Archive for August 2009

Cookie Clay

  • 2 cups salt
  • 2/3 cups water
  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup cold water

Mix the salt and water together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.

In a seperate bowl, mix the cornstarch and remaining cold water.

Pour the cornstarch mixture into the boiling water solutions and stir until thick.

Roll out the clay dough on a lightly cornstarched board. Mold clay into desired sizes and shapes and then dry and decorate. If you want to hang the decorations, use a straw to cut a hole for the string to go through.

Guest Designer Call: weScrap.com

SchoolOfScrapGuest Designer Call for weScrap.com (October)

School of Scrap Contest

Call Closes: Friday September 18th

Come and participate in the School of Scrap Contest for your chance to win a Guest Designer spot on the weScrap iTeam for the month of October.

As part of your Guest Designer position, you will:
- receive the October weScrap kit to play with and showcase with our iTeam
- you will contribute an article for the November newsletter
- you will get to post a monthly challenge in the forums
- you will participate in the daily functions as an iTeam member for the month
- get to have tons of fun!

For all the contest details, see here: http://www.wescrap.com/forum/showthread.php?p=57430#post57430

Canadian, US and International submissions welcome!

Site Link: WeScrap

Call: myStamp BOX Design Team

myStampBOX Design Team Call

myStampBOX is searching for additional members for their design team. We are interested in designers with a variety of styles who can creatively showcase myStampBOX designs in their cards, altered art and scrapbook layouts. No previous design team experience is necessary.

Team requirements:
* 4 projects per month
* 1 blog entry per month including photos of a project and instructions/tutorial
* Upload all projects to the myStampBox website gallery and 2 other online galleries
* Submit at least 4 projects per term for submission to print magazines of your choice
* Occasional help with additional design opportunities – new stamp sets, classes, newsletters, etc.

Team benefits:
*bio and picture on the website, with links to your blog
*a starter kit of stamp sets and additional stamp sets throughout your term
*other free scrapbooking supplies from product partners as they become available
*30% discount on purchased myStamp BOX stamps during your term

Term is 6 months, beginning October 1, 2009

Please send applications to: mystampbox@sympatico.ca
Include:
*personal information (your name, address & phone number)
*a short paragraph about yourself and why you think you’d be a good fit for myStamp BOX.
*link to your blog or gallery online
*5 examples of your work showcasing your stamping ability and style

Website: myStamp BOX

Call ends: Friday, September 11, 2009
International applicants are welcome to apply.

Friendship

A Best Friend Is A Sister That Destiny Forgot To Give You

A Book Is A Friend You Can Open Again & Again

A Friend Hugs My Heart

A Friend Is A Gift You Give Yourself

A Friend Is Both A Treasure And A Comfort

A Friend Is Someone Who Chooses You Out Of A Whole World Of People

A Friend Is Someone Who Does Things That Count – But Never Stops To Count Them

A Friend Is Someone Who Knows Our Faults, Yet Finds Our Virtues Too

A Friend Is Someone Who Reaches For Your Hand And Touches Your Heart

A Friend Of My Many Years

A Friend Spreads Sunshine In Our Path

A Friend To Me… You’ll Always Be

A Friend’s House Is Never Far

A Friendship Grows When You Plant A Seed

A Good Friend Is Like A Warm Quilt Wrapped Around The Heart

A Heart For An Old Friend… A Hand For The New

A Helping Hand Shows A Loving Heart

A Sunshiny Day With A Good Friend

A True Friend Is The Greatest Of All Blessings

All For One And One For All.

Back Door Buds Are Best

Back Door Friends Are Best

Beary Best Buddies

Beary Best Friends

Beary Special Friends

Best Buds

Best Friends

Best Friends Are Forever Friends

Best Friends Are Like Old Quilts…Warm And Valuable

Best Friends Forever

Best Friends Forever And Ever

Best Of Friends

Building Friendships Of A Life Time

Chance Made Us Neighbors, Hearts Made Us Friends

Circle Of Friends

Dear Friends

Food & Friends… Life is Good

Forever Friends

Forever My Friend

Friend

Friend To Friend, Heart To Heart

Friend, Confidant, Crony

Friendly

Friends Are A Special Hug From God.

Friends Are Angels Without Wings

Friends Are Angels…

Friends Are Flowers In Life’s Garden

Friends Are Flowers In The Garden Of Life.

Friends Are Flowers That Never Fade

Friends Are For Sharing Hopes, Dreams, Secrets, Laughter

Friends Are Forever

Friends Are Gifts That Heaven Sends

Friends Are God’s Way Of Taking Care Of Us.

