October Promotion Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered our October promotion. Our October promotion winner is (drum roll please) . . . . Karol Harrison! She's won the Halloween "Boo to You" Cuttlebug embossing folder!

Be sure to sign up to get on our e-mail list . . . this is how we announce our monthly promotions! Our November promotion will be announced soon.

I just had to share with you what I've done this weekend! I've had such a "crafting" weekend! My sister sent me an e-mail on Thursday, to a link on Martha Stewart's website . . . she stated in her e-mail, ". . . aren't these cute? Do you think we could make them?" Me turn down a night to craft? NO WAY! I told her of course and she came over last night and we created some Halloween candy coffins! Didn't they turn out cute? Martha had all black coffins, with a "Beware" sticker on them. Her coffins were cute . . . but the coffins Theresa and I made turned out pretty darn cute!

Today, was our Cricuteer crop @ Jenny's house. Her husband cooked an absolute fabulous appetizer and meal for all of us! Theresa, my sister, joined us too! We went up to a local scrapbook store, where they were having a free Make & Take . . . we thought it'd be a good break in the day. This was Theresa's first official crop AND Make & Take. While we were there, Theresa saw a Frankenstein paint tin . . . she brought everything for it and when we came back, she started makin' her Frankenstein . . . she what she created? Isn't it the cutest? She wanted to create some Christmas candy boxes too . . . so I drew up a template for her and she went to town on these too! We've come to the conclusion that she LOVES glitter . . . I have to admit, the stickers were cute . . . but she make 'em down right gorgeous with "glitter bling" added.

Laurie showed us this glitter stuff from www.PKGlitz.com and oh my gosh . . . if you like glitter, be sure to check it out! There is this sticky paper, that you place your brass embossing plates on, and then you add glitter. When you pull the brass plate off, it leaves the glitter on there very neatly and then you add even MORE glitter (to make the whole sheet of paper not sticky)! It's a must, for you "glitter bling girls"!

Here are some other pictures, of all the Cricuteers hard at work!
Jenny and her oldest daughter, Samantha (below left) - Cyndi and Theresa (below top/right) - Laurie and oldest daughter, Claire (below bottom/right). Guess who the non-Cricuteer is?!

Again, congrats and enjoy Karol!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

CKC-KC

Okay, my friends were calling me a nerd this weekend @ Creating Keepsakes Convention . . . but I have my reasons! Well . . . we started our CKC experience on Thursday afternoon, with the afternoon crop. Believe it or not, we did get alot of crafting done (around all of our "girl talk").

As you may know, I am an avid Scrapbook Memories fan (I DVR it everyday). I do this because of the ideas I get when watching it. On Friday, it was "class" day in the morning and vendor fare in the afternoon for most of us. I got a bit teary-eyed on the way to the convention; thinking about how if my Mom (who passed away in 2004) was still here, I knew she would have been there with us. So although I was excited about the classes I was taking, I was a bit solemn as I walked up to the convention hall. Well . . . I had a smile on my face soon! There, once we walked in the door, was Stacy Croninger (Editor-in-Chief of Paper Crafts Magazine)! Stacy guest-hosts sometimes with Beth and Julie, on Scrapbook Memories. I was absolutely star struck! I asked for her autograph and then a friend took a picture of us! My Mom used to say that "everything happens for a reason". I can't help but think that my Mom had a little hand in my meeting Stacy, to help put the smile back on my face. :o)

In the classes I took, I made a chipboard accordion book , six cards, and cardstock accordion book. The two accordion classes were my favorite. I didn't notice the trend I had with accordion books, until I got my class schedule back. Luckily they were/are very cute and on placed on my little craft shelf!

Us gals had a blast attending classes, cropping, and of course . . . shopping! I will definitely be attending CKC again next year!

Have a wonderful week!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

p.s. Be sure to get your Scavenger Hunt guesses in by this Friday (October 17th) by 12:00P!

October Scavenger Hunt Promotion

Are you ready for our online Scavenger Hunt? Tell us the name of each item we are describing below and the Halloween icon you found. Then email your answers to: pmfullbright@MyCraftCottage.net. Get your answers in before October 17th @ 12P, to get your name entered to win a Boo To You Cuttlebug embossing folder!

Good luck and have fun! Thanks for stopping by the Craft Room!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

Here are your clues:
1. You can emboss shapes with this.
2. You can cut out shapes, letters, and phrases with this.
3. Tired of switching out cartridges? This is no longer be a problem!
4. Create personalized books & albums with this.
5. This is where you can go to get some card, craft, and scrapbook pages ideas.

