Showing posts with label Echo Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Echo Park. Show all posts

July 30, 2011

Teeny Tiny Mini

**disclosure about the September kit - there may be a little delay in shipment. I know it's still early, heck not even August yet, but the collections I want to add to the kit are SUPER new and don't release until about the 3rd week of Aug.**

Good Morning and Happy Saturday! Oh I am almost done with summer semester. All I have left is my final in Econ on Monday. Part of it was take home and part of it is taken in class. Last night I finished the take home part. Now I just spend the next two days studying.

I told Tony that I am going to do nothing but watch tv every night for the next three weeks (craft by day, tv watching by night) while on break. LOL!! I hardly ever watch tv and sometimes I miss just laying on the couch doing nothing. Plus my daughter got my hooked on some of her shows. We don't have regular cable we just have Netflix and one of the shows she watches is Greek, it's an ABC Family show. I started watching it a couple weeks back and so I am just making my way through old episodes. I don't even know if it is still on tv. LOL! Plus I watch The Secret Life of an American Teenager. Have any of you seen those shows? I am addicted to them like they are soap operas.

Well the only tv watching I do daily is Tony and I watch a show on Netflix before bed. We have a handful of shows we like and it's great having it on Netflix. We might be a season behind but when the season comes on Netflix we usually watch it all in 1-2 weeks. It's great. Our newest fav is Modern Family. Oh my goodness I don't think I have ever laughed so hard at a show. Totally funny. We normally don't watch comedies. Some of our other favs are NCIS (new season coming out at the end of Aug), Bones, The Closer, and we just finished the 24 series.

Alright well on to the fun crafty stuff. :-) Today I have some super cute minis to share that April created using July's monthly kit.

Super cute. I don't think you can tell in the picture but the composition books she altered are super tiny. So cute to just tuck away in your purse. For more details about these minis please visit April blog. :-)

I have had a great response to the card kits so if you are interested be sure to place your order before they are all gone. I will say that with the awesome response, I will be continuing to offer the card kits. :-)

Have you seen Artful Delight's new store front? If not be sure to check it out, it's pretty. :-) I am hoping you will have a better shopping experience. Plus now it allows me to sell other products like the Echo Park collection packs. :-) There are still a few left.

Also subscriptions are handled differently now. Basically instead of being billed automatically every month, you will be sent an invoice every month on the 25th (on the day of the kit reveal). This change is only for new subscribers. Current subscribers will continue to be automatically billed. I changed this because Paypal doesn't allow for me to change dates within a subscription which means if you sign up on say the 13th, that is the day you will be billed every month and unfortunately I can't send the kit until then. So you are technically getting a kit 2 weeks after it releases and I didn't like that idea. Not only was it confusing to keep track of but I didn't like that you, the subscriber, had to wait so long to get the kit. We are still a no obligation kit club so if for some reason after you see the posted kit, you decide it's not to your liking you can skip a month. We just ask that you don't skip consecutive months and if you "sign up" for a 3 or 6 month subscription, you fulfill that many months.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask. :-)

Happy Crafting!!

July 26, 2011

You Rock

Good Morning my friends!! I am counting down the days until the end of the semester. Four more days including today. Only bad part is I have to write a two page paper analyzing a poem by Friday. I started last night but I only got about two sentences written. I am so NOT good with poems. LOL! But once that is done I am done with English. I am going to try and work on it today, get it turned in so I can start focusing on my Econ final.

Today I have a rockin' awesome card to share with you that Abby created using July monthly kit. :-)

I love all the elements on this card. The embossing and that fabulous star from Tessa's Etsy Shop, Precocious Paper. LOVE it all!! For more details about this card please visit Abby's blog. :-)

Did you guys get to see my post from yesterday with Artful Delight's August monthly kit reveal? Did you get to see that we have added a card making kit? I think it is perfect for card makers. It includes tons of ribbon and cardstock. It includes adhesive and a STAMP SET!! And the best part is it only costs $23.00 plus shipping!! It is a fabulous deal! Be sure to check out this post for more details.

The kits will be available for sale on August 1st but if you would like to pre-order, please just send me an email. :-) leeanne@artfuldelight.com

Did you want to get your hands on Echo Park's Victoria Gardens collection pack? Check out my sidebar and you can purchase one. I have a couple left. They sell for $11.99 plus $5.50 shipping. They will be shipped Priority Mail so order today and you could be playing with your collection pack by this weekend. :-) If you order an Artful Delight monthly kit AND EP's collection pack, the collection pack will ship for free. :-) Just send me an email for more information.

