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Craft attitude winner & a little pic

Thanks for your comments on facebook & here. The winner for the Craft attitude is 

 

HowToMakeArt said:

These are awesome!! I can't wait to try making one. :)

 

Please send me your address, so we can ship your prize to you. 

Also here is a quick little pic from Mother's Day with me & my girl. I'm a little over 39 weeks pregnant so I'm not sure when I'll be posting next. 

Hope you all had a wonderful day yesterday!

-Allison

 

Mother's Day Gift: DIY Bangles - Plus...Craft Attitude Giveaway

I love making hand-made gifts whenever I get the chance. Since Mother's Day is coming up, I decided to use some Craft Attitude to make these bracelets as gifts. Craft Attitude is really easy (and fun) to work with for projects like this. Be sure to enter the giveaway at the end of this post.

Supplies:

• Craft Attitude  (I used wood attitude for this project) 
• DIY wood bangle or other wood bracelet
• Glue Stick
• Digital Images to print out (I used a variety of digital papers from Everyday Eclectic, Sweet Notes and Compositon & Color. 
• Scissors

Print the images you want to transfer onto your Craft Attitude product. I printed out a variety of images since I wanted to make more than one bracelet.  Apply glue to the bangle using the glue stick. I started buy putting it just around the outside of the bangle. Peel off the printed Wood Attitude film and smooth it around the bracelet.  The film is very forgiving when using a glue stick. You can realign it if the placement is off. FYI:You will see part of the wood showing through since the printed design is transparent.Use scissors to trim some of the excess film off. Using the glue stick add a little more glue to each side of the bracelet and wrap the design around the edge for a more finished look. That's it! Pretty easy and fun to make.  I made some extras with different patterns so I could keep a few for myself. Below is also an example of how the bracelet looks if you paint it white. I painted the wood white first for the Boardwalk pics design to have the images look brighter. I hope you enjoy this tutorial. I can't express how much I love using the Craft Attitude products!The links below are for the other blog hop projects using Craft Attitude. Be sure to check out their projects (and giveaways).

• Jonathan Fong
• Gloria Uhler
• Jaderbomb
• Megan Elizabeth
• Cyn Gagen
• The Graphics Fairy

To find out more about Craft Attitude, click here, plus they are offering FREE SHIPPING for this promotion!

*GIVEAWAY*

Leave a comment below to be entered to win. The lucky winner will receive all eight Craft Attitude products: Shoe Attitude, Scrapbooking Attitude, Wood Attitude, Jewelry Attitude, Decor Attitude, Magnet Attitude, Flower Attitude and Quilt Attitude!!
The contest ends May 12th, 2013. (I will announce the winner shortly after, unless my baby comes early. I'm due May 18th!) 

-Allison

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Featured Artist at Scrap N' Art Magazine

This month Scrap n' Art magazine has myself and Mark Montano as their featured artists. 

You can check out the article, projects, tutorial and more with a free 30 day subscription. Just sign up for Scrap n' Art magaizne using the coupon code "2013MayFA30."

There will be a giveaway later this week on their facebook with a fun selection of my products. 

Project Life/ Photo Freedom

One of my pages from project life 2013. I'm loving the stamps and just ordered extra ink pads, so I can play more. Do you have favorite inks for stamping?Have you also tried the mini folders & note card yet? There are 2 sets - one for Sweet Notes and a set for Composition & Color. They are great to use and come in different sizes to fit inside the page protectors.

I don't think I'm going to be caught up on project life before baby #2 comes, but I'm enjoying it when I can.

Craft Attitude

I've blogged about my love for craft attitude and scrapbook attitude. There are so many cool ways to use this product. I used it to put my digital images on these cameras and a typewriter. The results were fantasic.
I was invited to use it for a new DIY Mother's Day project that I will be blogging on May 9th. You can pick up some of the cool products before then and check out these other blogs for DIY Mother's Day projects using craft attitude. Here is the schedule below...

• April 15th: Jonathan Fong.
• April 22: Gloria Uhler.
• April 25: Jaderbomb.
• April 29: Megan Elizabeth.
• May 2: Cyn Gagen.
• May 6: The Graphics Fairy.
• May 9: Allison Kreft

Be sure to check out their projects (and their giveaways). To find out more about Craft Attitude, click here, plus they are offering FREE SHIPPING for this promotion!

