Updated Time for Craft Wars

It's Tuesday!

And that means time to grab a cold drink, your GlueArts Glue Gun, a bowl of popcorn (our family pick!) and check out another episode of Craft Wars!

A bit of good news too...Craft Wars is now on at 8pm EST/ 7 pm CST!

So no more having to stay up late and wake up tired because you don't want to miss out!

Now you can watch it a bit earlier!

And please do watch. We realize not all the crafts may be ones on your upcoming crafting list. We know that you "might not" be making a playhouse anytime soon. But the the key is that we are finally getting to watch a craft show that is all about us!  Crafters!

And we're still watching to see when our GlueArts Glue Glider PRO+ is used! So for some fun this week we're giving away our GlueArts Glue Gun and a refill pack of Glue Sticks. How to win? Simply watch the show and tell us the winning project? And if you want a bonus entry tell us one supply from the craft closet that was used during the show! Then we'll pick one random winner and announce their name here next Tuesday. It's just that easy. Watch and win.... 

Say A Special Thanks with Lily Bee & GlueArts

As the end of the school year winds down, every searches for that special way to thank a teacher, coach, classroom helper...and the list goes on.

Today Designer Patti Mliazzo has a beautiful way to do just that thanks to Lily Bee products, Epiphany Crafts Tools and Bubble Caps...and GlueArts of course! And our talented gal, Andrea Budjack offers us a beautiful layout based on the Lily Bee sketch (see yesterday's blog post) celebrating her children!

"Thanks!" Gift Tote with Rosettes

GlueArts Designer: Patti Milazzo

Supply List: 

Glue Arts- 

Glue Glider Pro 

1/4 Perma Tac Cartridge Refill - Pro

U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam

Raise ‘Ns

Adhesive Squares

Extreme Adhesive Squares

Extreme Micro Adhesive Squares

Glue Gun

Glue Gun Stick Refills

Lily Bee:

Victoria Park Collection Kit

Epiphany Crafts:

Round 14 punch tool

Bubble Caps – Clear Round 14

Charm

Other: dollar bin black pattern tote box, ribbon, pins, button, vellum, hemp

Instructions:

Prepare the inside of the container by using the Glue Gun to adhere a piece of floral foam to the bottom of the box. Set aside.

I started by cutting and adhering a decorative paper strip around the cardboard container I had for this project. I used the Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac Adhesive and added Extreme Adhesive Squares on the ends of the strips to secure them in place. Cut a 3.5” circle from green and another 4” circle from pink. Layer these and trim the larger with scallop scissors. Adhere this to the right front of the container with a piece of U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam.

Next, I made assorted rosettes for the embellishment accenting the front of the container as well as the flowers inserted into the box using Lily Bee’s Victoria Park collection. For these, I prefer to use the Glue Gun to secure the rosettes with circle punches. 

Layer multiple rosettes on top of each other with hot glue and apply the Bag of Bits Die Cuts with Adhesive Squares, U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam or Raise ‘Ns for just a bit of dimension.

Once the rosettes for inside the container are complete, use the Glue Gun to attach them to the inked (green) craft dowels. Cut a few leaves from green pattern paper, crumple a bit and also attach these just below the rosette flowers on the dowels. Apply the pennant/banner die cuts with either Adhesive Squares or hot glue. Arrange the rosette stemmed flowers in the floral foam. Add a bit of hot glue to secure if needed.

When creating the rosette to accent the front of the container, adhere a small bow and button to the front of the rosette using Extreme Adhesive Squares. Then tuck a couple of decorative pins just behind the bow.

Using the Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac Adhesive apply adhesive to the ends of the pennant/banner Bag of Bits Die Cuts and tuck under the left side of the scalloped circle, as shown.

For the Epiphany Craft charm on the smallest flower I used the punch tool on the collection kit cover sheet where the “It’s a beautiful day” sentiment happened to be the perfect fit for this accent. Once I added the Clear Bubble Cap with the tool, I adhered this piece inside the charm with a Micro Extreme Adhesive Square.

To complete the gift box, I filled the bottom with a bit of tissue paper to cover the floral foam. This can be glued in place also. Then I topped it with a small strip of sheer green fabric. I created a decorative gift box from Lily Bee’s Charcoal Stationary (cardstock) and embellished it with a bit of pattern paper and a Bag of Bits heart die cut. I tucked this into the container after filling it with a gift card and a few treats and my gift tote was complete. 

