Deal of the Month - Patriotic Burst

Patriotic Burst is the name of the fun and festive Creative Charms Deal of the Month.

Here's my latest project using the wonderful products.

I love to make fun signs to hang around my craft room. I found this cute postcard at Borders bookstores and dressed it up with Creative Charms goodies. I really love the large red and white polka dot brads. So cute!

Patriotic Burst - 225 Piece Deal of the Month

 Each Deal Contains:

• Red Vintage Jewels - 12 Pieces
• White Vintage Jewels - 12 Pieces
• Blue Vintage Jewels - 12 Pieces
• Red Gradient Jewels - 76 Pieces
• Blue Gradient Jewels - 76 Pieces
• Red Gem Garden - 12 Pieces
• White Gem Garden - 12 Pieces
• Blue Polka Dot Brads - 6 Pieces
• Red Polka Dot Brads - 6 Pieces
• 18" Red Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon 

Everything for Only $ 6.99
What a Great Deal!

 

Proud Beauty

Hello Again!

I got to play with the June Kit of the Month, it's full of pretty beautiful product.Wouldn't you agree that it has that American "apple pie/country" feel to it?  So far the gingham's my fave, the butterflies and flowers were used on this layout:

                             here I layered a pretty red Braided Daisy with the pretty assorted flower.

                                            do you notice the cute little red itsy bitsy there?

I flipped this cute and adorable gingham butterfly over to spray. I love how the butterfly pops against the red and yellow.

I love that I had this picture of my girls to use with the beautiful patriotic themed June kit!!!

Thanks for peeking!

June Kit of the Month

Today I've got a couple projects featuring some of the flowers from the June Kit of the Month. 

 My first project uses the soft pastel colors of the blue felt flowers.

My second project focuses on the Red, White, and Blue aspect of the kit...using the layered felt flowers.  Don't you just love that this kit is so versatile?

Here's all the contents of the kit...it's a great deal and a blast to use!

June Kit of the Month - $14.99 (73+ Pieces) 

Red, White, & Blue for You (Regular Price $25.56)

· Blue Flared Flowers – 4 Pieces

· Blue Braided Daisy Medley – 4 Pieces

· Red Braided Daisy Medley – 4 Pieces

· Blue Felt Flowers – 6 Pieces

- Blue Gingham Butterflies – 3 Pieces

· Blue Fun Butterflies – 4 Pieces

· Blue Washed Flowers – 6 Pieces

· Red Itsy Glitsy – 36+ Pieces

· Layered Felt Flowers – 6 Pieces

-Christine

Vintage Charm

Creative Charms has so many vintage cool embellishments for your pages.  I love mixing them all up and really giving my pages that one of a kind look.  For this layout I layered the Vintage Velvet Poppies with the Make It Yourself Vintage Metal Frames. The frames are wonderful because no matter what paper collection you are using, you can make it match perfectly....they're just the greatest thing.  I used some stickers from the same paper collection and viola.....custom brads.  I also added some subtle detail using the Gradient Pearls along the tips of my base die cut paper and some on my title. 

All of the Vintage collection just blends so well together the possibilities are endless. Here is another project I made using the Make It Yourself Frames...I topped it off with a pearl and it gives it a whole other look.

 

Hugs, 

Purple + Lime Green = Tink Colors!!!

Hello!  Sandra here with my first project for June.  I must first apologize for the delay in posting today.  Our server was malfunctioning and therefore we had no Internet access!  Obviously the problem has been fixed because here I am!  Yay!!! :o)

 This is my last month as a member of the fabulous Creative Charms design team (sniff, sniff).  I love this hobby and I am honored to have been chosen for this team and to have the opportunity to create using such wonderful embellishments!

I wanted to create a little something that I will be hanging in my scrapbook room to commemorate my time as a Creative Charms designer.

I started with the Creative Charms logo and a 10” X 10” shadow box.  I love the bright lime green and vibrant grape purple colors in the logo (I call this color combo Tink colors!) and of course my imagination started to run wild with all of the great green and purple embellishment choices that Creative Charms has to offer!

