Bringing in the New Year!

This week Craft Warehouse is welcoming the New Year with fun ideas to help encourage, get us organized, or just fun ways to motivate ourselves in 2013!

Our first idea was found via Pinterest by Heart 2 Home.

As you go through out your year and something good happens, write it down on a piece of scrapbook paper and place it in a mason jar. At the end of the year your jar will be filled up and you can read about the good that has happened through out 2013! A great way to be thankful!

DCWV Le Tres Chic Stack

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I love DCWV.. crossing my fingers hoping to win :-)

Shelley 

How fun would it be to win this 48 sheet paper stack by Die Cuts With a View valued at over $25?!

To enter to win, you can...

1. Comment here! We need to be able to contact you if you win! If your email is not attached to your profile, please add an email address in your comments making sure to add spaces as shown: email (at) address (dot) com. Thank you!

2. Share our giveaway via Facebook by clicking "share" on our Facebook post, then come back here and tell us that you did.

3. Share our giveaway via Twitter, then come back here and tell us that you did.

4. Pin our giveaway via Pinterest, then come back and tell us that you did.

One winner will be picked via Random.org on December 31st, 2012!

*We ship in the US only thank you.  

Fiskars The AdvantEdge™ Punch System

NEW to Craft Warehouse stores is The AdvantEdge™ Punch System with large interchangeable border punch cartridges (sold separately) to add perfectly aligned decorative borders to paper craft projects. Unlike most border punches that require you to carefully move the paper, our slide-and-lock technology lets you keep the paper in one place and slide the punch cartridge from one lock-in slot to the next. This keeps every punch perfectly spaced along the edge of your paper, eliminating mistakes that waste craft paper!

When you buy the Advent-edge tool it comes with a starter cartridge- flower garden, and also includes an adapter plate to work with Fiskars smaller Interchangeable Border Punch cartridges (released last year). Craft Warehouse also has five different Advent-edge punches that are brand NEW!

Features

• Ideal for adding a perfectly aligned decorative border to large crafting materials
• Slide-and-lock technology lets you keep the paper in one place while the punch cartridge slides from one lock-in slot to the next for a perfectly aligned border
• Helps eliminate mistakes that waste costly craft materials and cause reworks
• Longer handle reduces punch force for easy use
• Punches larger, 2.75" border designs than any border punch on the market
• Magnetic paper clamp secures your paper
• Starter set includes “Flower Garden” border punch cartridge
• Works with a wide variety of Interchangeable Border Punch cartridges (sold separately)
• Includes an adapter plate to work with our smaller Interchangeable Border Punch cartridges
• Cartridges stack for space-saving storage and easy transport
• Lifetime warranty

Zva Creative Bling Embellishments

This giveaway is now closed. The winner picked via Random.org is: 

Debi_OmnistitchDecember 21, 2012 8:12 PM

Love your bling!!!

Merry Christmas! This Zva Creative giveaway is perfect for blinging up your next craft project! There are 15 rhinestone and 6 pearl embellishments and they will all go to 1 lucky winner! Valued at about $80!

To enter to win, you can...

1. Comment here! We need to be able to contact you if you win! If your email is not attached to your profile, please add an email address in your comments making sure to add spaces as shown: email (at) address (dot) com. Thank you!

2. Share our giveaway via Facebook by clicking "share" on our Facebook post, then come back here and tell us that you did.

3. Share our giveaway via Twitter, then come back here and tell us that you did.

4. Pin our giveaway via Pinterest, then come back and tell us that you did.

The winner will be picked via Random.org on December 24th, 2012!

*We ship in the US only thank you.

10 Days of Ideas: Gift of Memories

 

What's the best last minute gift idea for someone that's hard to shop for: the gift of memories!

 

We're only 6 days away from Christmas... do you still have no clue what to get certain people on your list? We have the perfect gift that is guaranteed to be a hit!

