Win It Wednesday 1/14/15

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday prize includes all the supplies to create the Pom Pom Wood Box Project. 

Just Comment and Like the Facebook post to enter to win. A random winner will be announced Thursday, January 15. (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 (Winner must pick up in-store or provide shipping address) before it is considered void.

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Win It Wednesday, November 26

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday is the supplies to make the Keep Calm Wood Boxes.

Just Comment and Like the Crafts Direct Facebook post to enter to win. A random winner will be announced Friday, November 28th, 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 (Winner must pick up in-store or provide shipping address) before it is considered void.

If you just cannot wait to see if you have won this adorable project, you can purchase all the supplies and create it yourself. See the project sheet link below.

 

Keep Calm Wood Boxes Project Directions

Win It Wednesday 10/22/2014

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday is the supplies to make a Candy Corn Banner. 

Just Comment and Like our Facebook post to enter to win. A random winner will be announced Thursday, October 23, 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 (Winner must pick up in-store or provide shipping address) before it is considered void.

Project Ideas: Divided Wood Tray.

Over the next few weeks I'm excited to share with you some new project ideas our team has recently created. Even more exciting is that all of these projects will be using pieces that are currently ON SALE as part of our National Craft Month Sale Ad!

Below you will find a project ideas using our Divided Wood Tray. The wood tray is currently on sale for $5.98! It comes unfinished - so you can paint, alter, embellish it anyway you wish - and has 20 separate spaces to fill. You can find supply lists and project instructions for the project below by clicking on the project name, and can also find additional projects ideas using the Divided Wood Trays on our website HERE.

Here We Go Wood Tray

Win It Wednesday: Card Making Kit.

It's time for another WIN IT WEDNESDAY!!

This week's WIN IT WEDNESDAY is a kit of card making items! It includes: a package of 8 Kraft Cards and Envelopes by American Crafts, a Hello typewriter stamp from Hero Arts and a Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black. It is the perfect set of supplies to get you started on some card making - or some fun additional supplies to add to your stash.

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

Win It Wednesday: Red Tumbler, Love Vinyl, & Sixlets.

It's time for another WIN IT WEDNESDAY!!

This week's WIN IT WEDNESDAY is a Red Tumbler, a "Love" Decorating Your Life vinyl, and two 1.75oz packages of Sixlets. Use it as a Valentine gift to yourself - or gift it to someone you love!

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

Upcoming Events: Make & Takes, Demos and Samples!

We have so many fun events coming up this week!!

I'm very excited to share all that we have planned for this week. We are thrilled to have American Crafts and Simple Stories coming to Crafts Direct on Thursday and they will each be offering Free Make & Take projects. 

On Saturday we are also lucky to have Doodlebug Designs coming for a Free Make and Take. In addition to the visits from the paper crafting companies we are also offering a Make & Take, a product demo of the Loom Bands, and Wind & Willow samples on Saturday as part of our Anniversary Ad celebration! 

More information on each event - along with dates, times, and locations can be found below. (You can check out the complete calendar with a listing of all the events HERE.)

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On Thursday (Sept. 19th) from 2-4pm American Crafts will be offering a Free Make & Take at our Paper Crafts demo counter. We will be making these great embellished Hot Chocolate Packet holders. More info HERE.

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On Thursday (Sept. 19th) from 5-7pm Simple Stories will be here offering a Free Make & Take at our Paper Crafts demo counter. We will be making these 6x8 Snap book Pages. More info HERE.

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On Saturday (Sept. 21st) we also have some fun things planned - from 1-3pm at our Paper Crafts Demo counter our instructor Heather will be here to help you with a Free Make & Take project - where we will be making these adorable Halloween Photo Tags. More info HERE.

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Saturday from 1-3pm in our Kitchen Display room will be offering samples of a few of the Wind & Willow Dip and Dessert Mixes. More info HERE.

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Also from 1-3pm on Saturday we will be offering a demonstration on making Loom Band Bracelets at our Paints & Basics demo counter - this is great way to learn the basics and get started on your own set of Loom Band Bracelets! More info HERE.

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And finally on Saturday from 6-8pm Doodlebug Designs will be here and offering a Free Make & Take creating this fun Fall Card. You can join them at our Paper Crafts demo counter. More info HERE.

 

Layout Ideas: Bo Bunny, My Mind's Eye & American Crafts.

Sometimes I feel like new paper lines can't get here fast enough....but lately I feel like there are so many great new lines that it is hard to keep up! We have been busy creating a lot of new layout ideas and project samples (watch for them soon!) with all of the new summer lines.

If you want to keep up on all the new lines that we get in store be sure to follow us on Facebook as we post all the new lines as we get them in HERE.

