Friday, October 14, 2011

Today on My Craft Channel: Friday Oct 14

Don't forget about our Premier Party from Monday. You can still enter through this weekend. We'll announce the winners on our blog Monday morning!

Today's Episodes:


Fabric Techniques

Amy hosts the talented Elizabeth Kartchner. Once awarded "Scrapbooker of the Year" and designer of American Craft's Dear Lizzy Collection. Elizabeth teaches us her flower making tips in today's episode.

Macrame Bracelet

Watch April's chic, modern take on the macrame that your grandma use to do as she shows us how to make a darling beaded macrame bracelet.


Tip of the Day: Brag Book

Shelby shows off the beautiful, versatile Brag Books by Fancy Pants with fun ideas on how she's used them. Be sure to visit Embellish It site to learn how you could WIN a Brag Book.


 

Featured Buy:


Check out today's awesome Idea Book Bundle!! 

Thursday, October 13, 2011

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)

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Today on My Craft Channel: Wednesday Oct 12

Today's Episodes:

One Charming Party the Show: 

Caramel Apples



Join Brittany and her guest Heather Smith from Orson Gygi as they teach you how to dip the perfect mini caramel and candy covered apples for your little goblins and ghouls.


Create to Remember with Heidi Swapp: 

Memorable Birthdays




Learn why birthdays are worth celebrating at Heidi's house. She'll share inspiring ideas and fun ways to make birthday more memorable by adding a little "wow" factor with her simple tips. This episode also features a bonus Birthday Countdown printable.
Link to Free Printable

Tip of the Day: Folding Flowers


Learn how to add dimension to otherwise flat flower die cuts. Be sure to visit Embellish It online store today!


Featured Buy:  MY MIND'S EYE "SO SOPHIE" PAPER KIT


60% off
105 Pieces
18) 12X12 double-sided patterned cardstock
90) mix and match pieces, including die cuts, transparencies, stickers, tags, titles, journaling cards, and other embellishments

BUY NOW

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Today on My Craft Channel: Tuesday Oct 11

Today's Episodes:

Join the Get a Little Creative panel as they visit with Alexa Westerfield from The Swell Life blog. They share fun Halloween ideas in today's episode.
 
Angie and Wendy share the benefits and features of using e-books, include printing and binding ideas. Also they host the amazing Elisha Snow, family photographer as they discuss one the Picture Perfect e-book.

Tip of the Day:

Learn this unique and colorful way to attaching buttons to your projects using paint. Special over at Embellish It! 25% off all BUTTONS today only 10/11.

Featured Buy: Shelby's Birthday Card Kit


Kit Includes:

2) 12x12 die-cut sheets
8) pre-scored cards (assorted sizes)
8) coordinating envelopes
1) 12x6 sheet of chipboard images
2) sheets of rub-ons
24) glazed brads
60) buttons (assorted colors and shapes)
1) sheet of epoxy stickers
4) yards assorted ribbon
Don't miss our virtual Premier Party that's still going on all week long. Check out the details here. 

Monday, October 10, 2011

Virtual Premier Party for My Craft Channel (huge giveaway)


All of the My Craft Channel team cannot thank you our viewers for helping us with our first week's launch last week. It was a week filled with excitement, a little stress, some sleepless nights and a lot of great feedback. Thank you!!

But we couldn't celebrate the launch of the new My Craft Channel properly without a virtual Premier Party. We'll have to skip the RED carpet this time, but we rounded up a lot of great items for our attendee SWAG BAG. However, because there are so many of you, we'll have to giveaway each item to a lucky winner. It's a long list, so keep scrolling down to find out how you can enter to win one of our great SWAG items!!

Our first swag item....
Heidi has offered to give away a spot in the class that she is teaching with Jessica Sprague on her site called Mouse Paper Scissors: GIVE!  It's an amazing opportunity for the winner. $80 value and includes a kit. So if you really WANT to learn and work in a hybrid class - this class is for you.  The class is ALMOST sold out!