Got a favorite photo memory or souvenir that has special meaning to your gift recipient? Visit our Frame Shop with your ideas and treasures; we are here and ready to create a masterpiece for you! From shadowbox projects to framed photos of loved ones to artwork with meaning; nothing is too big or small!

8k Amy Tangerine Facebook Fans Giveaway

Thank you so much for all those who have been following us on Facebook! We have hit another thousand fans on our Facebook Page which means I have the honor of giving away a huge prize pack outside our usual Weekend Giveaways! You guys rock!

This giveaway is now closed. Our winner picked via Random.org is:

Kristine LegateDecember 20, 2012 3:49 PM

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This is not just any ordinary giveaway, either! I have the entire Amy Tangerine Ready, Set, Go! line by American Crafts to give to one lucky winner!

This includes, 23 patterned papers, 2 Day Books, 1 Delighted Remarks Sticker Pack, 1 Sure Thing Remarks Dimensional Stickers Pack, 1 Details Embellishments Package, 1 Hey There Stamp Set, 1 Bits Die Cut Package, 3 Remarks Baxter Transparent Letters (in six colors), 1 Oh Yes Fabric Sticker Package, 1 Package of Fla!R, 1 Bits Decorative Tags Package, and 1 Field House Paper Leaves Shapes Package. Valued at over $100!

To enter to win you can...

1. Comment here with your email address in the comment so I can get in touch with you. Or if it is in your blogger profile, that is ok. Make sure to type it email(at)address(dot)com. Thank you.

2. Share our giveaway via Facebook by clicking "share" on our Facebook post, then come back here and tell us that you did.

3. Share our giveaway via Twitter, then come back here and tell us that you did.

4. Pin our giveaway via Pinterest, then come back and tell us that you did.

The winner will be picked via Random.org at the end of next week along! Yippie!

*We ship in the US only thank you.

10 Days of Ideas: A Gift to Enjoy All Year

The next best thing to that pony or puppy on their list... a pet fish and plant! Create a living eco-system with the beauty of a betta fish and peace lily plant. While a Betta Fish Arrangement looks neat, it also creates a complete eco-system: the peace lily plant helps to filter and purify the air you breathe, while the betta fish fertilizes the plant. Visually intriguing and soothing the senses, this unique and creative arrangement is ideal for the home, office, to gift giving, and it's something the recipient can enjoy all year long. Betta Fish, $5

10 Days of Ideas: Dress for the Weather

Your crafting and decorating skills already rock, and now you can make sure your outfit does too with a fashion scarf. 

For only $10, you can afford to buy several and there's lots of styles to choose from; buy a few for yourself and a few for stocking stuffers for your favorite fashionistas.

10 Days of Ideas: A Fresh Wreath

You've got your tree (or are heading out to get it today!)... but save your money and create your own fresh wreath yourself using trimmings from your own tree... we'll show you how:

1. Gather your supplies: you'll need green floral wire, a wreath form and wire cutters.
   
2. Cut tree trimmings or bough into small pieces and use floral wire to wrap each piece of greenery around the wreath form, being sure to cover it completely.
   
3. Continue filling in bare spots with more greenery and feel free to mix it up! Using more than one type of branch or trimming gives the wreath more texture.
   
4. Once the wreath form is completely covered and full of greenery, add a ribbon bow or other decorative accessories. Then hang on your front door or inside your home and take a deep breath... ahhhh. Enjoy!

Stamping Gear by Inkadinkado

Stamping Gear is a powerful set of tools that offers unlimited creativity to create beautiful patterns and borders for paper crafting, home decor, fashion, and beyond. Watch this video to see all that our Deluxe Kit includes and a demo of how simple it is to create an endless variety of beautiful effects.

Lifestyles Crafts Cutting Dies

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JanieDecember 15, 2012 10:20 AM

I love CW. Just shared.

Yeah!!! 

