Lots of crafty items for sale!

Lots of really cool craft items selling on my ebay. If you are into cross stitch, scrapbooking , stamping, puzzles, paint by numbers, fabric, you name it and you can find it CLICK HERE to view all items.

New Spellbinders are Coming/Preorders available

Hello everyone.  It is time for a little peek at what is coming soon!

First, I wanted to mention I have many Pixie Cottage stamps marked down for limited, over 20% off!

Secondly, I am slowly getting my preorders listed in the store on the new Spellbinders that will be arriving next month.  I have placed orders for the ones that are set to arrive between August 5th and August 15th.  Now of course we know that is only an estimate.  Right now I have the six below listed for preorder at the special price of 19.99!!  They will be 21.99 once they are in stock.

And remember FREE US Shipping on orders greater than 80.00!!

Happy crafting,

Michelle

Spellbinders Special

For a limited time, buy three Spellbinder dies at regular prices and get one free! 

Simply purchase three Spellbinder dies selling at 19.99 or up and get one free of equal or lesser value.

Type your free choice in the comment field at time of purchase.

Sale now through June 18th.

Here are just a couple of the dies available.

Visit the store at http://www.michellesscrap.com/

Thanks!

Michelle

NEW Spellbinders Preorders Now in Shop

NEW RELEASES

Spellbinders

Spellbinders has released well over 30 new die sets at CHA this past week.  Most of them are scheduled to ship approximately the first of March. All are listed as preorders presently in my store, at great preorder savings. 

 I have but some together as bundles for even more of a savings.

In addition to the already low prices on the preorders I am offering a coupon code.  Actually several coupon codes, one to fit every budget.  They are good on your total purchase!

Choose your copon code:

Valentine-$5.00 off all orders over 45.00

Hearts-5% off any order

Love-$15.00 off all orders over 100.00

Remember free US shipping on all orders over 80.00 (after coupon codes)

NOT GOOD on lay away, gift certificates, BEST scrapbook storage shelves.

Expires 2/14/2011

Good night, Michelle

The Pixie Cottage Challenge 45

Yes, I know it is about time post something that I made myself! LOL!

I just did not get the best pictures of this card, but I will post it anyway.

It was made using a digital stamp called Pumpkin & Pie from Precious Stamps by Lisa

This was made for the design team at The Pixie Cottage Challenge Blog

I used a Spellbinders die Big Scalloped Circle to cut the image and mat.  One of my recent favorite border punches from Martha Stewart's collection..Scalloped Dot, the papers are Bazzill cardstock and the pattern paper from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop Collection.  I printed the sentiment out on my computer, and of course I used my Copic markers to color the image.

I wanted to enter this card in a few challenges.
Pile It On - Holiday with family and friends
Cards for Men - Animals
Paper Playtime - PS I Love You (Love Thanksgiving and all the good food!)
The Crazy Challenge - Thanks or Thanksgiving
Creative Card Crew - Lets Give Thanks
Cute Card Thursday- Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Digi Day (my image is digi)
Paper Sundaes - Pick your Toppings

Thanks for dropping by.
Michelle

What Time Is It? It's Katie time.......

This will surely be a favorite of all Magnolia Stamp fans!

Katie has designed this sweet clock, and she couldn't have done a nicer job.

The good news is you all can make one too, with you own special touches, and rather inexpensively I might add!

First of all, this clock comes from Kaisercraft's Beyond the Page line and is ready for your embellishments, requiring only simple assembly!

You can use some Tilda stamps from your stash, or for that matter your very own pictures of your family, pet or friends. (I am thinking this would make a great Christmas gift)  Now Katie went all out on this and used a decorative edge punch from Martha Stewart that can be found HERE, in addition she used a Spellbinders Beaded Circle die for the middle of the clock.  You can see all the special little touches she added, such as the prima flowers.

This photo shows how dimensional this clock is, with all the recessed areas for photos or embellishments.

If you haven't been by Katie's blog before, stop by and take a look you wont be sorry you did!
Hope you enjoyed your weekend!
Michelle

How I organize my Spellbinders and Cuttlebug Folders

Hello everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your spring. I am in a "spring cleaning" frame of mind lately. So I have been trying to organize my craft space a little better. I recently not only moved all my store inventory to a new location, but also moved my own personal scrap space. What a lot of work. Up until now I have been storing my Spellbinders and Cuttlebug Folders in a basket. I have been browsing blogs and forum boards for months trying to decide how I wanted to store my own. I have always been the "out of sight... out of mind" type of gal. But after giving it some thought I realized I really didn't need to see my Spellbinders. I use them on 75 percent of my cards, and certainly wont forget they are there since they are a staple in my cardmaking.

So taking all the ideas I saw into consideration, here is what I came up with.

