I wish you all a happy, healthy and creative 2010!

Just a quick post today with a new card I’ve made using my new goodies. An early Valentine’s Card using transparency as a base card!

Enjoy the video here or on YouTube for a bigger screen and don’t forget to leave a comment.

I am off for a new year’s party! I hope you’ll all have a great time tonight.

Supplies

BasicGrey paper pad Lemonade 6×6

BasicGrey buttons Lemonade

StazOn Opaque White

StazOn Cleaner

Background Stamp “Flower Word” by Hero Arts

After a long time of waiting the first package of my order has arrived! Some of these items are currently on 30% SALE!!! So check this link here and grab some oldies but goodies!  Most of them are items I wanted to get from the 2009 collections.

It includes a number of stamps, inks, buttons, stamping blocks and designer papers. I am also waiting a big order on new Hero Arts 2010 stamps…. can’t wait to get those as well !

In more detail here are my new supplies which you’ll see them in use asap (I am editing last week’s “weekend video”) …

Hero Arts CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 2 x 1.5

Hero Arts LONG CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 6 x 1.5

Basic Grey Cardstock Paper Pad ESKIMO KISSES 6 x 6

Basic Grey Cardstock Paper Pad LEMONADE 6 x 6

7 Gypsies 6 X 6 PAPER PACK VICTORIA

Colorbox Fluid Chalk INK Pads MISTY MEADOW Cat’s Eyes Queue

Colorbox Fluid Chalk INK Pads PUMPKIN PATCH Cat’s Eyes Queue

Colorbox Fluid Chalk InK Pads ROSE PETAL Cat’s Eye Queue

STAZON OPAQUE Ink Pad COTTON WHITE & REFILL Reinker Inker

VERSAMARK Watermark Emboss Ink Pad REFILL

Hero Arts CLING Stamps BUTTERFLIES Rubber CG130

Hero Arts Rubber Stamp FLOWER WORD Background k5193

Hero Arts Rubber Stamp FANCY HEARTS This item is on 30% SALE !!!

Stampendous Rubber Stamp BEE DAISY cre214 Unmounted

Basic Grey 66 CARD BUTTONS 1794 LEMONADE

Basic Grey 66 CARD BUTTONS 1436 AMBROSIA

Stampendous Perfectly Clear Stamps SNOWY SHORT STACKS ssc1058 Christmas Animals

Clear Hero Arts Stamps CELEBRATE ALL DAY cl292 This item is on 30% SALE !!!

I would like to wish you all

Merry Christmas

I hope you all spend those days with the people you love, have a great Christmas dinner and get great presents LOL!

Here is a small gift from me to all my blog readers and fellow bloggers just to thank you for reading, commenting and inspiring me. So here is a free digital set of tags.

Just click on the image below to download the zipped file (1,4 MB)

You can print and cut them with your scissors or just use your digital cutter to do the job for you. The basic shapes are the green ones and for a 3D effect you can use the blue or the pink shapes on top.
If you like the set or have any problems using it just let me know by leaving a comment. I love reading your comments and I always reply to every question.

Note: This weekend there will be no “Weekend Video” since I am on holidays and even this message is actually scheduled. But there will be a late “weekend video” early next week.

Best Wishes!

This week’s card is a last minute Christmas card idea. If you want to give a gift card here is a way to attach it on a handmade card.

I’ve made the sleigh and cut it out with my CraftRobo. The template is available for you (free as always) in GSD, SVG and PDF  format.

For all of you that don’t own a digital cutter just print and cut with your scissors the .pdf format, you don’t have to cut it perfectly, just the outline

Hope you enjoy the video here or over on Youtube for bigger screen. Don’t forget to scroll down for a list of materials used. Thanks for watching!

Supplies:

Wassail collection by BasicGrey

ATG 700 adhesive gun

Non stick Scissors – Tim Holtz by Tonic Studios

Fingertip craft knife by Fiskars

Holiday Sayings clear stamp set by HeroArts

Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Tool

Permanent Foam squares – 3d adhesive

Glue dots – mini

All the new stamps from the Hero Arts 2010 catalog are available over at twopeasinabucket!

Some of my favorites…. so difficult to choose but just a few!

Just click on them to see more details and their price!

Now I have to deside how much money I’ll allow my self to spend cause I have more than 15 on my basket LOL!!!!

I hope you had a great weekend. This is a gift tag for your Christmas presents.

It takes some time to make but if you need to make a lot of them don’t do the embossing and the paper piecing part. Just stamp the journaling stamp, mask it and stamp the snowman. Instead of the greeting you can stamp “From- To”.

Enjoy the video here or on YouTube for a bigger screen and scroll down to read the list of supplies and don’t forget to leave a comment!

Supplies:

• What’S Cooking 4X6 Clear Stamp Set By Hero Arts
• Holiday Sayings Clear Stamps By Hero Arts
• Let It Snow Clear Design Stamp Sets By Hero Arts
• Zing! White Opaque Embossing Powder By American Crafts
• Fingertip Craft Knife by Fiskars
• Fired Brick Tim Holtz Distress Ink
• Ink Blending Tool by Ranger

December is here so I wish you all a great month! My advent calendar is ready and in use. The kids love it and it’s a perfect decoration for my Christmas house!  Here is a photo of it on the fireplace

Note: Keep in mind that tradition is different here. We find Santa’s gifts on 1st of January in Greece. So I needed 30 + 1 days on the calendar. On the 31 of December I’ll give the kids a letter so here is the rest of it.

“Making Of”________________________

Supplies:

• BasicGrey designer paper Wassail Collection 6×6
• favor tins 2,5 inches diameter
• neodymium magnets (really strong)
• Christmas stamps or digital images, ribbon, numbers and embellishments
• 40×50 cm frame
• deep red paint and brush
• metal sheet

Step1

Fist I decorated the tins with designer paper and images. I have used my CraftRobo alot for printing and cutting the digital images as well as the paper circles.

Step2

I bought a golden frame 40×50 cm, took off the front glass and the thin wooden backing.

I then painted the thin wood. I let it dry and then assembled the frame with the wooden back (I didn’t use the front glass).

Here is the metal sheet which was 100×20 cm since I couldn’t find one exactly as my frames dimensions (50×40 cm)

So I had to cut it in half to make two pieces of 50×20 cm each and then put them side by side to make a 50×40 piece. Pretty easy if your DH has many tools… Thank you Aris

I then secured the two pieces on the back of the frame.

Step3

I used the neodymium magnets to put all the tins on the wooden frame. No need to attach the magnets on the back of the tins. Just put them inside!

They are so strong that they stick perfectly to the metal sheets although there are actually two layers between the magnet and the metal sheet! That is the magnet –>inside favor tin–>on top of thin wooden back –>on top of metal sheet.

And here are some close-ups of the final result!

And here is a sneak peek on the treats (a little car, a Barbie dress, Christmas stickers, small tree ornaments, cookies, etc)

You can also check here and here. They are all versions of tin advent calendars. For more inspiration just take a look here.

Hope you enjoyed the post and got inspired. I’ll be back with a video on christmas tags!

Hi all, I am updating from work just to let you know that I am experiencing connection problems the last week and I can’t update from home.
I hope the technicians will come soon and solve the problem.