One Sweet Smile Layout

GlueArts Designer: Andrea Budjack 

Glue Arts Supplies:

Extreme Adhesive Squares

Perma Tac

UCut-It Foam

Additional Supplies:

Lily Bee - paper, tags, stickers

Tim Holtz - paper clip

Prairie Bird Boutique - ribbon

Maya Road - chipboard

thread

stick pin

buttons

Be sure to stop by the Lily Bee blog to see what they're up to with this sketch and how you can get involved!! Remember to use your GlueArts adhesives on your layout too!!

Our friends at Lily Bee have kindly offered to one of our lucky fans their new Victoria Park Collection kit along with a pack of their  Index Journaling Cards. All you have to do is post a comment and you're entered to win. The more comments you post this week (one per day) the more chances you have to win!


Want even more ways to win?? Our friends at Epiphany Crafts are offering their Epiphany Crafts Studio Shape Star Tool and matching Bubble Caps. (not shown) All you have to do to win is to stop by the Lily Bee Facebook Wall and Epiphany Crafts Facebook Wall and say hello!! Then pop back here post a comment and you're not only entered to win the Victoria Park Collection, you'll also be entered to win the EC Tool too!  

Lily Bee is in the GlueArts House!

As promised we're back this week in full swing with a fun promotion with Lily Bee Design! In fact...there's another company involved too...Epiphany Crafts! 

It's almost too good to be true when you combine Lily Bee, Epiphany Crafts and GlueArts! 

What that means for you is a week, over flowing with endless ideas and ways to use all three products and even better...we're quite certain of a giveaway or two throughout the week as well!

Our talented Audrey Pettit has a bird house that's almost too cute to inhabit! (or least we think so!) She's covered it with the beautiful Lily Bee Victoria Park collection and affixed it with our Glue Glider PRO+!!

Family Nest Birdhouse by Audrey Pettit

Supplies:

Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro+ and High Tac Adhesive

Glue Arts U Cut It Foam Adhesive

Glue Arts Micro Extreme Adhesive Squares

Glue Arts Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

Lily Bee Victoria Park Collection:

Patterned Papers, Index Journaling Card, and Bag of Bits Die Cut

Felt: Papertrey Ink and Craft Supply

Die: My Favorite Things

Twine: The Twinery

Floss: DMC

Buttons: Vintage

Chalk Pastels: Stampin'Up

Ink: Clearsnap

Paint: Delta

Border Punch: Stampin'Up

Upcycled Wooden Birdhouse

I love scouring second-hand stores and yard sales for fun pieces to alter, like this wooden birdhouse. I thought the bird on top was already cute, but the rest was in need of a little make-over.

Directions:

1. Start by painting the birdhouse white. I already liked the bird, so I left it as it was. Cut a piece of patterned paper to fit the front of the birdhouse. Add a second piece of contrasting paper across the top that has been punched with a scallop border punch. Adhere an Index Journaling Card to the bottom of the panel.

*Note: Edge all paper pieces with brown ink.

Using High Tac Adhesive, affix the panel to the front of the birdhouse.

2. Add color to the images on the Index Journaling Card using chalk pastels.

3. Add U Cut It Foam Adhesive to the back of the Family die cut from the Bag of Bits. Tie twine around the top of the birdhouse and through a hole punched into the die cut. Tie the die cut into the bow and adhere with the foam adhesive.

4. Using Micro Extreme Adhesive Squares, add buttons to the base and top of the birdhouse.

5. Die cut a spiral flower from blue felt. Roll the flower up and secure in the back using the Glue Arts Glue Gun. Adhere flower to the top of the Index Journaling Card using more hot glue. Freehand cut leaves from green felt. Stitch veins on the leaves with embroidery floss. Adhere leaves to the spiral flower and Family die cut using hot glue.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for our NSD Card Challenge! We added a twist to it and our winner...is Michelle B and her too cute card!

http://wanderingscissors.blogspot.com/2012/05/pineapple-drink-card.html

Congrats to you Michelle! Please email me at Gluegirl@gluearts.com with your info. Be sure to visit the GlueArts blog all week long as we share more ideas and of course...giveaways!

Be sure to stop by the Epiphany Crafts Blog as well as the Lily Bee blog today for more ideas and ways to use all of our products! Have a great day!