Happy Crafting!!

July 22, 2011

Delightfully Blue Mini

Good Morning my friends! Tomorrow is the last day to enter Artful Delight's July sketch challenge. You are playing for your chance to win August monthly kit. And be sure to check back on Monday, I will be revealing the kit. :-)

Today I have a super cute project to share with you that April created using some of the papers from July's monthly kit. :-)

I LOVE the added bling she used on the cover. April's mini is just delightful!!! For more details please visit April's blog. :-)

If you would like to purchase Artful Delight's July monthly kit, click here. Also I received Echo Park's Victoria Gardens collection packs yesterday so for those that pre-ordered, your package will go in the mail today. If you have a subscription to Artful Delight's monthly kits, your collection pack will be included in your package.

I have TWO collection packs left, if you would like to purchase one please send me an email. If you have a subscription to my monthly kits or would like to purchase a kit, the EP collection packs will ship for free.

leeanne@artfuldelight.com

Happy Crafting!!

July 19, 2011

ECHO PARK Happy Days, Holly Jolly Christmas, and Season's Greetings collections

This is my second post, click here to see my earlier post. I shared with you 2 awesome projects from Courtney and April. :-)

Here are 3 out of the 4 new collections from Echo Park. HAPPY DAYS. This is a must have in my collection. :-) Wait, ALL THREE are must haves, LOL!!









Next is the HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS collection!









And last but certainly not least, SEASON'S GREETINGS collection!!









July 12, 2011

1st Steps and Echo Park sneak peak

**edit: I just realized that I didn't post the sketch I used, my daughter was talking to me while I was typing this yesterday and I just couldn't think straight. LOL!!**

Hello my friends. This is my second post for today so click here to see the earlier post. :-)

Ok so first I just got some sneak peaks at Echo Parks 4 NEW collections to come out with CHA. Wahooo!!!

Happy Days will ship with Apothecary Emporium in the beginning of August.
The next three will ship in the beginning of September.



Oh I think I am going to have to have all four of those collections. LOL! I will have images on the 19th.

If you would like to get your name on the pre-order list just email me. You won't be responsible for payment until closer to the release date. The collections will sell for $11.99 plus $5.50 shipping but will ship for free with a purchase of Artful Delight's monthly kit. Will also ship free with the DT kits that ship out (for my DT that may want to order any of the collections). leeanne@artfuldelight.com

And here is my LO for the sketch challenge this week at Sketchy Thursdays.




Everything on this LO is from Artful Delight's July monthly kit. Here is the sketch.....


Happy Crafting!!

July 9, 2011

Thanks a melon!

Good Morning! Happy Saturday! If you were interested in buying Echo Park's Victoria Gardens collection pack, it's not too late. They will start shipping to retailers (me) on Monday so would hope to get the mailed out by the end of the week. I have a couple collection packs left so it's not too late. Click here to pre-order. You can also pre-order Apothecary Emporium which will start shipping the beginning of August.

Today I have a super cute card set to share with you that DT member Courtney created. Oh how I LOVE watermelon.



Aren't those cards just delicious!!! :-) There are only three July monthly kits left, click here if you would like to purchase one. It is filled with bright summery colors.

For more details about this fabulous card set, visit Courtney's blog.

Don't forget to enter this months sketch challenge for your chance to win August monthly kit. Link up in the sidebar.

Happy Crafting!!

July 8, 2011

Thanks a bunch!

Good Morning and Happy Friday! I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! Today I have a card to share with you that I created using Artful Delight's July monthly kit.



One of the sheets included in the kit is from American Crafts Margarita collection. I fussy cut all those butterflies from the sheet of pattern paper. I lined all the butterflies up and ran a single stitch down the center of each row of butterflies.

The sentiment is from two different stamps. The "thanks" is from a Basic Grey mini stamp set(can't remember the name) and the "a bunch" is a Stampabilities stamp.

I added a brad to the center of the flower in the sentiment as well as some Stickles. I wanted to make a flatter card than normal to be easy for mailing but I felt that flower need some bling. Oh well! LOL!

Well that's all I have for you today. Oh, if you pre-ordered Echo Park's Victoria Gardens collection, I found out they will begin shipping (to retailers/me) on Monday. As soon as I get them I will get them in the mail to those who pre-ordered.

Happy Crafting!!

July 7, 2011

Can you hear me now?