A couple of close ups:

A closer look at the Creative Charms logo blinged up with Pure Blossoms, Gradient Gem Stickers and a Vintage Gem in each corner!  I used my Gypsy-Expression combo and the Lyrical Letters font to add the Designer for to the logo.

A closer look at the Vintage Poppy, Pure Blossoms and Gradient Gem side scrolls.

Creative Charms products used in this project:

Vintage Jewels - LIGHT GREEN
Pure Blossoms - PURPLE
Gradient Gem Stickers - GREEN 
Vintage Poppies with Pearl Brads - PURPLE 
Green & White Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon

Hurry over to Creative Charms to purchase these and other great embellishments today!!!

I’ll be back with my final project later in the month featuring the Kit of the Month.  Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day! :o)

Super Sweet Red White & Blue

Hi everyone! I'm super happy to be here with you today at the fabulous Creative Charms blog! I wait eagerly each month for my kit and deal of the month. I love to be surprised with a neat little bag filled with goodies! This month was no exception...both kit and deal are super CUTE!!!

I am using the Deal of the Month: Patriotic Burst! today on my very simple layout and card, along with paper from Nikki Sivils Blueberry Summer Line. I love how Nikki's papers match so nicely with Creative Charms embellishments; a perfect sweet marriage in my book!
I used the big and I mean BIG polka dot brad to center kiss the middle of a little starburst and then topped it with the vintage charm bling, and the beautiful red swiss dot scallop ribbon...all from the Deal of the Month; I especially loved using the gradient gems to highlight the little blueberry border.

Supplies: Bling, Ribbon, Brad, Jewels: June Deal of the Month from Creative Charms

Nikki Sivils Summer Blueberry line

I also made a matching card as I was just having a grand time using all of my red white and blue goodies! I think my favorite part of using Creative Charms is that I always have the perfect accent to top off my project; the red butterfly was the perfect touch to the bow!

Supplies: Bling, Butterfly bead, Ribbon: June Deal of the Month from Creative Charms, Papers by Nikki Sivils Summer Blueberry line, Sentiment stamps by K Andrew Designs Art Stamps (yes that's me! eeek)

I hope you will make sure to hop by my blog and leave me a comment HERE to qualify for my little pick me up treat today...yes you guessed it....the June Deal of the Month!

Make sure you hop over to the Creative Charms store and grab your deal of the month before they are gone; you know it happens every month! Don't be blue because you missed it! Only blueberries look good in that color!

Have a CREATIVE and CHARMED day!

Happy Summer Holidays!!

There are many patriotic holidays in the Summer, first there is Memorial Day, then Flag Day, 4th of July and Labor Day.  All occasions to use the colors Red, White and Blue.  My husband always celebrates his birthday on the 4th of July too so of course there is my chance to make a RWB Birthday card! I used the blue Vintage Jewels to accent the corners of this card and paper pieced the cake stand on this stamp.  CS used was Bazzil and Bo Bunny double dot (one of my favorites)

On the inside I stamped a star and accented it with one of the red Vintage Jewels.  These are only of few of the items you get in this months Deal of the Month! 

This is one of my favorite layouts I have done recently.  This is the 4th of July, 2010.  Yes, I am a little behind.  I love how the Vintage Jewels and the Gradient Gem stickers match so well and I used them to make fireworks for this layout.  












Here is a closeup of the fireworks!  Aren't they awesome!!  Can you imagine the combinations you can use for these?  This Deal of the Month is fantastic and you get so much!

Another tutorial!

Hi everyone!

Lisa here.  Creative Charms has lots of lovely flowers to add to all kinds of projects but have you ever thought of taking your flowers to the next step? 

For this layout, tree hugger I altered the flowers on the tree for a different look.

