Monday, September 26, 2016

Birthday Alert!






Today is my Birthday! Yeah!

You get to celebrate the day with me - if you order the Kindness Kit today - I will send you a special gift!

All orders over $25 will get a special gift from me. Every time I go over $150 I will draw for $20 in free products!

Help me celebrate! Just here.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Cricut Flower Market Cartridge Videos

Here is a small series of tutorial videos for our new Cricut Flower Market Cartridge, enjoy:

 

This will show you some fall samples.




  

 This will show you some baby samples.


 

This will show you some boy samples.


 

 This will show you some baby and girl samples.

Enjoy and remember you can also get this cartridge in a digital format as well.

Monday, September 19, 2016

19 Things You May Not Know About Our My Acrylix® Stamps


19 Things You May Not Know About Our My Acrylix® Stamps


Think you know everything about our exclusive My Acrylix® stamps? Put your knowledge to the test by reading the list below! :)

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2. If you see a stamp image outlined in red, that means it coordinates with one of the shapes from our Cricut® collections. If it’s outlined in blue, that means it coordinates with one of our Thin Cuts dies.


3. We put A LOT of thought and effort into making the best stamps for our customers. See the entire process in this infographic:
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4. After we design each paper packet, we create two coordinating stamp sets, one for scrapbooking and one for cardmaking, to be paired with that specific paper. These two stamp sets can be found in the idea book right behind the coordinating Workshops Your Way™ scrapbooking kits. 
5. Our stamps are made right here at the Home Office, in a top-secret room.
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6. It takes about one hour to make one sheet of stamps from start to finish.
7. New stamps work best when you “season” them. To do so, rub the stamp across a stamp pad, and then stamp onto scrap paper until the image is even.
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8. Our stamps can be used with all sorts of inks, including dye, pigment, solvent, and alcohol inks.
9. Rather than attaching your stamps to your blocks, try using your blocks to pick up your stamps from a flat surface. This way, the stamp will hold its natural shape.
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10. Our My Acrylix® blocks have a small white horizontal line on them to help you with stamp placement, which is especially helpful for keeping words and borders straight.
19 Things You May Not Know About Our My Acrylix® Stamps! #closetomyheart #ctmh #stamping #clearstamps #crafting #scrapbooking #cardmaking #stampinghelp #myacrylix #howtostamp11. Some people cut apart their stamps in order to rearrange words in a sentiment when sticking them to their blocks.
12. Our stamps are flexible! Manipulate them so they fit inside shapes and banners, or just to get a different look!
19 Things You May Not Know About Our My Acrylix® Stamps! #closetomyheart #ctmh #stamping #clearstamps #crafting #scrapbooking #cardmaking #stampinghelp #myacrylix #howtostamp13. If some of your ink doesn’t transfer when stamping, quickly breathe over the stamp to re-moisten the remaining ink and then stamp over the image again. The missing portion usually blends into the existing image if the ink isn’t too dry. This is called the Huffing or Stamp Over Technique.
14. Because our stamps and blocks are clear, you can easily stamp over the image again to get a richer, deeper image.
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15. If you’re looking to remove that stubborn pigment ink, try our Spritz Cleaner and Stamp Scrubber. It makes it easy!
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16. Our stamps don’t need to tan—they like being transparent, so keep them out of the sun!
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17. Our stamps come in handy envelopes, which fit into our My Acrylix® organizer. You can also use our large organizer and tabs to store even more stamps. We also have a mini organizer for those mini stamp envelopes.
19 Things You May Not Know About Our My Acrylix® Stamps! #closetomyheart #ctmh #stamping #clearstamps #crafting #scrapbooking #cardmaking #stampinghelp #myacrylix #howtostamp18. If your stamps ever start to lose their stickiness, all you need to do is rinse them with warm water and soap, and the stickiness will come right back. You can also use StazOn™ cleaner on the smooth side of the stamp.
19. Some stamps make great friends, like our good ol’ friend, Sticky Boy!
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What things did you not know? Tell us in the comments! :)

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

August Card Buffet




Card Buffet
Who: Anyone 12 and up! All pieces are precut and ready to assemble.
What: Card Buffet - All you can "eat" in 2 hours

What is a Card Buffet? At least 10 different style of cards with everything cut and ready to assemble. You choose the card you want, take to your table, make as many of that card or as few as you wish, when you are done with that card return the project box to the "Buffet" and choose another. You can make as many cards as you can finish within the 2-hour period. The only rule is you must finish each card before moving on to the next. No taking projects home to finish later!

Cost: $2 per card for Two full hours of card making fun!

What to Bring: Your basic card making supplies. (Bone Folder, Adhesive of your choice, Glue dots, 3-D Foam tape, Glue Pen and your scissors)

When: Thursday, September 15 from 10 am - 12pm
OR
Thursday, September 22 from 7 pm - 9pm

***Arrive 15 minutes early to view and be ready to start!!!
The early bird gets the worm – or the best choices of the cards (ha!)

Where: Margit’s in Summerlake, 14573 Spotted Sandpiper Blvd, Winter Garden

RSVP: Register in several different ways: RSVP on meetup Email: mail to: scrappingbee42@gmail.com or call me 407-347-9437 to reserve your seat!

