Coupons for the Week of June 6 - 11, 2011

Archiver's coupon updated 6/7/2011.

AC MOORE
Click here for the latest from AC Moore, including a 50% off coupon good until the 11th!

ARCHIVER'S
See the email ad that I got which includes a link to a30% off coupon (one item). Good until June 15th!

HANCOCK FABRICS
Here is the web version of the latest email I got from them. Click here for 40% off instore coupons (1 for notions, 1 for fabric) good until June 15th!

JOANNs
Check this out, only good until the 7th.

HOBBY LOBBY
View the weekly specials email I got here! Go here to print your 40% off one regular priced item coupon. Amonghst other specials, Spellbinder dies are 40% off.

MICHAEL'S  

Go to their interactive weekly ad and see what they have in store for you this week! 

SCRAP-MART
Scrap-Mart has a monthly coupon code. I have3 not yet received the June code. If you have, please let me know what it is so I can post it!  thanks!


For the record, by posting the coupons here, I am not endorsing any of the stores, just including them for your convenience and mine! Nor do I purport to have listed everything or not made a mistake.

Enjoy!

M-C

 

Elegant Eclectic Butterfly Mini Albums

I recently made a couple of minis, out of some of the collections that recently came out that had butterflies and similar color pallets!  I wanted to share a few of the pictures, first of the super mini (6x6) which I sent to my swap partner Loretta! I want to thank Loretta for her pictures, mine weren't as good as hers and so she agreed to share hers! I'll post the other mini separately, when I get a chance!  There are also video's available on my You Tube channel if you'd like to see those.



I really love this shot Loretta took of the
decorations I put and made for this mini.



Prima flowers, some lace, crystal lacquer on the letters,
flowers on the rings and a little bling that is what this
book is made of, LOL!

The Butterfly is also from the Pink Paisley Butterfly Garden
Collection and the white pearl flower is from Zva Creations.

I pierced holes and ran and tied lace to use as tag holders.
The white lace was tied here and the blue on the other side.

There are three tags slipped into the lace on the left hand page!

Prima and Zva flowers, and ephemera are used on these
pages that I wanted to leave open for larger pictures.

The little tags shown here out of their pocket, go into the
bird nest ephemera which I pop-dotted up for dimension.

The pocket is created from a Prima journaling tag from
their Botanical Collection. I proped up using folded cardstock.



This mini in a mini is held together with a pink crystal
brad which is inserted from the back allowing the
legs to be hidden under the flowers.

 I hope you like the book!  Here is a list of the products I used:

Paper Collections:
Pink Paisley Butterfly Garden
Prima Botanical
Webster's Pages (Various)
BoBunny Gabrielle

Flowers
Prima Marketing
Zva Creations
Wild Orchid Crafts
Recollections

Metal
Tim Holtz swivel clasp
Prima, Marion Smith Trinkets

Beads are from Michaels

Lace
Miscellaneous

Coupons for Memorial Weekend and May 30 to June 4th 2011

Hobby Lobby, Hancock and Archivers updated 5/31/2011


AC MOORE
Click here for the latest from AC Moore, including a 50% off coupon good Sunday and Monday!

ARCHIVER'S
See the email ad that I got which includes a link to the two 30% off coupons (one item and cardstock) that we;ve become used to! Good until June 6th!

HANCOCK FABRICS
Here is the web version of the latest email I got from them. Click here for 40% off instore coupons (1 for notions, 1 for fabric) good until June 15th!

JOANNs
Nothing new yet.

HOBBY LOBBY
View the weekly specials email I got here! 30% off needlecraft items coupon...really? However if you check the flyer, there are a number of scrapbooking items 50% off!!!

MICHAEL'S  

Go to their interactive weekly ad and see what they have in store for you this week! 

SCRAP-MART
Scrap-Mart has a monthly coupon code. I thought I would add it here for those of you who might be interested. Their email says you need to enter KETTLE in the customer comments after checkout!

For the record, by posting the coupons here, I am not endorsing any of the stores, just including them for your convenience and mine! Nor do I purport to have listed everything or not made a mistake.

Enjoy!

M-C

 

Two Pink Paisley Butterfly Garden Mini Album Kits for Sale

I've been working with the Pink Paisley Butterfly Garden collection and I thought I'd put a couple of mini album kits together for you! I do mean a couple as in there are only 2!  So it really is first come first served!

Here is a picture of the kit:

Check out the video showing you everything that is in the kit here!

 Thanks for looking! 

