty Things,”
including everything from stamps to adhesives to craft room organization. And I know I will forget some of my favorites, so I will likely add to it in the future. But this is a good start.

And! I was telling that sweet Heidi at Simon Says Stamp that I was going to do this feature and she was excited. She is giving 15% off everything listed here, in addition to their normal free shipping for USA and Canada for orders over $75 and worldwide free ship for orders over $350. Woohoo! Use the code “JMFAVES” for the discount between now and 12/18. Just go HERE to find all of My Favorite Crafty Things – she created a category for easy shopping. (Additional products will be added over the next few days.)

Today I am sharing my My Favorite Crafty Things: Stamping Tools. Instead of writing a bunch of info, I thought it would be best to do a quick video…



Here are the products featured in the video. Click on the product image to find out more information…

By the way, in the video I also used lots of stamps from Paper Smooches, Soft Granite Ink from Hero Arts and Copic Makers to create this card… (More on those products later.)



And I can’t talk about My Favorite Crafty Stamping Tools without sharing a few of them with a lucky winner! Leave a comment here by 12/13/12 at 11:50pmEST for your chance to win a Hero Arts Heat Gun and Fiskars Stamp Press!
These tools are incredible. Good luck.

Be back soon with more…

Holiday Card Workshop Giveaway + Enabling

Hello!

It is almost time for our next class – Holiday Card Workshop. I am really excited about this one. A class like this is just what I need to get into the holiday spirit.

We cardmakers love the holidays, perhaps more than any other time of the year! It’s the time when we can really stretch our cardmaking muscles with holiday cards. Whether those cards are intricate, inky masterpieces or clean and simple creations, Christmas and holiday cards are some of the most fun to create!

Join instructors Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire, and special guest artists for over 20 videos and 30+ card ideas! Online Card Classes’ Holiday Card Workshop includes…

  • Tips and tricks for mass-producing cards. We know some of you make hundreds of cards for the holidays! We’ll show you how to create all those card more effectively and and with greater efficiency.
  • Different ways to approach holiday stamps. For example, multiple ways to use outline, background, or sentiment stamps to help you get the most of holiday stamps you may have on hand.
  • Fun, inky techniques for holiday crafting!
  • Lots of motivation to jump in and start creating your holiday cards!
  • Shopping discounts at some of our favorite online stores, prizes and more.

Registration for Holiday Card Workshop is only $25 for a two-week class. Register HERE.

Hope to see you there! I will try to share some sneak peeks this week.


How would you like a spot in Holiday Card Workshop? Leave a comment here by 11:59pmEST on Wednesday for your chance. (If you win but have already signed up, we will give you money back. Good luck to you!


Time for some enabling. I tell ya, for some reason a lot of great products have been released lately. Good stuff.

Loving the new Simon Says Stamp stamps and dies. Many match together…

And Tim Holtz has some great new dies. LOVE the snowflake rosette! Here are my favorites. (Click HERE to see the rest – there are lots.)

Finally, I am enjoying these stamps from Avery Elle. Great images to piece together to create a stamped masterpiece…

Such good stuff. Off to play!

Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week and Serious Enabling

Hello!

Lawn Fawn is having a fun Inspiration Week starting today. Their Inspiration Weeks are fun – they focus on a few of their great products and show a TON of creative ways to use them along with videos and giveaways. (Go HERE to find their blog.) Today they are focusing on their adorable Winter Owl Set, and I decided to play along…

Isn’t that owl the cutest? Especially with oversized google eyes. I also used my favorite Lawn Fawn set on the background – the Interlocking Backdrops. Isn’t that herringbone fabulous? The branch is actually the Simon Says Stamp Tall Tree die cut placed sideways. Love the unexpected uses of die cuts.

I used a new coloring tool to color the owl and moon. More on that in a few days…

Be sure to head to Lawn Fawn for more inspiration! (Supplies are at the end of this post.)

