A sad Goodbye to some Master Forgers

We have two lovely Design Team members who had to step down recently and we will miss them tremendously.  I do have a love of having our former DT members jump back in for guest designing when they can, so I'm sure you will find them with us again in future months.

We loved having you

Julie Ann

 

and

 

Jen

 

 

That also means that we will have some spots to fill, so you can be on the look out for a Design Team Call in the near future!

 

 

 

Recycled Christmas Cards by Jen

CHRISTMAS CARDS

Here are some great ideas I found on Pinterest.

What are you going to do with all of the holiday cards you received?

A wreath. The holly leaves are made from Christmas Cards. Originally from Good Housekeeping.



Good Housekeeping How To



Ornaments made with lids. They suggest canning lids, but I think this could be easily adapted to any lids. Originally from Better Homes and Gardens.



BHG How To



Monogram gift tags. I love these. They really dress up a gift. Originally from Martha Stewart.

Martha Stewart How To

Triangle gift boxes. These are so cute and practical. Originally from make homemade gifts.com



http://www.make-homemade-gifts.com/gift-box-patterns.html



Cube box. As shown it can be opened and have a gift inside, but I like the idea of a closed cube also. It reminds me of the photo cubes you can buy. Originally from Crafts@suite 101.

http://kathleen-duffy.suite101.com/make-a-victorian-box-from-old-cards-a158821

Circle punch ornaments. I have seen these all over the place the last few years. This is a great tutorial. Originally posted at ScoutieGirl.

http://www.scoutiegirl.com/2009/12/tutorial-crafting-a-holiday-card-keepsake-ornament-by-nicole-of-lillyella.html

 Christmas Card book. This is a great tutorial on how to save your cards into a book. I love this idea as is, but I am thinking about making my December Daily next year by using my Christmas card fronts backed with patterned papers. A card for each day. Pictures on the patterned paper side, journaling or whatever on the card side. Originally from The Creative Place.

http://thecreativeplace.blogspot.com/2010/01/tuesday-tutorial-christmas-card-saver.html

There are a lot more ideas of things you can make with Christmas cards on Pinterest. I have a Uses for old Christmas Cards board that you can see at http://pinterest.com/jennifercro/uses-for-old-christmas-cards/  if you would like to see more ideas. There are so many here that I would like to make. I hope I get TONS of Christmas cards.

Merry Christmas!!!

Jen

Sport's Page Add On Kit

It is that time of year again!  Time for this...

and this...

and this....

so maybe you need to put together this...

a great sport page kit from JEN

And here is a great sketch from Sketch Support (Sketch 19)

So many fun things to do with this kit!  Come on...you know you want to make one, too!

Congratulations to the Newest Master Forgers!!!

We are excited to announce our newest Master Forgers.  These ladies don't even know they have been chosen yet!  We planned on choosing 5 ladies, but we just could not narrow it down any more, so we decided to add 7 new designers to our team.  Congratulations to the following ladies...

Glinda http://razzledscrapper.blogspot.com/
Helen http://craftimperfect.blogspot.com/
Jennifer http://mypair-a-dice.blogspot.com/
Julie Ann http://julieannshahin2.blogspot.com/
Lisa http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/
Milissa http://millermall.blogspot.com/
Rebecca http://howiburb.blogspot.com/

We will be letting these ladies introduce themselves in more detail later in the month, in the meantime...check out their blogs!  Congrats ladies, we will send you each an email with more information this weekend!!!