Value Meal Discounts:
• Place a $30 CTMH order and get $.25 off each card or
• Bring a friend and save $.25 on each card for each friend

***There will be at least 10  different projects available!!!
Halloween, Thank You's, Birthdays, to name a few.

You can always browse some of the items you might need on my website ahead of time. 

Friday, September 2, 2016

August Card Workshop - Florence

August Card Workshop using Florence papers



Here are the cards we made last month for our workshop. We used several methods of water coloring. As I post the separate cards I will note, which type we used. I loved this particular paper, alas it is now retired. But we have so many wonderful other papers, that you can easily find other papers you could use for cards to recreate the look.

Let me tell you the products I used for the cards:

C1647 A Bunch of Love
Z3251 A Bunch of Love Thin Cuts
D1687 Ornate Blossoms
1385 White CS
X5775 Sapphire CS
Z899 Memento Ink
Z3218 Rose Gold Foil Tape
Z3132 Water Color paints
Z2060 Thin 3-D tape
Z3188 Paint brush set
Z3197 Black/gold ribbon
Z3213 Florence sequence
Z3293 Shimmer pen
X7208B Florence pp
Z3224 Small Water Brush

For this cards I used the water color pencil method. 
  • Stamp your images with Memento ink - I find its the best ink to use, will not run. I use it for water coloring, coloring with Alcohol markers and pencils. 
  • Just let it sit for a minute or so and it will be dry - no heat setting required
  • Outline your image with water color pencil
  • Use the small water color brush - make sure it is not too wet. Test it on a piece of scratch paper
  • Pull in the color from the edge into the middle of the image
  • Done
  • As you color, do not go from color to color. Always clear your brush on your scratch paper. Otherwise, you will blend your colors - unless you want that look ... :)


  • Again, stamp with Memento ink
  • Use a broad paint brush and color on card base. I have already adhered the two pieces of CS on the bottom to make sure I have the right spacing. At this point, I don't care about the ribbon and embellishment yet.
  • This time I used the smallest paint brush of the paint brush set and used the water color paints
  • Once everything is dry, assemble the card as shown

  • Use the Memento ink for stamping
  • I used the water color pencils again for coloring first
  • Small brush to get water color effect
  • Distress the Sapphire CS 
Once the water color was dry on all three projects I used the shimmer brush and applied it over the color. Its hard to tell in the picture, but it adds just the right amount of bling for me. You can find all the lovely items in my website store.

Have fun!

Margit

Thursday, September 1, 2016

The Perfect Starter Kit for Card Making



The Perfect Starter Kit for Cardmaking

by Close To My Heart
 Here is a post I wanted to share from the blog from Close to my Heart - it is too perfect - so I will not change too much - you can check their blog for lots of great ideas and patterns - enjoy!

Cardmaking is about so much more than pretty paper. It’s about creating and celebrating beautiful relationships. Take a look at this short video to see what we mean:
Don’t you love the way this video captures the spirit of cardmaking? Not only do you get to make something beautiful with your own two hands, but you also get to give those cards to others and brighten their day. Even little cards can make a huge impact on someone. That’s why we created the Create Kindness card kit.
Create a little more kindness in the world by giving someone a handmade card, created with our Create Kindness card kit. #ctmh #closetomyheart #createkindness #starterkit #cardmaking #stamping #nationalstampingmonth
What better way to celebrate National Stamping Month than with this mini card kit that includes everything you need to complete 24 cards!
Create a little more kindness in the world by giving someone a handmade card, created with our Create Kindness card kit. #ctmh #closetomyheart #createkindness #starterkit #cardmaking #stamping #nationalstampingmonth
Here’s a list of the products included in the kit:
24 – 3" × 3" card bases with envelopes (6 of each color)
24 –white cardstock circles
8 –mini stamp sets (4 for the front of the cards, 4 for the inside)
1 – Archival Black Exclusive Inks™ mini stamp pad
1 – 2" × 2" My Acrylix® block
1 – My Acrylix® mini stamp organizer
This kit isn’t just for beginners either. If you already have the block, ink, and organizer, you can also purchase the stamps and cards separately. There’s stamping happiness to be spread all around! :)
Create a little more kindness in the world by giving someone a handmade card, created with our Create Kindness card kit. #ctmh #closetomyheart #createkindness #starterkit #cardmaking #stamping #nationalstampingmonth
What’s really fun about these stamps is that you get to color them with whatever you’d like! We colored these ones with ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ markers, but you could use anything you have in your crafting stash. Get creative!
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We hope you join us in using handmade cards to create a little more kindness in the world. You may feel like you’re not doing much, but when we all do our part, we’ll make the world a better place.
Now get stamping! :)
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Hello and thank you for stopping by!

This is my first attempt on a blog - can you tell? I am sure you can. From what I have learned about blogs they are like an online journal and you are getting a peak into my soul ...

At this time I am trying to learn how to post my artwork with watermark and copyright and all that jazz -but I a, learning. My plan is to post my work and along with it I will explain what I used and how I made the project.

As we go along, I will also give you a peak into my life. I will share some pictures of my family, places we have been, places we have visited. So, please come back and visit often. Just know, that I am very new to this blogging thing! So, at this time - any help you can give me is highly appreciated in growing my skills in "blogging".

If you live close to me and you would like to join me in my craft place or one my crops please, check my calendar for any upcoming workshops!

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