Creative Friday

Hostess Incentive Inspiration and Double Dipping with American Crafts

     Aloha! It's Gia here for Creative Friday...happy dance-- the weekend is coming! Party time! Speaking of parties--have you had one yet this month? This time of year is such a fun time of year to get together with your scrapbooking and paper crafting friends to share the excitement of the new catalog and inspiration for the upcoming season! Who wouldn't want to make 'n take a card or a treat bag and maybe drink a little hot tea, cocoa, or my favorite-spiced cider- with good friends? If you haven't seen this month's fabulous make 'n take by Megan Peacock-Team Works on the Memory Works Studio make sure you check it out!

     Today I thought I would demonstrate one way I have used the Amy Tangerine Yes Please Embroidery templates that are October's Hostess Incentive** for qualifying Memory Works party orders.

**Party orders of $150 (retail) minimum, WSL

     As some of you may know, I am sewing impaired. I need all the help I can get when it comes to hand stitching or machine stitching on my cards and layouts. I love the look of stitching but I was afraid I would totally mess up my design if I tried to stitch directly on my card front.  I used scraps to make my first attempts at embroidering some of Amy's fun designs and cut them out to use on my cards as embellishments.  The speech bubble was a little easier for me than the feather (which I pretty much messed up royally!) But I was so tickled with how it looked on some Maggie Holmes gold doily vellum that I used it anyway!

 

 

My cards are made from leftovers. I had some snips from my Maggie Holmes washi paper from the first Crate Paper Maggie Holmes signature collection. I combined these with some leftover frames and photo overlays from the latest Maggie Holmes Flea Market collection.

And this is why I am loving American Crafts! 

Many of their products including the Crate Paper collections (Maggie Holmes and their Christmas lines) the Amy Tangerine Lines, Dear Lizzy lines, and probably others I am forgetting- have color pallettes, patterns, and embellishments that coordinate from one collection to the next released collection. What do I mean by this? Let's say you loved and already have Amy Tangerine's Yes Please collection and are drooling over the new Cut &Paste line. You can stretch your supplies by using leftovers together with new stuff! And it just so happens that many of these coordinating lines (from Winter and Summer CHA releases) are still available on the Memory Works website- with the older ones on sale!  But once the clearance items are gone- they are gone forever. So don't wait- it's the perfect time of year to have what I call a double dipping party! You can buy awesome stuff on clearance that you can use in your projects together with some brand spanky new stuff!

 You can see more Maggie Holmes Inspiration next week right here. Don't forget to follow us here and  follow my blog so you can stay informed of upcoming events you will not want to miss!



Express Kit Monday - The Good Life

As promised, I'm back today with the May Express Kit "The Good Life"

First the kit and it's contents - then a few projects from Home Office!

May 2013 MemoryWorks Kit Contains:  

 Patterned Paper

{1} 12x12 Pretty Poppies – Lucky Charm (Dear Lizzy)

{1} 12x12 Falling Star – Lucky Charm (Dear Lizzy)

{1} 12x12 Wild Hearts – Lucky Charm (Dear Lizzy)

{1} 12x12 Noteworthy – Lucky Charm (Dear Lizzy)

{1} 12x12 Why Thank You – Yes Please (Amy Tangerine)

{1} 12x12 Coffee Break – Yes Please (Amy Tangerine)

Solid Cardstock

{1} 12x12 Storm (American Crafts)

{1} 12x 12 Storm (American Crafts)

{1} 12x12 Honeycomb (American Crafts)

{1} 12x12 Fireberry (American Crafts)

{1} 12x12 Straw (American Crafts)

 Embellishments

{1} Package 5^th & Frolic Die Cut Shapes (Dear Lizzy)

{1} Package Lucky Charm Flair (Dear Lizzy)

{2} 3x7 Sheets Baxter Transparent Alphabets (Amy Tangerine)

{1} 3x12 Package You-True Quote Stencils (Fancy Pants)

{1} Package Trend Setter Mini Bags (Fancy Pants)

{1} Sotheby’s Thickers (American Crafts)

{1} Yard Turquoise Chevron Twill Ribbon (May Arts)

{1} Yard Salmon Faux Canvas Ribbon (May Arts)

Cards

{1} 3x6 Storm (American Crafts)

{1} 3x6 Storm (American Crafts)

{1} 3x6 Honeycomb (American Crafts)

{1} 3x6 Fireberry (American Crafts)

{1} 3x6 Straw (American Crafts)

{5} 3 ¼ X 3 ¼ Clear Envelopes

This is the cutest kit! 

Don't miss next week when I'll be back with more projects from the "The Good Life" kit 

made by some of the Creative TeamWorks Members!

MemoryWorks Express Kit Monday's

Here it is the end of February already.  Wow that was fast!  Don't you just love all the awesome inspiration that the Design Team has given with this month's Express Kit "Fanciful"!

Here is some more amazing projects and this time we bring you cards using this kit... 

