Win It Wednesday: MAMBI Pocket Pages Kit.

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday Giveaway is this Pocket Pages Scrapbooking Kit by Me&My Big Ideas. The kit contains enough supplies to make 10 complete pages and includes: 5 12x12 Page Protectors, Paper Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, and 36 Themed, Embellished and Specialty Cards!

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Remember - to be entered to win - go to our Facebook Page and COMMENT & LIKE the Win It Wednesday post to get yourself in the running to WIN! Good Luck.

*A random winner will be announced Thursday, May 22nd, 2014. (Facebook has complete release by each entrant or participant. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.) Winner will be announced on our Crafts Direct Facebook page and has 14 days to claim prize before it is considered void.

Weekend Events: Bottle Cap Charms Make & Take.

Join us this Saturday from 1-3pm at our Paper Crafts Demo Counter for a FREE Make & Take project! We will be creating these fun Bottle Cap Charms - which you can add to a key ring, a chain to use as a necklace charm, or a bracelet. Join us to learn the process - and then pick up the supplies to create even more charms for your friends and family (they would also be a great graduation gift idea)!

We hope to see you there! 

Win It Wednesday: Gnome Garden Jar.

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday Giveaway includes supplies to create your own Gnome Fairy Garden in a Jar. The winner will receive: a Kerr Pint Size Jar, Fill for the Jar (moss, rocks and wood pieces), a gnome and mushroom stake and a "Gnome is where the *heart* is" Vinyl saying. Put all the pieces together for a cute little gnome garden that you can easily add to any home or work space.

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Remember - to be entered to win - go to our Facebook Page and COMMENT & LIKE the Win It Wednesday post to get yourself in the running to WIN! Good Luck.

*A random winner will be announced Thursday, May 15th, 2014. (Facebook has complete release by each entrant or participant. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.) Winner will be announced on our Crafts Direct Facebook page and has 14 days to claim prize before it is considered void.

Project Ideas: Altered Black Frames.

A new product to our shelves are these large (15x15) black frames. They come with a 5x7" photo opening and are already finished in black - however the options on how you can embellish, paint, decorate them (as you can see below) are endless! You can find links to the supply lists and project instructions for each of the frames by clicking on the project names below.

You can also find more frame inspiration on our Projects Page.

Family Black Frame

Sweet Smile Masked Frame

The Great Outdoors Frame

Best Day Ever Frame

My Sunshine Frame

Places We Have Been Frame

Weekend Events: Mother's Day Make & Take Project.

Join us this Saturday from 1-3pm (while supplies last) at our Paints & Basics Demo Counter for a FREE Make & Take project! We will be creating these cute Happy Mother's Day Plates by applying vinyl to white plates and then customizing with fingerprint flowers. Stop in and have your kids make this creative and crafty Mother's Day project!

We hope to see you there!

Vinyl Project of the Month: Dad Mason Jar Mug Set.

Our Vinyl Project of the Month for May is a now available in store. This month you can pick up the supplies to create this All About Dad Mason Jar Mug Set. The project only requires the simple application of four vinyl sayings to the front of four Mason Jar Mugs - and would make a perfect Father's Day gift idea!

You can find all the supplies to create this project here at Crafts Direct.

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Each month throughout 2014 we will be creating (and sharing) a "Vinyl Project of the Month". The project will be on display - with all of the coordinating products to create it yourself - by our Vinyl Room in the Seasonal Department. You will also be able to pick up (or find online) a project sheet with detailed instructions on how to creative the project as well.

Stamp of the Month - May.

Below you will find the Great Impressions Stamp of the Month products for May. (You can find them in aisle 10 in our Paper Crafts Department.) This month's stamps follow a friendship/general theme with images ranging from foxes and cats to cloud outlines and friendship sentiments.

The Stamp of the Month for May is the stamp below - and is available for $7.49:

And the coordinating stamps available this month are:

Win It Wednesday: Simple Stories DIY Embellishments.

 
Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday Giveaway includes four embellishment packs from the Simple Stories DIY collection. The winner will receive a package of each: Chipboard Stickers, Burlap Stickers, Enamel Dots, and Office Tags. You can use these pieces for your next scrapbooking or card making project or to embellish any crafty project you wish.

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Remember - to be entered to win - go to our Facebook Page and COMMENT & LIKE the Win It Wednesday post to get yourself in the running to WIN! Good Luck.

*A random winner will be announced Thursday, May 8th, 2014. (Facebook has complete release by each entrant or participant. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.) Winner will be announced on our Crafts Direct Facebook page and has 14 days to claim prize before it is considered void.

National Scrapbook Day!

Tomorrow is National Scrapbook Day! And we would love to have you come celebrate with us! 

On Saturday only - all Single Sheet Scrapbooking Paper and Scrapbooking Stickers will be 50% off AND all Photo Boxes will be on sale for only $1.98!

PLUS we will be offering a Free 4x4 Mini Book Make & Take using the new Simple Stories DIY collection from 1-3pm at the back of aisle 12 (Paper Crafts Demo Counter).

We sure hope to see you there!

May Quilt Block.

The May Block for our Quilt Block of the Month project is now available online and in-store. Don't forget to email (or stop in) with your completed April block to get a discount on the May kit.

You can find more information about the quilt and find links to online ordering HERE.

*Also it's not to late to start your quilt and get caught up! The completed quilt top at the end of the year will look like this:

Project Ideas: Cascade 220 Yarn Projects.

Today I have some great new project ideas to share with you! All three of these projects were created using patterns from the 60 Quick Knits book (pictured below)  - which you can find here at Crafts Direct and it retails for $17.95.

For the samples we used the Cascade 220 Super Wash Yarn and love both the way looks and feels on the completed pieces.  You can find a variety of colors of the Super Wash Yarn (and also peak at the completed samples) in aisle 28 of our Fabrics Department.