The Red Cross and hurricane Irene response effort

Our heart and prayers goes to the victims and the survivor of this devastating hurricane Irene. Please donate to the Red Cross here are some information regarding the effort.
With communities from North Carolina to New England suffering from significant flooding, wind damage and widespread power outages from Hurricane Irene, the American Red Cross is responding with shelter, food and other assistance.
“The storm may be over, but our work is far from done,” said Gail McGovern, Red Cross president and CEO. “We expect this disaster relief operation to be a very large operation that will continue for several weeks.”

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How many of us have eye shadows  for some reasons that have  broken here’s how to fix it  with this amazing tutorial.



It’s no secret that I luv to eat and have a huge sweet tooth right, I’m making this recipe with Splenda this next week :)



Creating a beautiful shirt is as easy as this tutorial!



What a gorgeous party theme, the attention to details are beautiful from the cupcakes to the water bottles!




This is simply an amazing screen made out cardstock!

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Inspirational ideas from our design team!

Davi Reid

Davi’s adorable  note card!







Sandee Shanabrough





Sandee beautiful crafty secret fabric card.

Michelle Van Etten

Create a beautiful mix media album to be displayed on a mantle or Coffee table.







Carole Palmiere
I just love making Halloween themed projects. I know it seems a bit early, but I am seeing Halloween things all around at the craft stores and on blogs and decided I needed to get started.










Here's a pretty easy picture that is not so scary, but Halloween inspired just the same.
Supplies:

• Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge from Provo Craft
• DCWV-TheGhosts and Goblin Stack
• Stampin Up cardstock-assorted solid colors
• Stickles - assorted colors, Imaginesce-black adhesive backed metal dots
• Tulip heat setter, picture frame

Instructions:

• Lampost and layers cut at 6" from Mini Monsters cartridge.
• I assembled layers using adhesive, pop dots and metallic thread between the signs. I used stickles on the lantern light, lampost, and each word on the signs.
• I placed metal dots in a pattern and liked and then heat set each dot using my Tulip setter. Simple project though placement of dots and heat setting took a bit of time.

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Promarker Giveaway here

Have a great week, don’t forget to donate to the Red Cross!
Maggie

Letraset Promarker Review with a Giveaway!

Good Morning,

I wanted to say a silent prayer to our friends who are experiencing Hurricane Irene and wishing everyone is safe, and Irene goes away.

I’ve always wanted to try Copic Markers due to the economy and my large stash I decided to do research on all the available markers in the market before investing.

A little bit about the Letraset Company!

The Letraset business was founded in London in 1959, introducing innovative media for commercial artists and designers.
From the early days of dry transfer lettering, a breakthrough in typography invented by the company, to its famous range of Fontek digital fonts and Phototone digital images, Letraset has always been committed to providing choice and consistent quality.
With emphasis on technical development and marketing strategy, Letraset’s range of products has become known and respected by professional users throughout the world, developing far beyond its Dry Transfer origins.

 

Welcome to

 

Carole Palmiere Hello, crafters. I hope you're all doing well this fine day. I'm here share with you my recent experience with Promarker by Letraset.

OH MY! It was LOVE at first colored image! Yes, the ink flowed so smoothly. No streaking! Just even, beautiful color. I was in heaven! I could finally use all those wonderful House Mouse and Gruffies stamps I owned, including  the digital image sites. Yes, I would finally color images for my card making passion and it wouldn't break the bank to do it!

 

 

 

I mentioned  my experience with Promarkers to some of my crafty friends on a Facebook Group I belong to and got some of the usual arguments I've heard others use when comparing Copics to Promarker. Copics are refillable, Promarkers aren't.

You can change the nibs on Copics (I didn't know nibs needed to be changed), you can't on Promarker. Okay, I decided I needed to look into this price comparison thing a bit further.

Here are my results:

A Copic Original marker costs $5.99, ink refill good for 7-9 refills for an Original Copic marker costs $5.99, refill packs of nibs costs anywhere from $3.96 to $4.96 a pack, with there being anywhere from 2 to 10 nibs per pack. Since there 2 different nibs on each pen, you would need 2 refill packs. Here's the math. Original Copic Marker price $5.99, refill ink good for 9 refills $5.99, 2 packs of nibs $7.92 (at least) for a total cost of $19.90. For $19.90 you would essentially have 10 full Copic marker fills.

 

 

The Promarker comes with a fine point nib and a calligraphy nib.

 

Pro:

 Promarker costs $1.65, so for $19.90, I can purchase the same Promarker (12 ). No need for nib refill as a new pens come with new nibs.... Color me SOLD!

I promptly placed my order for 30 markers, not being able to swing purchasing all 148 colors at this time. And I was not alone. My good friend Caroline placed an order the same day as well, with more friends from our Facebook group to follow, Yes as crafters we are great enablers!

Con:

Promarker are not refillable, but at this price less than a fountain pen, you can replace them easily.

Giveaway

We are giving away a set of 10 markers .

How to enter easy!

1.Be a follower of this blog

2. Leave a comment

Giveaway winner will be announced on September 7th, 2011

Have a great week keep safe!

Carole,

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Wet Paint screen printing for any Art endeavor video

Happy Friday Everyone,

With most of the kids heading to school this week, here’s a fabulous idea for Art class. Kendra Wiggins our  newest designer has created this adorable paint smock using Provo Craft Yudu machine, and a fabulous step by step video on how to recreate the screen print.