This Lifestyles Crafts Cutting Dies giveaway is perfect for scrapbooking, cardmaking, or party planing! We are giving away 1 Lace Scallop cutting die, 2 Whimsy border cutting dies, 1 12" Diamonds cutting die, and 1 Ring Cupcake Liner cutting die to one lucky winner! These cutting dies cut and emboss with most die cutting tools. Valued at about $100!

To enter to win, you can...

1. Comment here! We need to be able to contact you if you win! If your email is not attached to your profile, please add an email address in your comments making sure to add spaces as shown: email (at) address (dot) com. Thank you!

2. Share our giveaway via Facebook by clicking "share" on our Facebook post, then come back here and tell us that you did.

3. Share our giveaway via Twitter, then come back here and tell us that you did.

4. Pin our giveaway via Pinterest, then come back and tell us that you did.

The winner will be picked via Random.org on December 17th, 2012!

*We ship in the US only thank you.

Magnetic Twist Trimmer by We R Memory Keepers

The Twist Combo Trimmer by We R Memory Keepers is a strong magnetic cutting ruler that is safe and quick to use! It comes with 8 blade designs!

 To see how it works, watch this We R Memory Keepers tutorial video.

 

* On sale for $18.88 (regular $24.99) until December 16th, 2012.

Santa's Sleigh Glass Block Set

Santa's Sleigh Glass Block Set

Shopping list:

4 large glass blocks

Santa's sleigh and reindeer vinyl (Vinyl Words)

String of white cord Christmas lights 100 count

snow filler

1 yard red string

Red bling (used 5 different styles)

E6000

Instructions:

Clean glass blocks

place vinyl on the front of each block (make sure opening is on the bottom of your block)

ad-hear red bling to the front of the blocks

add filler & Christmas lights

last add string to connect all the blocks together.

Tip: Place where you would like to display before adding lights and string. We added a table cloth and boxes to elevate the glass blocks.

Lawn Fawn & Doodle Bug Christmas Cards by Guest Designer Carisa Zglobicki

Hi Craft Warehouse fans!

Carisa here and I'm thrilled to be back with my 2nd guest design post using Distress Markers! I actually squealed a little bit when I opened my package to find the adorable Making Frosty Friends stamp set by Lawn Fawn. I just ADORE snowman - all shapes and sizes! Anytime it snows, I'm begging to make a snowman in our front yard except it rarely happens that we get the "right" kind of snow to do so! LOL

Anyhow, I got out some watercolor paper and stamped the snowman with Archival Ink in black. Anytime you begin watercoloring, make sure you use a permanent waterproof ink like Archival or Staz-on. Then I just lightly went around one side of the snowman with Tumbled Glass Distress Marker and blended it out slightly with my water brush. Using a light blue is a great way to add just a little bit of dimension anytime you are coloring "white". Easy Peasy! These holiday cards are so quick and simple to put together yet your family & friends will think you took a long time since they are so cute.

On this card, I LOVED the Doodlebug Design Inc. North Pole 6x6 paper pad so much that I couldn't decide which papers to use so I didn't! I created a strip of paper with lots of little strips from the paper pad that I cut in a variety of widths and glued onto a piece of scrap paper then when I was happy I adhered it all as one piece to my cardstock. I stamped the snowflakes from the stamp set in VersaMark ink just for an added touch behind the snowmen. This is a great idea to use up scraps from your favorite collections as well.

Here is a close up of my image panel. I glued my larger snowman directly to my cardstock and then popped up the smaller one with some dimensionals. Again, how cute is this paper as I just HAD to paper piece some ear muffs and a scarf!

On my 2nd card, I again stamped the background with the small snowflakes and heart from the stamp set in VersaMark. This a great way to add extra texture to cards that you don't want to be too bulky for mailing. I just added a strip of the coordinating paper on the bottom. I LOVE this doodle twine by Doodlebug Designs Inc as you can see I used it on both my cards. You get 60 yards in the package in different colors that match the North Pole collection. LOVE it! For my sentiment panel, I went around the edge in Barn Door Distress Marker and then took my waterbrush and made it really wet to have it bleed in like water drips.

