Something New

I have been scrapping and doing some shopping and there is one thing that I have to share with you all.


Tim Holtz sells these little swivels that are used to attach charms and other things onto minis and cards and anything else that you can think of.  WELL... I was in Wal-Mart last night and found in the fishing isle little swivels that come in 3 different sizes that I saw there but I bet they come bigger than the ones that I saw. They look exactly the same!  
The thing that I like about this most is that the brass ones can be colored with Alcohol Inks and work with any project!  


 this is the swivel from Wal-Mart they are 12 in a package for less than 2.00 These do not come  with the small chain attached, but this affords you the opportunity to use whatever works best for your project!


these are the swivels from T.H. and they are 3-4 dollars  plus shipping if you have to order online for 12. 


Also, There is currently a really wonderful sale on Cricut Cartridges going on at The Cricut Machine. They have full cartridges for 29.99 and other really nice items at great prices.
While I am rambling on, have you noticed that the price of the Gypsy is coming down?  I have seen it on sale at Ohmycrafts.com for 155.00 with a coupon!  That is a major savings compared to the opening day price of over 300.00 at HSN!  


Last thing for todays Something New... Have you been to your local AC Moore lately?  Mine is changing in a major positive way!  They have introduced 7gypsies products and are bringing in new Cuttlebug folders and LOTS of stuff is on clearance special. I have had a great time going through the various bins there!


See you on Project Thursday!  

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Something New

Welcome Something New Monday!~
I have been busy over the past few days and have been thinking about a lot of things I would like to share with you. Some of it is now and some of it is just things that I have been thinking about.... 


Scraps... 
I have a ton of scraps!  What do you do with your scraps?  How do you store your scraps? I know some of you have elaborate systems to store your scraps, and others just have a nice pile of them... I just bought a expanding filing folder and store them by color. This is working so far. 
The other thing I have decided to do with my scraps is use them! I have a sketch book and have been working on layouts that will use them as well as some cards. The end results often don't look exactly like my sketch but close enough. The art of creation often leads in different directions! Below is my layout using circles cut on my Cricut using GBS. 

Ok, here is the sketch that I based the lay out on, and this is what it turned out to be.

Not quite the same but the idea is there. The use of the left over paper along with the journal tag worked out well I think.


So, circles, squares, rectangles, any shape that you can manage to cut will work out really well to use of your scraps and get you being productive!

Oh, and if you are making cards, make more than one. I thought I was the type of person that only wanted to make one of anything, but I find that if I am already making a card and have the extra paper (not using only scraps to make the card) that making at least 2 works out great. You have one to give and one in reserve to give again later.

Cuttlebug...

When I was surfing the web I found people doing wonderful things with their embossed images. One of the things that I liked the best was the coloring the raised portions with ink, chalk, even crayons! Well I tried these and lets just say that I wasn't really successful. Then I thought I would give by brayer a try. It worked out much better for me than the other methods I tried.... 

I haven't tried it with a solid color inkpad but that is coming!

Site of the week...

This week I want to share my favorite site for shopping.  Have you tried www.froogle.com? This is one of the best ways to see prices for comparisons and to find out who is selling the item you are looking for. Give it a try and let me know what you think!

New item of the week...

I wanted to get some paper for Valentine's Day. I went to my local A.C Moore (they had a great sale on my favorite paper DCWV $19.99 packs for $10.00) and I looked around and saw lots of the same things that I either had seen before or had at home... Sigh... Then I saw Libby!  Libby is the manager of the scrapbooking section, and I mentioned what I was looking for and she said that there was a new paper that wasn't put out yet and she would get it for me.  Well, when I saw it I knew I had to have it, and wanted to share with you to keep an eye out for it. You will love it too!

I couldn't resist!  Valentine's Day with a Halloween twist!  I love the skull and cross bones, The pack is called Madly in Love. Black, green, red, pink not all the colors for Valentine's Day but they are yummy together.

Well, thats it for now, I will be back on Thursday to share some of the projects I have completed.

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Something New

Ahhh... Monday, with the night over and coffee in hand I bring you a few things that I think are REALLY cool... 
Chatting, surfing and experimenting has brought some good things my way this week. So, here we go... 


I have found a new Deal of the Day site!  its www.bazzzinga.com This site is brought to you by the great folks at Oh My Crop.com.  I love the deal a day sites. You can really save some money with them.


Do you own a Gypsy?  Are your fingers getting tired holding that tiny stylus?  I found a great solution, The DS Comfort Stylus! It is a flexible stylus that wraps around your index finger and you use like other pointing stylus but its like you are actually pointing at what you want and you don't have to worry about dropping it and it rolling under the couch!


You can see it HERE. I don't have a Gypsy but I do have a touch screen phone and use it for searching the web and email and just about everything and this would be great...


Another video for you today, Tattered Angles will be introducing a new product called Glitter Glaze at the Winter 2009 CHA. I have watched this video several times and cannot wait to get my hands on some!
Take a look and let me know what you think!


Don't forget to leave a comment! Have a great day, see you on Thursday!

Something New

Sorry this is late... but life has a way of getting in the way!  I have been so busy working and helping my son with his search for a job that I have not had much time on the computer. But while I was surfing the web I found the greatest thing.

Martha Stewart.com has a great family tree that would be wonderful on a scrapbook page. You can find it HERE. There is a PDF of the template that you can download that link is HERE.

On M's site she has this framed and it looks lovely, but I was really thinking that it would be a great 2 page spread in a heritage album. Every family has at least one person who keeps the records of our family. You can be the one or help the person who does!