Cosmo Cricket

A look back Cosmo Cricket style

You have to excuse nostalgic old me.The other day I was going through some of my email files and came across some fun older projects and hilarious emails. Most of these are real old. As I sat reading through them, I started thinking about some of our older blog topics.

You have been a fan/friend for along time if you remember:

Fake Eyelashes, Jon the Warehouse Man, Mouse in the House, Quilts, Thrifty Gifty, Rub-on Candles not press on nails, Butter Lovers, $5 Diet, Dance Dance revolution, Julie's Red Shoes, Paper Flower Tutorials, Flying bean sprouts, Robot Wars, Tim Tams, Nerdy Teenage years, Bicycle wrecks, Area 52, and giant Julie in Japan.

These are just some of the ones that for some reason have stuck in my head through the years. I went back and read a few and realized we haven't changed much the past almost 6 years. (Thanks for putting up with us.)

As mentioned previously, I still had some projects that I kept safe that I really like a lot. Take a look!

 
This was created using Lil Man by Kim Arledge. It seems like forever ago when we released this collection. Its been 3 1/2 years. I love this layout!

 
Ever After was released at the same time as Lil man. This layout was created by Celeste Brodnicks.

 
Stacey Michaud Early Birds it in this layout. Early Bird was released in the Spring of 2009. Seem like yesterday.

 
Jan Paul Wildenborg was ahead of her time with Girl Friday released Winter 2008. 

 
Best friends by Sherrie Siemens also using Girl Friday.

Hey- I just thought of a few more blogs. Tom Hanks, Cosmo Cricket Confidential, Weigh-in Wednesday's, Julie's braces. You probably remember more than me since we also blogged about my amnesia. :)

We hope that our blogs have brought you as many smiles as they have brought us writting them.

Have a great day!

Odds & Ends

All of the design team girls have been playing with the brand new release Odds & Ends and here are the first projects to show to you.

Wendy Sue create this first card

 

The next two cards are created by Debbie

 

We will be showing you more soon!

Have a great weekend! 

 

S + S + CCSFP(square) + GCCP + R (square) + DC =SHD

If some of you wonder why some days our blog is not updated, I'll let you in on a little secret. Julie and I decided that we would only blog on days when it's not raining in our town as a sign of protest.

 By that you can probably surmise that it has rained almost everyday for the past three months, scratch that 4 months.

I think were all ready for a reprieve from the rain.

 We have a very successful formula that we use that you might be able to use too.

 Here it is: S + S + CCSFP (square) + GCCP  + R (square) + DC =  SHD 

It's a simple formula that most of you have already figured out I'm guessing. For those who need a little help with our Cosmo Cricket algebra here you go:

 Sunshine + Scrapbooking + Cosmo Cricket Super Fantastic Products + Great Cosmo Cricket Projects + 2 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups + 1 Diet Coke = Super Happy Day!

So below is the GCCP part of the equation:

Amy Tsuruta- We just like to call her "Early Bird Amy". Love when people help to make our day!

 
 

Next card, Angela Fehr is doing her part to assist us in our happy dance, on this rainless day ( it's still early folks) - How about we just call Angela- "Upcycle Angela"?

 
And finally, Laurel Seabrook adds her fantastic project to make us smile be Upcycling herself.

 

 Winner from Monday- Kendra Storm! Email cathie at cosmocricket dot com your address and you'll be a winner winner chicken dinner!

I think it's now time for a Diet Coke and a Reese's :)

Have a great Memorial Day weekend and be safe!

10,000 Facebook Fans and a giveaway

10,000 Leagues under the Sea. 10,000 Maniacs. $10,000 Pyramid. 10,000 Helium Balloons attached to Carl Fredricksens House in the Pixar movie "Up.

And now 10,000 Cosmo Cricket Fans (we like to call them friends :)).

10,058 to be exact.

This makes our day!

Each of you are important to use and we appreciate so much your support!

Thought we would show you a few Facebook Fans (friends) projects, have you leave a few comments, and maybe, just maybe, a little giveaway this week.

 
  

 This fantastic project is a trip or should I say a "joy ride" down memory lane by Mod Paperie.
 
Next up -Mom of 5! Way to create girl!

 
And last but not least, Laurel Seabrook's Boyfriend project.

 

Leave a comment today for a chance to win a Circa 1934 Mini Deck,  a 12" x 12" Ready Set Chipboard, and maybe a little Circa Fabric.

 Oooo La La and have a great day!

Yukari Glübers with Glitter

Yukari used a super-creative technique to make these glittery Glüber flowers on this fun mini book featuring UpCycle. Take a look at her tutorial.

Step one, stamp the Glüber with the plastic overlay still in place. Yukari used our Material Girl stamp design from Unity Stamps. After you have stamped, use a craft knife to cut around the shape.

 

If you want to use multiple colors of glitter on the same flower, you can coat and stack multiple levels. You can see how Yukari cut her's into sections and put them back together on her card. Another technique is to use your craft knife to carefully cut throught just the plastic overlay of each section, then peel and coat each color area one at a time.

Sprinkle with glitter and shake off excess.

You can still see Yukari's stamp lines, simply because she pulled off the plastic side that wasn't stamped and the Glüber is clear, showing the back side of the plastic. I let you know, just to avoid confusion. When I first saw this, I thought that I was seeing the top layer of plastic still in place.

Peel and stick glittered flowers to your project. Stack as desired. Add bling to centers to really make them cute!

Now go, create, make a fun glittery mess and get a little sparkle on yourself because sparkly people rock!!!

 

How Do You Glüber?