Spoonflower Fabric Shop

I opened a fabric shop on spoonflower and wanted to share the link with you guys. I'll be constantly adding patterns, so if you have a request please feel free to let me know.

Spoonflower is having a contest right now for baby animal fabrics. Here is mine I created.
Voting ends on Wednesday April 11, 2013 if you want to vote:)

-Allison

Pinterest ❤

I've been playing around on pinterest again, and it's so much fun seeing some layouts & projects there using some of the new releases! Here's a few I repinned on my board.

If you have something you created and want to share it- leave a link below and I'll check it out!

Happy Easter!

I'm getting ready for Easter tomorrow. We are going to be dying eggs in the afternoon so I pinned a bunch of my favorite DIY ideas on pinterest. I'm excited to try the ones using washi tape & stickers. Hoping my 2 year old can do some of these with my help. You can see the links to all the blogs from the photos above on my pinterest board.

New collections shipping now & a giveaway!

The new collections from CHA are shipping now. Check you favorite LSS or online stores for them. Both collections are also available at 2peas! Here are the links for Sweet Notes and Composition & Color.

I created some layouts for inspiration using a mix of both lines. I used the stickers, stamps, washi tapes, papers, overlays, cards and trim! I'm very trilled to have these in stores, and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's creations.

*Giveaway*

Here are the details for the giveaway. I'll be giving away 1 set of the new trim from each collection.

To enter leave a comment below and tell me what your favorites products are from the new release. For additional chances follow me on facebook, instagram, twitter or sign up for the newsletter. Leave another comment each time telling me what you did.

Good luck!

Allison

UPDATE: Congrats to Denise Bryant & Christi Conley for winning the trims :)

Party planning in full effect

We are celebrating Adelle's 2nd birthday this weekend so there's lots of party prep going on around here.  I used my new trim & stamps for the hat. (and Tim Holtz's tiny attacher to put it all together - one of my favorite tools)The birthday girl :)

I just got my package of the new release!! I love the paper bags so much. I also used the new stamps & washi tapes.

Of course I put a little sticker on the cupcake :)

I made garland, with the pom-pom tassels to hang at the party.

So hard to believe she is 2 years old!

More onesies

I'm really enjoying making these little onesies. Here's a few more I made over the weekend using my Spoonflower fabrics.

(FYI- when making these I'm adding applique on the back. That way I can sew them first with a machine to get the detail I want- then iron on the onesie.) It's a labor of love...

Photo Freedom

Thought I share part of my album from last month. It feels good to get these fun, random, everyday photos printed out and in an album.

I used mostly Today's Story Photo Freedom Kit,  plus some products from Composition & Color and Sweet Notes.

Little elephant onesie for the babe

I made this cute onesie for baby #2 using some of my simple patterns. I'm still playing around with more designs, but for now I have these fabrics and the owl pattern for sale in my Spoonflower shop. I'm hoping to make a lot more of these for the new baby in the next 2 months. 

Almost 2

I can't believe how fast Adelle is growing up. It seems like just yesterday she was born, and now she's going to be 2 and a big sister soon.  

I used the Composition & Color digital sitckers & washi tape above, and Adrienne Loonman's photoshop actions for the photo. 

Fabric & Stitching Wall Art

It's been a while since I sat down and took my time crafting anything. My baby girl is due in about 2.5 months - so I think this has something to do with it. Yesterday I decided to make some wall art to hang in her nursery.

I used embroidery floss, and printed out the word Love for a template. I used the printed template to poke holes through the paper & canvas using a pin. This way I had a guide for the letters.After I finished the word love- I used a piece of fabric (with my owl design from Spoonflower) to make a heart balloon. I stitched around the heart, left a small opening and filled it a little pillow stuffing little to add dimension. Once I put the stuffing in- I just finished stitching around the heart.I love how it turned out, and it was fun playing with my own fabric design. Let the nesting begin....

UPDATE: Owl fabric available in my spoonflower shop.