True Scrap Kids July 27th

True Scrap Kids -- theuniverse's ONLY online, live virtual event for crafty kids ANDtheir moms.

Taking place on JULY 27th, True Scrap Kids offers classes aimed atparents and kids in our state-of-the-art webroom. Teachers includeformer CK Hall-of-Famer CD Muckosky, Stephanie Ackerman, Smitha
Katti, THE Traci Reed, and Kinsey Ehmann.

Here's a little video to tell you all about it.  





To register, just click on the True Scrap Kids link to the right. Register by July 15th and you will save $20. 

If you have never participated in one of Lain Ehmann's classes or webinars, you will not be disappointed!  She does a great job of bringing together wonderful instructors and subjects that make your papercrafting better.


Hope you and your kids or grandkids or neighbor kids will join us!

Happy Crafting
Theresa 

Christmas in July Blog Hop --Week 1 --Gift card holders

Hi and Welcome to the Christmas in July Blog Hop!

If you arrived here from http://scrappycol.blogspot.com/  then you are in the right place. If not, then please click the Blog Hop button to the right and it will take you back to the very first blog, so you can hop along and not miss the great projects this week. 

Don't forget to become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on each Saturday's Christmas in July Blog Hop post to be entered into a drawing for a weekly prize and  a grand prize drawing.  The weekly prized will be drawn and posted the following Friday.

Be sure to comment, because we all love comments, and become a follower of each blog on the hops.  There is a prize drawing for a Cricut cartridge each week. 

This weeks project is gift card holders. 

So here are my gift card holders.

Both holders are made with the Pillow Box cut from the Easter 2010 Cricut Cartridge.  The cut is made at 5.70 Height and 5.52 Width from a heavy weight card stock.  The Santa was made with ribbed red.  The snowman is made by gluing the printed paper to heavy weight white and then cutting.

It was then scored at the two score marks.
I used Terrifically Tacky 1/4" tape to secure the side together. You could use liquid adhesive or another very strong tape.  ATG tape is not strong enough.

For the Santa suit gift card holder, I used black 5/8" ribbon and a circle clip (I didn't have any ribbon buckles at home, but you could use one instead of the circle clip.)   I used the TT tape to secure the ribbon and clip. Before you adhere them, be sure to add your tag to the clip.
The little gift package tag was made using Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 cartridge. I used a polka dot printed paper and glittered white card stock for the bow piece.

For the Snowman gift card holder I used my Zip two-way pen and Martha Stewart Tinsel glitter on the snowmen.   I used a gauzy ribbon to make the bow and tied the tails together so it can be hung on the Christmas tree.

I hope you like them.  The are simple and fast to put together and would be great for mass production if needed.



Your next stop is  http://seaswancreations.blogspot.com/ 

Happy Hopping
Theresa

This weeks blogs:
1~Paulette: http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/
2~L.B: http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/
3~FranTimme: http://lovebugtimme.blogspot.com/
4~gonescrappin'; http://scrappycol.blogspot.com/ 
5~scrapsbygracie: http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com/  You Are Here!
6~SeaSwan:  http://seaswancreations.blogspot.com/
7~BetsyBoo:  http://betsymcreates.blogspot.com/

Cards Anyone?

I've been involved in a great group on Facebook that swaps cards and scrapbook pages each month.  So in June the challenge was to do 4 cards for your partner and you had to do coloring on one card, 2nd card embossed (wet or dry), 3rd card had to have cut-outs or be cut-out and the 4th card could be anything you wanted.

So here are the cards that I created for my partner.  I hope you like them.

Sorry I can't get it to turn the correct way,
 but this is the card opened.

This is my anything goes card. It's a Z fold card and
is my favorite!!

This is my cut-out card.  I just love how it turned out.

This is my embossed one.  I used the Clockworks embossing folder
on the yellow mat.  The stamp reads, "Let's ride in tandem"

This one is my effort at coloring.  It is pretty
plain and simple but it'

Don't forget! The Christmas in July Blog Hop starts on Saturday and runs each Saturday in July.

Happy Crafting
Theresa