Christmas in August?

Ok, another trade show project for Cosmo Cricket. I will tell you that I didn't have the chipboard pieces when I created this so I printed out some pretend pieces and asked Julie to place the real ones on at the show. So what you see isn't the actual ready set chipboard. But at the show it was! I also created some cardstock poinsettia's for inside the vase and then place a few sprigs of beads around them.

This was created using the Jolly By Golly line and it is darling. The colors are festive and fun and there are some very cute and very beautiful papers all combined into one collection. I love it!

Cosmo Cricket Project

So I do some freelance work for Cosmo Cricket and of course always love doing a couple of projects for their booth at CHA each show. Last summer at CHA I started a new tradition with my projects for the booth. I created a cute little altered Bi-Plane with none other than Linday in the cockpit! He pretended he didn't like it but when I spent some time in the booth during the show I saw him take people over and show it off, so I know he liked being in the cockpit.

Then for CHA winter I continued the tradition this time picking on Julie a bit. I decided to use the Snorkel line to deck her out in some beach attire. I blew up a head shot and then created some clever chipboard dangling earrings and other beach accessories.

I know Julie and Lindsay the best so it was easy for me to pick on them. I know Eric the least because I have spent the least amount of time with him since he isn't at Scrap Fest each fall with the gang. (at home with the kids) But I decided even though I didn't know Eric well, I was still going to pick on him!

The photo above is what I came up with for CHA summer. I used Cosmo Cricket's "The Boyfriend" line and altered this cute little doghouse placing poor Eric's photo right there on the pooch! Anyway, I of course showed him the project in advance and I'm pretty sure he thought it was pretty funny..........

So let me know what you think!

Time for a giveaway!

It has been awhile since my last giveaway. This one is going to have a rubber stamping focus. What will you win? A set of Heidi Grace Urban Acres Blvd. Clear stamps along with a set of Fiskars Acrylic Stamp blocks!

What do you have to do to win?

1. Post a comment in this thread
2. For every person you send over that comments on this thread and mentions your name you get another entry, increasing your chances.

I will draw a random winner on Tuesday August 18th so you only have until then to round up your crafty friends and post!

New projects for you!

As many of you know I do 2 projects of the month for Wausau Paper Creative Collection cardstock. It is so much fun to see what you can create using only cardstock and tools, don't you think? If you have never tried it, you really should. And to get you started here are the August projects right along with step by step instructions to complete these school themed pieces!

http://mywpcreativecollection.com/BeCreative/Project-of-the-Month/archive.aspx

You will find a Teacher card as well as an altered composition notebook that you can personalize for someone special.

Now, if you have created something using only cardstock I would love to see it. If you have not I challenge you to whip something up and then post a link in this thread so I can go and take a peek! If you happen to create one of the projects of the month based on the link above, I for sure want to see it so post a link for that here as well!

You can also sign up to get the Wausau Paper Creative collection newsletters so you can stay up to date on what is happening and be reminded to check out the projects online each month as well! Here is the link to sign up-

http://mywpcreativecollection.com/KnowCreative/Newletter.aspx

And here is a link to sign up to receive the project of the month-

http://mywpcreativecollection.com/BeCreative/Project-of-the-Month/PotM-Welcome.aspx

Jolly By Golly

As promised here is a Christmas card I made using Cosmo Cricket's brand new Jolly By Golly line! I don't have chips or ribbons yet, so I needed to cut some pieces from the patterned paper I do have to create this card.

I used some Liquid applique for the snow areas on the tree, sprinkled glitter on it while still wet, then used my heat gun to puff it up so it looks like snow is sitting on the tree. I've included a close up so you can hopefully see that detail a bit better.

This was such an easy card to make yet has such a nice finished look. So leave a comment and let me know how many Christmas cards you hand craft each year!

Cards for Heroes!

How often do you create for something charitable? Well, I've been giving this some thought for quite some time...what to do, what organization is out there that I feel really good about sending some crafty goodness to?

So after searching long and hard I decided on Cards for Heroes! They send cards to military men and women overseas who are serving our country. They receive the cards and then they have something special to send home to their wife, parents, children, friends, and other loved ones. This is so nice and not only is fun for the service men and women, but provides some comfort to those waiting back home.

So I created 8 halloween cards and sent them out the other day! I challenge you to do create some cards too if you feel like getting involved with this organization. I will be creating more cards to send and next time I do, I plan to take photos before I send them to post to my blog!

If you decide to create and send I would love to hear about it. I'd love to know what you created and how many you sent and if you plan to continue! So leave a post on this thread to let me know, ok? Here is the website for more information!


http://cardsforheroes.org/

New Project!!!

Ok, I've got a new project up over on Fiskars Crafts! Head over and check it out....along with full instructions!

http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/projects/t_watercan09.aspx