Project Post - Thank You Cards

I wanted to make a couple of cards to thank some special ladies who sent me some fun scrappy stuff this week.  I hope that these will let them know just how much their kindness touched me and was appreciated! 

I used the following to make the cards:

The Girl's Papery

Bazzill Petunia cardstock

Zva roses

Offray Ribbon

Thank You Rub-on: Pepples Inc

Spellbinder's Labels Seventeen

Hand made flower on first card : Sizzix Flowers 3-D/Girl's Papery2010

Hand Made Flower on second card: Various Punches - Misc pink paper, Tattered Angel's Tattered Rose Mist.

Hope you like them! 

Coupons Week of May 22-28, 2011

AC MOORE
Click here a 40% off coupon good all week as well as their weekly ad.

ARCHIVER'S
See the email ad that I got which includes a link to a 30% off coupon good until May 25th. 

HANDCOCK FABRICS
Here is the web version of the latest email I got from them.

HOBBY LOBBY
Here is the email I got from HL for this week for in store promotions, which includes a 25% off one regular priced item coupon. Amongst other specials this week stamps and all Slice products are 40% off and some of the bling and all ribbon by the spool are 30% off. Click here to go directly to the 40% off one regular priced item coupon.


JOANNs
Click here to see the email I got from JoAnns this week!

MICHAEL'S  
Go to their new interactive weekly ad and get your 40% off coupon plus 12 more covering a multitude of products. 

SCRAP-MART
Scrap-Mart has a monthly coupon code. I thought I would add it here for those of you who might be interested. Their email says you need to enter KETTLE in the customer comments after checkout!

For the record, by posting the coupons here, I am not endorsing any of the stores, just including them for your convenience and mine! Nor do I purport to have listed everything or not made a mistake.

Enjoy!

M-C

Michael's have a new interactive ad whcih you can find here! From what I see, you can print the weekly coupon directly from the ad.

Layouts for my June Class

The layouts for the June class use the Echo Park for the Record kit. We all seem to love what Echo Park has been doing lately and you'll notice that many of my classes have used their collection kits. This is a glimmer/shimmer misting class.  There are three doilies as well as a flower that are misted and we will also be making the flower on the first page.  For the Record, LOL, there is also lace to be applied and bling.I'm looking forward to it! You may be wondering why my layouts never have pictures!  They do, eventually, but for the class they are actually "naked" and for the picture taking I add some standard size photo mats just so people can get an idea of the pictures that can be added.  The white mats are just a suggestion though!

And here they are in their pairing:

I hope that you enjoy the layouts!  I may have a couple of extra kits for sale, all pre-cut and premisted, ready for you to put together.  The cost is $35 and you can reserve one by emailing me.  I'll let you know and send you a paypal invoice as soon as it is clear how many will be in the class.  I believe that I have 8 of the paper kits on hand!  Thanks ahd have a great day!

Coupons for the Week of 15 - 21 May 2011

FOLLOWING WERE UPDATED on 5/18/2011:
Archivers, JoAnns

AC MOORE
Click here for loads of good coupons at AC Moore for this week. 40% off all week. 10% off all your purchases all day Tuesday.

ARCHIVER'S
See the email ad that I got which includes a link to a 30% off coupon good until May 25th. 

HANDCOCK FABRICS
Here is the web version of the latest email I got from them.

HOBBY LOBBY
Here is the email I got from HL for this week for in store promotions, which includes a 25% off one regular priced item coupon. Amongst other specials this week stamps and all Slice products are 40% off and some of the bling and all ribbon by the spool are 30% off. Here is the email I got for online promotions. Use online code 05255 to get 25% off one regular priced item. Shipping is $3 on all orders this week.

JOANNs
Get 40% off one item online when you use code EEDN38 in your shopping cart. All embelishments are 40% off this week.  UPDATE: Free Shipping is also a choice with a minimum purchase of $40 and by using code EADX140 at checkout.

MICHAEL'S  
Go to their new interactive weekly ad and get your 40% off coupon.

SCRAP-MART
Scrap-Mart has a monthly coupon code. I thought I would add it here for those of you who might be interested. Their email says you need to enter KETTLE in the customer comments after checkout!

For the record, by posting the coupons here, I am not endorsing any of the stores, just including them for your convenience and mine! Nor do I purport to have listed everything or not made a mistake.

Enjoy!

M-C

Michael's have a new interactive ad whcih you can find here! From what I see, you can print the weekly coupon directly from the ad. This week it is 40% off any regular priced item with the usual exceptions!

