CRAFTING TIP OF THE WEEK (#113) Take it the next level with Tassels

Happy Monday Bloggers!

Today's tip is a quick one. Ever want to take your cards, layouts or home decor to the next level?
How about using small tassels?



They don't have to be just for curtains anymore!
You can use them on bookmarks, tags, mini albums & more. You can easily thread them through binding o-wire or tie them on just about anything. They always add a little flare to curtains so I thought, why not in our other papercrafting & home decor projects.

Hope you give this a try.
Have a good week!

THE WINNER OF THE MY MEMORIES.COM GIVEAWAY IS...

Finally, I can post the winner of the MY MEMORIES.COM giveaway.

It is Liz #6
who said:

Hi Sonia, this is a great giveaway!!! I was surfing the website and they have so many amazing kits!!! I just love the "Christmas Tradtions" Kit. It is gorgeous!!! TY for the giveaway!!!

XoXo,
Liz
decade of scrap.blogspot.com
beautydecade@gmail.com
October 28, 2011 1:40 PM

Congrats Liz!
Thanks to those who entered. I hope you head over & check out My Memories.com & all their fabulous digital software options.

FABULOUS FRIDAY FIND-Color Carrier

Hey Crafty Friends!

Today's find is brought to you by CLEAR SNAP.
It's their: COLOR CARRIER!
The COLOR CARRIER is a nifty device which will hold up to 7 ink pads. It is great for storing your ink pads but also allows you to tow them from place to place quite easily as well.


You can purchase it HERE for a mere $6.95.
While the Clear Snap folks do state it's for use with their Color Box inks I do believe you may be able to squeeze in other inkpads as well.
You may already have a storage solution for your ink pads but this one seems like a great idea even to store a set in your take away caddy for crops & crafty get- togethers.

Hope you enjoyed this find!

"TOOL TIME TUESDAY" Foam Adhesive Multi Pack

Hey Crafty Bloggers!

Today's tool is something we crafters should never be caught without!
Any guesses?
It is brought to you by: Imaginisce and some may even say well, it's not really a tool but how could we get our "stuff" to "stick" without it?
So I just threw it into the tool category.
It is their new FOAM ADHESIVE MULTI PACK and the video below will show you what it's all about:


Isn't it totally tool-tastic?

CRAFTING TIP OF THE WEEK (#112) Stamps Overfloweth on my Table

Hello Crafty Bloggers!

So glad you are here.
Today's tip is an idea geared toward your acrylic & rubber stamps. Do you ever find yourself working on a project using several stamps at a time? Do you ever want to just keep them off of your craft table but have them where you can see them & grab them quickly?
Have I got a tip for you.
It's this: use a dry erase board to temporarily store them.







Dry erase boards come in all shapes & sizes so even if you have a very small space to craft in you will still have a place to put your stamps. With dry erase boards you have the luxury of hanging the board or laying it down on your work surface as you craft. There are even some that are magnetic too. Double duty would allow you to also store some of your metal embellishments on it as well.

It is great to have the ability to see what you have & use it. It's also great when you are working on large scale projects that require your stamps be out for a while, to have a temporary holding place.
I don't have to tell you that a dry erase board would be good for so much more in your craft space. From sketches, to notes, to measurements & more.
*** Side note: You can find dry erase boards at the dollar store!***
Hope you give it a try.

FABULOUS FRIDAY FIND-Flower Soft

Hey Fellow Bloggers!

Today's find is : FLOWER SOFT!
It is a unique, soft, small decorative substance which is acid free and can be used to bring dimension to your crafty projects.
The product comes in jars & looks like this:


They offer a variety of solid colors, combinations of color, polar white with glitter, gold, silver and ultra fine versions.
HERE'S A VIDEO OF HOW IT'S USED:


You can find it HERE.

Looks like something fun to add to our crafty stash!
Have a fab weekend!

MY MEMORIES.COM & A GIVEAWAY

Hello Crafty Friends~Have I got a post for you today!

The wonderful folks @ MY MEMORIES.COM have offered a special gift for ONE lucky follower of my blog. It is the My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Software!

If you don't know about MY MEMORIES.COM let me fill you in on what you have been missing.

It is a digital scrapbooking software program that offers you so much crafty flexibility. The My Memories Suite is a fun filled, diverse and artfully prepared digital, scrapbooking software program designed to help you succeed at digital crafting in a snap. Their site is easy to navigate, the software is chock full of freebies and the amount of graphics to chose from are over abundant! You can definitely do more than scrapbook pages with this software because it allows for many sizing & styling options. You can print your creations & adhere them to tiles, canvases, coasters, chipboard & more to create your unique, personalized & customized works of art. The program does all the work for you all with the touch of your masterful fingers on the handy dandy computer. So while it is still a computerized work of art, you are using your hands in a different sense to make the magic come to life. By the way, you can use it with PC's &/or MACs.

With this software you can print your own photos or link up & have them printed for you & mailed right to your door step. You can use their designs or start from scratch. You can share your creations with others & more.

I got warmed up by making a quick page using the My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Software.

I was able to customize the page with the photo & text you see just with a touch of a few key strokes. I also changed the color photo to a sepia toned & tried another feature to size the photo to fit in the circle and make it seem like you were looking into a ship's porthole window. I enjoyed the ability to customize. I did all that on my first try!

Once I finished that I decided to try another quick page but this time I printed it out on photo paper, adhered it to chocolate cardstock, used a corner rounder, inked up the edges on both the photo & the cardstock. I then used a little Tim Holtz crackle paint in rock candy, let it dry. Then mounted the digital printout onto a mouse pad base & laminated it together. After, I adhered a pom,pom ribbon around the outside edge. That ribbon edging actually helps the mouse to stay on the pad by creating a mini barrier. Remember to use strong adhesive that will work on laminated surfaces if you try this.

Check it out below:

Here it is before I added the pom-pom border & with a computer mouse sitting on it

Here it is all finished:

You can find this quick page design HERE FOR FREE. It is called the Togetherness Quick Page.
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NOW FOR THE GIVEAWAY INSTRUCTIONS:

1- VISIT MY MEMORIES.COM.

2- BROWSE THE SITE THEN COME BACK TO MY BLOG & TELL ME WHAT DIGITAL PAPER PACK WAS YOUR FAVORITE.

3- SHARE THE NEWS BY COPYING & PASTING THE MY MEMORIES.COM BUTTON ON YOUR BLOG.

*DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE ME A WAY TO CONTACT YOU*

THAT'S IT!
The GIVEAWAY IS OPEN TO EVERY CRAFTER EVERYWHERE IN THE U.S. & CANADA!

I will draw the winner on Friday, October 28th @ 6pm Eastern Standard Time using Random.org.

*As a little extra something special, the sweet staff of My Memories. com has given me a special code to share with you. This code provides a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook V2 Software & a $10 coupon for the My Memories.com store-a $20 value. *

The Code is: STMMM538452

Below is a video provided by the My Memories.com staff giving you an overview of the software.

New to MyMemories Suite? Let's Get Started! from Lisa Jurrens on Vimeo.

Thank you so much for spending time with me. I hope you enjoyed the projects & dare to give the MY MEMORIES.COM DIGITAL SOFTWARE a try!

I look forward to sharing the digital album I am working on but that will be in another post. I have to finish it first.
Hope you enjoyed! I look forward to your entry.