Earrings Giveaway and Tutorial!

I made these earrings for my post at Simply Renee today and I want to give them away to someone in time for Christmas!  If you're interested in learning how to make these earrings, I created a You Tube Video for the Simply Renee blog.  

HOW TO WIN:

Simply leave a comment on the Simply Renee blog, and you can also leave a comment here for an extra chance to win!

 Below are the beads and findings I used to make these earrings, all organized in the Small Zip Bags from Simply Renee.  These are made to work with the Clip-it-Up.

I'll announce the winner on my blog this Friday, so you have 2 days to leave some comments.

Bye for now.

A SHIMMERZ Tutorial For You!

Did you know that Shimmerz Paints has a VLOG (a video blog), full of wonderful video tutorials to get your creative juices flowing?  I am telling you, the talented ladies on the Education Team go all out in trying to come up with some fresh ways to use Shimmerz Spritz, Vibez, and all their gorgeous shimmery paints.  It's worth a look, and you should think about becoming a follower!  You will learn something new each week and I'm sure the videos will inspire you to get out your mists and start trying some new techniques.

Today is my post day and I hope you love it as much as I do!

This tutorial is EASY.  It involves taking a Punky Sprouts canvas album cover, applying chipboard letters, and treating it with coats of Gesso and beautiful Shimmerz products.

I want to do this AGAIN!  I want to use up my CHIPBOARD!  I can use any CHIPBOARD shapes in my possession!

Here is the video - I hope you enjoy it, and most of all, I hope you try it!  Spell any WORD you want!

Shimmerz Products Used in this Video:

Penny Pincher Vibez

Sea Monkey Vibez

Licorice Spritz

Eucalyptus Spritz

Tickle Me Turquoise Shimmerz Paint

Other Supplies:

Gesso Paint

Punky Sprouts Canvas Album Cover (Rebel Sprout Album)

American Crafts Thickers (Assorted)

Glue Arts Glue Gun

Have a wonderful and creative Monday!

This Week's Update....

I have some updates for you today!

1. Unity - NEW KIT

2. Glue Arts - MAKING MEMORIES WEEK

3. Stash to Treasure - DECEMBER DAILY CLASS

4. Color Combos Galore - NEW PALETTE

First off, there is a new release at Unity, and that is the Store Kit, "Sexy, Silly & Sassy".  It is very sassy and I decided to make a card for the release.  That is Webster's Pages trims, which I adore!

Here are all the stamps in the kit:

Did you know that Unity is giving YOU a gift???  YES!  The gift of FREE SHIPPING!

And Samantha Walker stamps are ON SALE - a REALLY fabulous deal!

 

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Christmas Mailbox

Glue Arts and Making Memories Week

The Glue Girls created some wonderful ornaments this week with Making Memories products.  If you love making your own ornaments, check out the Glue Arts Blog to see what the girls have done, I am truly amazed what can be done with paper!

If you like my mailbox, the instructions are also on the blog.

And, if you leave a comment over there, you may win some Making Memories and Glue Arts products!

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Stash to Treasure Class Update:

It's been an amazing class, and I have had the pleasure of seeing Kinsey Wilson's class as well!  She is super creative and her album ROCKS!  The class subscription is $5.00 and includes my class, as well as Kinsey's.  It includes 12 video tutorials, pictures and instructions, and we can answer any questions you might have.  I also created a download for you to make all your tabs!

You can still subscribe, it's not too late!

Here is a sneak of my Day 1:

A Message from Stash to Treasure (STT):

Just wanted to take a moment to let you know about our December Giveaway. If you introduce a friend to STT in December, and they subscribe, you are eligible to win some of Kinsey Wilson's stitching templates! All you need to do is email me the name and email address of the friend who subscribed in December, and you will be entered in the drawing! If you win, so does your friend, and we will ship templates to each of you!

Contest closes 12-31-10, so spread the word today!



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Here is the new Inspiration Board #170 at Color Combos Galore! 
Play along for a chance to win a kit from Work in Progress kits!

That's all for now, have a wonderful SATURDAY!  Today I get my tree!

Iron Orchid Designs....My Heart is Skipping a Beat! Hip Hop!

Good morning and good day!  If you're here for the UNITY and IPPITY HIP HOP  - WELCOME!

I am so in love with Iron Orchid Designs and now that their stamps are being made by Unity, I am ever more appreciating their designs.  If you haven't learned by now, I have a hard time doing cute.  I love cute, don't get me wrong, I just can't do it!  I wish I could.

So when I received these stamps in the mail, I knew exactly that they were up my alley.

Devotion Collection: Good, Pure, Excellent

GOOD NEWS TO SHARE:
These are the UNITY sales for the week.....through to Monday.

No. 1

All NEW Iron Orchid Designs (IOD) are on sale for $19.99

No. 2

Orders over $50 get 3 pieces of the Beloved Line Patterned Paper and some Webster's Pages Cocoa BLOOMERS!

No. 3
Orders over $75 get 10 Pieces of Bella Blvd. Patterned Paper!

No. 4

Selected SAMANTHA WALKER stamps are only $16.99!

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TODAY'S PROJECT

Here is my project(s) for today.  I used the stamps to make tags that will accompany jewelry that I made for gifts.  These were supposed to be quick gifts, and I think it took about 30 minutes for each pair of earrings. 

