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More New Tim Holtz Products! FLASH SALE on Birds!
Filed under Art Projects, Cute as a Button, Giveaways, Lora Mahaffey, Newsletters, Sale
Note: most of the links on this post no longer work, as we moved to a new Web site in 2018. However, you can see the supply list items from Lora’s project that are still available on the new site.
A couple quick announcements before Miz Bella (Kim Ayers) introduces a scary/cute project by Lora Mahaffey.
FLASH SALE! The entire Birds Theme Section is on Sale TODAY and TOMORROW ONLY! (Sale ends Monday night, Feb. 9th.)
See last Thursday’s Newsletter for new flowers & butterlies that inspired the Butterfly Garden FREE Gift Kit (still available). And artwork by Kristin Batsel AND New Cracked Pistachio Distress Color… More info
Suuuuper cute creation using the Cute As A Button Kit by Design Team Member Lora Mahaffey!
Inspired by one of my most favorite movies, Coraline, Lora said:
“In the book and movie, the “other mother” wants to sew button eyes on Coraline, but she resists. Oops! Looks like she got one. I have to admit, I creeped myself out with this one.
I started out making the house shape from a template I drew and cut the shape out of a piece of 8×8 Heavy Chipboard. I sized the smaller piece of chipboard (covered in the polka dot paper from the Sew Lovely 6×6 Paper Pad) to the house shape. After covering both pieces with paper (that striped paper is also from the Sew Lovely 6×6 Paper Pad), sanded them down around the edges and inked them up to make them look kind of old and worn.
I glued Doll Buttons – 4mm Black to the little girl’s eyes and sewed her mouth shut (ick!) with regular needle and thread. I aged the image the same way as I did the chipboard.”
Aren’t you loving the New! Favorite Findings Big Buttons – Black & White used as wheels and the spider from the Garden Insects Cut-Outs up on top?
AND if you don’t want to cut your own house shapes, check out the (New and On Sale!) Wood House Shapes below! So cute and in 3 sizes (and I think that little one would make a darling fairy door)!
Before you wheel yourself on over to visit Lora, you might want to peek at her supply list. You can see more photos and get additional tips on how Lora created her artwork here.
New Houses & Trims! – All on Sale! View All New Items | |||
New Birds! – All on Sale! View the Birds Theme Section — ON SALE THROUGH TOMORROW | |||
New Tim Holtz Stencils! – All on Sale! View All Tim Holtz Items | |||
Hooray for the Aqua Blue, Birds & Houses Giveaway!
I started with the cool aqua blue stripes from the back of the Sew Lovely Darling Doilies Scrapbook Paper (did you notice that Lora used large and small stripes in her artwork? I like the mix from the full size and the mini print from the 6×6 pad)… which led to more aqua items, then some birds (and spiders?) to work with the houses and buttons).
First, here are all of these items from Lora’s Cute as a Button artwork (note: that’s a link to photos of all the supplies):
– Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice Collage Sheet
– Doll Buttons – 4mm Black
– 8×8 Heavy Chipboard
– Sew Lovely Darling Doilies Scrapbook Paper
– Sew Lovely 6×6 Paper Pad (half a pad, so one each of all 12 papers)
Then, I added these New! items:
– Wood House Shape – Large
– Wood House Shape – Medium
– Wood House Shape – Small
– 3/4 Inch Black Buttons
– 1 Inch Miniature Chickadees
AND some blocks to use as stands for the houses:
– 7/8 Inch Wooden Cube Block
– 1 Inch Wooden Cube Block
– 1-1/2 Inch Wooden Cube Block
(Remember Lora’s Eeek! Goblins! Plaques? See more of Lora's project using blocks as plaque stands in the blog.)
And then (whew!) these aqua or bird-themed or spidery items ALL On Sale!:
– Holiday Jubilee Bow on Top Scrapbook Paper
– Nostalgic Birds Scrapbook Paper
– Bird Cage Twill Tape – Aqua
– Wood Bird Cages
– Antique Brass Birdcage Charm
– Pewter Spider Charm
– Antique Silver Spider Pendant
To enter the Aqua Blue, Birds & Houses Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment BELOW on this blog post TODAY or TOMORROW (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, MONDAY NIGHT, February 9, 2015).
Don’t forget to leave your (hello! correct) email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.
Please be patient! Spammers try to post crap here a lot so comments are moderated. So if you don’t see your post in the comments section, be patient and check back in a few hours before re-posting it, please!
After midnight, I’ll randomly pick the winner (via Random.org). So make sure to check back to see who won! And check your mailbox on Thursday morning for the next Giveaway and Newsletter
Hey, who won the Sugar & Spice Giveaway? That would be Alice! Please check your email for my message about getting your mailing address.
Must be springtime!!!
Love Lora’s Cute as a Button project–super cool and creepy!
Scary cute! Love the bird motif and the shrines!
My favorite color!
I really like the giveaway this week! I could really use all those birdcage itens!!
Lora cracked me up with her “I creeped myself out” comment. I love that movie but feel creeped out by it also. Still, I would love to make one of those.
I love the cute bird cages, thanks for the chance to win.
I like the things in this kit. Love birds!
I want to make this!
What great stuff would love to win
Love this one!!!!!!
I love houses….not so sure I like scary…..but I love the houses……
Scary houses, yum!
Cute as a Button is awesome!!
I love Lora’s Cute as a Button! It’s amazing how creepy the little girl’s eyes became just by covering them with buttons. Thanks for the chance to win.
Fabulous as always. Thanks for another great giveaway and the chance to win!
Button, button, who has the button? Hope it is me!
Great kit! Love the mouth sewn shut and the button eyes! Just enough creep factor to make it awesome!
Love the goodies. Hope I win.