Here is how it all starts out: A KaiserCraft Binder.  I used the A5 size (8.25" by 6"... MSRP is 6.99), but they also come in 12 inch.   These binders have pocket inserts that also come in varying sizes.  I used the DL sized pockets (8.25"X4") (a pack of five MSRP is $4.49)  for most of my Spellbinders.  However, some of the wider spellbinders needed the A5 size (MSRP is 5.99 for a pack of 5), as did the cuttlebug folders. 

I used old chipboard from paper packs or wherever else I could find it (free), and applied three pieces of magnetic tape to them. (A pack of 1/2"X30" is MSRP of 1.09, and I used almost five packs)

  You could decorate the chipboard with some pretty paper, or paint it. Time was of the essence for me, and since I am the only one who will see it, nothing fancy for me.

These pockets are excellent because they have "zip" type closures, so even if the dies were to become loose, they would not fall out of the pocket. You will see I stuck a picture from the Spellbinder package in with some of my dies. I didn't keep them all, but wish I would have. I think it is nice to have that visual reference, along with the name of the die.

How many dies did I get in my folder?    Well I put two dies in each pocket (you could squeeze a third in there), in addition, I used one to store my plates, rubber mats and the accessory type stuff you need to use the old sizzix with the Spellbinders. I put four cuttlebug A2 size folders in one pocket. (You could squeeze more in there but I wanted to be able to see them all.) So all told, I have 14 spellbinder dies, 4 cuttlebug folders, accessory mats, etc and some extra chipboard store in one folder, and it shuts!!

I store the folder over on the counter where I do my die cutting, of course if I fill another binder up I will have to have a shelf put up above and put the binders there. Now I am hoping to be lucky enough to get many more Spellbinders... so yes dear husband will be putting up another shelf for me!

So that is my little organizing system. I think it works well because it really doesn't take much space.   You can flip through the binder  and easily find what you are looking for.  

Cost for one binder as shown with pockets and magnetic tape:

Magnetic Tape-5 packs-4.95

One binder-6.49

Pockets-1 pack of A5 and 1 pack of DL-9.78

Interested in trying this?  I do carry all the supplies in my store  for you to make your own binder storage system.   I have it put together as a package deal for 19.99 (buying the items separate would be 21.44) Please let me know if you have any questions.

Michelle

New Spellbinders Coming Soon

Have you seen the new Spellbinders dies just released this week at CHA?

They have released several new lables along with many other dies.  Here are a few of them.  They are suppose to start shipping next month.  I will have the up for preorder soon!  I only have 5 of each on order right now so if you want to guarantee you get one from the first bunch it might be best to preorder.

There are many other new dies from Spellbinders coming also, soon to all be listed in my store, so stop by and have a look.

Michelle

Spellbinders Special 3 for 45.99

I am having a little sale on spellbinders going on. For a limited time you choose any three spellbinders for 45.99. (No coupon codes on this sale please)

For Details please go HERE
Here are just a few of the Spellbinders you can choose from

More Specials Coming soon!

Michelle

New New New... so much new

There has been so many new products actually released this week that my head is spinning, but I thought I would share some of my favorites. I love the new Stampavie Stamps for sure, they are by Sarah Kay, and also the new Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendants. So here are your peaks.

So what have you seen this week that is new that you like?

I have something new to post later this summer, but it is a suprise.

Happy 4th of July!

New Card

Well my friend Jan has talked me into entering a challenge. This will be my first one, but boy the subject fit my mood when I made this card. This is for A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge the subject is Summer. This is made from a stamp from Sugar Nellie and one of the new Magnolia stamps that was just released (the cute little hummingbird), also included are some papers from Basic Grey, from the Marrakech and the June Bug line. I used my new Fiskars border punch along with some spellbinder dies, prima flowers and copic markers. I think that about covers it. Hope you like it.

A New Card

I have to say tpday I received the nicest email from a lady in Miami who was wanting to get into cardmaking and stamping. She was complimenting me on my blog and my cards. It actually made me realize that I am not posting near enough cards. I get so caught up in all the new stamps andwhat I am buying and I don't spend near enough time creating. So I am dedicating this post to Mabel, thanks for bringing a smile to my face!

Paper from DCWV, Butterfly from Prima, pearls from Prima, Spellbinder dies, sentiment from K&Co

Spellbinders Nestabilities

How did I miss this Nestie? I thought I had scoped out all the new Spellbinders that I wanted and then this week I come across this.... they call it the "curved rectangle", and well of course you guessed it, I just cannot live without it! I also saw the long rectangles, I like those too, but I must not go overboard.... right? Someone tell me not to go overboard!!!!! I also ordered a bunch of new stamps for the store today, the new Whiff of Joy Medievals, and some EZ Mount. I am working on ordering some more Magnolia stamps for the store, along with more Anyas. What is the craft item you cannot live without? I would love to hear what your new "hot" must have is!
Have a great day!

Spellbinders CHA 2009 Winter Releases

I have a few minutes this evening and thought I would post some of the Spellbinders' new dies that are being released. Of course there are many more. If you are looking for any of these dies contact me for pre order special pricing at casdanben@aol.com.