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Took Kit Project Tin

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:32:00 +0000

Here’s the kit for those DIY dads! I had lots of fun with this kit! There’s lots of little tool icons and the wood texture was fun to work with also. As with the release yesterday there’s a standard version and a custom version which lets you type in all your own sentiments. All you need is candy, tins, and the kit! The both kits include two cards, the tin cover with three alternate sentiments, and one sheet of designed labels. You don’t need any special photo editing software to add the text either if you purchase the custom one! I tried to make it super easy for you!

The labels are standard Avery 8160 series address labels. I printed the cards and tin front on shiny photo paper which looks really nice and professional in person!

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway! See the post here for the details!

Tutorial Tuesday-Classy Father’s Day Project

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:07:00 +0000

Woo Hoo! I’m so excited for this new project release! You remember the fun Valentine’s Day Tin project? Well how about a Father’s Day one? This 3 page PDF includes two cards, one tin cover with 3 alternate sentiments, and a full page of labels. I also found that the labels will go well over Reisen’s as well as Hershey’s Nuggets! All for only $3! (Don’t forget to use the coupon code MOVE09 to get an extra 20% off!) The only thing the kit doesn’t include are the tins which are available here. (The coupon code is good for those too!)

Lots of you requested a way to add or change the sentiments so I’ve made an extra special PDF for you! This PDF is exactly the same as the $3 one, but has text boxes in place of the sentiments so you can add whatever you’d like it to say! This kit is only $5 in the shop! You can print and change the text as much as you’d like! All you need is Adobe Reader. No other special software is required to type in the text.

This would be a great kit to buy if you’d like to use it for a birthday or thank you gift as well!

What if you’re dad isn’t and argyle and herringbone type of guy? Here’s a sneak peek of another kit which will be released tomorrow for the handy dad!

And how about this? We’ll do a giveaway because I LOVE doing giveaways! Here’s what you’ll win! You’ll get the Custom Classy Dad Kit, and the Custom Tool Project Tin (tomorrow’s release) and I’ll send you two tins to make some with! That’s almost $20 worth of product!

How do you enter? Leave a comment below letting me know what other types of kits you’d like to see me create. How easy is that?

Want more entries? Do any combination of the following to get extra chances to win:
1. Blog about the giveaway on your blog. (Leave me a separate comment with your blog post.)

2. Share it on Facebook with your crafty friends. (Leave a separate comment telling me you did so.)

3. Tweet it. (be sure to add @eschlosser to your tweet so I see it!)

4. Talk about it in your favorite crafty forum. (Leave a comment telling me you talked about it.)

If you leave me a comment, and do all of the above you can get up to 5 entries!

I’ll pick two winners Saturday so be sure to enter by Midnight, Friday June 5th.

Happy Crafting!

Free Sewing Patterns Anyone?

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:14:00 +0000

While I’m finishing up my new stamp sets debuting at the end of the month (I can’t wait to share them with you!) I thought that today would be a great time to post this wonderful giveaway!

The talented ladies behind You Can Make This have a bundle to giveaway to one of my lucky readers. So get out your lucky four leaf clover and enter to win! (It is St. Patrick’s Day, right?)

I finally had the chance to meet Kim, the owner, at the Mom 2.0 Summit in Houston a few weeks ago. Her sister Kris assists with things at You Can Make This too! (Did I mention that my mom lives next door to Kris? How lucky is she?)

Their website is awesome! If you were ever wondering how to do anything crafty related than this is the site for you. They feature downloadable instructions and patterns for many different kinds of projects! Things like children’s clothing, handbags, jewelry, and home decor. If you sign up for their newsletter you will get instructions for all the projects shown below for free. (This is also a great way to see how well written and easy the instructions are!)

Just click to sign up for the newsletter here. Click the confirmation link in your email and you’ll have access to all these projects and more!

Ok so ready for the giveaway? All you have to do to win this bundle worth $50 is go to www.youcanmakethis.com and look around at their projects. Come back and post a comment letting us know what your favorite pattern is. That’s all you have to do!

The bundle includes and child/adult apron set, woman’s reversible wrap skirt, “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Knot handbag, a reversible patchwork bucket hat, easy fit pants, and boys ties.

These are some of my favorites from their website include:

Sweet Pea Pleated Handbag

Aivilo Fat Quarter Wristlet

and if I had a little girl these Ruffled Capri’s and Pants

So go check out You Can Make This then come back and comment to win!

I’ll close the comments Friday, March 20 at midnight and will announce the winner of the entire $50 bundle Saturday! Good Luck!

Comments are closed for this giveaway. Stay tuned for the winner!

Happy 100th Post!

admin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:18:00 +0000

Ok, so I promised something big…

I hope you like it! I put together a book for you!

It’s the Project Recipe Book!

I would have loved to have this book when I was first starting out with card making. It can be really hard to come up with different layouts for your cards. It’s all black and white layouts which make it easier to add colors to your projects.

Lots of times I’ll look at a card and decide I don’t like it. Being the designer I am, I then ask myself why I didn’t like it. It’s usually that the colors they used are not my favorite. When I look at it again I like the layout, just not the paper they used. So, this is why this book is very simple to use. Just find the layout you like and add your own colors. This book has 40 different layouts that are easy to do. It will also tell you whether the layout will work for a scrapbook, card, or both. Here’s a sample image from the book, with my notes to explain. Click on it to make it larger to read.
It’s a nice handy size of 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″. And it’s spiral bound so it will actually stay open when you’re working on your projects. It’s in the store now and it’s $10. :)

Paper Globes

admin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:27:00 +0000

These are way fun and simple to make! However, I can’t take credit for the idea. A talanted lady by the name of Heather Bailey created these. She’s got the tutorial on her blog if you click on the link. (It’s an awesome website!) Mine are much smaller than hers and I’ve added some fun brads to it also. Her pattern uses fairly large sized circles, and I felt a little lazy and didn’t want to cut the 20 circles needed by hand. I used the largest circle punch I had and made a miniature version. It’s about 3″ in diameter.

I could see a bunch of these hanging from a chandelier for a party, or off of the mantle to make a garland at Christmas time. I also made a variation where the center was made of green vellum. It also turned out really nicely. I created these for the contest at my local scrapbook store. I decided not to turn in the one with the vellum, and accidentally got disqualified because I didn’t use any of the vellum. Oh well!)