Coupons for the Period May 8-14, 2011

Happy Mothers' Day to all the moms that read this blog and there are quite a few of you!


AC MOORE
Click here for a 50% off coupon good until May 14th 2011.

ARCHIVER'S
New ad with 30% off coupon and cardstock special good until May 11th. 

HANDCOCK FABRICS
Here is the web version of the latest email I got from them. The coupon expires today, May 8th.  Remember that I do try to update during the week!

HOBBY LOBBY
Check out  this weeks specials and the 40% off one regular priced item. Dollhouse furniture, craft feathers and craft glitter and glitter glues amongst other things are 50% off this week! Use Coupon Code: 5407 to shop online.
Use online code EADX124 to get free shipping when you spend $40+ at Joanns.com. It's really all about fabrics this week.

MICHAEL'S 
Clcik on the image to get to the printable size picture! This is how my coupon printed with stuff on the bottom and top of the page so, print it and cut it out!

JOANN'S
Wow talk about timing!  I was just about to post this blog entry without JoAnn's and checked one last time in my in-box and here is is, this weeks email with a 40% off coupon and loads of scrapbooking goodness on sale!  EEDX141 is the online 40% off one item code.


SCRAP-MART
Scrap-Mart has a monthly coupon code. I thought I would add it here for those of you who might be interested. Their email says you need to enter KETTLE in the customer comments after checkout!

For the record, by posting the coupons here, I am not endorsing any of the stores, just including them for your convenience and mine!

Have a fun and safe week!

M-C

And the Winner of the Blog Candy is...

The winner of the giveaway I put together as part of the Artsy Addict Blog Hop is....

Wait for it!

I used Random.org to pick the winner!  There were 54 comments on my blog, one of which was mine and didn't count, so I put 53 into the selector.

The 17th comment on my blog post was Teri and she is a subscriber!  So congratulations Teri!  You have one week to contact me with your address!  I have the package together and almost ready to go already so you can expect to get your goodies pretty quickly!

I can't believe that I am at 185 blog followers and of course at 200, I will just have to break down do another giveaway! There will be a twist to this giveaway to reward my faithful subscribers, so stay tuned, send your friends and leave comments ;-)

Have a great week!

M-C



Coupons for the Week of May 2-8, 2011

First, if you are reading this before 1pm EST on May 1st, 2011 and are a subscriber, have you entered my giveaway, yet?  Check out my previous blog entry to do so if you haven't!

AC MOORE
Click here for a 40% off coupon good until May 6th, and one 50% off coupon good on May 7th! Scroll down for a 50% off coupon good from May 8-14th 2011.

ARCHIVER'S
New ad with 30% off coupon good until May 3rd only.

HANDCOCK FABRICS
Find two 40% off coupons good until May 4th here. You can also use the code SPRING15 to your cart to get 15% off your entire online purchase.  Coupon code is good until May 6th.

HOBBY LOBBY
Check out  this weeks online specials and also have a look at this weeks in store specials and coupon, 30% off craft stencis and accessories.

JOANN'S
Use online code EADX124 to get free shipping when you spend $40+ at Joanns.com. It's really all about fabrics this week.

MICHAEL'S 
I am really tired of Michael's not sending me the coupons!  You would think they would like the free publicity! Oh well!  I'll have to come up with a work around!

SCRAP-MART
Scrap-Mart has a monthly coupon code. I thought I would add it here for those of you who might be interested. Their email says you need to enter KETTLE in the customer comments after checkout!

For the record, by posting the coupons here, I am not endorsing any of the stores, just including them for your convenience and mine!

Enjoy your friends and family this week!

M-C

Artsy Addict's First Blog Hop

ABOUT THE BLOG HOP
Hi everyone, welcome to my little spot in Marion Smith's 1st ever Artsy Addict Technique Blog Hop! I am both thrilled and honored to be a part of this blog hop.  If you are here, you should have come from Lily Marquez blog! If you came from somewhere else and want to follow the Artsy blog hop, the start point is Angela's blog! Angela worked hard to put the blog hop together!

There are great techniques being shared and loads of great people to meet and there are even some giveaways!  See below what I'm giving away!

MY PROJECT/TECHNIQUE

This is my project! 

My multi media canvas is inspired by my love of hills, water, flowers, birds, butterflies and bird cages. You can watch the full video.

