Popular MCC Hosts Compete on the new Craft Wars on TLC

Have you heard about "Craft Wars!" hosted by Tori Spelling on TLC? It starts this next week and I'll for sure be tuning in to see some of My Craft Channel hosts featured on it. Just from the promo videos over on TLC's website and I tell you some of your favorites are going to be competing for that $10,000 prize (now that's a lot of glitter).

Here are some My Craft Channel favs you might recognize...

• Christy Tomlinson, host of Art.Redefined show on My Craft Channel
• Beckie Farrant, co-host of Get a Little Creative show on My Craft Channel
• Mandi Gubler, guest on one of the Get a Little Creative episodes

I'm sure there are more great crafters on this new season of Craft Wars and we'll for sure be talking about them around the My Craft Channel headquarters. It looks like a lot of fun and crazy all in one weekly show. Let's all support the show to send a message that we want more great crafting content on television today (plus I love Tori)!

To learn more about the TLC Show, visit their website. 

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Today on My Craft Channel: May 8th

Books & Crafts:  Glass Plate Collage

Inspired by the book Crafting a Meaningful Home, Wendy and Angie from ellapublishing.com show you step by step how to create darling glass plate collages that would look beautiful individually or in a group. Includes several finished examples plus an in-depth tutorial. Our weekly book picks can be found at ellapublishing.com/bookpicks.

Featured Buy: Christy Tomlinson's She Art Kit

From Mixed Media Artist Christy Tomlinson this unique, bright, and vivid collection will make you smile with happiness. You will have fun creating and dreaming up new projects with all this goodness. Kit Includes: 
• 12 Pieces Double-Sided Cardstock
• Artsy Texture Press Ons
• Doodle Stitches Press Ons
• Collage Tissue
• Bits & Pieces Die Cuts

MSRP $25.00
Today Only $16.99
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Today on My Craft Channel: Nov 17

Photo Freedom: Scrapbooking Us

Stacy shares her personal scrapbooks and how to tell your personal story. If you don't tell the story, no one else will. Stacy will inspire you how to honor your memories, photos and so much more. Tell the story of the people in your life and how they relate to one another matter and you can learn simple ways to share this part of your relationships.

Art.Redefined: Art Journals with Chrissy Gardner

Christy introduce us to mix media artist Chrissy Gardner as they create art journals made from vintage books. You'll be inspired to try out this inspiring idea and have fun in your messy play.

Tip of the Day: Glitter

How to add bling to your layouts without adding a lot of bulk. Shelby will share a simple technique for adding glitter to your paper crafting projects. Be sure to visit Embellish It today.

Featured Buy: Seven Gypsie Artist Trading Card Carousel

The Seven Gypsies ATC Carousel is a unique way to display your favorite pictures and memories. Its stylish design will add a beautiful touch to any room. This is truly the perfect gift for someone that has everything. It can be used for pictures, recipes, notes and more. 


Suggested Retail $91.65  
Today Only $39.99
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Today on My Craft Channel: Nov 10

Photo Freedom: Fundamentals of Storytelling

Stacy Julian shares how to avoid falling in to the trap of always playing catch-up with your pictures and scrapbooking without telling the story. This episode your going to learn about storytelling and how to reveal and record the most important parts of your life.

Art.Redefined: Vintage Canvas with Jeanne Oliver

Christy hosts Jeanne Oliver, vintage mixed-media artist. Jeanne teaches how she creates a vintage canvas on an old door plate. Jeanne will explain how to take vintage finds and incorporate your findings it into your art. Jeanne's designs can be found at jeanneoliverdesigns.com.

Tip of the Day: Using Paper Scraps

Learn great tips on how to use up all those paper scraps you've been saving forever. Be sure to visit Embellish It today.

Featured Buy: Fancy Pants Stamp Set

This mega stamp bundle by Fancy Pants includes 3 packages of acrylic stamps: On a Whimsy, Summer Soiree, and Delight. It contains journaling spots, flowers, butterflies, swirls and more. They are perfect for any project!

Suggest Retail $75.00
Today Only $19.99 BUY NOW

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Today on My Craft Channel: Nov 3

Today's Episodes:

Photo Freedom: Steps for Productive Scrapbooking
Learn how easy it can be to do "something with some of your pictures" from the ever inspiring Stacy Julian. She shares five fundamentals of productive scrapbooking with you in this episode and you will be motivated to start organizing your own photos for easy access and hours of memory keeping fun!