Friends Are Our Chosen Family

Friends Are Stitched Together With Memories

Friends Are The Best Collectibles

Friends Are The Best Presents

Friends Are The Spice That Makes Everything Nice!

Friends Come In All Sizes

Friends For Life

Friends Forever

Friends Forever… Shop Together

Friends Gather Like Flowers

Friends Give Us A Reason To Smile

Friends Know The Art Of Giving From The Heart

Friends Like You Make Life Sparkle

Friends Listen With The Heart

Friends Love

Friends Love All The Time

Friends Make Every Day A Party

Friends Make Happiness Happen

Friends Make Life A Little Sweeter!

Friends Make Life Bearable

Friends Of A Feather… Shop Together

Friends Pick You Up When The World Lets You Down

Friends Put A Bounce In Your Heart

Friends See Heart To Heart

Friends Share The Joy And Divide The Sorrow!

Friends That Play Together Stay Together

Friends Till The End

Friends Together In Sunshine And Shade

Friends Warm You Up Inside And Out

Friends We Will Always Be

Friends… The Essence Of Life

Friendship Is A Plant That We Must Water Often

Friendship Is A Rainbow Between Two People

Friendship Is A Single Soul Dwelling In Two Bodies

Friendship Is A Slice Of Life

Friendship Is Everything

Friendship Is In The Stars

Friendship Is One Mind In Two Bodies.

Friendship Is One Of The Greatest Treasures

Friendship Is The Spice Of Life

Friendship Is The Sunshine Of Life

Friendship Is The Thread That Ties All Hearts Together

Friendship Is The Wine Of Life

Friendship Is A Flower That Blossoms In The Heart

Friendship Keeps Our Hearts In Touch

Friendship Never Melts Away

Friendship Warms The Heart

Friendship Warms The Heart And Heals The Soul

Friendship, Like And Old Quilt, Stands The Test Of Time

Fun With Friends

Gallery Of Friends

Gather Firends Like Flowers

Giggles, Secrets, And Sometimes Tears

Girlfriends

Good Friends Are A Special Treat

Good Friends Are Angels On Earth

Good Times With Friends Make The Best Memories

Guys And Dolls

Hangin’ Out With Friends

Happy Is The Heart That Shelters A Friend

Happy Is The Home That Shelters A Friend

Happy-Go-Lucky Days Are The Ones I Spend With You

Hello Old Friend

I Can Spot A Friend When I See One

I Wanna Be Like You

I Was Looking For A Friend & God Sent You

If You Ever Need Something To Warm You Up, Grab A Friend

If You Have One Good Friend, You Have More Than Your Share

If You Should Die Before Me, Ask If You Could Bring A Friend.

If You Want A Friend – Be A Friend!

I’ll Stand By You

In A Garden Of Friends… Happiness Grows

In The Cookies Of Life, Good Friends Are The Chocolate Chips

In This World Of Ordinary People – I’m Glad That I’ve Got You!

It Takes A Long Time To Grow An Old Friend

Its Not The ___________… It’s The Time Together

Just Walkin’ Along With My Best Friend

Kindness Is The Sunshine In Which Friendships Blossom

Kindred Spirits

Laughter Is The Shortest Distance Between Two People

Lean On Me

Letters Are A Visit When Friends Are Apart

Life Is A Patchwork Of Friends

Life Is Nothing Without Friendship

Life Long Friends

Long Live Friendship

Make New Friends, But Keep The Old

Many Joys May Come And Go But Friendship Is Forever

Mates

May Your Home Always Be Too Small To Hold All Your Friends

My Friends

Near And Dear

Neighbors Are Friends Nearby

Nothing Is As Comfortable As An Old Friend

Old Friends Are The Best Antiques

Old Friends Are The Best Kind Of Friends

Old Friends Warm The Heart

One Does Not Make Friends, One Recognizes Them

Our Gang

Partners In Crime

Planting Seeds Of Friendship

Rain Or Shine, You’ll Always Be A Friend Of Mine

Real Friends Listen With The Heart

Right Next Door, Or Miles Apart, Friends Are Always Close At Heart

Seeds Of Friendship Bring Flowers Of Joy

Sisters And Friends

Sisters By Chance, Friends By Choice

Some Friends Are Good Friends, Some Friends Are Best Friends

Sowing The Seeds Of Friendship

Special Friends Bring Special Memories

Stand By Me

Strangers Are Just Friends Waiting To Happen.