For the blog portion, I am focusing on the birdcage. The cage is made of MDF and is sold by Kaisercraft.  I used gold Rub'n Buff which I bought at Michael's. I then used/poured Gold Detail Embossing powder which I heat set.  It comes out nice and shimmery! Later in the project, I decided to dry brush some black acrylic paint to age it a little.

THE COMPLETE PROJECT VIDEO
(FYI - I have uploaded a new version with slightly better audio 05/01/2011/15:09) Finally, I was able to upload it!  Thanks for your patience and for taking the time to visit, read, watch and leave a comment!

 

THE ACTUAL RUB'N BUFF TUTORIAL

You know that scrubbie from Ranger?  Well it is great for more than getting ink off your hands!  It does a great job of cleaning off your brushes (just use it from the top of the bristles towards the bottom).  You can even use it to clean ink or glue off your brayer! And it lasts and lasts!



MY GIVE AWAY
To be eligible to win the following prize, you must be a follower of this blog and leave a comment at the bottom of this blog entry! You have until 1pm EST May 2nd to enter. I'll draw the prize later that Monday!

WHERE TO NEXT

Your next stop is the Purple Lily Studio!

What a Great Week

Busy weeks can be great weeks!  With most of my prep work done for my Group of 6 Layout class on Friday night, I was able to just have fun on Wednesday with Charlene!  We just scrapped and enjoyed each other's company, went out and had Thai for lunch and had dinner at Beef o'Brady's. The Thai food at Spice was just great, the burger at Beefs, not so great!! In fact, it was the worst burger I've had in a very long time! Oh well, it probably was just a fluke and I'll give them another chance in the coming months! Oh BTW, I worked on an ATC for a swap.  The twist was that I couldn't use any paper. Here is what it looks like.  I'll explain how I made this in more detail on Friday, during the Artsy Addict Technique Blog Hop. Stay Tuned!

Thursday I accompanied Hubby to his work and enjoyed the company of some of the wonderful people that I have met over the last couple of years! It was really wonderful to speak with some of the Deans, fellow scrapbooker and prof Sharlene B, the very personable and kind Barry and the two lovely ladies who I went to Canada with just a few weeks ago, Andrea and Brandis! 

As I mentionned earlier, Friday was my group of six layout class and I had a great time.  I really enjoy meeting with these wonderful and dedicated teachers and coming up with ideas for layouts for them to do each month!

As for Saturday I picked up my friend Charlene and went to Simply Scrapbooks in Kittering, OH where I met up with Tina, Gina and Melissa to take a couple of classes with Kimber McGray!  You can see the cards we made on Kimber's blog, here! We had a great time and went home with some really pretty cards!

L to R: Melissa, Kimber, Tina and Gina

Kimber and Charlene at Simply Scrapbooks

One more thrill this week, my great friend Kate I is expecting!  After 11 years of marriage, she and her hubby Larry were finally blessed!  I am so totally excited for her!  Kate I hope that Larry waits on you hand and foot and that baby treats his mom well over the next few months.  Well after that too, LOL!

This week was my buddy, April's birthday!  Happy birthday, April, you look awesome!

I was speaking with two people on A Little Scrap of Heaven today and they became new subscribers to the blog!  Hi to Becca and Rachel!

A la prochaine, mes amis!

Coupons for the Week of 24-30 April, 2011

AC MOORE
Click here for your 50% off one regular priced item AC Moore coupon!

ARCHIVER'S
Sorry, no new online coupon again for this week.  Instead, they sent coupons via snail mail a few weeks ago.  So do make sure that you register to get their coupons in the mail! Archivers seems to work in cycles, snail mail coupons for a while and then a bunch of emailed ones.  Here is the link to their latest ad, which is really about their contest!  You can win a trip to The MAll of the Americas during Scrapfest!  Note however that give up control of your project the minute you send it in and can use it at their discretion from then on in, including as the basis for them to create projects for classes in their stores! As long as you are OK with that, have fun!


HANDCOCK FABRICS
This is a new addition to the lineup. Here is their latest coupon.


MICHAEL'S  I'll update as soon as I can get their coupons.  Did not get their email again this week! I think Michael's boycots me because I post their links, LOL! LEt's try this and see what happens! Click on this image and then print it.

Hope you enjoy your week!

M-C

HOBBY LOBBY
Here is the link to the web version of the email sent by HL this week which includes a 40% one regular priced product. Here is the link to the weekly specials, which include 30% off all Cuttlebug items.

JOANN'S 
I'm waiting for a new email.  Perhaps tomorrow, since today is Easter?