I colored my snowman on watercolor paper and cut to adhere to the card. Then I stamped the cute little birds twice on different pattern papers from the North Pole paper pad, pieced them together and popped them up where I had already stamped on the card.I also added some Doodlebug Design Inc pearls in the Christmas assortment as the snowman's buttons.

Thank you again, Craft Warehouse, for asking me back to guest design! I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

As always, happy coloring!!!

Supplies:

Distress Markers Tumbled Glass, Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade

Doodlebug Design Inc. Jewels & Pearls

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Doodlebug Design Inc. Doodle Twine

Doodlebug Design Inc. North Pole 6x6 paper pad

Lawn Fawn Making Frosty Friends stamp set

Watercolor Paper

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Archival Ink Black

Helmar Craft Glue

Helmar Zap Dots

Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

PTI Kraft Cardstock

VersaMark Ink

Fiskars Apron Punch

We R Memory Makers Corner Chomper

American Crafts Chromatix Blending Markers

American Crafts new alcohol-based bending Chromatix Markers let you create amazing shading and blending effects on your cards and layouts. Chromatix are 1-2-3 easy to blend - the most popular colors are pre-matched in sets of 3 so you don't need a PhD in color theory to get the results you want. Purchase in value packs or three-packs.

To see how they work, watch the American Crafts' tutorial video below.

 

* Full set on sale for $69.99 (regular $99.93 valued at $129.99) until December 16, 2012.

Magnetic Nail Polish

We can't get enough of magnetic nail polish! Create nail art magic, by using the removeable magnet on top of the bottle, to "move" the magnetic nail polish into a design. Too cool!!!

* On sale for $4.44 (regular $6.99) until December 16th, 2012

Christmas Countdown Advents

Countdown calendar in red
 

· 12x12 pine wood frame (Sch-301)

· 12x12 Metal sheet

· Tuscan red acrylic paint

· 1 yrd. Green burlap ribbon

· Vinyl Words “Countdown to Christmas”

· Echo Park This & That Christmas Countdown paper & stickers

· 25 medium glass gems & magnets

· Glossy Accents

· E6000 glue

 

 Tools

· Scissors 

 

 

 

 Directions

 

· Take glass out of the frame and carefully dispose of it.

· Paint pine frame with acrylic paint and let dry.

· Rub on to the top of your frame “Christmas Countdown” vinyl.

· Place 12x12 paper and metal sheet in the frame.

· Create 25 glass gem magnets to go over the numbers on the scrapbook paper.

· Add ribbon to the back of your frame by using a staple gun or tack.

· Finally ad stickers to embellish your countdown calendar!

 

Black Countdown Calendar

 

 

· 12x12 pine board (Sch-299)

· 2 - 12x12 foam boards &12x12 cork sheet

· Black acrylic paint

· Vinyl Words “Countdown to Christmas” title & numbers

· Authentique Festive “Believe” paper

· 25 clear Crazy Tackz

· Jute string & brown card stock paper.

· Washi Tape

· Tombow permanent adhesive runner

· 25 mini chocolates

 

 Tools

· Fiskers paper cutter

· Glue Gun

 

 

 Directions

 

· Paint pine board with your acrylic paint and let dry.

· Glue foam boards together using adhesive tape runner.

· Then add your cork to the top of the 2 foam boards.

· Take Washi Tape and outline the sides of your boards,  this is cover up your layers of foam board and cork.

· Using permanent tape runner tape your scrapbooking paper to the top of the cork board.

· Glue foam core on to the front of your pine board.

· Wrap 25 mini chocolates with card stock paper and add a strip of washi tape to hold the paper on.

· Add Vinyl “Countdown to Christmas” to the top of your frame and the numbers to the mini chocolates.

· Add crazy tackz to the board and tie on chocolates to jute string.

American Crafts Christmas

This giveaway is now closed. Our winner picked via Random.org is :

Debbie December 9, 2012 5:32 PM

Would love to win it!!!!

