Back to School Sale!

School has already started for some and is just around the corner for others. I think it’s time to celebrate Back to School! Don’t get me wrong… I love my kids… but I’m ready for the regular schedule that school brings. The best way I can think of to celebrate is a SALE! Hopefully this will help jumpstart your fall crafting excitement! 

From now until Monday, July 27 you can take 30% OFF your entire purchase of $15 or more at my ONLINE SHOP! Be sure to watch my blog during the Back to School Sale for more FREEBIES and a GIVEAWAY coming your way. Let’s get this party started!!

Let’s kick this off with a cute little lunchbox note cutting file….

~CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE LUNCH NOTE CUTTING FILE~

Simply cut a little stack of these and stash them in your kitchen. When you feel so inspired… write a little note on one of your handy pre-cut cards and tuck it into your child’s lunchbox. I fondly remember the notes my mother would leave in my lunchbox. Now, my daughter looks forward to these notes, too. Just watch out… you might get nominated “mother of the year”!

Let’s have some fun…..when I get 40 comments on this post, I’ll put up a new FREE cutting file on my next post. 

Have a great day and enjoy the sale! You can visit the shop HERE. Don’t forget to use the code: SCHOOL at checkout.

Sweets and Treats

I love what Joy has done with Lori’s “Party Favor Wrapper.”  This is such a cute gift.

Check out her blog for more picture and info. She has a great set of instructions for you on her blog. Thanks Joy!

I also have a beautiful birthday box from Natalie to share. Our design team always does such an amazing job. Natalie has great info on her blog, head on over and check it out.

Thanks ladies, your projects are beautiful!

So Easy

Anyone that knows me, knows that hand making cards is just NOT my thing. They end up as clutter and turn into trash after I spent way too much time on them, so you can imagine my hesitance at making any of Lori’s amazing cards. Don’t get me wrong, they are BEAUTIFUL and inspire me as I upload them into the shop. And this week that desire to play with them over ran my clutter theory, and boy am I glad. These cards were so easy and fast! I think it took more time glueing pieces together than it did cutting everything, and it didn’t take that long to glue them.

I used a few of Lori’s files for these cards as well as her “Note to Self” collection from Echo Park. The “Birthday Button Set” inspired this round of cards. Originally it was just going to be one card, but I had left overs and some other patterns I was dying to try. I also used  “Card Base and Envelope Set 2” for the Birthday card. These are AMAZING. If you have not tried any of them head over to the shop and grab one, or two, or three ;). They cut out so fast and beautiful. For the star card I used Lori’s “Belly Band Cards.” I can’t say enough about how quick and easy these were. I definitely see card making in my future thanks to Lori. Glad she has lots to choose from. There is a bit more info on my blog if you need it… happy card making, Lisa

Back to School is just around the corner

Look what Corri has created for us today. She made the cards out of one of Lori’s shapes welded together, SMART!  Corri says… ”

I cut Lori’s  3″ x 3″ stationary box from this adorable apple paper from DCWV – Grade School Stack. I increased the size of the box so that it filled the 12″ x 12″ mat.  I embellished it with this 3d bow.
For my little note cards, I welded two scalloped squares from this set.
The little apples are from Lori’s Patriotic set.” Great job Corri, check out her blog for more details.
Thanks Corri for this adorable teacher gift idea!

A Special Giveaway

About a month ago I was contacted by Lori Gentile about a new kit club she’s starting. She wanted me to contribute to her monthly kits. I thought it sounded interesting and decided to join in the fun. The site launched TODAY. And, it’s so cute! You need to go check it out.

Gossamer Blue is a new monthly kit club dedicated to inspiring and motivating memory keepers and crafters alike. Each main kit is well coordinated with a mix of products from multiple manufacturers. The best part? Each main kit features a set of Lori Whitlock digital designs. The digital file contains both SVG (for use with electronic die cutting machines) and PNG files custom colored to match the kit (for use in Photoshop and/or Word). The designs are current, stylish and practical and can be used over and over, again.

This is the first month’s kit. Isn’t it CUTE!

Here’s a layout created by Cindy Liebel using the new kit. You’ll notice that she used a special edition of my “7 Tabs” cutting file found HERE. Great layout Cindy!

How about 5 chances to WIN this beautiful kit ($34.95 value)?

Like us on Facebook, follow us on Pinterest, follow us on Twitter, sign up for our email updates (to the right) and leave a comment on this post letting us know what you think by midnight on Saturday, August 4th. Don’t worry if you already like us or follow us. We’ll randomly pull a name from our entire lists and share the lucky winner’s name on Monday, August 6th.

Oh, and be sure to visit the Gossamer Blue blog for a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to my online SVG shop.