Warning: If you are trying to save money, do not continue reading. Ha. I have a bit of (really good) enabling. Or at least some shares of things I am really enjoying lately…

You know I love Distress Inks. Big time. And some of my favorite colors are ones from the Seasonal sets. Well… Ranger finally has released them as individual inks and reinkers. Woot woot! You can find them all HERE. In general, these colors tend to be brighter than the standard ones. (Which makes me happy. Don’t tell Tim.) My favorites? Peacock Feathers (the best pool color), Gathered Twigs (the perfect brown), Mowed Lawn (grass green – yay!) and Salty Ocean (true blue)…

There are a few new stamp sets available at Simon Says Stamp – fabulous ones. Without a doubt, these are all must-haves. (Again!) Click on them to see more…

THIS. This is something that is on my wish list. Big time. But I just haven’t been able to cough up the bucks on it. But it is incredible – a limited addition set of Copics in the best colors. And get this – they have both the brush tip and the standard fine nib. (This is unique – usually these two tips aren’t on the same marker.) I LOVE these two tips. I think I may have to cave…

 

A new Simon Says Stamp card kit is out – November‘s. Lovely and classy. Here is the kit

You can also now get this rocking holiday card kit. It is big and wonderful. I plan to use mine to decorate all the presents under the tree. (Can you just imagine how cute that would look with plain silver and red wrapping paper? Delightful.)

I mentioned this one the other day. I got some and love it. It is a must have. If you have taken any of my classes, you know I loved the Eclipse Tape big roll, but it is no longer available. Guess what? Now you can get it in sheets! (Can you say perfect for die cutting?!) You can find it HERE. (This product is amazing for masking and more.)

And then some other fun products I am happy to soon play with: Studio Calico Wood Veneer Trees, Studio Calico 6×6 Wonderland Paper Pad, and Metallic Distress Stains.

 

 

I warned ya. Some good products out there! See you soon.

 

World Card Making Day + Enabling

Hello! Saturday is World Card Making Day. Be sure to stop back here as I will be having something fun. But I also wanted to give you a heads up on the fun Paper Crafts will be having.

Here is a bit of info on what Paper Crafts will be doing:

  • Today (Friday), they will have a blog hop with last year’s WCMD winners. Lots of good stuff. (Go HERE.)
  • Follow Paper Crafts on Twitter… and see if we can get #worldcardmakingday trending.  (Go HERE.)
  • Lots of sharing will be going on on their blog throughout the day. (Go HERE.)
  • Check out the Moxie Fab World blog, too. (Go HERE.)
  • You can share your card creations with others. (Go HERE.)
  • Finally, check out the blog tour – you can even be a part of it. (Go HERE.)

See you there!

Also, I have had a lot of people ask about when the new Hero Arts stamps would be out. Today is the day – here are some of the goodies. (Don’t you love the music background?)

And if you have taken any of my classes, you know I loved the Eclipse Tape big roll, but it is no longer available. Guess what? Now you can get it in sheets!! PERFECT! I can now die cut with it too!! Woot! You can find it HERE. (This product is amazing for masking and more.)

See you soon.

New Goodies and True Scrap 4 Giveaway

How about a little enabling on a chilly, cloudy day? :)

First, lots of awesome new embossing folders, dies and stamps are now out from Hero Arts! You can find them all HERE, but here are my favorites: Chevrons and flourishesdots and medallionsflourish stamp + embossing folder… a snowman to assemble. Yay!

       

Also, True Scrap 4 is coming up…

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True Scrap 4 is the  ONLY online, live scrapbooking and papercrafting experience. With 15 A-list instructors, five virtual make-and-takes, and a ton of fun, you won’t want to miss it. Instructors bring classes on everything from photography to design to inspiration right to your computer – live! You log in from home and interact in the state-of-the-art webroom, chatting, learning, and interacting in real time. And it’s all recorded so you can go back and watch again and again.

Teaching at True Scrap 1 and 2 was a blast – I loved it! I haven’t been able to participate in this one due to my crazy life, but I always love seeing what Lain (she rocks) and the gals have up their sleeves. I love the line-up of instructors this time, including Heidi Swapp, Nichol Magouirk, Noell Hyman and more.

Ready to sign up? You can get $20 off your registration by going to HERE now.


You can WIN a FREE spot in True Scrap 4, valued at $147, plus some other great prizes. Here’s how to enter:

  1. Go HERE and watch the sneak peek instructor video.
  2. Sign up for the “More Info” email list at the bottom of the page.
  3. Come back here and leave me a comment letting me know you’ve done steps 1 & 2.

Contest closes on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Winners will be notified by Wed., Sept. 25, 2012, and all prizes must be claimed by Friday, Sept. 28, 2012.

Good luck!