Challenge~CCS13

Winner of CCS12 Creatively Different using random.org was #1 Patti.

Email: creative-vision@hotmail.com to claim your badge and shopping code

Wow did Christmas whizz by! I feel like I have spent 2 month preparing and it flew by way too fast for my taste. I was really worried hubby was going to get held over at work (he had to work Christmas morning) but he was home in enough time for us to celebrate with his family. I was certainly spoiled with gift cards to both Micheal's and Jo-Anne's craft stores. Super exciting for me.....Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and an upcoming new year.

The details: This is my last challenge for you all so I am going to go a tad easy on you. Use your favorite embellishment. (ribbon, brads, eyelets, punches,, bling, etc)

I used friendship. My favorite embellishments are punches.....I love that with very little it adds sooooo much! I also used a paper piercer and pierced the bee's path. This was very hard to photograph cause we have very little natural light and the flash washes out the dark colors.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 1/03/10 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase. Make sure you use CCS13 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Creative Technique--Challenge--Tutorial

Winner of CCS11 Creatively Different using random.org was #2 Olga.

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Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. The holidays are fast approaching. Are you ready? Have you wrapped everything and gotten stocking stuffers? If not I wanted to show you a easy stocking stuffer or gift.

The details: This weeks challenge is for you to use your favorite technique. This could be embossing or coloring medium or like what I did was a 3-D project technique.

I have a tutorial for you all to use to make your very own tea bag holder. I showed some samples I have done at the most recent blog hop.

What you will need:

· One 3 1/2" x 7 3/4" piece of cardstock—Basic Grey used here
· One 6 1/2" x 7" piece of patterned paper or printed vellum—My Minds Eye used here
· Scoring tool—Scor-pal used here
· Strong adhesive—rolled adhesive used here
· Thin cord
· 25" piece of ribbon
· 1/16" hole punch
· 1 1/4" circle punch
· Stamps—Friendship used here
· Additional cardstock and embellishments to decorate the front
*The largest sized was 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ and it goes in by 1/8 down to the stamped whisper white.

Step 1
Place 3 1/2" x 7 3/4" piece of cardstock in your Scoring tool Score at 3 1/2".

Score at 4 1/4".

Step 2
fold both of the score lines.

Step 3
Line the 6 1/2" side of the patterned paper up with the top of the scoring tool Score at 1/2".

Score at 3 1/2".

Step 4
fold your score lines. Apply Adhesive to the 1/2" section of the paper.

Remove tape liner, fold paper over and rub to set adhesive.

Step 5
Align the paper sleeve with the 1/2" score line. Score at 3 5/8".

Turn paper 180 degrees, line other side up with 1/2" score line. Score again at 3 5/8". The 3 5/8" is actually marked on the score pal to make things a bit easier.

Step 6
fold both score lines.

Step 7
Slide one size of the designer paper into the 1 1/4" circle punch. Center and punch.This will make it easier to take the tea bag out of the holder later.

Line up the other end of the paper with the punched side. Line up circle punch again and punch again.

Step 8
Add Adhesive over the back of the patterned paper spine.

Peel off tape liner, center patterned paper over cardstock and tape down.

Step 9
Tie ribbon around the cardstock base.

You can decorate the front of the holder.I used dimensional's so the ribbon is able to be repositioned.

Step 10
Open the tea bag holder and punch two small holes in the spine through both the patterned paper and cardstock. You can use a 1/16" hole punch or your paper piercing tools for that. I like to use a guide for better/even hole placement.

Step 11
Thread some thin cord through the holes so both ends of the cord are on the outside of the holder.

Tie the cord in a knot or bow on the outside of the spine.

Step 12
Add tea bags into your patterned paper sleeves.

Fold tea bag holder and and tie ribbon again. Your tea bag holder is done.Variation:Instead of filling the sleeves with tea bags, try chocolate squares instead.

I used my new sewing machine to sew the front of the tea bag holder.....The lines are a tad bit wiggly but this is my first sewing machine so I have a bit of a learning curve....So far I LOVE it though.

Here is a photo of the inside. Another variation you could try are the ghiradelli or dove square chocolates.....those will fit in here just fine. it looks harder than it is. I think total for this whole tutorial (without the photos and typing it up) took about 30 minutes. Those are fast and wonderful little gifts.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 12/27/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS12 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday week!

Creative Clear Blog Hop!

Are you ready for another Creative Clear Stamps Blog Hop!

Look below for the details....make sure to leave a comment on every one's blog! Here are some things I am making for the women in my family....Tea bag holders. I love the colors of pink and grey together!!! I also love this basic grey designer pudding. It is perfect for the holidays! I did 2 different covers. It is VERY easy to make!

I also used Basic Grey rhinestones to add a little extra something.

Here's what the inside looks like for both. I love how it looks!