Such Good Friends

Summer Friends

Summertime Friends

That’s What Friends Are For

The Berry Best Of Friends

The Best Way To Have A Friend Is To Be One

The Discovery Of Friendship Is Well Worth The Search

The Door To Friendship Is Unlocked With A Smile

The Harmony Between Friends Is Sweeter Than Any Choir

The Journey To A Friend’s House Is Never Long

The Only Thing Better Than A Good Friend Is… Chocolate!

The Road To A Friend’s House Is Never Long

There Is No Gift So Precious As A True Frienship

There’s Nothin’ Better Than A Good Old Fashion’ Friend

Thoughts Of You Always Make Me Smile

Through Good Times, Through Bad Times…That’s What Friends Are For

To A Friend’s House, The Road Is Short

To Have A Friend, Be A Friend

True Blue Friend

True Friends

True Friends Are A Gift From Above

True Friends Remain In Our Hearts Forever

Tweedledum And Tweedledee

Two Friends, One Heart

Two Heads Are Better Than One.

Unforgetable

Unforgettable Friend

What Does It Mean To Have A Friend?

When Friends Meet, Hearts Warm

When I Count My Blessings, I Count You

When I Count My Blessings, I Count You Twice

When I Think Of You, I Smile Inside

Whenever I Think Of You, I Smile Inside

With A Little Help From My Friends

You And Me… Buds Forever

You Are A Beary Special Friend

You Are His Mother, And Also My Friend

You Can Count On Me

You Can Never Have Too Many Friends

You’ll Always Be My Best Friend

You’ll Always Be My Best Friend… You Know Too Much!

Your Friendship Lifts My Heart!

Your Secrets Are Safe With Me

You’re Friendship Is The Nicest Gift Of All

You’re Friendship Lifts My Heart

You’re My Best Friend

You’re One In A Million

You’ve Got A Friend

You’ve Got A Friend In Me

PURE

This week’s word is:

Pure

1 a (1) : unmixed with any other matter <pure gold>

2:: free from dust, dirt, or taint <pure springwater>

3: spotless, stainless b : free from harshness or roughness and being in tune —used of a musical tone c of a vowel : characterized by no appreciable alteration of articulation during utterance

4 : having exactly the talents or skills needed for a particular role <a pure shooter in basketball>

I made this darling layout of Paige using the July kit from Mon Ame Memories and a sketch I created for Let’s Capture These Sketches. It is of my darling Paige:

Use this week’s word in a layout or card and email me at thynner5@yahoo.ca to earn a ballot for this month’s draw!

~Tara~

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Beginning Card Making Tips from Kate

  • When making quantities, I find it easiest to work in stages: do all the cutting for all the cards first, then do all the stamping, then all the glueing, etc. In other words, don’t completely make one card and then the next, and then the next, etc. It just seems to be faster to do them in steps.
  • It can save you a lot of time to buy pre-scored or folded cards (and yes, they do even make them in square sizes). This will obviously cost you more money than just making the card base out of cardstock yourself, but it can be a real time savings. AND you can buy packs of them that also come with envelopes, so you don’t have to worry about finding the right size of envelopes for them.
  • When designing for quantities: keep things simple – don’t do things that require several steps. For instance, I tend to avoid heat embossing if I’m making more than 15 cards (unless it’s for something special like a wedding and I have lots of time to do it!), because of all the steps involved in the process. (If you do want to do heat embossing, do it in steps like in my first suggestion) I also avoid things like rub-ons and dry embossing, because they tend to take a lot of time to do.
  • Things that work GREAT for making quantities of cards: punches, colored staples (glue can be annoying if you have to leave a lot of time to dry), stickers, decorative edged scissors or punches, and rubber stamps.
  • Avoid tying bows with ribbon, because they can charge you extra for mailing something with a bump. Instead, consider just stapling ribbon down, or weaving it through slots.

If you have any tips you would like to share please email them to me at thynner5@yahoo.ca to earn a ballot for this months prize.

~Tara~

Use Bright and Bold Color

Most of you know that I love a good bright and bold layout. One of my favorite paper lines for this recently has been Basic Grey’s Lime Rickey collection. I just had to buy it even though it seemed a little young for my kids. BUT…. when I finally sat down and opened it I was inspired by the bright colors to make a Back to School layout of Paige.

I used a great sketch that was posted at Let’s Capture These Memories sketch blog. Here is the layout I created:

UseBrightBold

Challenge: I would like to see you brighten up your next layout using some bright and bold colors!!

Email it to me at thynner5@yahoo.ca to earn a ballot for this month’s draw!! You can also provide a link below.

~Tara~