Good Morning!! WOW, I can't believe it's Thursday already. Time is flying by, I only have three more weeks of school. The next three weeks are going to be tough in my Economics class. We only have class two days a week. Each week until the end we will have a test. YIKES!!! But then I will have three weeks off until Fall semester. Totally looking forward to it!! :-)

Today I have another LO to share with you that April created using Artful Delight's July monthly kit. Have you had a chance to see the kit and the kit contents? If not, click here.





Super cute LO, love the misting. Included in the kit is a bottle of Maya Mist in Earl Grey. LOVE IT!!! For more details about this LO, please visit April's blog.

Are you interested in pre-ordering Echo Park's new collection, Apothecary Emporium? Click here for more details.

Don't forget to play along with this month's sketch ASC #10 for your chance to win Artful Delight August monthly kit. Link your project over in the sidebar by July 23rd. :-)

There are still a few July monthly kits left, be sure to purchase yours before they sell out.

Happy Crafting!!

June 30, 2011

Not one, not two...but THREE lovely cards!!

*just a couple reminders; be sure to scroll down to see what Abby created, they are gorgeous!!*
  • If you have entered my giveaway for your chance to win an Artful Delight June monthly kit, click here. The giveaway ends July 3 at 11:59pm EST.
  • If you are interested in pre-ordering Echo Park's new collection pack Victoria Garden's you can either email me or click here for more details.
  • Be sure to stop by tomorrow because it's the 1st and I have some great things to share with you!! :-)
  • Artful Delight is sponsoring over at The Paper Variety this week so if you would like to win a July monthly kit, head over and play along.
  • Artful Delight is also sponsoring over at Frosted Designs and you have until July 11th to upload your projects for your chance to win July monthly kit. Click here for more details!

Good Morning and Happy Thursday. I am so happy that my tests are over. I did well on them so all my studying paid off. :-) Now I get to relax the rest of the week.

Today I have not one but THREE awesome cards to share with you that Abby created using Artful Delight's June monthly kit.



Abby sure did rock these cards, all three of them are fabulous!!! For more details about these cards and for more inspiration please visit Abby's blog.

There are still a few June monthly kits left so click here if you would like to purchase one or sign up for a 3 or 6 month subscription.

I cleaned my craft area last night so hopefully I will get some crafting in today too. :-)

Happy Crafting!!

June 29, 2011

Oh yeah it's winner time!! AND a little surprise. :-)

Hello my friends! So have we been having fun with all these giveaways? I know I have!!

So I have the winner to announce for the Helmar adhesive!! Wahoo!!

The winner, chosen by random.org is........#17

My 3 E Scrapbooking said...

Ohhhhh....says the adhesive junkie...hehe! Such a fun giveaway!

....MY 3 E SCRAPBOOKING....

Please email me with your snail mail so I can get your package in the mail. :-)

Ok, now I have one FINAL giveaway, for now. :-) Who wants to win an Artful Delight JUNE MONTHLY KIT????? WahooooOO!!!! Ok all you have to do is make sure you are a follower here on the blog and leave me a comment. In the comments please let me know if you are a scrapbooker, card maker, or both. Also if you are a card maker, mention if you have ever subscribed to a monthly card kit and what you liked or disliked about it. That's it!!

This giveaway will end Sunday July 3rd at 11:59pm EST. Feel free to spread the word on your blog, twitter, or Facebook. :-)

Stop by tomorrow I will have another project to share with you from my DT using June monthly kit. :-)

Oh, if you want to pre-order Echo Park's Victoria Garden's collection pack, please let me know by Friday morning. I will be making my order on Friday and will be shipping around July 10th. :-) Click here for more details!

Happy Crafting!!


June 28, 2011

Beautiful card set!

****WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRE-ORDER THE NEW ECHO PARK COLLECTIONS? CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS!****


Have you entered my giveaway yet? Click here to enter, it ends Wednesday at 2:00pm EST.

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! Today is going to be a long day for me. I have a confession, I procrastinated on some of my homework and now I have to do it ALL today because I have a big test tomorrow. It is in my Economics class. Now in all fairness all the material the professor covers in class is just an extension of the reading, the reading is all examples and such and really the reading TOTALLY confuses me. LOL! So I don't like to do it (only in this class though), because when I feel I have an understanding on it from his lecture, I go read the book and then I am totally confused. But nevertheless I have to read and study today. But according to both my professors after this week the rest of the semester is pretty stress free. I only have 3 1/2 weeks to go. WA-FREAKIN-HOOOOOOOO!! LOL!!

So today I have a FABULOUS card set to share with you that April created using the June monthly kit.

I love the color combination April used on this card. These cards are beautiful!! For more details about this card set please visit April's blog.

