I knew I could shock you all if I did another video tutorial today. And, since I'm all about the shock factor, here it is.
Just a couple notes:
1. The lettering is really dimensional and I wish it showed better. The tape all twisted up makes it look like a glittery rope of lettering.
2. I added the flower petals cut from an old book that the school library was tossing out. I edged these with some stuff Tim Holtz sent me called Perfect Pearls by Ranger. I love it, but it doesn't really show up in the photo. In real life it's awesome!
3. I can now imagine glitter taping lots of stuff. You could form it into shapes like flowers or hearts or butterflies....... you could trace images on the paper (imagine the stitched lines in the paper I used on the card with glitter taping.
4. This is so much nicer than glue because I can never get a perfect bead and then the glue tends to flatten out a bit as it dries too.
Just a note, before you watch the clip....... I am teasing Justin. He is really my retailer event BFF and I would help him with anything, including stepping up his make and take and helping his customers..... that way I can help them right over to my products! I'm kidding.....
To make one of these flowers, simply attend an event where Justin is slacking, or watch this video. They are fun and easy!
Hey everyone! Gym Girl here. Last week, instead of a sketch, Julie asked you to try something you are afraid of. You girls & guys must be fearless! We only had 6 people admit to being intimidated! Well, who's going to teach me to be brave? Like Lindsay, I too am afraid of mice. (Although he did a better job screaming like a 12 year old girl than I ever could!) Unlike Lindsay, my list of things I'm afraid of doesn't stop there! I'm scared of spiders, bees, bugs, worms, snakes...(anything with more legs or less legs than I have). I'm scared of the water, of heights, of basements....well you get the idea! That doesn't even begin to cover my crafting fears! (Don't get me started on how afraid I am of sewing machines!) I'm going to assume, just for my own sense of well being, that the rest of you have a fear of admitting your crafting fears. Because, if there are only 7 of us out there who have crafting fears, that will only add to my insecurities!
Jennifer Hansen said she's unsure of what to do with ribbon.
Melanie Douthit said, "Who isn't afraid of lime green paint?" (good point!)
Grace Tolman overcomes her fear of "Shabby Chic"
mustangkayla said she's afraid of adhering elements as you go. I have the opposite problem. When I try to lay everything out first, I always like it better before it's glued than after I move it to put adhesive down. I'm too OCD. If it's not exactly (to the millimeter) where it was the first time, I hate the whole LO. If I just do it as I go, then I go with the flow of the page and don't worry about every angle, inch, or placement.
Erica M.'s fear is where to begin without referring to a sketch.
Well, Ladies. You have obviously conquered your fears. Spectacular projects! Thanks so much for playing along. Julie said you'd be proud of yourselves when you were done. How's it feel? I am going to take on one of my biggest scrapbooking fears next month. I never think my own photography is good enough. I have an SLR camera that I have no idea how to use. So, I am taking a photography class starting next week. Wish me luck!
We had a great time on our whirlwind trip to Edmonton for the Memories Wholesale Retailer event. It was cold, the people were terrific, the food, especially at Earl's was of the charts, and we were exhausted when we flew home bright and early yesterday morning.
The first video is of Todd from My Minds Eye. Julie and I were at the front of the plane, and we could hear something from the back of the plane that sounded like something was caught in the airplanes propeller.
If you watch the first video and listen closely you will discover, as we did that, what it was.
I think it might be Todd's 'super power." When we got off of the plane, I caught up with him and asked if he was able to sleep on the plane. He said "no", that he has a tough time sleeping on planes. I said, hmmm.......
The next is Julie. We had to get up at 4:00AM. When I knocked on her door at 4:30 she asked me to not be so chipper in the morning. Our rooms were close to each other and she said she could hear me singing from her room at 4:00AM.
Can anyone tell me if there is something wrong with that?
And the last is Matt from Bo-Bunny. Matt is a little paranoid around me. I have lots of video of Matt from this event. Are you nervous Matt?
There will be more updates about our event later this week and some fun video.
We would like to thank all of you for the comments of the things to do in your hometown. Our blog readers are better than Trip Adviser! We have a file that we keep all blog comments in and we will be using your ideas if we're ever in your neck of the woods.
