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Hey Chickie!

Today I'm introducing you to Fhiona's Pets and Treats as well as 4 new Franfou designs! All the Franfou Designs come with a little personality bio so be sure to check that out on the YNS website by clicking on the more info cloud. (Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010)

Use altered blanks to create mini journals or wearable art pendants. Collect your thoughts, drawings, and photos within these tiny metal pages. Imprint designs and words, use alcohol inks for color, and rivet flattened bead caps and charms for added dimension! (Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010)

Birthday Flowers

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping! (Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010)

Technique, Batik!

1. Emboss on mulberry paper using solid stamp, clear embossing pad or resist pad, clear embossing powder and heat tool, just until image is clear. 2. Place on one side of newsprint and spritz with water until soaked but not drippy. 3. Drop one color of re-inker in several places. Using brush, dribble more water on to spread the color, BUT leave some places available for more color. Clean the brush. Now drop a different color, and repeat with the brush from a clean cup of water. (I also added Daniel Smith metallic pale gold watercolor.) 4. Fold newsprint over, press onto your paper and leave for few seconds. 5. Now carefully unfold and transfer to a couple of clean sheets of newsprint in a flip flop method. (Don't throw out your first newsprint, allow it to dry it makes great wrapping paper or backgrounds). 6. Fold this newsprint over, and with a medium to hot iron, press about one minute. Carefully begin to lift off the newsprint. If it sticks, put the newsprint down and heat that area until it releases when you lift it up. (The paper sticks because you are removing the embossing powder from the mulberry paper as you heat it. That's why it's important not to move the paper just keep heating until it comes off the newsprint.) 7. That's your Batik paper. You will find that it will show up best when placed on a sheet of white cardstock. I do this by "Xyroning" my card stock then placing the paper over it and smoothing out with a bone folder. Supply list:

White mulberry paper Dye pad re-inkers, two or more colors (in bottles) Third Coast rubber stamps Clear embossing pad Clear embossing powder (not thick) Newsprint (the type used for drawing, not your daily paper) Iron (without steam) Heat tool Spritzer bottle filled with water Brushes Water Small containers for mixing color (Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010)

Then, before I folded the square into the cone shape, I trimmed the top with a strip of vintage dress pattern. I cannot get enough of the stuff! Just cut a strip from the pattern paper the same width as a strip of crepe paper (the streamers used at birthday parties). Then, with your tape runner (where would I be without my Scrapbook Adhesives tape runner???), lay down a strip of adhesive, and as you adhere the paper down, fold it so that makes a nice pleat. (Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010)

Meet our Brad Opener!

An Easter Tag

One of our amazing design team members, Kimberly Crawford, has done a beautiful job showing our gorgeous new birdcage stamps and our fabulous Peacock Plumes Class A’Peel™ Stickers on her blog at http://bit.ly/buwJxC and http://bit.ly/9Kz4Td

These new stickers are more detailed than many of our previous stickers. They have a second layer of color added to bring out the beautiful details in the Peacocks. We also have a lovely new sticker selection in our Koi Pond Class A’Peel™ Stickers. Either of these would be wonderful for weddings or other elegant occasions. We even have stamps to coordinate with them.

These new stickers are also perfect for Fran’s Sticker Background Technique™. We’ve used them together with our Peacock Fringe Benefit Kit containing 5 jars of coordinated Fun Flock and Glitzy Glitter colors to create a dynamic card that would wow anyone. (Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010)

Spring Butterflies...

new inspiration galore....

if you are planning to create projects this weekend with your new sassafras stash here are some inspirational ideas from kay rogers. besides the projects themselves sparking your creativity i have to add that she made all of these in ONE day! for me, who works at a snails pace, that alone is inspirational!

here she started with an apple jack "phonetics" b-side.

the clowning around title are the new shimmery glitter alphabet stickers.... just the right size for a long title... here kay uses new cherry delicious patterns, complitmented with sweet treat stickers, flags and banners stickers, and a paper die cut bottom....... BEAUTIFUL!

i keep making lists in my head about what my little girls like right now. i know this is not a safe way to preserve these thoughts. this projects inspires me to take those lists from my head to something more permanent, like a few simple lines of journaling on a page..... with thoughts of spring in the air nerdy bird is just the collection to put a sprightly spark of brightness in your projects, and your step for that matter =) if you haven't peeled off one of the flag stickers yet you must give it a whirl....... they are so easy to work with and create such a WOW effect on your projects.....all with just a peel and stick! (Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010)

See our Beautiful Easter Stamps

Exotic Caravan Flowers

These Caravan Flowers are filled with details that will add so much beauty to your projects. Designer Ingvild Bolme created this richly-colored page filled with her special touches and highlighting our Caravan flowers.

Supplies: Caravan Flowers 538248 , DeVines-537005, Letters 531119, 531072, Youth Epoxy Stickers 830472 (Posted on Friday, March 05, 2010)