If you haven't had a chance to try out the new Smooch inks by ClearSnap you have been missing out! They look like little bottles of liquid eye liner, but they are actually paints that dry quickly and add glimmer and dazzle to your projects! We keep selling out of them! There are so many brilliant colors to choose from! If you stop in Saturday during our Open House you'll get a chance to use them on a free make-n-take project too!
Hi Bloggers!
I wanted to share a couple of ideas you can use for your Halloween home decorating and gifts. I made this plate and the canvas for myself and my daughter using the Silhouette new downloads and the wonderful new fuzzy vinyl. I LOVE the way it adds dimension and texture to your creations! It was also inexpensive to build and I could make dozens with the supplies I have on-hand. The plate is a charger from Hobby Lobby for $1.99 and you can pick up the rest at Scrapbooks From the Heart!
For this canvas, I picked up some 12 x 12 flat canvas panels, then mounted the cute paper from the store and started layering on the vinyl. The cute kids are handpainted on watercolor paper by my talented friend, Shirley Taylor. Finally, I added some Making Memories stickers from their Halloween kit.
Come in and tell us what you are creating this Halloween season!
Georgia
We love to use brads on our cards, layouts, and altered art projects! There are so many to choose from these days, too! The layered brads (like the zoo animals), glazed brads (Basic Grey's popular embellishment), little ones, big ones, teeny tiny ones (like the new ones we got in from Bazzill), and shaped ones...the list goes on. You can use brads to hold embellishment to your layout. You can use them to enhance patterned paper. You can use them as a frame around a photo. You can even dress up brads or change their color with embossing powder (we like to use Zing! for that).
Come in and see the goodies we have in the store just for you! You'll be brad (we mean "glad!") you did!
Guest blogged by Joyce McCall
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I saw this tip on the Tattered Angels blog and had to share it with you! Its a great idea and one I am going to use in my scrap room. It is written by designer Annabelle O'Malley, and we did get in a new shipment of Glimmer Mists at the store if you need to add to your collection!
Enjoy,
Georgia
When I first began collecting Glimmer Mist, I stored all of my bottles on a small shelf in my scraproom. Well, my collection grew and grew and soon it was too big for my shelf! I kept them in a box on my floor for a few weeks, but, as you can imagine, that was quite a hassle. It took me forever to find the specific colors I was looking for and defiinitely was not aesthetically pleasing.
Finally, I’ve found a great way to store my Glimmer Mist bottles. Awhile ago, I read on Lisa Pace’s blog how she stored her paint by color in an over the door shoe holder. I created one of myown. Looking at it, not too long ago, I got the idea that I could add my Glimmer Mists right into the pockets with the paints. And that is exactly what I did.
Now, my mists are sorted by color and are SOOO easy to find. PLUS, I can grab paints that match them, as well. The clear pockets make them easy to find and having them in sight makes me reach for them all of the time
Speaking of Glimmer Mist, here’s a card that I made using the Creme de Rouge Glimmer Chips and some English Ivy, Candlelight, Sunflower, Latte and Indian Corn Glimmer Mists. I added glitter to the chips then sprayed them with several different colors. The cream cardstock in the background was sprayed with Bronze and gives the card another dimension of shimmer.
Halloween collections!
There are soooo many cool collections in stock right now at SBFTH to make your Halloween projects, cards, scrapbook pages, and goodie bags! Some are elegant, some are cutesy, ALL are fabulous! It will be hard to pick a favorite, but we'll leave that task to you.
Let's look at Making Memories' Spooky Alley first:
Each month Joyce teaches a Saturday morning card class that features QuicKutz cutting dies, embossing shapes, cutting media, or AccuCut shapes that we carry in the store. September's class was full of festive fall colors and shapes. You won't want to miss October's class! It's time to start working on your Christmas projects! You will get to make 2 winter greetings cards, plus 3 non-Christmas cards featuring new techniques and LOTS of sparkle & bling! I can only show you a little sneak peek here of one of the Winter Greetings cards! But all 5 will be in the store soon for you to see!
Saturday, October 17th at 11am. $20 per person. Call or come by to sign up!
Hi Bloggers!
Here's a little sneak peek of an upcoming class, and yes, it is the one Tim Holtz taught us at Creative Escape! The suitcase is cute all on its own, but, the mini-book is a true work of art! Simple, easy to recreate, filled will all kinds of possibilities (think gift-giving)! Jen has already found a supplier for the luggage, so as soon as we get them, we will put it on the schedule.
Isn't it cute?
Georgia
Hi Bloggers!
As promised, here is a picture of Tim Holtz with me. I have to tell you, going to Creative Escape was a once in a life-time experience! We were so excited to arrive and I was especially excited to meet Tim Holtz. He is every bit as charming and nice as he appears in his videos. He is also an excellent teacher! I can't wait to share with you some of the amazing projects we made in all of our classes. This is a picture of the first slide in Tim's class. He gave a inspirational talk on using our imagination to invoke our creativity. Thanks to Joyce, we all had seats on the front row center to watch him teach!
On the final evening, there was an auction to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The group invited the incredibly talented past and present teachers to take a cheap-o IKEA lamp and create something fabulous that would be raffled to raise money. Two lamps, Heidi Swap's and Tim's were held back for the auction. Heidi's sold for $8200. and Tim's sold for $29,000!!!!
The trip as a whole was an incredible combination of inspiration of the creative imagination and generosity of spirit. I am so proud to be in the company of such incredible hobbyists!
Make it a great day,
Georgia
Hi Bloggers!
This week I want to share with you a new favorite of mine, Grungeboard. This medium reminds me of chipboard with a twist! You can paint it, ink it, cover it with paper-anything you can do with regular chipboard. But wait! There's more! You can also bend it, shape it, twist it, mold it. Yes, its flexible!
We now have several embossed and shaped kinds of Elements Grungeboard. Check it out! This Saturday, we are giving you the opportunity to try it before you buy it with an all day make-n-take. I know you will LOVE playing with Grungeboard!
This gorgeous flower was made with a sheet of Grungeboard cut with a dye, painted, stamped, and covered with Rock Candy crackle paint. I copied it from Linda Cain's blog. I can't wait to make one, tooHere's a cool video as Tim Holtz demos grungeboard:
Georgia