Art.Redefined: Coffee Filters
Christy joins with Danielle Donaldson to teach you how to incorporated coffee filters into your art play. Create a variety of different art projects using inexpensive coffee filters.

Tip of the Day: Doodling

Shelby shares how easy it can be to doodle on your page layouts. Be sure to visit Embellish It today.

Featured Buy:  Bazzill Marathon Tape Runner + refill

This is the “one-size-fits-all” adhesive. It is perfect for wood, plastic, glass, metal, buttons, paper and more! It has 3X more adhesive than the leading tape runners.  Today’s package includes 200 ft. total of adhesive tape. It has a simple “snap in” replacement cartridge that makes it easy to refill. 

Suggested Retail: $32.00
Today Only $19.99
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Today on My Craft Channel: Oct 27

Today's Episodes:

Art.Redefined: Fun with Fiber

Margie Romney-Aslett joins Christy as she shares how to use different fibers like jute, twine, yard and thread in your creative play.

Photo Freedom: Photo Management

Learn from a pro how to establish an affective work flow for loading pictures from your camera to your computer. Stacy shares tips on how to clean up the digital mess on your computer.

Tip of the Day:  Quick Layouts

Find out what products work best for quick and simple scrapbook layouts. Be sure to visit Embellish It today.

Featured Buy: CLASS KIT BY CRATE PAPER

This is the first of a new series from My Craft Channel. The “Out of the Box” class kit is just that . . . a class that comes in a box right to your front door. This kit features the “Random” paper collection by Crate Paper. It includes step by step instructions with full color photos.

Kit includes: 

• Full-Color Instructions to recreate 10 12x12 Layouts

• Ribbons & Trim Set

• Designer Buttons

• 12x12 Sheet of Alphas

• 12x12 Sheet of Die Cuts

• 18 Sheets of 12x12 Heavy-weight, Double-sided Pattern Paper

• 6x12 Border Sticker Sheet

• 6x12 Phrases Sticker Sheet

ONLY $39.99 

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Today on My Craft Channel: Oct 20

Today's Episodes:

Photo Freedom: Photo Album

Stacy Julian shares one of your most loved type of scrapbook albums, a "Photo Album Scrapbook." Learn why this type of scrapbooking gives you the ease of a photo album, matched with the meaning of scrapbooking.

Art.Redifined: Crafting with Utee

Learn some fun ways to use Utee, an ultra thick embossing powder. Christy Tomlinson shows you and guest designer, Kristine McKay how to make everyday items to create brilliant art pieces with Utee.

Tip of the Day:  Ribbon Wraps

Learn tips on using ribbon on your paper crafting projects. Purchase ribbon today from Embellish It to receive free ribbon with purchase.

Featured Buy:  CROP-A-DILE "CHOMP" CORNER ROUNDER

Now you can easily add perfectly die-cut corners to paper, cardstock, leather, plastic, acrylic/poly and more! Each We R Memory Keepers Chomper gives you two corner options. Only $17.99 (MSRP $25.00) BUY NOW

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Today on My Craft Channel: Thursday Oct 13

Today's Episodes:

Color is Everywhere

Stacy's amazing talent for inspiring scrapbookers around the globe to do "something" with "some" of their pictures rings true in this episode. You'll learn Stacy's process for working with color and teach you how to choose the color of your memories.

Creative Backgrounds Part 2

Join Christy as she reminds us there are no rules, just creative artsy play. This week's episode teaches you how to create texture on backgrounds with stamps, paint and more. Learn to how easy, messy and fun adding depth and dimension to your projects can be.

Tip of the Day: Embellishment Packaging

Shelby shares a great tip on how to use your embellishment packaging to create fast and simple templates. Be sure to visit Embellish It online store today!

Featured Buy: Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer Kit

 6) sheets of 12x12 cardstock

 1) 12x12 fundamentals cardstock sticker sheet

 1) 12x12 expressions cardstock sticker sheet

30) double-sided cut-a-part element pieces

 6) 4x6 Transparent photo overlays

10) 12x12 custom pocket page protectors 

$19.99 (Retail Value of $29.99)

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Today's Inspiration with Christy & Stacy

Today we have the pleasure of being inspired by two of my favorite crafters.

