Above is the title of Sharon's Saturday product review Facebook Live presentation. I apologize for being late posting this. I was in Pittsburg this past weekend and was too pooped to blog Sunday night. I also have a few photos of the cards Sharon made on Wednesday night using the new petite pouncers from Picket Fence. I'll wrap up with a few tips and samples from Mona's demo from Saturday. There is ALOT to show so let's get started.
First up is Picket Fence with lots of new stuff. I apologize for the poor picture. Sharon is showing three new sequin, glitter collections. I see lovely blues, greens, aquas and shimmery opalescent clear and white.
Next are new stamp sets from Picket Fence. Christmas in April? Sharon was afraid she'd forget to order this first stamp come August so she got it in now!
Sharon especially liked the sentiments with stamp set.
New for Mother's and Father's Day dies.
Hello!
Fern leaves and more...
This is a very creative die set. It creates a macrame hanging plant!
A challenge to read the words - all versions of Hello, hi, hey, hello and howdy.
Multi use frame dies in squares and circles.
This is a unique die. There is no border. Check out the card on the right, it's a die from another company but it shows you how the Picket Fence die works. The PF die cuts out all the small pattern pieces in the interior of your paper.
If you like to pop up your images especially full layers, these may be for you. In front is an extra wide full sheet of foam tape. Behind the sheets is the same but in a roll!
These got a little reversed when they loaded, but Picket Fence makes toner sheets in a wide variety of patterns. These two sets are Wildflowers and Under the Sea. NOTE: these are used with a laminator NOT a glimmer machine.
Next up are these films that can be used to give a hint of color over an image. This is a thin cellophane in texture film.
Some odds and ends, paper packs
From Elizabeth Craft Designs scripty sentiments with shadow backgrounds.
You all saw Mona's box with the tree frog last week. We now have the Toucan. How cool would he look peeking through all that tropical foliage.
Sharon enjoys using these scissors from Crafter's Companion. The small fussy cutting pair are especially nice as they have a smooth edge versus the serrated edge Tim's fine scissors have.
Another paper pack of shimmery metallics.
A new sentiment set from Crafter's Companion
A gorgeous Enchaned Oceans paper pack.
Next up is a little peek of what Sharon shared on Wednesday night, starting with the new mini/petite ink pouncers.
The Penny Black layered stencil set.
As a comparison, the card on the left below was inked with the pouncers while the same stencil pattern on the right was done with a brush.
What great cards!
These are new 'sticky' mats from PF. They let you secure your paper and the stencil on top of it and have it held in place while you color and blend.
Next up is a new company from Australia, Uniquely. Sharon first saw this company at the Creativation event in New Orleans last month. I think she really liked them just look at all she ordered.
We've got beautiful papers, die cuts and acetate die cuts.
We also have gems, stars, charms and metal accents.
We also have these new regular 2D embossing folders.
Doilies and tickets in three different styles.
Grungy looking metal dies.
This next one is a great die. There are two rectangles, one slightly larger than the other. They allow you to die cut those paper sheets that have what we've been calling 'cut aparts' as seen in the second photo. The slightly larger scalloped die creates a perfect mat for the 'cut apart'.
They also have these delicate, little dies for the beach and baby.
Tools for Father's Day.
Another small treat box die.Sweet Police and Fire truck stamps.
Several new sentiment stamps birthday and sympathy.
More floral and pattern stamps.
Fussy cutting scissors and a scissor cover,
According to Sharon she's been looking for a stamp like this. It's a stamp featuring a camera with a phrase 'place photo here'.
More dies, leaves and journal styled dies that created tags, tabs, and edges.
Phrases and the matching shadows. Note how in all of these you can see what the die cuts out as making it easier to see what you were buying!
Smaller journaling stamps.
Slimline stencils.
We know school is getting closer to the end of the year but we have some great school papers in 6X6 pads, stickers, and 12X12. These 12X12 papers are also two sided.
Yee Haw! Cowboy and western papers.
Stars and Stripes for July 4th and Memorial Day.
Aall and Create Washi tape.
This is an unusual tape. If you follow the photos you will see that as you roll out the tape you can create a larger scene by layering each subsequent image on top of the image previous.
Mona stepped in at the end of Sharon's presentation with a follow-up to her box die demo from earlier. I'm going to try and highlight the tips she shared.
Today's sample features the sloth die set from Elizabeth Crafts.
Here are all the pieces to create the sloth.
Sharon made a black and white photo of the sloth so she could match the pieces to where the were placed to create the hanging sloth.
She also used this tropical foliage to fill in.
Mona used this background plate to create a leafy background by cutting a section out of this background and mounting it on the same size piece of acetate (see the photo below this one).
Mona has all her pieces in lined up and has her score tape in place.
Now she folds over the box piece to create the box.
Many of you know Mona isn't a flower person but she likes this one from Concord & 9th.
Here is the die.
This die creates the flower stems, tops and leaves. Each piece has a tab that you can use to line up and attach all you flower stems and leaf stems.
Here is a demo of the flowers being placed the stems. You can add small dots in the flower centers for an accent if you choose.
The bouquet paper is designed to be dimensional. Here is the first of Mona's samples.
You can even use the inside for an additional message or to just add a colorful bow.
A nice weave patterned mat.
Mona also showed the new Friendship Bracelet stamp and die set from Concord & 9th.
There is a stamp that creates the alphabet and two dies, a square and a circle that fits over the stamped letters to cut them out to resemble letter beads.
These are the pieces that make the weave and ends of the bracelets.
On the back of the packaging are all these examples of the bracelets you can make. Hello Taylor!
In today's funny I am so showing my age. If you know, you know (and you're as old as me!)
That's it for me for this week. We have so much new, creative, and fun products you need to come in and check it all out. Enjoy some sunshine this week and get some crafty time in when you can and above all Stay Safe everyone.
Another small treat box die.