Julie and I decided that if you ever came to Logan, where we live, we would have to take you somewhere like California or Hawaii, especially this time of the year.
Okay, Mustang Kayla turned us on to this project that she found created by Carole Jansons using our Jacks World Collection. Since the Olympics are going on all of the judges here at Cosmo Cricket would give it a perfect score. Soooooooo Sooooooo Cool!
And last.........The winner from last week is............ Jess who recommends we get a fat sandwich from the grease truck. Jess all you have to do is email kristen@cosmocricket.com your address and start chasing those brown trucks with the U P S letters on them.
It's Friday and by the time you read this we will be in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. Do you remember the song " I've been everywhere man"? Well you might say that we have racked up a whole lot of frequent flyer miles.
While in Canada we will be there supporting one of our valued distributors, Memories Wholesale.
Trudy,Garry, Beverly and their team do a really great job and we like them a lot. It will be cold but we have fun meeting the store's from up North.
Below are the winners of the Scrapbook.com challenge for January.
Sorry, were late and by the way we love your work! The first is brought to us from Amanda Kurtz. She did a terrific layout using our Early Bird Collection.
The next one is from Izzy Anderson. You have to love her first name and her project using Jolly by Golly. That baby has a future in pictures!
People are down right talented. Keep up the good work!
Speaking of challenges, we promised a contest while were gone.
Okay, so when we travel, we often "Google" the things to do (if we have the time) while were there.
Help us out, if we ever came to your hometown, what should we try to see while were there.
Leave a comment for a chance to win a Material Girl Paper Crafting Kit, a Garden Variety Paper Crafting Kit, a Joy Ride Paper Crafting Kit, and one each of our 6 new Tiny Type Stickers.
I love this project. Why? It's fun........It's creative.........It's Cosmo Cricket! This Material Girl mini album was created by Julie Johnson. Julie is one of our retailers who has a company called paisleyandpolkadots.com, also known as Moments to Memories.
This is just a sampling of the kit that she is selling.
Is this the coolest?
All I can say is "WOW" and I want one of them.
Material Girl has been one our best selling collections ever. We have received emails from some of the stores that have received their orders, ready to re-order.
This video is dedicated to all of you girls, "material" or not.
Have a great day and watch for a drawing tomorrow................................................
You all seem to have so much fun with the sketches, but this week I thought we would try a challenge instead. However, I'm not going to make it too specific. What I want you to do is to try something that scares you. Is it paint? the color yellow? cutting a photo out freeform? just getting started?
Well, whatever it is, it's time to tackle the fear. This is something I know a lot about because I am afraid of lots of things. One of them is flying. But with each flight, I get a little bit better at it. In fact, I know longer have to chant, "It's going to be all right" under my breath for the duration of the flight. Nope, now I only do that until that beeb that lets you know you have reached altittude. My flying companinions are so happy about this!
If you would like to play this week, here's what to do: Create your layout, project or card using something that intimidates you a bit whether it's a color, technique, subject, etc. Then, post your creation online with a link here, and an explanation of the fear you overcame.
Good luck, you'll be so proud of yourself when you're done!
Now, for some more exciting news.......... we have partnered with Silhouette! If you have a Silhouette, you can now download Cosmo Cricket art that coordinates with our papers to use with your machine. They don't have everything, but if you love Material Girl, well she's over there.
Sarah is on the Core'dinations Design team and so she has been
playing with the Cosmo Cricket Core' dinations papers. In the process,
she made a brilliant discovery that she was so nice to share with us.
Apparently you can take the guide off an EK corner rounder punch (I
don't own one and so I haven't tried this yet). Then, you can use your
punch to make fabulous scallops. But, as great as that is....... hey,
it's news to me...... that was not her discovery. No, really scrappy
people have known about that for some time, but what Sarah discovered
is that it's like we planned our polka dots in Early Bird to match up
perfectly with EK's punch. Check it out!
Random Thing #2, Fake Eyelash Tutorial
Random Thing #3, 5th Grade Maturation Clinic. We Survived!
Okay, Julie is going to be giving a demo on the blog later today about how to apply false eyelashes and showing a great technique using last years best selling collection, Early Bird.
In the meantime, while you're waiting here is another little video from a company called Scraptime from CHA Winter 2010.