First, the episode today is the amazing Stacy Julian's Photo Freedom and this girl knows color. If you need a giggle she'll even show you how her mad M&M eating skills too. If you'd like to learn more about Stacy visit her colorful website.

Then be sure to check out the amazing 3D artist, Christy Tomlinson's Art. Defined episode. She really had me thinking outside the box to create some fun and colorful backgrounds. She is always sharing her talents on her blog, check it out when you have more time.

Featured Buy:
Today's Phantom Kit by Heidi Swapp was so successful that thousands of people flocked to the site to see it at the same time and crashed our shopping cart. After we had our techs fix it, it SOLD OUT in under two hours. We hope to bring your more great kits like this one soon!!

Tip of the Day: Learn Shelby's quick tip for placing stickers perfectly every time. Be sure to visit the Embellish It online store today!

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Fourth Show Host Reveal: Art. Redefined with Christy Tomlinson

Can you believe we're on day 4 of our 20 Day promotion and so excited at the response. But the first order of business is to announce our third lucky winner from yesterday's introduction to Kristine McKay wins a Cricut Expression machine is: 

Catherine Marissa

Grand Rapids, MI (and she's makes beautiful jewelry too)

Please contact us by email, put "Cricut Winner Day 3" in the subject line and send us your shipping information. You must claim your price by Friday, July 22nd and the prize will not be shipped until the end of the promotion (8/5). 

It is my privilege to introduce you to a very beautiful and talented artist, Christy Tomlinson. You probably already know her, but read on to learn about her and her new mixed-media show called Art. Redefined with Christy.

Come join Christy as you discover new ways to create art through mixed media!  She will teach you fun new techniques and projects mixing all  types of mediums such as papercrafting, paint, fabric, collage, and so much more.  She will also help you discover the "inner artist"  with her quirky, down to earth personality  and "anything goes" philosophy. There are NO mistakes in art! Come see art in a whole new way.. and find the artist in YOU!.

About Christy Tomlinson
Christy is a mixed media artist who has  no boundaries when it comes to creative art play! She loves mixing all types of mediums in her art..from wax mediums to cloth projects, jewelry play to sewing techniques .. she loves creating just about anything, though her one true love is creating with paint and paste mediums on canvas! Christy's latest adventure has been teaching online classes to thousands of students all over the world through her blog and personal  website. She recently signed on to start licensing her canvas art designs onto fabric, dishes, wall-art, note cards.. and more!   Christy has been in the art industry for over 10 years:  first working for a papercrafting manufacturer, Chatterbox,  and then for Scrapbooks Etc. Better Homes and Garden Magazine as an contributing editor. She has traveled and taught her art throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, and even South Africa. She has been asked to come this following year and teach in Israel, Germany, Italy and Australia.  Besides creating art full time, she and her husband also own two online stores: Scarlet Lime, which is a  mixed media/papercrafting website and Scarlet Lime BeadArt which carries pre-designed jewelry kits that christy and her husband design and package. Christy also loves social media both through her blog and facebook.  She uses both as a way to share her art , offer tutorials and just her everyday life story to thousands of followers daily. She feels blessed to be able to create art and support her family at the same time.


GIVEAWAY
To celebrate today's feature of the our newest hosts, we're giving away a Cricut Expression machine from Cricut

Here's how you enter to win:

Check out Christy's beautiful Blog (and if you'd like, follow her on Facebook or Twitter) to learn what she'll be up to - leave a comment here telling us you visited her blog.

Share with 5 of your friends a link to this blog post - leave a comment here telling us you did this.

Facebook, tweet or blog about My Craft Channel - leave a comment here telling us you did this.

BONUS (optional) Entries: If you haven't already, follow My Craft Channel on Facebook or this blog or like Cricut on Facebook. [Disclaimer: This contest is in no way affiliated with Facebook. By doing any of the bonus steps you are not automatically entered to win, you will not be entered to win a Cricut until you leave a comment here telling us you liked any of these optional steps.]

NOTE - If you are unable to leave a comment on this blog post, please email your comment to info@mycraftchannel.com. Your entry will count as if it was posted here.

You have until 11:59pm MST today to enter for this prize. 

We will announce the winner from today's post TOMORROW 

before we unveil our next host.

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