Welcome

 

Hi, my name is Kendra Wiggins and I am the proud mother of 3 beautiful and wonderful children. My husband Barton, was my high school sweetheart and is the love of my life. We all live in Sunny South Carolina with our 3 pet turtles. Creativity has always been an extremely important part of my life even from a very young age. I have been teaching in the Scrapbooking industry for the last 6 years and in the quilting industry for over 11 years. I am a Provo Craft Hello Thursday Blogger and am passionate about teaching others the tricks of my trade. Would love to come and visit a store near you. Be sure to come and visit me at www.ScrappinCricut.org , www.MixologyCrafts.wordpress.com Hope to see you there!

 

Kendra hand stitch  these fabulous paint image onto a $3.00 shirt she purchased for creating the smock.

Kendra is  generously sharing the Gypsy files for all the Cricut owners, please leave a comment before you download and welcome Kendra onto our team :)

Here is a PDF instructions you can download and  print to follow at your leisure.

Smock Art PDF

If you are a Gypsy owner

here are the cut files

and here

Here are the videos to recreating the Yudu screen printing.

Screen printing part 1

 

Screen printing part 2

 

Have a fantastic weekend, we can’t wait to see what you think ?

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Maggie

HGTV Design star is Auditioning in a town near you!

Hi Everyone,
Since Dancing with the stars are no longer on for the season, I was very happy to discover Hgtv design star. Wow what an amazing show that is.
The show is about gathering designers and every week they have a challenge where the star panel choose the winner, at the end the winner not only get a cash prize but also their own show on HGTV. I found they are currently auditioning for the next season, you ladies are so amazing at the projects you link every week, you should try it, but if you get your own show, my house needs to be at the top of your list to be HGTVED deal?

Casting Call for HGTV Design Star Schedule here

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Marie took my breath away when I saw this amazing wreath this week.

It’s no secret that I luv to eat and have a huge sweet tooth right, I’m making this recipe with Splenda this weekend :)

Decorating with hoops have been hot for the past year, but this one is going to be the thing on the internet, you wait and see how this tutorial is going to pop up everywhere!

What a gorgeous card, the attention to details are beautiful!

This is simply an amazing gift for any new mom, wouldn’t that be great to have this amazing pillow to give with the happy couple as a wedding gift for their home?

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Got a project that should be getting  attention?

Welcome to our weekly linking party, where you get to showcase your art for free!


Well, it's where you get to feature your creations just by linking them here. Yep ... that's it. Simple right?  Just a few rules to follow:

1. Be a follower if you are not one already. Grab our badge on the right --------> for your blog while you're at it. Link any projects YOU have created.
2. No giveaway linking please. There's no limit to how many items you can link. Link parties are all about linking. So visit a few of the other links to discover new friends and link, link, link.  This is FREE advertising for your projects!

Please be kind and link back to this party on your posts. Invite  your friends on Facebook or Twitter about the party, the more the merrier!

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Inspirational ideas from our design team!

Davi Reid

Davi’s adorable  shape card using the divine swirl 
Cuttlebug embossing folder!






Sandee Shanabrough






Sandee beautiful crafty secret fabric card.

 

Michelle Van Etten

Create a beautiful family keepsake Off the page to be displayed on a mantle or table.






When it come to clustering elements Michelle wrote the book on this amazing way to use your stash :)










Carole Palmiere
Home Décor have never been any easier than creating a them that fits your style.







You can't go wrong with Super Simple. Trees and shadow cut from Zooballo Cricut Cartridge(about 9-1/2") in cardstock colors to match my family room decor. Frames purchased with 50% off coupons at Michael's. I get a lot of compliments on these and they were done in about an hour (only because I'm incredibly slow). It took me longer to hang them up straight then it did to create them!







Have a fantastic week, we can’t wait to see what you link with us to make our party rawk!
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Maggie

Recycling dishes onto home décor tutorial!

Hi Everyone,

Happy Monday today is the first day of school  and it has been a very busy week at my house,getting all the shopping and school supplies ready, registering, and it is so sad to see Summer ends and all of our weekly outings.

Decorating on a dime has always been a part of my life growing up with a mother who is the ultimate recycler, on turning everything into an amazing project. Today I will be showing you how easy  it is to recycle old dishes into home décor by creating your own mask using the Cricut Machine and Cartridges, instead of sending the dishes to the landfill.

Welcome

Hello, I’m Maggie  we will be creating a very easy home décor using older dishes, with a few cut images as a mask from the Cricut cartridge, Krylon glass spray paint, and a few embellishment from Prima and our stash.
This tutorial is so versatile you can use about anything as a mask for other projects such as pillows, canvas etc.
I do recommend you use vinyl or contact paper, but the core'dination papers are very sturdy and will work well for a mask.





Supplies:

• Krylon Spray paint, Easy tack, glossy accent
• Cricut Expression Machine, triple thicke sealant
• Cricut Rock Princess Cartridge (butterfly), Core’dination cardstock, Prima rhinestones

Instructions:

• Cut the to fit your plate, mine is 6”, 3.5", 3"
• Spray adhesive to the back of the image, adhere to the plate

Tip
Make sure you remove any residue adhesive from the cut image, adhere really well by using a brayer.

• Spray paint the dish, let dry for 1 hour before removing the mask.

• Gently peel the mask, adhere prima rhinestones to the center by using a dollop of glossy accent, let dry.
• Seal with triple thicke sealant, so it will be easy to dust :)

Voila done, easy peasy by using my stash and my trusty Cricut I can change the theme to fit any season.
Other ideas you can use the sweetheart cricut cartridge to create a wedding theme home decor as a gift for wedding shower, or New Arrival for a baby room, the possibilities are endless and best of all it won't break the bank :)






Have a fabulous week!
Maggie
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