Crafty News

Hello Crafty Friends!   In the News for today: 

* I just posted  Blog Candy at Hannah's  if you are a fan of 7 Gypsies, you'll love this candy.
I'll be drawing a winner on July 4th.

* I have started up another Business  Adventure with a BF of mine.. our business name is "Crafters Anonymous".  We will be selling all homemade, vintage, and trash to treasure finds.   We take custom orders and will mainly be selling: coasters, aprons, cards/tags, night lights, stars, baskets, and crafty storage.   We already have a store front that will be displaying our items for sale... but we are keeping that a secret for a few more weeks!  I will post pictures later this week.

* Since I am making room for our new items I just lowered the prices in my etsy shop.. check it out.  Don't forget I am still taking custom orders for items you see listed.  I just sent out a box of vintage spools, my vintage ribbons, and an order of vintage supplies.  You will have to send me a separate email for your custom requests.

* I now have a facebook page.  Thank you to my 50 new friends on my page and thanks for your support~

*Thank you to Kathy & Pam for the wonderful, beautiful, and one of a kind aprons you both made me.. I love them & have been wearing them to my classes.  The kids in my classes noticed right away that I was wearing new aprons. 

Tim Holtz Block...Father's Day gift...

I as you know love TIM Holtz and all of his products.  For this Block I used almost all of his products except for two items:   Products used:  Block: wood crafts,  Knob Big Ben: 7 Gypsies.. the rest is all Tim
Patterned Paper:  Music Sheet, Butterflies & Moths, Definitions,
Filmstrip Ribbon, Pocket Watch, Foundations: Metal Feet, Bird Element from Adornments,
Metal Type Charms, Vintage Photo Distress Ink & Stain, 
Tissue Tape:  Symphony set: definition
Glossy Accents & Crackle Accents
Dies:   Paper Rosette

If you needed to purchase every product to make this block it is well over $50... but it is worth it!  You will have plenty of items left from each package and this looks better in person.  My friend DAWN R. took the photos for me.. my camera is on Vacation with my husband... thanks Dawn R. for taking these photos.  This block is on Display over at Hannah's Home Accents go check it out.. all of the supplies were purchased there so you will be able to make your own.. but if you ask I bet they will kit it for you!  This is my 2nd block I have done and I am addicted.. I love the blocks!  What a great blog candy idea.... may need to do one soon!  This would make a great gift for a man.. I made mine for my husband to put on his desk.   Hannah's will be kitting this up so RSVP your kit soon if you are interested in making one for yourself or husband.  This looked great on my husbands desk.

3 more layouts for Hannah's...

Samantha & our Cat Chauncey
Paper is from Adorn It Purrfect Kitty-Feline Friend

Swimming Play Date
We R Memory Keepers Merry & Bright & Yellow CS



Happy Easter
Best Creation Bunny Love & We R Memory Keepers Hippity Hoppity Doily



3 more layouts are in kits and ready for you!  One for the Cat Lovers, Summer Time, and an Easter Layout.

Make sure you stop in   Hannah's Home Accents Scrapbooking Headquarters and check out the new display full of Kits of Scrapbook Layouts for Sale. 

So many wonderful layouts, mini album kits, and altered projects. 

Echo Park Playground Layout

Here is a layout of my youngest daughter, she was only 3 at the time and loved to play dress up.

It is fun to redo layouts from the past and then compare them to the original set. 

Products used:

Summer Days 2 sheets of the purple side, 2 sheets of white cs

Echo Park Playground  Heads Up 7-up, Red Rover, Hopscotch

Tim Holtz mini paper rosettes, 13 yellow buttons, red bakers twine, pink trim, glossy accents, glue dots, Cotton White Stazon, 1" circle punch.  I did my journal box on my computer.  I cut apart the paper to make the hopscotch pattern.

This layout will be for sale at Hannah's Home Accents in Antioch in a few weeks.  Thanks for looking!

Lily Bee Designs Layout

Here is a layout where I was able to play around with some tissue paper and flowers.  I really

like purple and greens together and mixed prints. 

Products I used for this layout: 

Patterned Paper:  (4)  Lily Bee Design  (2) Picket fence porch swing, 1 Stationery pear, 1 cottage garden

Card Stock:  2 sheets of white

Ink & wet stuff:  Dusty concord Distress Ink by Tim Holtz, Glossy accents, glue dots

Tissue Paper:  House of 3 Pink Paislee Printed sheets Daily Junque

Punches:  1" circle, Martha Stewart lace border, 1 3/8" circle, Ek Success Mini Butterfly, Martha Stewart Butterfly PATP

Misc. Items:  Files, pencil, ink daubers, 4 wood chip flowers, string for tags

Paper Studio Brand Products:  3 Pearls and 4 Tags

I did my journal tag on the computer.

If you like this layout and would love to do it to..... the kit will be for sale at Hannah's Home Accents in Antioch  known for their awesome Scrapbooking Headquarters.  I haven't turned it in yet so it will be about a week or two.  Don't forget if you live far away they will ship you any kit you want and no cost! 

Thanks for looking! 

Blog Candy~ Sew Easy to win.. SEW EASY products

 We are giving away these 4 items over at Hannah's Design Team Blog click over there for your chance to win. 
I'll draw a winner on June 5th.     Hannah's Design Team Blog Candy

I love the new sew easy products.. I made this layout using it.  You can buy this kit for this layout starting next week.

The newly realeased Sew Easy Stitching tools & Bakers Twine are now at Hannah's.

Guess what is  new at Hannah's?  The Sew Easy Stitch Piercers and Floss!!!!   It is also available online at Hannah's Home Accents  They have taken tons of pre-orders so you don't want to miss out on this great tool!  I am going in tonight to pick up my new tools and the bakers twine!   I love to stitch on my scrapbook layouts, cards, and tags!  Easy to use and stitching on craft projects is so darn cute!  Go visit   Hannah's Home Accents & Scrapbooking Headquarters this weekend to pick up some great Mother's Day gifts! 

It's a Hometown Summer Layout!

Here is a Pink Paislee Hometown Summer Layout using:  Sunnyside lane & Heat Wave PP, 2 sheets of white cardstock, Hometown Summer punch outs & Hometown Summer border stickers,  tiny attacher, pop dots, black copic multi liner, Maya Road Red Ribbon, Clear epoxy stickers, and a few cute pictures from last July.  I love this HOMETOWN Summer line because you can use it for so many different themes.  Of course any thing summer, 4th of July, school, parties, back yard fun, parks, etc..