One of our Manufacturer sponsors has offered to add to our SWAG list....
Doodlebug is happy to send a lucky winner a fun collection of their new Doodlebug Twine Spools (11 colors), Twine Assortments (4 styles) and Twine Cardstock stickers (9 colors). $75 Value

Next some fun digital swag from Ella Publishing...

One lucky winner will receive a $20 git certificate to Ella Publishing Co. to download some great inspiration!

(Fine Print: The full $20 must be used in a single purchase. No cash value. Cannot be combined with any other gift certificate or coupon code. No expiration date.)

For everyone, you can use the code MCCROCKS to save 20% off of ANY one eBook at ellapublishing.com. Code expires 10/16/11. 

Next couple of swag items are from our Angie & Amy at I Heart Faces....
$50 Gift Certificate to Printables by Amy. Choose from printable birthday party packs, invitations, tags and more! Printables by Amy are easy and affordable digital files to download and print at home or at your local quick print shop. Each product is custom designed by Amy from Living Locurto, a professional graphic designer and craft blogger. Amy makes do-it-yourself projects a breeze!

Also a FREE Photoshop or Lightroom Class at the new I Heart Faces Online Photo School.
Value $65

The I Heart Faces Photoshop and Lightroom training classes will help you improve your photography skills and teach you about many different techniques for editing photos. Whether you are a beginner or advanced user, there is a class for you!

Learn step-by-step lessons and new techniques from experienced professional photographers who will walk you through each step in a way you can easily understand! 
Each online photography class is taught live! You can ask questions via online chat, by phone or your computer’s microphone. The best part is, you can come to class in your pajamas from home!

Next our Get a Little Creative crew would love to offer up some crafting swag for you today. 
They'll be giving away the Fancy Frames Project Cartridge. PLUS the My Craft Channel team would like to add in two additional Cricut Cartridges (Boys Will Be Boys & Rock Princess) AND a Cricut Expression machine to go with the Fancy Frames Cartridge!! $250 Value 

And it wouldn't be Monday without out our DIY Dish girls...
It's a DOUBLE swag from both Kim and Kris. You will love these...
First, Kris is giving away TWO $50 bundles of fabric and patterns from My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe.

Next Kris is offering up TWO $50 bundles of patterns from YouCanMakeThis.com

Another manufacturer sponsor was more then thrilled to jump into the mix and add to our swag list with the following great products....
First, the new i-top 2.0 brad/button making tool is now available and Imaginisce is ready to hook you up with the new tool and accessories needed. $75 Value PLUS since Imaginisce is the premier tool manufacturer then they want to fill your box with more great tools. They'll be shipping out with your i-top 2.0 tool the following items: d-stress tool, i-rock tool with bling, mini iron with rhinestone motifs and the i-bond tool and glue sticks. We're talking an total Imaginisce Swag value over $150 Value
And more swag to inspire you...

We asked our friends at Northridge Publishing to put together some good swag and they offered up a goodie box filled with 10 of their beautiful idea books ($150 Value), including titles from Cards, Scrapbook Trends, Cricut Magazine, Handmade, Bead Trends (titles will vary from those shown in image). 

And last, but definitely not least....Teresa Collins has offered up some great swag that only Teresa can pull together!
 If you've ever seen this girl put together a gift basket you will NOT be disappointed. Included in this swag set is the Chic BeBe Boy and Chic Bebe Girl Kits with instructions and TONS of blingage!!!
 



HOW TO ENTER TO WIN:

Leave a comment on this blog for each item you complete....

1. Follow My Craft Channel on Facebook.

2. Register for your free VIP MEMBERSHIP on the My Craft Channel website. (Simply look for the green VIP button on the site.)

3. Watch today's episodes and tell us which one was your favorite. Check them out on the My Craft Channel website. 

4. Check out any of the sponsor links listed in today's post, follow their facebook and/or blogs and let us know you did (each one counts as an entry).

BONUS Entry: Have you purchased any of our Featured Buys yet? If so, which one?

You'll have until Sunday, October 16th at 11:59pm MST to enter. Winner will be announced on Monday, October 17th. If you're unable to comment on this blog, simply send your entries to our blog gmail account at mycraftchannelblog@gmail.com.

Good luck!!
 
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