"Hello Friend" - by Kelly Holbrook 

"Life is Good" - by Kelly Holbrook 

"Hello" - by Kelly Holbrook 

"The Best" - by Kelly Holbrook

"Love You" Card - by Janey Pumphrey 

"Many Thanks" Card - by Janey Pumphrey

 "My Favorite Times" Tag - by Lacey Igo

"Thanks" mini card - by Lacey Igo

"Hello" Card - by Lacey Igo

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I hope you have been inspired by all these great projects and of course the MemoryWorks Express Kit! Stay tuned as we approach March with some a new kit for you to enjoy.

Order your kit today from your local consultant here.

Have a great week and keep on scrappin'!

MemoryWorks Express Kit Monday's

Hi, Janey here to share with you some more beautiful projects by the Design Team with this month's MemoryExpress Design Kit "Fanciful".

Celebration Calendar/Altered Clipboard - by Kelly Holbrook

"She's a Crafty Girl" Layout - by Kelly Holbrook

"Balloon Mania" Layout - by Kelly Holbrook

Altered Shopping List Clipboard - by Janey Pumphrey

"Right of Passage" Layout - by Janey Pumphrey

 "Homecoming 2012" Layout - by Lacey Igo

 Left side - Transparency, Right Side Post It notes glued to the board.

"Calendar" Chipboard - by Lacey Igo

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I hope you have been inspired with all these great projects and don't forget to stop by next Monday when we share with you beautiful cards created with this kit.

Have you ordered your MemoryWorks Express Kit?

Don't miss out ... you can order it here.

Keep on Scrappin'

MemoryWorks Express Kit - Fanciful

Colorful and refreshing you're going to love
Fanciful

Our newest MemoryWorks Express kits brings you just a touch of springtime! Bright, bold and full of color this new kit is packed full of gorgeous paper - matching embellishments and extras your just going to have to have!

Another great kit full of goodness...February 2013 MemoryWorks Kit Contains:    Patterned Paper {1} 12x12 Unforgettable Story Journal Paper - Collectable (My Minds Eye) {1} 12x12 Unforgettable Happiness Paper - Collectable (My Mind's Eye) {1} 12x12 Unforgettable Today Remember Paper - Collectable (My Mind's Eye) {1} 12x12 Unforgettable Today Moment Paper - Collectable (My Mind's Eye) {1} 12x12 Unforgettable Story Tale Paper - Collectable (My Mind's Eye) {1} 12x12 Unforgettable Firsts Fresh Paper - Collectable (My Mind's Eye) {1} 12x12 Unforgettable Story Journal Cards Paper - Collectable (My Mind's Eye) Solid Cardstock {1} 12x12 Raspberry (American Crafts) {1} 12x 12 Sunflower (American Crafts) {1} 12x12 Vanilla (American Crafts) {1} 12x12 Coffee (American Crafts) {1} 12x12 Kraft (American Crafts) Embellishments {1} 9x14.5 Lever Arch Clipboard (Shoplet) {1} Unforgettable Layered Stickers (My Mind's Eye) {1} Red or Teal Washi Tape - Assorted Styles & Colors (My Mind's Eye) {1} Kraft Corrugated Thickers (American Crafts) {6} Walnut Grove Kraft Tags (Pebbles) {1} Dahlia (Petaloo) {5} Mini Pearl Daisies (Petaloo) {1} ½ Yard Pink Sheer Dot Ribbon (May Arts) {1} ½ Yard Brown & Ivory Checked Ribbon (May Arts) {1} ½ Yard Yellow Striped Twill (May Arts) The MemoryWorks Express kit is only $29.95 per month and packed full of goodies! (Does not include shipping, handling & sales tax) . . .  To start us off this month with wonderful inspiration, the MemoryWorks Head Office has created some amazing samples of what you can make with your kit!

I hope you have been inspired by all these great projects and of course the MemoryWorks Express Kit! Check back next Monday as the MemoryWorks Design Team shares their projects using this kit.  

Have a great week and keep on scrappin'!

Card Crazy Saturday

Hi...I'm Janey and I'll be joining you for Card Crazy Saturday!  It's seems like there is always something going on in my life that requires a card.  I have three different cards to share with you today.  

The first Card is for a co-worker that is retiring and loves to golf.  Using my die cut and American Crafts card stock, I created and layered pieces to get the look I was going for.  As most of you know, I love Tim Holtz Inks, so all the edges are inked. I then took a black archival pen and added a few markings to give the pieces the look I wanted.   

I've done this card before, but this time it's for my daughter's baby shower.  She is having a boy and the theme for her shower is Safari.  I embossed the card and with my die cut machine I cut the characters out.  I didn't ink the edges this time but added googlie eyes for an animated look.  I cut the grass with those decorative scissors that I sometimes forget I have :)

And finally, using the Simple Stories Baby Steps Collection, I created this card.  I cut the shape of the card and the coordinating pieces with my die cut machine.  Again I inked the edges with Tim Holtz ink and assembled.  I added baker's twine, pop-dots, and Zva mini chunky dots for a little bling!

I hope you enjoyed my selection of cards today.  Thanks for stopping by.  

I'll be back next week with some more fun card selections.