The winner of the two templates is Denise Bryant!  Congrats, Denise.  Be sure to contact Adela at  creationsbyar@sbcglobal.net for your prize.

Paper Craft Planet’s Scrappy Sunday, has some great templates right now to motivate your scrapbooking.  I couldn’t help myself and made a page of my Malcolm.

I prefer 8 1/2 x 11″ layouts, so I adapted the layout a bit.

Now, if you haven’t heard of the story by Roch Carrier, it’s called the Sweater & it’s a favourite book around here!

It’s a Valentine Blog Hop hosted by Creations By AR!

Each of the Design Team are part of the hop to give away two new templates: Shadow Box Frame & Surprise Purse.

Come visit all the DT’s:

Adela Rossol

Julia Moss

Lisa Somerville

Magdalena Cortez

Mandy Gill

Maria Bell

Patti J. Gilliam

Sue Kment

Amy –> that’s me! And here’s what I made to show you …

The fun thing about this shadow box, is you can put anything in it to personalize it:

The second template is a cute surprise purse.  Now the beauty of Adela’s templates is they are not only adorable, but sizeable.  The unmodified size, fits a gift card, but if you size it down to 50% you get a barbie purse … WAH!

This would be fun to give the the little Valentine girl in your home!

How do you enter into this giveaway? Just leave a comment for your chance to win.
Winners will be announced Thursday! Be sure to visit all the Design Team’s blog & leave a message of love. Each blog will give away BOTH new templates.
Special thanks to Adela of Creations By AR for these adorable templates!

My youngest, who turned 6 in December, got a Claymation kit for his birthday.  A couple of days ago, he & his big brother went at it.  Huge hit, I didn’t hear from them for the morning.

I thought, for no help from Adults, and their first attempt at a 40 second movie, it was pretty good … but I’m their Mum.    Next lesson, lighting.  Day of the Dinos

They’re already talking about their next film.

Totally a cool gift, if you’re having difficulty finding something for boys or girls …

Time for a Tuesday 3D Challenge at Paper Craft Planet, 3D145.  January, in this house, the boys watch football & we get ready for Superbowl.  We are the family that brings out the little football shaped chilli bowls & Football Field Table Cloths towards the end of January.  I saw this cute post from Vanessa on Table settings for Football Parties & was inspired!

All you need is 1 piece of paper to make a little holder decoration for the table.

I scored & cut my paper at 2 1/2″ in and folded to make a box “lid”.

Rather than punch a hole, it’s better to use an exacto knife & cut an “x” so that it holds the cupcake stable.

To plan out where to cut the “x”, I used a circle template, that was later removed.  Depending on the size of your cupcake/ice cream cone you can adjust the size.

That’s all.  Pretty fast and this would be fun for a super bowl/birthday party.

That’s all. Pretty fast and this would be fun for a super bowl/birthday party. Try your variation of a cupcake holder, maybe a valentine, or a birthday theme.

Welcome to day 4 of 12 Days of 3D Christmas! Creations by AR is having a “12 Days of 3D Christmas” Contest!  Woot-Woot!  Prizes to be won & fun to be had.  Be sure to check out more details at Paper Craft Planet’s Creations By AR Discussion Group.

Each Day, at Paper Craft Planet’s Creations By AR Discussion Group, you will see a different template from Creations By AR & today’s template is called “Winter Sleigh”

This template is a fun little gift box to hold cookies, truffles, gift card, jewelry …

Adela’s Templates come in SVG, PDF, & DXF formats (as well as step by step instructions a pdf).  I used the SVG, reduced the size of the sizeable template, and cut it out twice on my Cricut Cutter with Sure Cuts A Lot software.

I used the duplicate template to make faux-bois wood planks.

The planks were made by dragging 3 different shades of brown coloured inks over a mustard CS and then cutting parallel lines.

Then I put them in an embossing folder, for some texture.  (Optional).

It gives the Winter Sleight that old style look.

Applying texture to the template changes it up & you could even put a string around the front to use as an ornament.

WANT TO WIN ALL THREE TEMPLATES?

It’s easy! Just leave a comment at Paper Craft Planet’s Creations By AR Discussion Group, between now and before the next day’s post is up. TWO random visitors will win all three templates! Check the Discussion group tomorrow to see if your name was chosen. Be sure to check back each day to see what the next designer has made to inspire you.

Hope you have fun with Creations By AR 12 Days of 3D Christmas Event!

Today is my big boy’s 6th birthday.  Can’t believe that!

Here are some pics of my sweetie.  I dropped the camera yesterday & it’s rattling a bit now, not good, but seems to be ‘working’, although focus is off a bit.  Kinda’ gives the photos that ‘rustic’ look.

Love you, Liam!

His request … Mum’s Tripple layer Chocolate Cake with fudge icing.

Congrats, Jacqui!  Be sure to contact Adela for your CRAFTER’S APRON template prize.  Thanks again to Adela for all this fun!

Hey, it’s a NEW RELEASE blog hop from Creations By AR!  There will be 1 winner per blog & all you need to do to enter is leave a comment.

The prize is the CRAFTER’S APRON template.  The template has a section to put in tubes, but I thought I’d show you a different take with this fun template.  Keep ‘em in the cupboard with a colouring in book or doodle paper for when little hands come by.

I use my small Cricut machine (it’s 6″ x 12″) so I shrunk the template down by 70% and that makes it the perfect size for a pack of crayons.  (Under $2 at staples).

The template itself is so cute, looking like an Apron!

Fun, quick template!

Adela of Creations By AR also sells sets of four tubes with caps. They’re great for packaging products including bath salt, food items, office supplies and of course flowers!

There are several different tubes including:  CLEAR OVAL TUBES, COLORFUL TUBES, CLEAR TEST TUBES with Cork (not shown above, but trust me, they’re really cute!)

I used the colorful tubes in Adela’s “Let’s Vase It” Vase …

Alright onto the fun stuff, the blog hop!

Be sure to visit these DT’s blogs for inspiration & leave a comment at each blog for a chance to win!

It’s another Fran•táge Friday at Paper Craft Planet, brought to you by Stampendous.  Learn something new & win some stamps … woo-hoo!

This week we’re playing around with embossing enamel.  The  Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel adds a great effect especially for Christmas Crafting.

Here’s the layered Christmas ornament we’ll be making:

The supplies you’ll need include embossing enamel, Cling Jumbo Pine Drift stamp, clear Christmas Ball ornaments, oh yes & have a stash of buttons.

The embossing enamel looks great when you add small amounts on the branches of the tree.  I just painted a bit of glue where I wanted the enamel to high-light.  I also used some more buttons for ornaments on the tree.

In order to get the layered look, just stamp a few times & cut out what you want to use.  Use textured paper for a tree-like look.  I also only used part of the stamp on this project, it’s a very versatile stamp set that way.

Now take a mason jar of buttons, some super sticky tape & sit down in front of the tele for a show or two & cover the ornament with buttons:

Add your focal point and a ribbon and there you have it!

Thanks so much to the folks at Stampendous for these fabulous products and the giveaway!

Want to win some free stamps? Leave a comment AT PAPER CRAFT PLANET before December 2nd. After that, we’ll pick a winner through Random.org and announce that lucky duck on the next Fran•táge Friday.