While I was in NY, I got these pics from Julie Kelly. She didn't send any info, just the images. But, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words!

(Five beautiful Glüber flowers made with pleated trims.)

(The talented crafter that made those awesome flowers. We do not know your name, but we love your flowers so much we wanted you to get credit in some way. They ROCK!!!)

(So it isn't just me.... others love putting flowers on tags too! Again, we don't know who these lovely crafters are, but doesn't that tag look awesome?!?!)

We'd love to see how you create with Glübers. Upload your faves to our facebook page, or send them to us. Come on, share the love!!

Gelaskins Winner is...

Julie and Lindsay are in Salt Lake today presenting our new fabric line Circa. So it’s me, Eric here announcing our Gelaskins $25 gift certificate winner. And the winner is…

angela said...

“What a wonderful idea. Cosmo Cricket is already on my screen as a background, and now I can cover my phone and iPad too. This will be fun.” May 11, 2011 at 10:59 AM

Congrats Angela! Please contact cathie@cosmocricket.com for your prize.

We will be at Quilt Market tomorrow and then off to Surtex on Saturday. Have a great weekend.

Cosmo Cricket Meets Gelaskins

If you love Cosmo Cricket patterns, we have some exciting news! Now you can use them to decorate the electronics in your life with printed Gelaskins covers.

Why carry around a plain Ipad when you can coat it in lovely Cherry Pie from Early Bird?

Maybe your boyfriend would love his phone coated in The Boyfriend.

Salt Air is one of our most popular lines currently....... they have flip covers, laptop covers and more in Sea Garden.

Currently Gelaskins has eight Cosmo Cricket patterns available for all sorts of cell phones, laptops, gaming systems, e-readers and more. They plan on releasing more patterns in the future. Let us know what pattern you would like to see become a Gelaskin next!

Leave your comment today and we'll pick a random winner to get a $25 gift certificate to Gelaskins so that you can coat your world in Cosmo Cricket!

Have a great day everyone!

A tough act to follow and a whirlwind week

The crickets started chirping at approximately 8:45AM this morning. Seriously! That's my ring-tone for Julie. For Eric, my ring-tone is an old phone because of his love for vintage stuff. 

Here it is 11:30, make it 11:40, make it 12:30, make it 12:45, and I still haven't finished the assignment that she gave me. She asked me to do the blog today. A day after her great blog about one of my favorite people, Abby .

That's like following Bach's Toccata and Fuque in D Minor, with Chopsticks. She's a very tough act to follow.

So you won't be hearing from us for a few days. You might hear tomorrow, I'm not sure. Quilt Market is coming to town and yep.....were super excited!

Julie and I have to do a presentation to a large group of Moda Fabric sales people early early Thursday morning. Then that evening to Modas International Distributors. It's a good thing Julie speaks some Spanish and I am fluent in English, Australian, British, and a little pig-latin. (The Comstocks kids love by Simon Cowell accent) We are a multi-lingual international company! 

Then Friday, all three of us will be at the Quilt Show during the day. Julie's task will be to do make and takes with our Glubers and fabric, while Eric and I handle the hard job of deciding where the three of us should have dinner. I know...A tough job but someone has to do it. :)

Saturday- "start spreading the news", "were leaving that day", "we want to be a part of it, New York", New York." Were headed to Surtex. We love meeting people and showing them fun stuff that Eric and Julie have created.

We will be thinking of you while were gone. Oh, I almost forgot, here are the three winners from last Friday. Lori W. who commented at 11:29AM, Cami Haveman, and Annette A. Email cathie at cosmocricket dot com your address and the mini decks are yours!

Have a great day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Friday we promised that three people would each win an Odd's and Ends 6" x 6" Mini Deck. Some of you may wonder how the "picking" happens. It is rather scientific.

Different is Good

Maybe it begins with Sesame Street and all the talk about one of these things not being like the other. Maybe it starts when kids are told to "x" out the items that don't fit whether it's the "M's" that are mixed in with the "A's" or the short vowel words that shouldn't be with the long vowel words.

(Woman by Abby.)

Whatever it is, for many different is not good. Different is different. It cannot fit in, it cannot be made sense of and it either needs to become like the things around it or it needs to be "x-ed" out.

It's only when different becomes exceptional that it is appreciated. The problem is, most things different get assimilated into average before they have the chance to become exceptional. This is my fear for my nine year old, Abby.

(Man with Hand on Chin. By Abby.)

She is different. I have been told repeatedly that she is, as if as her mother I was unaware of this fact. She thinks differently. She dresses differently. She IS different! But in the words of Roald Dahl, "We're all different. Especially [her]. But there's something kind of fantastic about that isn't there?"

(Father and daughter giraffes. By Abby)

So, I try to show her the fantastic-ness of her differences. I try to find ways to compat the onslaught of criticsm from unappreciative peers, the molding of well intentioned teachers and the judgement of a society that wants to "x" out the ones that don't fit in.

(Man in hat. By Abby)

On that note, I emailed some of her drawings to an artist that she finds very inspiring. Her name is Ingela P Arrhenius. She was so kind as to post two of Abby's pieces on her blog next to her paintings that inspired Abby. And, as her proud mother, I was so excited to have my "different" daughter appreciated, celebrated and declared wonderful. It really is the best mother's day gift ever. Thanks for letting me share it with you!

(Man in suit. By Abby)

Here's to everyone out there that is different. Here's to all their friends and family that let them be so. Here's to all the teachers that inspired them in their differences and didn't try to make them fit in. Here's to all the different ones that found exceptional. The world is beautiful because of you.