Come Say Hello!

To our NEW Design Team!

We have added 5 new and talented ladies to our Crafting Family DT that we are sure will inspire you.

Please say hello to:

Jewels

Tiffany

Heather

Linda

Laura

And please welcome back our Marketing Director and Design Team Coordinator, Renee.

We have some exciting things planned for the blog and our Facebook Page, so be sure to stop by often so you don't miss out. Don't forget to pass us on to your crafty friends and be sure to stop by the Store for some amazing products at even more amazing prices.



Blog Revamp

Please excuse the dust as we do a little tweaking to our blog.

We will be back soon with some fun announcements.

Stay Tuned.



May sketch

hello folks, its Renee here!

each month our team is going to do sketch and have a guest DT!

so this month we used a sketch from pagemaps

our guest DT this month is Lyndi!

I'm a 28yr old stay-at-home home who loves to be family and friends, and just about anyone can be my friend! I love getting to know new people. I live in Utah and have my whole life. I love vacations and road-trips, but it's great to have somewhere so comfortable and familiar to come home to. I enjoy having fun, throwing parties, playing games, watching movies and just enjoying life. I love scrapbooking, making things for my Etsy shop, shopping (especially for scrapbook supplies), and looking at the creative projects of others. Some of my favorite things (besides my family are friends) are stars, candy, safety pins, music, celebrating, cheese, pasta, fairs and festivals, and finding a great bargains. Life is good, God is great, families are forever and anyone can be a friend!

here are lyndi's links!

http://lyndilouness.blogspot.com/
http://www.somebodys-stuff.com/blog

Here is lyndi's layout

Recipe:

*12x12 Generic Black Cardstock
*8x8 Just Chillin' by Making Memories (Lime green polka dot paper)
*6x6 Eva by Basic Gray (All heart cutouts)
*Paper Reverie Noir Alpha Shimmer Letters (Blessed title)
*Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad by Stampin' Up (Inked edges on journaling)
*Orffray Ribbon (Black ribbon)
*The Robert Stanley Collection Ribbon for Hobby Lobby (Maroon ribbon)
***Glue Dots, glue stick, paper cutter and scissors were also used.

Christine:

Recipe:

American Crafts paper

hearts were cut from various scraps

title is MME

ribbon from joann's and american crafts

faux stitching

corner punch EK success

Renee:

Recipe:

paper is echo park little girl

faux stitching

fancy pants rub on's

hand cut hearts

the border on top of the picture is cut strips of paper then i stapled then and used sticky tape to glue them all in a row

thank you lyndi for being our first guest DT!

Help me welcome our designers!

Renee:

Design Team Leader and Marketing

hi everyone, i am Renee! i am 32yrs old and have 2 small boys. i have been married for almost 7yrs now!

i have been scrapbooking for over 14yrs now and just kind of fell into it. i am now addicted!

i run a small business selling some of my handmade items

i am so blessed to have met christine and i am so glad to be apart of craftingfamily.com
if you need anything please ask us:)

Custom Wedding Album

I made this wedding album for one of my dearest friends in my first year of scrapbooking and it's the biggest project I've ever scrapped before! I regret to say that I don't even have that many layouts to call my own, but as with all works from the heart, they are best shared :).  I suppose when I have a family of my own one day I will have more desire to scrap for myself. Anyways, my friend's wedding was a destination wedding in Las Vegas!

'Til the next project, I remain

Valentine Artist Trading Card Swap

So my newest endeavor was making artist trading cards to swap with other wonderful crafters on my favorite scrapbooking website, Crop Chocolate.  My friend Paula organized the swap and I am so happy I took on the project. I had never made them before, and I when I was done I was hooked! These cards are 2.5 x 3.5 inches, must be signed and dated on the back, and can be made with any material you chose.  For this swap, they had to be different in some way and follow the Valentine theme.  I signed up to make 4 of them, and so I will receive the same amount in return from other crafters, so it is truly a treat!

"Key to my heart"

'Til the next, I remain

Handmade Items made by Christine, Patty, and Mom

So now that the holidays have passed and chaos is over, I couldn't procrastinate any longer and I am finally able to sit down and upload all the pics of our handmade goodies that we made for our last craft fair in December and gave away for Christmas gifts as well! I'm still in the middle of crocheting scarves for late Christmas gifts, and so when I get done with those projects we will be introducing crocheted items to our list of projects made by the Crafting Family! Woo hoo!

So check these out:

The following scarves I crocheted as Christmas gifts, and I gave a few other away that I forgot to pics of.