Chrysalis Community Center 3rd Annual Ladies Spring Fling!

Craft Haven Retreats - Chrysalis Community Center 3rd Annual Ladies Spring Fling!

Craft Haven Retreats is going to attend the Chrysalis Community Center 3rd Annual Ladies Spring Fling event this year on Saturday, April 6, 2013.  This worthy fundraiser will held in Country Club Hills, IL at St. John's Lutheran Church from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  Click HERE for more details about the event and a list of participating vendors!

Shhhhh!  Here is a tiny sneak peek of our inventory.  Don't tell Nanci that I posted it! :)

 

We saw this purse on Pinterst and had to make them.  A lovely Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Deb Lehigh shared a tutorial link from Demonstrator, Chiaki Haverstick with us.  Thank you so much Deb!  Click here to see Chiaki's tutorial. 

 

Are you still amused by the Dude, You're Welcome stamp kit that Stampin' Up! introduced earlier this spring?  I hope so!  Here is a new video that they shared recently--The Manly Stamper!  Remember, if you are viewing this post in an e-mail, click here to visit our blog and view the video!

 

 

 

Happy Stampin'!

 

Melannie

 

Dude, It's a New Video!

Craft Haven Retreats - Dude, It's a New Video!

Just a really quick post today.  Stampin' Up!  posted a new video for the Dude, You're Welcome! kit.  Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Click here to purchase the kit from Nanci.

Click here to purchase the kit from Melannie.

Happy Stamping!

Dude, You're Welcome! Kit from Stampin' Up!

Craft Haven Retreats - Dude, You're Welcome! Kit from Stampin' Up!

This kit is Stampin' Up!'s latest product for men who need a quick and easy way to tell that special someone they care . . . and feel like a mana the whole time.  Designed for men who normally wouldn't be caught dead stamping!  Please enjoy the video!

  Available for purchase on January 14th, 2013.  

Happy Stampin'!

Merry Christmas-disco style!

Merry Christmas from Nanci and I!  I cased this idea from Melanie and Joy over at Everyday Cricut!  Of course, I picked another song and dance!  Nanci and I were both disco queens! LOL  Hope you enjoy the video!  You may need to go to the blog to see the video, if you receive our posts via e-mail.  Just click on the post title Merry Christmas-disco style! and it will take you right to the blog!

Sweet and Simple Box #2 Bigz XL Dies

We crafted these boxes to hold peppermint candies to sell at our craft shows for the holiday season.  We sold all the boxes we made originally.   

Nanci received an e-mail from a prior customer wanting to purchase twelve more boxes.  We did not have enough of the Candy Cane Christmas Specialty DSP left to satisfy the order.  At the customer's request we improvised. 

This box design is what we came up with.  We stamped the candy piece from Bingo Bits and punched out the circles and scallop to coordinate with the papers. We love these festive little boxes all tied up as gifts for our customer's guests!

 The boxes travel better with the lids closed.  The candy tag lets the recipient know what to expect inside the box when it is opened.

This tower of boxes makes a sweet display!  

Did you notice the background paper?  It's the Specialty Paper Bride!  I purchased it on clearance a few weeks back because someone had mentioned it in a blog that was discussing the Presto Patterns DSP.  I love this paper!  If you have the snowflake punch, it is an awesome combination due to the shimmer of the paper's design and the slim detail of the punched snowflake!

We hope that you will enjoy this video that Nanci's daughter suggested.  The group is Straight No Chaser doing the 12 Days of Christmas.  They are fantastic!

Nanci and I would like to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas!

Big Shot Hero Video Contest Winner!

This video is the winning entry for the Stampin' Up! Make Your Own Commercial Contest produced by Matt and Linda Heller. Nanci and I both thought it was pretty entertaining! If you are receiving this post via e-mail, click on the article heading, you will be redirected to the blog to view the video! :) Hope you enjoy it!



By the way, we have a Big Shot and a lot more crafting space in our craft room at Lake View Lodge. Make your reservations today and you can roll out your own die-cuts and embossed images--soundtrack optional. Happy Crafting! :)

Love Letter DSP Squash Book

Earlier this week I was watching videos on YouTube, one of my new obsessions, and I came across a tutorial called Squash Book with Dawn.  I had never heard of a Squash Book.  This project is fast, fun, and completely awesome!  Dawn Griffith's video tutorial is at the end of this post.  Here's my cover!  

I used Very Vanilla to construct the pages and Love Letter DSP for the background papers.  These DSP papers have a vintage quality to them, so I inked the edges to age the Very Vanilla card stock.  Journaled with my stampin' write basic black marker and added a miscellaneous black ribbon and Martha Stewart birthstone gem stickers to give the cover a simple old world look.

When you untie the ribbon and fold back the cover, the first page of your squash book is revealed.  

Open the squash book further and you will find an amazing amount of space for photos, journaling, and embellishment!  

What's more you have even more room on the flip side of this paper album!

The finished album is 4.25" square.  I decided to print my photos in black and white to go along with the aged look.  If you decide to cut your photos on the diagonal to fit the triangle shaped folds--lay your photos out first!  I ended up repositioning a few of my square photos so the photos all flowed the same direction.

As promised here is Dawn's video!  I hope you try this project out! :) Happy Crafting!

We Like Demonstrators Dance Video from Stampin' Up!

I heard this song for the first time on Saturday afternoon.  Later that evening I saw a post of this video.  I hope you enjoy it! :)



Happy Crafting! :)