Hi!  I am part of a blog hop with Faber- Castell Design Memory Craft and Pink Paislee today!  Join me over at the blog for the full project info and don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a $50 prize from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft!  I  made a cute hanging sign using the Artisan line and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos and PITT Artist pens.  Here's a peek at my project.

Go to the Pink Paislee blog and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft blog for more details and inspiration!

 

Are you going to be there??  Limited spots available... call today! I'll be teaching LOTS of media techniques using Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products, Helmar Adhesives, and a TON of Prima products in the Divine and Life Time as well as a mixed media album!

 

Helmar Challenge & Ustream class info...

April's here and it's time for a little challenge... Are you a Project Life follower or participant?  Don't know what Project Life is?  Well, I've been a lurker of artists and scrapbookers who are doing Project Life and haven't gotten into it yet myself but I plan to do this challenge.  It's a mini project life page, journal, whatever... ONE week. Maybe a scrapbook page of a day in the life or week of favorites.  Here is the post link to the Helmar blog that details the info.

So all you have to do now, is do your own version of Aprils Challenge and Link it up via your blog post or Facebook upload, and link it with our Linky tool in the Right Hand sidebar of the blog!  Easy as that.  Make sure you include what Helmar projects you used in your blog post!
You could even win yourself a gift certificate to the Helmar Store!  You gotta be in it to win it!!!!

I will be doing a Helmar Live Ustream class on Tuesday, April 24th at 7pm EST!  I will be creating this Nicho using chipboard, cardboard shapes, felt, WOW Embossing powders, and of course Helmar adhesives!  I'll be using Helmar ZapDots Squares, 450 Quickdry Adhesive, and Crackle Step 1 Adhesive.

Join me for this fun class!  I hope to see you in the chat room!

Blog Hop: Perfect Layers & Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft is teaming up with Perfect Layers for a blog hop!  Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft will be giving away $50 in prizes and Perfect Layers will be giving away 3 Perfect Layers Rulers!

Here’s how you can win:

1. You have until midnight EST, on April 5th to complete the hop. 
2. Just follow the links below- be sure to leave a comment on each post.  That way, we’ll know you were there.  Happy hopping! 

Here is my project using the Perfect Layers tools.  I used the Perfect Tears deckle tool to create the edging on the colored pieces.  Then I used the Perfect Layers tool to create the matting.  It made it so easy to create even edges all the way around!

I used the water pen to moisten the edges of the paper around the deckle tool.  It allowed me to tear it easier since I was using cardstock.

I colored the strips that I tore with the Tropical Gelatos and layered them on the card.

The perfect layer tool is easy to use and created even matting on all sides!  Super easy!  Don't for get to hop to the other blogs and leave comments!

Start:
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft http://designmemorycraft.typepad.com/
Tiffany Johnson http://iheartartblog.com/
Roxie Glaza  http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/
Rita Barakat http://letsembellish.blogspot.com/
Wendy Ramlakhan http://sugarpea-designs.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Matott http://arttalk-sigmagirl.blogspot.com/
Eva Uyeunten  http://craftingthisandthat.blogspot.com/
Colleen McGinty http://artbythelake.typepad.com/my-blog/
Jenny Gropp - http://onekraftykat.blogspot.com/
Mou Saha http://collagecollagecollage.blogspot.com/
Laura Lynn   http://blog.perfectpapercrafting.com/
Jill Foster http://stampinginspiredby.blogspot.com/
Pam Sparks  http://expressionswithheart.wordpress.com/
Perfect Layers also has a special discount for you- use coupon code FC5% to get 5% off your entire order!

Helmar Ustream and Templates

Thank you to all of you that joined me on my Helmar Live Ustream class tonight!  I promised to upload the templates for the paper rainboots... so here they are!  Please upload your versions to our Helmar Facebook page so we can see!

  Video streaming by Ustream
Join me next month on Ustream for Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft on April 11th and on Helmar Live on April 23rd! 