1. Started with a few Shimmer Flowers and separate them. 

2. After the flowers are separated, use a Versa Mark ink to stamp a swirl pattern on each of the flowers. 

3. Then cover them with embossing powder and shake off the extra. 

4. Use a heat embossing gun to emboss the flowers. (Be Careful)  This can be kind of tricky because if you get the flowers too hot they will curl up.  Heat them a little, then pull away. Heat them a little again if still needed. 

For my layout I reassembled a few of the flowers after they cooled but you could also embellish the centers with some cool Vintage Brads,  Vintage Jewels or even a button. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Lisa 

June Kit of the Month - So many possibilities!

Hi, it's Diane today and I have a few new cards to share with you.  I am always excited to see what is in the Deal of the Month and Kit of the Month and for June there are lots of red, white and blue items.  With the Fourth of July just around the corner you'll have plenty of ways to add some sparkle and charm to your projects.  I used some items from the June Kit of the Month for these cards.

I wanted to make three colored accents so I added the Layered Felt Flowers to the Blue Washed Flowers to create patriotic rosettes.  I took out the yellow center to reduce the bulkiness a bit.  (I saved the yellow dots for another project).

A white Gradient Gem Sticker adds sparkle to the flower.

The "4th of July" is cut from the Cricut Stand and Salute cartridge and the red layer is embossed with stars and the blue layer with stripes with the Cuttlebug.

This card would make a perfect invitation to a Fourth of July picnic or barbeque.

The soft blue of the Braided Daisy Medley is a great match for the colors in the DCWV "Crafty" stack.  I cut a strip from one of the papers for the band on this card.

The daisy fits right on top of the printed flowers to work in to the paper design.  The paper and the daisy both have a "homespun" look.

A large pop up glue dot will hold the braided daisy securely.

The red layer is embossed with the "Polka Dot" Cuttlebug folder and some white pen stitching brightens the "hello" sentiment (also cut with the Cuttlebug "Everyday Greetings" combo set).

For the third card, I deliberately stayed away from the red, white and blue theme!

The red "Itsy Glitsy" in the kit is packaged in this three section tower.  There are large iridescent flowers, gem brads and pure blossoms.

I used a piercing tool to enlarge the hole in the center of the flower and added a gem brad to each flower.

The colors coordinate nicely with this glitter cardstock from the DCWV "Music" stack.

The lace scalloped circle cut was made with a Spellbinders die and the sentiment was cut with the Cuttlebug 'Everyday Greetings" combo set.

There are many more great pieces in the Kit of the Month - I think it could keep a crafter busy for days!  Don't miss your chance to order a Kit and get busy creating!

If you'd like to see more photos and details about these cards, please visit my blog Capadia Designs.

Today's the 1st...and you all know what that means!

It means that today is reveal day! Yay!

I always look fwd to reveal days, it's the day that all  hard work pays off...the day you get to see what we've been working with...so it's excitement all around! :D

Come and take a look at June's Kits! Creative Charms has a reveal with a patriotic theme going on:

June Kit of the Month - $14.99 (73+ Pieces)

Red, White, & Blue for You (Regular Price $25.56)
· Blue Flared Flowers – 4 Pieces
· Blue Braided Daisy Medley – 4 Pieces
· Red Braided Daisy Medley – 4 Pieces
· Blue Felt Flowers – 6 Pieces
- Blue Gingham Butterflies – 3 Pieces
· Blue Fun Butterflies – 4 Pieces
· Blue Washed Flowers – 6 Pieces
· Red Itsy Glitsy – 36+ Pieces
· Layered Felt Flowers – 6 Pieces

June Deal of the Month - $6.99 (225 Pieces!!!)

Patriotic Burst (Regular Price $19.00)
· Red Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces
· White Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces
· Blue Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces
· Red Gradient Jewels – 76 Pieces
· Blue Gradient Jewels – 76 Pieces
· Red Gem Garden – 12 Pieces
- White Gem Garden – 12 Pieces
· Blue Polka Dot Brads – 6 Pieces
· Red Polka Dot Brads – 6 Pieces
· 18” Red Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon

Stay tuned for what the DT has created with these fabulous kits! I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see.