On the 1st of July not only will the July monthly kit start shipping, we will have ASC #10 but I have a BIG announcement. So be sure to stop by on Friday!! :-) You won't want to miss that post. :-)

Happy Crafting!!

June 26, 2011

Reminders...

Good Evening! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. It was the same 'ol same for my family. A weekend spent doing housework and homework. YAY me!! LOL!!

Just a couple reminders:

  • My giveaway ends at noon on Monday June 27th; click here to enter!
  • Have you had a chance to see the July monthly kit? Click here if not.
  • I will be sponsoring over at The Paper Variety on Wednesday June 29th so be sure to check it out
  • Also if you would like to pre-order any of Echo Park's new collections please click here for more info. The two new collections are Victoria Gardens and Apothecary Emporium. There is a little change and I will be placing an order for the Victoria Gardens on July 1 (shipping around July 10-15)and for Apothecary Emporium on August 1 (shipping around August 25). As of right now I will not be stocking these collections only selling what I get from pre-order. The collection packs will sell for $11.99 plus $5.50 shipping. If there are any international readers that are interested, please send me an email and I can get a shipping quote for you. If you pre-order a collection and order any Artful Delight monthly kits, your Echo Park collection pack will ship for free, any shipping charges paid will be reimbursed. This is for my design team, if you pre-order any collection pack, it will ship free with your monthly kit. :- )

That 's all for tonight. Be sure to enter the giveaway!

Happy Crafting!!

June 22, 2011

Have you seen?

The new Echo Park?? OOhh they are fabulous!


Victoria Gardens - Available to ship between July 10-15




Apothecary Emporium - Available to ship between August 5-10


Would you like to pre-order any of these collection packs? I will be placing an order for these kits and will take pre-orders. The collection packs will sell for $11.99 plus $5.50 shipping.

I will be placing an order on July 1, so if you would like to pre-order any collections please do so before the 1st.

Would like some of Echo Park's "older" collection, I will be taking orders on those as well.

If you purchase any Echo Park collection and an Artful Delight monthly kit, the Echo Park packs will ship free. I will refund the shipping charges.

(If any of my DT members would like any Echo Park collection packs I will ship them for free with their Artful Delight monthly kit.)




PRE-ORDER


Echo Park - Pre-order







Other collections


Echo Park





If there is a collection you would like that is not on the list or you would like to pre-order more than one collection pack, please send me an email! :-)

leeanne@artfuldelight.com


Be sure to scroll down to see my earlier post. :-) My daughter and I did a little crafting together yesterday.

Happy Crafting!!

May 15, 2011

Picture of Christmas past

Good morning and Happy Monday!! I only have one more week off until Summer semester of school starts. My English Professor is actually planning on posting the first 2 weeks of homework sometime this week so we can get started early. I will take her up on that because this Summer semester is going to FLY by.

Today I have a LO to share with you that I created using Sketch #8. You can probably see in the picture how my papers have been curling up from the moisture in the air. It has been super gloomy and rainy the past week or so. When I took out my papers from the packaging they started to curl. I couldn't understand why but I quickly realized it was the moisture in the air.




Anywho, I used Echo Park's Everybody Loves Christmas collection. I am not sure if you can see on the Santa embellishment but I used some liquid applique on his coat and hat to give it a bit of dimension. You probably can't see this but on the left I wrote the year that this picture was taken, it says 1999......that's right I have photos from 1999 to scrap. This is a photo of my and my oldest daughter when she was 2.

Anywho, be sure to click the tab above to see all the sketches from my 14 Days of Sketches. You have until May 23rd at noon EST to submit your projects. You have a couple options to submit your project, you can email me the links, leave the link in a comment, or try the linky tool. The linky tool is a bit moody so sometimes you can upload a project and sometimes you can't.

There are a couple more May kits available, click here for more info.

Happy Crafting!!

April 20, 2011

My Yoga Journal

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday! I am so excited that even though I have to attend classes through next Wednesday, today is my last day to turn in any homework and tests. Ahhhhh, I can take a breather. LOL! I really think I am more tired than I think because I am always drinking coffee. Maybe the coffee is holding me together more than I gave it credit for. I mean I have had this annoying twitch in my eye for the last 2 days and it is bothersome. I just feel wiped.

Well one of my last projects for Yoga class was to make a journal documenting our home practice that we put together. Like a routine of poses, and document when we "worked out" and how we felt afterwards. She made a comment that some people in past classes made cute artsy journals. What I am allowed guilt free to craft......as a homework assignment!! YEEESSS!!! When I say guilt free is because sometimes I craft when I know I should be reading or doing some sort of homework but NOW my homework is to craft. So with that the mini album was created!!!

