Working quietly behind the scenes, I know I haven’t weighed in for many days, but I’m cre8ting!! :-) So often when we have a bad experience we want to rush out and tell the world and I know sometimes I like having a good rant myself. But . . . I’m just as happy when I can tell a good story or something that was sooooo surprisingly good so I wanted to leave you with this little tidbit today.
My craft room is a wreck, honestly it is not fit for human viewing and I’m vowing the big renovation. One of my organization tips found HERE are an awesome set of clear DVD cases that I use to hold my Spellbinders and rubber stamps – see picture above. I’ve been doing the happy dance over these for years and just when things couldn’t get any better, I get to do a happy dance on top of that happy dance. I went to order these cases from a regular vendor day before yesterday and decided I’d rather call the company to order them rather than use my credit card on line (I’m a stickler about encryption). They are in a different time zone than me, so yesterday I missed them. Drats!! I got online and did a little bit of research – all that ever seems to come up is Amazon and I didn’t want that either. Lo and behold up pops the name TapeOnline. I’ve never heard of them but the price on these DVD’s is half of what they cost with the regular vendor and the shipping was 1\3 of the cost of what I had paid for previous orders. And get this…I ordered them at 6:00pm last night and my mouth dropped open when the Fed ex man knocked on my door a bit ago. They’re already here – less than 20 hours later. Happy, happy dance, right?!!?!
The regular vendor I used before had never let me down so I certainly don’t want to bad mouth them, but I sure do want to good mouth TapeOnline. I’ll be changing the link on my tutorial to point to them since I’ve ordered from them and received such good service. Now excuse me while I happy dance my way back to the studio to put up my new DVD cases. If you look at the organizational tip I did back in 2009 you’ll see I use these for cling stamps too – a word of advice – if you do that please put your stamps on a clear liner sheet so that the stamps don’t react with the acrylic. Here are the links: (These are sold as you see in the picture above (without an inner tray). In the past I removed the tray and threw it away – now with this vendor I get a better price as they offer them without the inner tray!!
Happy Monday sweet friends! Cool things going on today!! I have a new tutorial to share you with (by reader demand) and a bonus tip!! First of all, let me just say that sometimes I’m on autopilot – on my last card I mentioned using a Martha Stewart punch and it was actually an EKSuccess Large Edger Punch. I knew that and have no idea why I wrote it that way!! I’ve gone back to my original post and edited in the correct information and I have it correctly here too!! Thanks for tipping me off, you are the best readers evah!! My card today uses the same technique of punching 360 degrees around to create a border frame, corners filled, with a consistent margin all around. It’s a quick tutorial today, and I show you how to do this with any type of linear border punch!
Hey, by the way, did you notice my new button? It’s on the right side of my blog – all you have do is grab the html and throw it into your side bar. I also figured out that I had a bad link on my contact page that was trying to send you to the FAQ (frequently asked questions) but was sending you to an old version. I’ve corrected it. I hope you’ll take a second to look – you may even find the answer to your question there!! Thanks for stopping by today – I’ll see you soon!!
Good morning sweet friends. As I mentioned yesterday, today is the Our Daily Bread Designs 4th Anniversary Special Design Team Edition Release Blog Hop – welcome! If you got here from Jan Marie Ennenga’s Blog, you are in the right place! Should you get off track, a list of all the ladies participating in the hop is posted on the ODBD Blog to guide you along the way. If you’ve stopped by on this anniversary day in previous years you know this is an event I get super excited about. For the sets being released today the Design Team submits a quote or Scripture for inclusion in the Anniversary Sets. The sets this year are exquisite, here’s the quote I picked and you can see all the sets HERE.
Stay tuned for the blog hop details below in the meantime here’s how I put my card together today…I cut my cardstock to 4″ x 6.5″ and went around the outside with a Martha Stewart border punch leaving a tall rectangle on the interior of the punching. I popped this layer up from the 5″ x 7″ base. I thenmatted my sentiment with a piece of cardstock and popped this layer up. of cardstock before I added my sentiment. I finished by tying a bow and adding paper roses and pearls as embellishment. That’s it – soooo easy!!
Anniversary Hop Particulars:
The Hop will run from 8:00 am Eastern time on March 17, 2012 until 8:00 pm Eastern time on March 18, 2012.
The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on March 19, 2012.
Five Prizes are up for grabs:Four hoppers will each win an Anniversary Set and One hopper will win The Complete Anniversary Bread Basket Bundle!
How to Enter the Drawing:
Hop to each designer’s blog and leave a comment.
Return to the ODBD Blog and leave a comment telling us that you completed the hop.
Note any blogs you were unable to comment on.
Your Next Stop: You’ll be in for some sweet eye candy as you move on to then next designer, the talentedConnie McCotter.
SUPPLIES I USED
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs – Quote Collection Two Paper: My Minds Eye – Lost and Found Ink: Versamark Onyx Black Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Sheer Ribbon, Recollections Pearls, Mini Prima Flowers, ETAEKSuccess Large Edge Punch – Scroll Pattern
Hugs to you all for stopping by today. Thanks and I’ll see you soon!!
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