This American Crafts giveaway is perfect for scrapbooking, creating a gift tag, or wrapping up that little gift! We are giving away 2 packages of Thickers, 3 sheets of Remarks, 1 package of Bits, and 1 package of 24 spools of ribbon to one lucky winner! Valued at about $50!

To enter to win, you can...

1. Comment here! We need to be able to contact you if you win! If your email is not attached to your profile, please add an email address in your comments making sure to add spaces as shown: email (at) address (dot) com. Thank you!

2. Share our giveaway via Facebook by clicking "share" on our Facebook post, then come back here and tell us that you did.

3. Share our giveaway via Twitter, then come back here and tell us that you did.

4. Pin our giveaway via Pinterest, then come back and tell us that you did.

The winner will be picked via Random.org on December 10th, 2012!

*We ship in the US only thank you.  

Echo Park Paper Cone Star Wreath by Holly Gagnon

Holly here, sharing a tutorial on how to make a Paper Cone Star Wreath. I've made circular paper cone wreaths in the past but as a Guest Designer for Craft Warehouse,  I needed to kick it up a notch especially since I received some cozy Echo Park Christmas This & That Collection Kit to play with.....Big Squeal!

Tah Dah!   Did I kick it up a notch or what?

You know you're in love (well, I know I am at least) and you know ya wanna make one to.

Here's how:

Supplies Used

Echo Park - Christmas This & That  Collection Kit (Love, Love, Looove!)

Chip Board

Star Template

Kraft Paper

Red 20 gauge wire

Brown and Red Inks

White Gel Pen

Hot Glue Gun

Glue Dots

3D Foam Squares

Xacto Knife

 Rolling Tool

Cut a star out of chip board using an Xacto Knife. This will be the base of your wreath.  I cut my star at 11 inches across.  To make the cones, you'll need to cut a variety of  patterned paper into 4x4 squares.   To keep the cones symmetrical, I recommend using some sort of rolling tool, like a glue pen, fat marker, large dowel or any other tool that will do the job.  This tip will be very helpful later on 'cause you don't want to have to many fatty and skinny paper cones when trying to make your wreath look symmetrical.

Keep on rolling and hot gluing them squares into cones. Ink the edges of the cones if desired.   I ended up using 31 cones to complete my wreath.

Start hot gluing your cones on to each point of the star base first.  It's helpful to tack on the cones with hot glue at first instead of a big blob of glue.  This will make life soooo much easier later if you need to pull the cones off and rearrange them as needed. 

After you've arranged and tacked your cones on to each star point, turn the star over.

Fill in the gaps with more cones, shaping the wreath into a star shape.   Now aren't you glad you only tacked the cones on?  Remember how I also mentioned  to keep your rolled cones as symmetrical as possible?  Now that you're filling in the gaps, to many fatty's or skinny's  cones will throw off the balance.  Don't ya just hate that?
  

Voila!
   

A paper cone star wreath ready to be embellished. 

I finished both sides of the wreath by covering the front and back with stars cut out of Kraft paper.  When I started this project, I wasn't sure if I  was going to use it as a tree topper, mantle piece or a hanging wreath. 

I embellished the wreath with stickers from the kit,  added faux stitching around the edges and for a little rustic shine, curled some red wire and stuck a few pieces along the edges and to use as the wreath's hanger. 

  

The stickers in this kit are so warm and cozy.   I'm totally in love with rustic Christmas and totally in love with the wood grain paper too...like totally!  I didn't even want to cut it but I decided to sacrifice it up for the sake of the wreath and used to make another 9.5 inch star as the base mat.   

Isn't that little pennant banner so cute?  It's another cozy sticker selection along with some alpha's that spell Noel. 

To finish up my wreath, I cut another 8inch star, inked the edges, embellished it with doily stickers, a matted Santa sticker and popped it up with a few 3D foam squares. 

Thanks so much to the Craft Warehouse for having me as Guest Designer this week!
  

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