Welcome Baby Girl

We have a new neighbor across the street . . . one with 10 little fingers & toes . . . Caroline. Let their sleepless nights begin! :o) I found this template on the Stampin' Up website and couldn't pass up the chance to make a little girl card! I just thought it was just so darn cute. If you have a Fiskars circle punch, it'd go alot easier and quicker!

If you'd like the template, e-mail me at pmfullbright@MyCraftCottage.net and I'll send the .pdf template to you.

I recently signed up to be a Stampin' Up Demonstrator! I have found that I combine the Stampin' Up and ProvoCraft products so often, that I've decide to sell both! Be sure to check my Stampin' Up calendar, for upcoming events and classes @ www.peggyfullbright.stampinup.net!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! Talk to 'ya on Tuesday!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

p.s. Here's a link to some circle punches, you can get some of these at Joann's, Michaels, etc. (www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/s_circle-border-punch.aspx)

Sympathy Card

Happy October 1st! Hope you had a wonderful week! A friend of mine asked for me to make a couple sympathy cards for her . . .

Here's how to make it:
* The green background is 5.5"x4.25" and the card itself is 5.25"x4".
*Use a corner rounder, of your choice, on the corners.
*Glue the back side of card onto coordinating background.
* Each square is 1.25" and glue onto a coordinating mat (each are 1-3/8" square). Glue two of these onto card.
* Tie ribbon onto the third square and use pop-dot (off centered a bit).
* Stamp your sentiment . . . you're done!

Get ready for our next promotion! We're having an October Halloween "Scavenger" Hunt! Details will be given soon, so be sure to sign up to receive our e-mail newsletter! The winner will be receiving two Halloween Cuttlebug embossing folders! Good luck!

Have a great week! Thanks for stopping by the Craft Room!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

Pocket Card

Okay, so it's not Tuesday yet! I was just too excited and had to show you this pocket card!

To make:

• Take your card and down the middle score line, cut down 1.5".
  
• Fold card back and fold the top flap down.
• Use a corner punch on all corners (including folded flap).
• Run the bottom/front of card through the Cuttlebug (be careful not to emboss the flap though).
  
• Take a piece of decorative scrap and cut 1.25"x 4" and round bottom corners.
• Adhere decorative scrap to flap. If you wish to add ribbon to flap, do that step now.
• Stamp sentiment and adhere to bottom of flap.
  
• Use tape strip to the inside of the card, side and bottom, and to the bottom of the flap.
• Cut a piece of cardstock, that will fit inside the pocket card and decorate as you wish! I ran the top through the Cuttlebug Just My Type border embossing folder.

Hope you have a great weekend! Talk to you on Tuesday!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

September Promotion

We had our drawing yesterday, for a pad of ProvoCraft paper. We had Patrick (our youngest) draw out the name again this month, since he's becoming such a pro at this!

Thank you to everyone that e-mailed me with their guesses, to get their name the basket. The correct number of Cricut logos on the website was 7! The lucky winner is . . . Theresa Dowell!

Congratulations Theresa!

We're going to have another promotion, starting in October! Be sure to sign up for the mailing list, if you haven't already.

Thanks for stopping by the craft room!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

Cricuteer Scrap Night!

First things first . . . the name of our blog, thanks to your votes, is now called the "Craft Room". Karol, our web developer and graphic artist did a wonderful job on the graphic design work on the Cottage's Craft Room, didn't she?! She's so good at what she does! If you have a chance, be sure to check out her online sale at http://homesweethomedecor.blogspot.com/. Karol has alot of cute home decor items for sale!

I hope you had a wonderful week! I have definitely had a busy crafting weekend! Darn good thing I have a great and understanding husband! He even made us warm brownies with ice cream both nights! :o)

Friday night: I hosted our "Cricuteer" Scrap Night, last Friday night! We had a great time! We even had tornado warnings . . . guess it's a good thing we were already in the basement! :o) This didn't stop us though . . . we're Cricuteers . . . all for one and one for all! Swarming around the Cricut is (standing left to right) Cyndi and Jenny, (sitting left to right) Janice, Laurie, and me.

Saturday night: My sister, Theresa, came over to finish up her Holiday Magnet board! Although she LOVES cutting out with the Cricut, she absolutely HATES to adhere/glue things down. :o) This makes us a great team, since I don't mind gluing at all! Actually it goes pretty fast doing it this way! We've had alot of fun creating all the magnets for her and her family! We're going to start selling these as kits, so be sure to check back to our website for details!