You can also check out all of our Layout inspiration on both our Facebook page HERE and we also have a Pinterest Board devoted to all of the Crafts Direct made layout ideas too!

(We do post additional layout ideas that we find online on a Layout Ideas board too.)

Here are a few layouts and cards that we have just completed:

Bo Bunny: Key Lime line layouts:

My Mind's Eye: Kate&Co.: Cambridge Court layouts:

My Mind's Eye: Kate&Co: Oxford Lane layouts:

American Crafts: May Berry line layouts:

Calendar Class.

I'm very excited to tell you all about Calendar Class we will be offering later this month! For only $20 you will get everything you need to create one of these custom photo calendars - using coordinating pattern paper, cardstock and stickers from American Crafts. This would be a great project to create for yourself - and would also be a great handmade gift to give grandparents, a spouse, aunts, uncles, or really anyone on your Christmas list!

What makes this project even better - is that once the year is over, each layout can be easily removed from the calendar binding and placed into a 8x8 album to be enjoyed for years to come.

We will be offering the class twice - once as a daytime class (November 27th from 10am-12pm) and also as an evening class (November 28th from 6-8pm). If you would like to join us to create a calendar of your own please call or stop in to register.

You can also find more information about the class HERE.

New Layout Samples.

Over the past few weeks we have been busy working on creating layout ideas and samples with all the new paper lines that have been arriving in our Paper Crafts Department.

Today I have a few of the new samples to share with you - hopefully you find some ideas that you like or maybe find a paper line you like that you may have overlooked before.

American Crafts: Fresh Squeezed:

American Crafts- Amy Tangerine: Sketchbook:

Crate Paper: Pretty Party:

Crate Paper: Story Teller:

We R Memory Keepers: Down the Boardwalk:

We'd love to see your layouts too! Link up your latest favorite in the comments or on our Facebook page.

More New Proudcts in Paper Crafts!

Yes, even more new stuff to share from our Paper Crafts Department!! It is amazing how many new lines have come in during the last month- and even better (depending on how you look at it I guess) is how many of them are now on my shopping list :)

Here is a peak at the latest and greatest:

Two new lines from Crate Paper, including Story Teller and Pretty Party:

We also have new the new Studio Calico lines Abroad and Take Note:

 

Jillibean Soup has two new lines as well- Neapolitan Bean Bisque and Coconut Lime:

American Crafts has a fun new line called Fresh Squeezed:

Bella Blvd. has a couple new pieces in with their Baby Boy and Baby Girl lines: 

K&Company has a new line by Kelly Panacci called Blossom:

I'm also very excited about these new Trendy Tapes we just received in from Queen & Co.:

And last, but definitely not least, the new Mix&Match Albums, Paper Packs, and Page Protectors from Simple Stories. So many creative options for these products!

I have so many favorites - but I'm also curious- what is your favorite new line?

Our CHA Finds!

Two days of the Craft and Hobby convention in Chicago are over! We've seen so many new Scrapbooking products, many of them Halloween, Fall, or Christmas themed (already?!?). We could go on and on about all the new, amazing things we've seen... but here's a list of a few of our favorites:

1. My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2, and Christmas. They gave the old line a bit of a make-over... still with glittered die cuts, stamps, brads, and awesome papers. New to the line are adhesive pearls, and 6x6 pads.

2. We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon & Sew Stamper. The amazing Sew Easy tool has been remade... into a stamp roller. Now, you can simply stamp the stitching look, instead of having to actually thread the needle! The Sew Ribbon is the same concept as the Sew Easy tool, however you punch your paper with the tool, and weave ribbon into your layout or project. Super cool!



3. Simple Stories... all of their new lines are absolutely amazing! We are already big fans of their scrapbooking papers, and all four of their new lines are better than ever. Pictured is the new Happy Day, birthday themed collection. These papers are awesome, and perfect with the divided We R Memory Keepers page protectors. The other three lines are: Generations, Baby Steps, and 25 Days of Christmas.

4. American Crafts Amy Tangerine. Amy Tangerine is a new designer for the company, and their new line is awesome. This line is great because it is very versatile, and combines the designers love for travel, crafts, and fashion. The line can be used for many of different scrapbooking themes!

5. Doodlebug! Of course we had to mention Doodlebug. A few months ago they came out with their Create-a-Card program... now they've expanded it to make card-making even easier. The rack is now going to have small, dimensional stickers, twine, and "doodles" stickers so you can create your own, inexpensive handmade cards. They also released four new paper lines, that are complete with papers, stickers, and embellishments. (The Halloween lines is ADORABLE, complete with little glittered monsters on it!)



That is just a short list of all the amazing things we've seen in the last couple days. Check back soon to see all of the fun new additions to the Paper Crafts department!