I made my home practice journal in to a mini album. I really like the way it turned out. My Professor says she keeps everyone's journal in a file cabinet and sometimes goes back and reads them so I wanted to make something pretty. :-)

Here are some pics. I used Echo Park's Life is Good collection to decorate it plus some flowers and other embellishments that I had from past Artful Delight kits.





So I used a 7.5x5" acrylic covers and used my Bind-it-All to put it all together. Sorry for the bad pictures, I took them at night and on top of that the glare of the lights on the acrylic covers. I didn't take pictures of all the pages, like the ones with my journal entries. LOL! But these pages are the extras I added, little quotes and such. Thought it would be a cute touch. All the patter paper is from Echo Park's Life is Good collection. I used my FAV woolies from Basic Grey (they were in March's kit) and I used some Prima flowers too.

Check back later today (hopefully) I will have a giveaway for everyone. :-) It's been too long since my last giveaway, lol. :-)

Don't forget to enter this month's sketch challenge, it ends April 23rd. And there are still a few April kits left, check it out here.

Happy Crafting!!

February 21, 2011

Hang in there

Happy Monday my friends! Can you believe we had 70 degree weather the other day and tonight we have a winter advisory, with possible accumulations of snow 5 or more inches. I am so ready for Spring. Oh well I guess that's what I get for wanting to live in a 4 season state. I would take this over all year round heat any day.

For today's card that was created by yours truly, yay I got to craft this weekend (well only a little, enough to make one card), I used a sketch I saw on Sketches in Thyme.



The image was a freebie over at Just Some Lines. So I only had some textured white cardstock from American Crafts to use for the image which made it a bit difficult to color but it turned out ok. I used Prisma Colored pencils. I REALLY want to learn how to properly use Copics. There is a class once a month at a scrapbook store about an hour away. I am hoping one day to attend. Maybe when I am in between semesters (Spring to Summer) I can make it to one. Anywho, I used papers from Echo Park's A Walk in the Park collection. YUMMY papers!!!

Hello my name is Leeanne and I am in LOVE with Echo Park papers. LOL!

Anywho, I did a little stitching with my sewing machine, I think I am also going to become addicted to that, I LOVE the look! I used some Micro Mini Alphas from Basic Grey. Some chipboard shapes from Cosmo Cricket's Pixie-Licious collection matched perfectly, that would be the button and butterfly.

Well that's it for today. Please don't forget about the sketch challenge for this month, you only have 2 more days to enter. Click here for more info! I hope ya'll have a fabulous day, I am off to make breakfast for my family and then off to school. I am thinking Belgian Waffles! YUMMY!!

Happy Crafting!!

January 23, 2011

Over the Years

Good Morning! What a wonderful feeling it was to sit down and craft last night. It has been forever mostly because of school and the kids but also because my craft desk is a mess. LOL! But last night I shoved everything aside and whipped out some crafty supplies and participated in Sketchy Thursdays 1/20/11 sketch.



Those are pictures of my beautiful 13 year old daughter, Nicki! Oh my how she has grown, she will actually be 14 in April. I got a little teary eyed making this LO, just seeing how much she has grown. She will be in high school next year and driving and getting a job in just a few short years. Where has the time gone?

The colorful pattern papers are from Echo Parks Walk in the Park collection. I absolutely LOVE it and can't wait to use it more. It is so bright and colorful and certainly put a smile on my face. The background paper is from Pink Paislee's Parisian Anthology collection, which will be included in February's kit. The hanging tag with "2010" on it will also be in the kit. The twine was from November's kit. The Thickers are Bones in Leaf from October's kit. September and October kits are still available.

I also wanted to send out a big apology to all my bloggy friends for not being able to visit your blogs more often over the last month or so. See my laptop crashed just before the end of last semester. I used to be able to sit downstairs with the kids and play on the computer while they played or whatever. Since it crashed, my computer time is so limited since my desktop is in my bedroom with all my craft stuff and I don't like being in there when the kids are awake. 2 reasons, one they like to touch all my crafty supplies and two, I would be upstairs and they would always go downstairs and get in to the food in the kitchen or something they shouldn't be. LOL! I do plan on getting another laptop within the next week or so and should be blog hopping up a storm. :-)

Oohh, don't forget to enter your project by 11:59pm EST tonight for your chance to win February's kit and GDT spot.

Happy Crafting!!