20% Discount on October Afternoon or Mr Campy?

Just delivered are new products Graphics 45, Edges from Bazzill, and Cosmo Cricket! Also recently added and going quickly, October Afternoon, Die Cuts with a View (cutest school paper ever), really cute baby through toddler lines from Sandylion, more new papers and embellishments from Kelly Panacci, and last but certainly not least Maya Road! .

Don't forget the fall season is just around the corner, K & Company has an awesome line, Halloween Whimsy. This spooky line not only has paper and embellishments, but cute decorations that are a snap to put together!

Recieve a 20% discount on all orders of $25.00 or more, today through Saturday September 13th. Use coupon code - fall08

Shipping is still only $4.95 on all order shipped within the U.S.
Have a great day!

Cathy x

Making your own chipboard buttons

I have a really fast and easy way to show you how to make your own chipboard buttons from the patterned papers you may have lying around in your stash--
For my example, I chose the brand new line from Graphics 45 at Allyscraps. You'll need some chipboard to make the buttons, a circle punch or die-cut machine to make your "buttons", a hole punch, Diamond Glaze, your paper, and a glue stick.


Start by cutting circles from the chipboard and patterned paper and then adhere the two together. You can stamp on top of the button to add a little texture, or leave it like it is--I chose to stamp on top of my patterned paper for a different look--


When it's dry, punch two holes in the middle of the circle to give it a "button" look. Add the Diamond Glaze on top to give it a glazed, 3-D look and let it dry for at least 2 hours.

Add some ribbon or floss, and you instantly have a really cool coordinating button for your layout--

Add some bling to the top of your buttons, or leave them as is...




This is a quick and easy way to add your own embellies to your pages!!

This layout I made of my mother-in-law to frame and hang on my wall in my home---



Happy Scrapping!!!

~~Kary

AUGUST Design Team Reveal

Wow, SUMMER has gone by way too fast... and with September upon us, we present the AUGUST Design Team reveal. For August we celebrated summer, and here is what we came up with.

Morag created this gorgeous layout of her daughter enjoying the summer sun. I love the way the bright colors of the QUICK QUOTES Good Times line of papers POPS off the black cardstock background, just a stunning look. I also really like how Morag used 2 different sets of thickers to make her title, these American Crafts hat box thickers and these gift box thickers too. That handmade strawberry just amazing, I'm thinking Morag needs to make me one of those, lovely job Morag!



Debbie chose to do a layout with beautiful nature pictures as her summer themed project. I just love how she was able to use so many interesting photos on her layout, but still highlight a true focal point photo with the big circle. A really awesome design. Debbie used the My Mind's Eye LUSH BLOOMS as the paper line here, love the scalloped paper and the die cuts too! The little added creatures are so cute, they are actually rubons from Maya Road added to colored paper, cut out and then adhered. Her title is made from brand new American Crafts glitter thickers in the LAX font. What a pretty layout Debbie, thanks for the inspiration.




Trish made the bright colors of the Chatterbox Eclectique line so FUN. Love all the hand cut flowers and butterflies, they are such a pretty addition to her layout. There are so many super design details in this layout, big scallops, fun brads, curly bling and the cool angle of her picture, what a fun perspective. Super job Trish, thanks so much for sharing!



I chose a summer picture of my DD and my brand new niece for my layout. Love the idea of a brand new day for a subject. The Chatterbox Happy Day papers and embellishments are some of my favorite EVER. The colors are perfect for any season and the 3D embellishments are full of glitter, so pretty. I used some hand stitching and some hand cut flowers to embellish my layout. For the flowers, I used the curvy part of my paper piercer to give the flowers dimension. Just curled the petals around it. The quote says, "a brand new day is full of wonder, hope and dreams of possibilities".



Hope you get some inspiration from our summer themed layouts. (Just FYI, Kary has been on vacation and will return for next month's reveal!) Thanks so much for taking a look.

~ Dana

October Afternoon & DCWV

Wow, what a great UPS weekl!!! Just delivered are new products from October Afternoon, Die Cuts with a View (cutest school paper ever), really cute baby through toddler lines from Sandylion. How about making a card using these fabulous stamps?



There are more new papers and embellishments from Kelly Panacci, and last but certainly not least Maya Road!

While you are here be sure to check out the newest lines from, My Little Shoebox, beautiful papers and embellishments that would be wonderful to use with all those great pictures you are sure to have taken over the summer! To kick off the fall season, which is just around the corner K & Company has done it again, with their awesome Halloween Whimsy. This spooky line not only has paper and embellishments, but cute decorations that are a snap to put together!

As always, priority shipping within the US is only 4.95.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend

Cathy

FINALLY got my AllyScraps July DT reveal done!!

and just wanted to share it with you--I missed the reveal in late July due to my friend's unexpected death--the week that the DT was doing this reveal, I was unable to participate in the fun--

So, I am posting it late, but better late than never, right?


The requirements for the reveal was to follow this sketch by the VERY talented Debbie Gaydos

For this challenge, we were given three pieces of American Crafts paper, one pink Bazzill flower, a black brad, a yellow Glitz arrow, and were told that we could use TWO other products for the challenge--I chose stamps and my Cricut (which I consider a "product", right??)

So here is my LO based on the sketch and the collection we were sent--I turned the sketch on its side like this



This was really fun to do and can't wait until the September challenge at AllyScraps