All tags have been sprayed with Shimmerz spritz, then inked with various chalk inks and/or paint.  The butterfly is a die cut from Silhouette.  After the tags were dry and stamped, I was surprised at how vibrant the Copic markers came through!  Especially on that heart!

To make the butterfly tag, I used the side of the FRAME stamp and used it several times, mixed with the smaller floral image.

Before you go, I wanted to share with you some of my favourite new stamps from Iron Orchid Designs and Unity:

REMINDER:

Did you know that a whole lot of chatting is going on?  Don't forget to join us at Splitcoast Stampers (in the Unity forum)!


GIVEAWAYS:

For today's Blog Hop, Unity has some giveaways up for grabs and 2 lucky winners will be selected from comments along the Hip Hop stops!  Winners will be announced on tomorrow's Unity post.

This Week's Prize Packs:

Get Scrappy With Material Girl stamp kit and a Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck Paper Pad

Material Girl stamp kit and a Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck Paper pad

Now it's time to hop on over to Jessica's whimsical blog to see what she has in store for today...

Jessica Diedrich

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Thanks for visiting today!

EASY Shaker Card Tutorial and Color Combos Galore #169

I have a new video for you!  And with Glue Arts U Cut It foam and die cuts, you will find this SO easy!

Color Combos Galore has a GREAT sponsor this month and great color palettes to work with!

It's Work in Progress Kits!

Here is the beautiful and sparkly Inspiration Board #169.

And here is my take.  The PRIMA paper is full of sparkle, though you may not be able to see it.

Hope you can play along this week, next week we'll have another great combo.  To enter a layout, simply register at Color Combos Galore and become a member!  It's FREE!  There is a tonne of inspiration on part of the members and design team, and with a great sponsor providing some goodies this month, why not play along!

Bye for now.

Just Hear Those Sleigh Bells Jingling... Hip Hop!

Good morning and good day!  If you're here for the UNITY and IPPITY HIP HOP  - WELCOME!

TODAY's THEME:
CHRISTMAS CARDS & LAYOUTS

Can you believe that it's December already?  It was lovely and snowing yesterday, not too cold, just right!  Only 23 more days until Christmas and you know what I have to do before then?

COOKIES!  Can you smell the vanilla?

I love the big round stamp that says 100% Certified Homemade.  I stamped it several times in red, and then in green.  I stamped one circle on PHOTO PAPER to get a nice clean image, then used my Spellbinders to cut it out, then placed it over the main image.

Again, stamping on photo paper, I stamped HOLIDAY MEMORIES in red, cut out, then placed on the layout.

I had lots of leftovers from my Up the Street kit, that I was able to make this cute tag to go along with my layout, and I was able to use the Webster's Pages letters from the kit as well to make my HOME BAKED title.

In case you want these stamp sets, below are the complete sets and the link to Unity's store.

Before I started designing with Unity, these stamps were on my list!  A must have for any BAKER who gived their treats out at Christmas.  I just find these so classy and versatile.

Samantha Walker HOME BAKED:

Samantha Walker CHRISTMAS IN THE KITCHEN

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And here is a look at the NEW DECEMBER 2010
Kit of the Month  

"Just Be You" by UNITY:

 

REMINDER:

Did you know that a whole lot of chatting is going on?  Don't forget to join us at Splitcoast Stampers (in the Unity forum) for chatting and giveaways - these awesome stamp prizes just pop up when you least expect it!  You just need to be there to win them.

Now it's time to hop on over to Jessica's blog to see what Christmas project she has created for the hop today...

Jessica Diedrich

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Thanks for visiting today!

Up the Street December Kits are AVAILABLE NOW!

SEE UP THE STREET's DECEMBER KIT HERE

Old Fashioned Christmas

$54.50

Below are some  projects made with the MAIN kit and the Add-on Kit.

I have had a wonderful time recalling last year's memories of Christmas when putting together layouts for this kit release.

I found the BEST etsy.com gift for my husband last year, a Bruce Springsteen mug and he loved it!  I actually just handed him a cup of coffee on Christmas morning in his new mug and it took him FOREVER to notice it!

I used the kit's embossing powder to make the swirls (using a stamp from Unity Stamp Co.), and then applied some red stickles.

My Top 5 FAVOURITE Things in This Kit:

• Those BIG PRIMA FLOWERS
• Webster's Pages Trims
• Webster's Pages Letter Stickers
• The STAR pins
• Bo Bunny Chipboard Pieces

Here is my sweet daughter a couple years back.  I thought this was a perfect Dear Santa face.  I used the Basic Grey presents to line the photo and I also used some of that gorgeous butter cream trim!

On the very right, I embossed some green cardstock and painted the raised parts with cream paint.

 

And there is an awesome stamp that comes in the kit from Inkadinkado - PERFECT for present toppers!  I stamped them on cream cardstock, trimmed them, then inked around the edge with Old Paper Distress Ink.  I coloured the image with Copics and used U-Cut-It foam from Glue Arts to give it 3D dimension.

I cut out some small circles with the U-Cut-It foam (using my Cuttlebug and Spellbinders) to make the Present Toppers ready to go for Christmas presents.

I STILL HAVE MORE TO SHOW YOU!  The kit is SO big that so far, I've made 5 layouts and the present toppers!  And I still plan on making more!