American Crafts' Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic

 

1-4: American Crafts' 5th and Frolic Collection by Dear Lizzy

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American Crafts Weekend Giveaway

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

MissScrapAlotOctober 6, 2012 10:34 AM

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Yeah! It is time to celebrate the weekend again with another giveaway! This Weekend Giveaway, we have American Crafts' SOHO Garden collection to give to one lucky winner! This prize pack includes 12 double sided paper, 2 packages of Boho Thickers (in black and gold glitter foam alphas), Bleeker Street Fabric Stickers, 5 1 yard ribbon set, Garden District Acrylic Stamp Set, Hudson Square Die Cut Set, Midtown Layered Chipboard Sticker Set, Mercer Street Decorative Tags, and 2 packages of Chelsea Remarks Alpha Stickers (in green and orange). That is over $50 in beautiful supplies!

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The winner will be picked via Random.org on October 8th!

*We ship in the US only thank you.

Halloween Party by Guest Designer Michelle Price

I'm excited to share this fun Halloween idea with you. I'm known in my family as the Halloween Queen, a title I wear proudly, so this project is right up my alley. I received the adorable Haunted Manor line from Doodlebug Design and knew immediatley it would make the perfect pieces for a Little Witch Party. I designed a Good Little Witch Party, for good little girls who don't like to be scared.

The cupcake toppers and Halloween banner came together quickly using some mini doodle-pops, banner stickers and twine.

No party would be complete without a goodie bag to take home. These cute bags can be put together as simply or as detailed as you choose.

Supplies:

4 1/2 x 12 sheet patterned paper
sticker sheet of sentiments and images
Plastic or Glassine bag-twine-button

 

Instructions:

1.      Use a corner rounder to round all four edges of your piece. Score your piece at 5 ½”, 6”, and 6 ½”.

2.      Fold your piece with the outsides together at the 6” score line. Now fold the flaps back together at the 5 ½” and 6 ½” score lines so the insides are together. This creates an accordion fold that will make your bag stand up on it’s own.

3.    Fold over the top of the plastic/glassine bag and sandwich it between the two flaps of your cardstock holder. The folded top edge of the glassine bag will be flush against the top of the cardstock. Place your embellishment paper on the front of the cardstock holder.

4.      Pinching all three layers together tightly, punch two small holes in the top center of the treat bag holder. Your punched holes will go through all three layers. Thread a piece of twine through the holes and wrap it through the hole twice. Finish with a secure knot. Thread your two twine tails through a button and finish by tying a bow over the top of the button. The  bag is now securely attached to the cardstock holder.

5.      Finish off by adding stickers and diecuts to the front of the treat holder.

6.      Bonus Tip: When you wrap a package, you run your ribbon along the edge of your scissor blade to make it curl. You can do the same thing with your twine tails to give them a slightly curled look. Follow the same procedure, but just do it very lightly so you do not break the twine.

 

And of course no little witch can be without a cute spell book. These little books were a huge hit among the little witches. I have requests for several more.

Supplies:

5 3/4 x 81/4 kraft notebook from Craft Warehouse (only $1)

3-12 x 12 patterned papers

Mr Huey Mist

stickers-twine

 

Instructions:

1. Cut two pieces of patterned paper 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. Adhere one to the front and one to the back. These are a bit smaller than the cover piece. You will want to leave the spiral exposed so it will easily open.

 

2. Embellish the front with stickers, diecuts and scraps of pattened paper.

 

3. Open the notebook and crumple each piece of the inside paper. I just lightly crumpled the edges.

 

 

4. Once you've got all the pages crumpled, hold the book sideways with the pages towards you like a sandwich. Spray Mr. Huey mist along the edges lightly to give the book a distressed look.

 

 

5. Attach punched tags to twine and tie them to the top of the spiral spine with twine.

 

6. Have fun filling your book with toad transformation and mermaid tail spells.

Use these ideas to throw your own Halloween party and impress the little witches in your life. Thanks for having me!

 

 

 

 

Guest Designer Michelle Price

Welcome this week's guest designer and Craft Warehouse Scrapbook Design Team Alumni, Michelle Price! We love Michelle's fresh and simple style including her amazing tutorials!



How long have you been crafting?

I've been papercrafting for close to 13 years.I was introduced to card making by my future sis-in law when I was 20 and thought 'Boy-what an old lady thing to do" I rolled my eyes and tried it and have been obsessed ever since. I started with rubber stamping and quickly moved on to scrapbooking and buying gorgeous patterned papers.

What inspires you to be creative?

I could say my children inspire me, but really it's the gorgeous scrap supplies that I keep buying. I also love the creative aspect of scrapbooking. Seriously though- I love to document the little things about our lives that will so soon be forgotten. It makes me happy when my kids look through my albums and read and laugh about things they've done in the past.

What Craft Warehouse products do you love to use?

Um-everything! I love that Craft Warehouse always carries the latest and greatest trendy items in the scrapbook world. The aisles and aisles of wood items waiting to be altered make me happy too!

How can you encourage others reading this column?

There really is no right or wrong way to be creative. Find something you love and use it to make something that you will cherish. Saving your favorite scrapbook paper until you find just the right project makes no sense-use it up and you will enjoy it much more!

Make sure you join us tomorrow for Michelle's Little Witch Halloween Party tutorial!

Paper Mache Pumpkin & Mask

Designed and Created by Sarah Owens for Craft Warehouse

 

Instructions:

 

1. Rip strips of Tim Holtz tissue paper and Modge Podge on to pumpkin*.

2. Once it is dry, distress with Tim Holtz Distressed Vintage Photo Ink.

3. Paint mask* purple with acrylic paint. Let dry

4. Use Krylon Glitter Blast**, it paints and glitters!

* 40% off regular prices until October 7th, 2012.
Pumpkin reg. $2.49 and $3.99
Mask reg. $2.99

** Krylon Glitter Blast Spray $7.88 (reg $11.99) until October 7th, 2012.

 

Spooky Blocks

Designed and Created by Sarah Owens for Craft Warehouse

Instructions:

1. Paint blocks with acrylic paint.

2. Cut paper to fit each block.

3. Glue paper to block using a Pioneer Glue Stick.

4. Add a vinyl of your choice.

Artisan Collection by Pink Paislee

 

1-4 Artisan Collection by Pink Paislee

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