Great kit! Love the creepy girl!
Hmmmm, think I might have to order extra bird cages…….
great stuff for spring…
Love it, blue birds a sign of spring.
I love this giveaway!! Thank YOU!!
Peculiar people
That’s a cute little plaque 🙂
oh wow, the fun things I could create with this giveaway!
Love Laura’s creation. Awesome giveaway too
Another wonderful giveaway with great colors and people!
oh so sweet! I love all things birds and this one is super! Love all the lil’ cages and images to use! Sure would love to win this sweet stash of Alpha goodies! mmmmmmmm
You amaze me,these are wonderful. I am new to this form of art and so anxious to try my hand at it.
In my world of cold, this kit warms me up!
Creepy and cute indeed! Love Lora’s creations and great giveaway.
Another great giveaway.
Thanks Alpha Stamps for the chance to win.
Oh! What fun this project will be!!!!!
Love this kit and the wonderful subtle colors. That part of Coraline is so creepy and this is so well done! Thanks for a chance to play!~kim
Just love the wood bird house shapes and those collage papers are fantastic.
Creepy kids, what fun!
I love the cute as a button project today-I like the little girl better with the button eyes and sewn mouth. It looks so halloween and I love halloween. Great giveaway too!
Delightfully creepy!
Love all these great bird cages.
I always enjoy perusing your website and even getting the opportunity to be selected for a gift! Great inspirations!
Spring is almost here. Another cute kit.
Just love the images and all the wood.
Fantastic job Lora. Love this kind of stuff…
It IS cute as a buttin,!!
Whoa! Sweet!
This is a wonderful give-away.
Another great giveaway!
This is cute as a button!! LOving the buttons!
Such a great giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win….I would love to won this!
Yes it is CUTE as a button!
Creepy cool!
Never saw the movie Coraline, but creepy is not my thing. Lora’s project is really creepy, and the Cute As A Button title makes it even worse!! Ha, ha. Lora’s Eeek! Goblins! project was great!!
Love the Aqua Blue, Birds & Houses Giveaway, especially the striped papers, the house shapes and the miniature chickadees!!
I love your creation, I’ll admit creeps me out a bit too.I love Neil Gaiman’s work and Coraline is one of my favorites. This captures the creep feeling I had reading this book perfectly. Love it.
Yes, it might be creepy, BUT it has soooo many other
applications!!!!! Loving the possibilities!
I love birds- feed them all year long! another great giveaway!
This is an awesome giveaway – I just adore everything you have shown us!
Love the new TH colors but I’m loving the new items for sale!!! Awesome!
Looks like fun to me!
MEMORIES! My mother’s name was Faerie (really), and she loved blue birds!
I love the birds
What a great project and awesome giveaway! I would love to win, thanks for the chance.
This is super cool!
This would be a fun spring project
WoW, so cool! Thanks for the inspiration … and the chance to win!
while ice falls from my sky, you show me that spring will indeed be coming.
I love Lora’s project and the giveaway is a lot of fun stuff!
lovely
Some really great giveaways this week.
My, you AS girls sure know how to “creep up” just about anything! I can tell Halloween is a year-round holiday in AS land! But all in good fun… love the over-the-top creativity! And your giveaways are awesome!!
Creepy, creepy creepy. Love it
Again, thanks for a great giveaway!
Super cute
Jeepers Creepers love the mini buttons, birdcages and cute as a button giveaway!
So into birds right now that it is almost scary.
What a great giveaway! Thank you for the opportunity to win. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!
OMG I’m in love. I absolutely love these little houses and the macabreness (is that a word) ? Now you’ve got my attention!
creepy
A little creepy, but fun:)
Aqua is the new red! Love it
Love the birds!
I love the birds, too!
lots of fun things to make
Creepy but so intriguing. Love the colors, birds and images so I would love this kit. Got my fingers crossed.
Love the bird and birdcages. Not so sure about spiders? 😉
Love that bird theme- one of my faves. Thanks for all the birdie goodies!
I see lots of new items I want! Thanks for the chance at a great prize too!
Cute as a button…creepy cute…love it all 😉
I love the paper colors. All the wood is amazing!
the birds seem like they should fly onto my paper.
Love the creepy Cute as a Button! And the paper colors are great.
A bird in the hand…pick me!
I love the birds and the little bird houses. I would love to include them in my annual garden journal that I love to make.
I just love birds, cages and the color Aqua blue! Pick me!
Awesome giveaway, slightly creepy project. 😀
great stuff. looks like fun.
Aqua is my favorite blue.
Great project!
Looks like some fun springtime stuff
I love this giveaway. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
i love the bird theme! just in time for spring!
Cute as a button sent a shiver up my spine!
Fun!
What an unexpected surprise. Love the possibilities…..Love Laura’s piece. That to was unexpected when we are surrounded by pink and hearts and flowers at this time of year. Good for you to go outside your comfort zone.
It looks like a great start to spring!
YES! YES! YES! Would so love to win !!!!!
Pretty! Pretty !!!!!!!
My passion
Fly away lovely birds
Super cute and super creepy all at the same time! I love it.
Very unusual and creative. Love it!
Lora, I’ll say it again…I love the way your creative wheels turn!
Love the project-deliciously creepy & unique.
All the bird items in the giveaway are wonderful.
Not so into the scary, but I love birds!
I would love to win!
Creepy cute – one of my all time favorites.
Love the creep factor – Halloween in the Spring! A new holiday!
Maybe for Halloween,kinda scary!!! I love the houses to play with, the sew papers, and great colours you’ve chosen for the giveaway!
Birdy birds in the sky please pick me. Great kit
A little bird told me this is awesome!
This is such a pretty kit !! I hope I win this time !!!!