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If you don’t know the company Echo Park…you really should! Click here for a video of Madison showing off his new lines to Molly at CHA. If you’re really lucky, you’ll see Madison in front of our store at Mall of America this weekend with FABulous samples!
A Walk in the Park…one of my fave collections 
Check out some cards and tags made using Flower Soft in this video and learn how to use it!
You can try this technique in our Vintage Holidays card workshop and 10 Little Tags workshop so sign up today!
Click here to see a demo of envelopes and boxes being made with the Martha Stewart Score Board (Molly & I both LOVE this tool!).
The envelope guide that is stored underneath the tool has the instructions printed directly on the tool for easy use.
The door that opens on top of the tool is great for storing the scoring tool and the lid has a chart for making cards and boxes. (The 6×6 box is the perfect size to give handmade cards as a gift!)
Dress up your handmade boxes with border punches, gems and embellishments. I cut the lid on this box a little bit shorter to show the striped patterned paper used on the bottom half of the box.
Many of us have inherited family photos and they usually aren’t given to us in a nice photo album or even stored in archival safe boxes or envelopes. Here are just a few ideas of what you could do to preserve the memories.
Tags: heritage, Scrapbook pages
The day after Halloween is the number one day of the year to upload photos online…so we KNOW you have photos to scrap! Halloween is a great event to scrapbook because you know you have pictures and a theme to start working with. Here are three ideas to get you started thinking about all of the great Halloween product we have in-stores now! Remember to take photos when there’s still daylight to get the best photos
Tags: halloween
You can try out this technique in our Vintage Holidays card workshop (make the Santa card shown in the video) or our 10 Tags workshop (make the lightpost tag and the banner tag shown in the video). The card with the lightpost and the card with the blue snowflakes can be seen in our Holiday card showcase. Make sure you’re stopping in to check out Tim’s technique!
One of my favorite new products is the pigment markers from Inkadinkado! If you’re a stamper, you’re going to love having the option to color your stamps any way you want!
Tags: stamping
Have you tried a QuickStik yet? It may be one little tool, but it’s a must-have for anyone who uses gems!
If you’ve ever had trouble peeling self-adhesive gems from the package and placing them on your project, the QuickStik is here to help! Each QuickStik has two ends. One end is a plastic scraper-like tool that is perfect for gems. Just slide the scraper under the gems and lift up to release them from their packaging and transfer them to precisely where you want them on your project. It works great whether you want to place one gem, or a whole row of them! The other end features a putty-like substance that can help you pick up small pieces of paper, die-cuts, etc. easily. It’s so handy–everyone needs a QuickStik!
Check out this adorable mini card, complete with a gem for a little “bling” (and yes, a QuickStik was used to place that gem):
Tags: Mini Cards, stamping
I found this idea in the book A Card a Day by PaperCrafts Magazine and knew right away which stamps I would use to create my own version of this Thinking of You card.
I used a a floral cling stamp from Hero Arts and inked it with Denim dabber paint from Ranger rather than an ink pad to make it really stand out on the white cardstock. My favorite part of the card was the wide ribbon wrapped around the stamped flowers but I decided to wrap a skinnier ribbon around three times to give a similar look. My sentiment is a clear stamp from Hero and it’s stamped on the card rather than on the flowers, and once again, I used dabber paint from Ranger, Silver really pops on the navy cardstock. Try painting on your stamps with the Dabber Paints from Ranger to get a rich color on your projects.
Hey Archiver’s fans,
Just returned from CHA Chicago where I had a great time seeing all of the fabulous new products. I was fortunate enough to chat with a few “celebrities” as I made my way through “creative bliss”! As you can imagine, Tim Holtz was completely surrounded by fans but was gracious enough to spend some time with me. I was excited to tell him about one of our upcoming holiday card workshops (Vintage Holidays) that features so many of his products. While concepting the cards for this workshop I discovered that one of my co-workers left a photo of Tim on my desk as inspiration. As I sat gathering my creative genius, I decided to practice a few of my favorite “grunge techniques” on……..you guessed it……….
Tim’s photo!
I think he looks Awesome…in person and on paper Who doesn’t love a “distressed stickles” goatee or a “resistable” crown! And of course I had to distress all of the edges using his paper distresser and distressed ink (Pumice stone is my absolute FAVE). Thanks Tim for having such a good sense of humor and for designing such outstanding signature products.
Don’t forget to check out the video clip below, and stay tuned for more videos to come next week!
Tags: Tim Holtz