I am so excited and this time EVERYONE can join and share their Creative Vision using their favorite Creative Clear Stamps.

Be sure to stop by the Design Team members blogs: Laura, Jennie, Linda, Shelly, Rebecca as well as the very creative and talented Olga, Patti, and Theresa.

Laura will also be giving away a new release to one lucky commenter from one of the blog comments, so be sure leave a comment at each stop. You just never know whose blog will be picked! You can look for the announcement of the winner over on the Creative Clear Stamps Blog: A Fairy Creative Place.

Creative Holiday~Challenge

No one won for challenge 10

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. This week was super busy. I am coming up on the last week of the semester so I already had a final last week and a presentation and a huge paper. Finals week should actually be pretty good to me :) I only have 1 big test. I hope you all will find some fun inspiration this week!



OK so for the details:

Creative Holiday ~Color Challenge. Use navy blue, silver and BLING

I used a few different stamp sets for my project: For the alphabet on the front I used Pattern Alphabets and Numbers for the Tree and the cluster of snowflakes I used Let it Snow for the inside of the invite I used Surprise Party. I love this color combo and it was super fun to create.I used a small square block and aranged my cluster of snowflakes using all 4 sizes. this was super easy and way better then trying to stamp each one individually.

Holiday Tip: I used my score pal mat with the measurements and placed the letters and the words face down so I could make sure they were even and lined up. It was great having the lines there for guides. then once I had them in place I pressed down on them with my clear block and they were lined up perfectly.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 12/20/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS10 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

I hope everyone had a wonderful week! It's getting cold here and that is pretty unusual. We even had snow up in our hills and that NEVER happens! Have you seen the new images over in the crafty sentiments store (it's open!!!! Yea!)

Your challenge this week is to use glitter.....It can be mixed in something like shimmerz or can be ribbon that is shiny just like glitter.....Think creatively for this one!

She has the most adorable snowmen EVER....I am not exaggerating! With the freezing temperature here (OK I'm exaggerating a little there) I had to use one of these snowmen. I used Snowman Frost.

I used the snowflake from Holiday Happiness. The sentiment is from that set as well. I had these felt snowflakes and I used iced lavender shimmerz on the snowflakes. I used angel wings snowflake on the snowman and I used stickles for the snow. I also used some fun flock for the puff ball on the hat and for the snowballs on the side. I love that it has different textures when you touch it! I also used 2 different ribbon and layered them.

Don't forget to visit us over on Paper Craft Planet here

Creative ABC's~Challenge

Winner of CCS9 Creatively Different using random.org was #2 Patti. (2 weeks in a row winner)

Email: creative-vision@hotmail.com to claim your badge and shopping code

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. This week is hectic. We put up our tree and the house is decorated and now finals and school stuff are the priority.....I need some stamp days..... I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is about Anything But a Card--Anything but a card.....I think mine works cause it is a pull out slide.....

I used two different stamp sets for my project: Officially Single and Friendship. I saw this tutorial on a blog a couple weeks ago and thought it would be cute for this stamp set. This would be great for single girl drink recipes....Appletini anyone?

When you pull out the tab this is what it shows.....Sorry for the horrible picture.....But it is so dark out I wont have natural lighting till spring. Can you believe we actually have snow in the forecast? I live near San Francisco! I plan for rain not snow......It's not like it will stick or anything but 27 degrees for us is FREEZING!

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 12/13/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS10 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Free Creative Clear Stamps!!!

This post will remain at the top for 2 days so please scroll down for new posts.....I have new posts for both creative clear stamps and crafty sentiments.

Creative Clear Stamps is having another Blog Hop that can feature YOU and your Creative Vision! Our current Design Team Jennie, Linda, Shelly, Lisa and Rebecca will be sharing with you a project created using their favorite CCS set.

We also want YOU to participate by creating a project using YOUR favorite Creative Clear Stamp set. We are all going to link them together over on the Creative Clear Stamps Blog and that is not all..... Each customer that participates using CCS stamps will receive ONE of the brand new releases coming out in January. It is just Creative Clear Stamp's way of saying THANK YOU for helping us grow!

Here's what you should do:

1. Create a brand new project FEATURING ANY stamp from our line of Creative Clear Stamps. This project should not include stamps from any other stamp company.

2. Email Laura creative-vision@hotmail.com and let her know you will be joining the hop. Include a link to your main blog. Also include your full name and mailing address - so Laura can send you your FREE new Release in January. All links must be given to Laura no later than December 16th.

3. On the 17th, make sure your CCS Blog Hop project remains in the top position for the day on your blog.

Doing these three things will qualify you to receive ONE Free New Release. Laura, owner of CCS, reserves the right to disqualify any project or blog hop link that does not follow the guidelines of this special offer.

Our customers are the best and we appreciate you. So mark your calendar's for December 17th and hope you can hop along to a free stamp set soon!