Kira's Mindless Splats

National Sewing Month

Kira — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:57:14 +0000

September is National Sewing Month in the United States, and there are loads of sewing sales this month. Even if you are no seamstress or tailor, this is a good time to hit the sales and pick up sewing notions for other craft projects. A great thing about sewing notions is that they [...]

Plaid’s Trick Your Pumpkin Contest 09/06 – 10/16/2010

Kira — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:29:13 +0000

Getting ready for a Halloween celebration already? Consider submitting your crafty decorations in a contest — it may be easier than you think. Plaid’sTrick Your Pumpkin contest runs from September 6 to October 16, 2010. This contest’s Grand Prize is $100 cash and a Plaid gift basket of merchandise worth $50 retail [...]

Celebrations Contest Due November 10, 2010

Kira — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:13:23 +0000

Creative Home Arts Club has a competition open for celebration projects made for birthdays, anniversaries, retirements, graduations, weddings, baby arrivals, or celebrating a favorite team’s victory. They are offering three Grand Prizes ($750, $500, $250) and ten Honorable Mentions: $25. Details of the competition and submission requirements are on their website.

Pill-Pack Sleeves Holiday Gift Cards

Kira — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:27:39 +0000

A recent challenge for a local craft group was to use something recycled on a card. I’ve never been good at recycling, my tactic has been to reduce and re-use until it disintegrates. There’s usually not much left of whatever I have. The challenge included having enough supplies for 10 cards. [...]

New Holiday Card Using Old Stamps

Kira — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:17:40 +0000

Once again cleaning the craft closet has brought old craft supplies to the surface. A discontinued Stampin’ Up! Jumbo roller with a coordinating set of stamps, some old plastic snowflakes, some metal eyelets and here’s a holiday card! While these stamps are discontinued a similar card could be assembled using the Very Vintage [...]

Dress Card

Kira — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:17:27 +0000

Several years ago I spent some time with a couple of cans of shaving cream, various dye and pigment inks, and white card stock. The result was some lovely marbled card stock that has waited patiently to be used. Recently while trying to get the craft closet better organized I happened upon a [...]

Fall Quicklet Eyelets

Kira — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:33:41 +0000

Gearing up for some quick Fall cards, and I have pulled out the eyelets. The neighborhood might be wondering about all the pounding, but I really like using eyelets to secure a couple of pieces of paper together before I mount them on the base card. While sifting through old craft supplies, though, [...]

Flower Soft® Contest at Paper Creations!

Kira — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:05:58 +0000

Seen at Paper Creations web site: “Use any color Flower Soft® to embellish a card for whatever occasion you desire. Submit a photo of your finished submission along with the completed entry form. That’s it! The possibilities are endless with Flower Soft®, so enter as many times as you wish between July 15 and October [...]

Fireweed Card – Stamp Attic Stamps

Kira — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:49:29 +0000

The theme for one of the August craft gatherings was Alaska, so I used my Fireweed stamps from Stamp Attic Alaska. Although the card uses 5 stamps, three inks and two overlays it was actually a very quick card to make. Fireweed blooms from the bottom petals and works its way up. The petals [...]

Cards Call – due August 5!

Kira — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:43:00 +0000

There is a Cards call that closes August 5, 2010 – that is this Thursday! However, you can e-mail your picture or scan of your best original to cards@northridgepublishing.com. Be sure to include your contact information – name, address, phone number and email address – as well as a complete list of the supplies you [...]