Blog Hop with Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft and Just Right Stamps

Welcome to our blog hop with JustRite® Stampers!  We’re so excited to show you what we’ve been working on over the past couple of weeks! 
We’ll also be giving away a prize every day (3/18 ~3/19)!

Before I show you the prize pack, let me share my project I did with the stamps and Design Memory Craft's products.  I created a wall hanging with the adorable Grandma's Attic Background stamp and Ooh La La French Frills Stamps.

 Using Faber-Castell's Textural Accents gel medium, I adhered sewing pattern tissue paper to the chipboard piece.  I stamped with Stamper's Big Brush Markers in black and they came out so crisp and gorgeous!
Gelatos from the 50's Diner set added color to the dress form and hexagons.

I hope you liked my wall-hanging and will continue the hop!   Here are the prizes you could win!
Leave me a comment and make sure you visit the other designers and main sites!

Two winners will win the following prize pack from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft:

Two winners will win one of the prize packs below from JustRite (worth $54 and $84):



The blog posts for the hop will be released on 3/18~ 3/19. You have until midnight EST, on March 22^nd to complete the hop.  Just follow the links below- be sure to leave a comment on each post.  That way, we’ll know you were there.  Happy hopping! 
Want an extra chance to win a prize?  Tweet us at @DesignMemCraft and @JustRiteStamper! 
Link List for the 18th
JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Sharon Harnist
Eva Dobilas
Tiffany Johnson
Michele Kovack
Heidi Blankenship
Kellie Fortin
Rita Barakat
Sheri Holt
Angela Barkhouse
Barb Schram

Link List for the 19th
JustRite Inspiration
Debbie Olson
Heidi Blankenship
Sharon Harnist
Michele Kovack
Jen Matott <------ are="" br="" here="" you=""> Darsie Bruno
Kellie Fortin
Marisa Job
Kathy Jones
Margie Higuchi
Kazan Clark
Barb Schram
Colleen McGinty
Mou Saha
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

Blog Hop: Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft & Cornish Heritage Farms rubber stamps

Two lucky winners will win a $50 prize pack. 

Here’s Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft’s prize:

Cornish Heritage Farms Rubber Stamp's prize:

Here’s how you can win!

1.  You have until midnight EST on February 28^th to complete the hop. 

2.  Cornish Heritage Farms Rubber Stamps and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft will have a new craft to share with you every day.  Visit their  blogs and leave a comment on each post.  This way, we’ll know you were there. 

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

Cornish Heritage Farms Rubber Stamps

3.  Have fun!  We look forward to seeing your comments. 

4.  Want an extra chance to win a prize?  Follow and tweet us about the hop at                        @DesignMemCraft!   Winners will be announced daily.  

Winners will be announced on the companies’ blogs on February 29^th. 

Jen Matott here to share a project made with Faber Castell Design Memory Craft and Cornish Heritage Farms Rubber Stamps.  I created a cover to my new journal.For this canvas journal cover, I used the following:
Cornish Heritage Farms rubber stamp  Antiques
Cornish Heritage Farms Backgrounders rubber stamp in French Script
Cornish Heritage Farms Backgrounders rubber stamp in WoodGrain
Cornish Heritage Farms rubber stamps in A Time to Stamp
Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos®:  Banana, Squid Ink, Acqua Dolce, Snow Cone, Blood Orange
Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Stamper's Big Brush pen: Black
Faber- Castell Design Memory Craft Textural Accents Gesso

First I coated the cover with Faber- Castell Design Memory Craft's Textural Accents Gesso and allowed it to dry.  I then stamped this image in black.
I added Banana Gelato to the center and added water with a spray bottle.  Tip the journal to create the drippage. 
I used the Gesson on a tag by applying a thick coat and allowing it to mostly dry before stamping the Woodgrain stamp into the gesso.  It made a raised image and then I added Gelatos to accent the image.
You can see the detail here and I also stamped a key and lock with the Stamper's Big Brush Pen in Black.

Here is a close up of the stamps on vellum.  It was attached with staples to the canvas an you can see the clock from underneath. 

Last day to enter and hop.  Good luck! Don't forget to stop by Cornish Heritage Farms too.