Sunday afternoon: I then went to Jeri's (my Stampin' Up demonstrator) for a make & take. We made some really cute cards. I "scraplifted" the design of this card and tweaked it to use my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities. Here's how you make it:
*Take a 8.5"x11" piece of paper and score it in half, both ways.
*Lay the paper good side down (in the portrait position), the side you want to show the most of.
*Cut the bottom right portion out, cutting it along the score lines (to meet @ the center score point).
*Place back on table (with bottom/right portion gone) and flip paper over. Now your empty portion should be on the bottom/left.
*Fold the bottom right corner diagonally, to meet the center score line.
*Take the top left corner and fold it 2.75", diagonally.
*Take the left part of your card and fold it to the right.
*Fold the bottom side of paper to the top.
*If you'd like to use your Cuttlebug, at this point take the piece that you cut out and run it through the Cuttlebug and the front piece of your card (with it folded - but only the little portion is needed to be run through).
*Adhere all open sides down, so your papers won't fall out.
*Decorate the front as you wish.
You're done!! See . . . it wasn't as intimidating as you thought, right??

I placed a check in the card, to show how cute it could be if you wanted to give this to a couple getting married. If you're a visual gal, then go out to www.YouTube.com and search for "double pocket card" . . . there are some great instructional videos on these cards.

I hope you have a wonderful week! Thank you for stopping by the Cottage's Craft Room!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

"Brr"thday Party Invitations

Hope you had a wonderful week! I had a great time making these cards/invitations, with my sister on Sunday afternoon! Nothing like some special "girl time" with your sister!!

I had gone to a local stamp store a little while ago, where we made this particular card as a $1 Make & Take. The card we made was orange and stamped, of course it was a stamp store, with a silhouette of an orange slice. I had shown the card to my sister and she went crazy over it! She asked if we could some how make this card for her son's birthday party. Since I have a Cricut, I wanted to try and reinvent this to use the Cricut instead of using stamps. She came over on Sunday and we whipped out the invitations!

To make the card/invitation, we cut a piece of card stock 4.25"x5.5" and fold 5.5" part in half. Once folded, you can put dots on the front of the card with either a stamp or dot the card all over with a pen (coordinate the same color as the cardstock). Corner punch all the corners. Cut your white piece of cardstock (for the inside) 4"x5.25" and corner punch the corners of this also. Cut out a 3" ice cream cone and a 1" popsicle (for the inside), both are on the Doodlecharms cartridge.

To get the bite mark: lay the white cardstock inside the card, meeting all corners on the top/right. Run the card through the Cuttlebug with Nestabilities (second smallest size). We did had awesome luck with the Nestabilities cutting all three pieces.

Place glue all over the inside (right side) of your card. Place a popsicle stick down and then place your white piece of cardstock over this. For placement of the popsicle stick, we laid the card on top of one of the envelopes my sister is going to use. This way, you know how far up to place the popsicle stick. :o) We didn't do this at the stamp shop and now I can't mail it, because it's too tall for any of the envelopes I have! We used pop-dots, to place the ice cream cone and popsicles onto the invitations.

Tie a piece of ribbon (missing the pictures) around the base of the card/invitation. This will also help your card/invitation stay shut. WAHOO . . . you're done!

Have a wonderful week! Talk to you next Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by the cottage!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

Cuttlebug Combo +

Okay . . . with the holiday on Monday, I am a day behind . . . kinda! :o) Hope you had a safe and wonderful holiday weekend!

If you didn't receive our September promotion e-mail . . . our promotion this month is to count the number of Cricut logos are on our website and e-mail your answer to pmfullbright@MyCraftCottage.net. If you'd like to be added to our e-mail list, be sure to put that in the e-mail also. Everyone that answers the correct number, will be entered into a drawing held on September 20th! Only one guess per person, so be sure to count correctly the first time! :o) The winner will receive his/her choice of 12x12 ProvoCraft Scrap Pads (Tuscany or Euro Vintage)! Good luck!

This was a pretty easy card. I made this for my boss, he's from Texas (hense the star). Cut 1" strips and glued them down to a piece of paper, however you wish. The back of the paper does show, so be sure to coordinate with your card. I then cut out the star with my shape cutter. The "Thanks" is from the new Cuttlebug™ Gratitude Combo. Run the card through the Cuttlebug, using the swirls embossing folder. Take a sanding tool and "antique" the strips. Adhere the sentiment to the card and the strips behind the front of the card and viola . . . you're done!

You could really use and cut out anything . . . you could try cutting out the negative shape on the Cricut and then putting strips behind that. Uh oh . . . I think I just came across my next week's idea! :o)

Have an enjoyable week!
Peggy
www.MyCraftCottage.net

p.s. See the blog below on 8/15/08, for what the logo looks like - hint, hint - be sure to count that one too! :o) Keep going!