1/27/2012

Off to CHA

I am off to the CHA Winter Show
(Craft & Hobby Association)
leaving my house at 2 am to 
go to the airport....
I will hopefully be posting 
next week while I am gone
things from the show....
if not I will catch you up
when I return....

This show holds tons of 
possibilities!

1/26/2012

Playing with Cool2Cast and Dew Drops...

Check out my blog post on
The Hive to get a tutorial on how to 
create this ring with
Cool2Cast and 
Robin's Nest Dew Drops...
So quick and easy!






 

1/25/2012

Wordless Wednesday

1/24/2012

Winter CHA Scheduled Appearance Line-up

I thought I would share with you
a link  that Claudine Hellmuth shared
which has a schedule of where
Celebrities & CHA Designers
will be; whether it is a book signing,
demo or make & take....

What is cool about this list is that you can sort it
by date, who, or company to find
what you might be looking for....

Go ahead and check it out at

For those of you not attending the
Winter CHA Show
I will be taking lots of pictures
maybe even some videos 
and posting to my blog
during the month of February....

1/23/2012

Impress ART Metal Stamps

I want to share a one of the projects 
I did for the ImpressArt booth for 
the CHA Show next week....
ImpressArt makes great Metal Stamps
they wanted some displays
for their booth that were
"Out of the Box" or 
different then what is normally done
with their stamps which of course
is stamping on metal....
 
Since I work a lot with
I thought it would be the perfect
product to try with the stamps....

I chose to make a 
Memory Frame
using the stamps to 
create the weight in clay

Then I used the Foot Print Stamps
to impress a boarder
into the clay background....
I brushed on
Metallic Powders
to bring out the detail in the 
stamped images....

If you are going to be at 
CHA next week stop by the
ImpressArt booth (#2719)
to check out all of the great stamps
they have, do a make and take
and to see the other great
projects that were made for the booth
by my designer friends:
 
If you will not be able to attend CHA
be sure to check out their
web site at ImpressArt

1/20/2012

And The WINNER Is....

I'd like to thank everyone who
posted to win the TICKET to:



 Sponsored by:



and the WINNER is:
jordanbev5
Please send me your mailing address
so that I can get it to 
Elena from Charity Wings
who will be mailing out your package
and get you your ticket
to the LIVE from CHA event!
 
 Please note Charity Wings only ships
to the USA and Canada 
at this time! 
 
Be sure to check back during February
for another chance to WIN a new give away....

1/19/2012

A Shout Out for Eileen Hull

CHA is right around the corner and
is releasing another great set of Dies....
check this out,,,,


This "Cake Slice" is a great die....
to see more check out Eileen's Blog

1/18/2012

A Shout Out for Julianna Hudgins


Here is a sneak peek of the 
WONDERFUL NEW DIES
by Julianna Hudgins
for Spellbinders....






LF-013 Jewel GoddessMSRP: $59.99
PRODUCT SIZES:
Grand Goddess: 9½ x 4¼”
Small Goddess: 6 x 2¾”
Heart LG: 1⅞ x 1¼”
Heart SM: 1½ x 1⅛”





S5-098 Jewel StonesMSRP: $29.99
PRODUCT SIZES:
Square/Princess: 1 3/8”
Oval: 2 3/8 x 1 1/2”
Triangle/Trillion SM: 1 ½ x 1 3/8”
Triangle/Trillion LG 1 5/8 x 2 1/8”
Oblong: 2 ¾ x ¾”
Rectangle: 1 ½  x 2”



S5-097 Jewel TreasuresMSRP: $29.99
PRODUCT SIZES:
Coil SM: ¾ x 5/8”
Coil LG: 7/8 x ¾”
Hand: 1 1/8 x 1 ¾”
Crown: 2 5/8 x 1 ½”
Star: 2 1/8”
Kite: 3 ¾ x 1 5/8”
Flower: 2 7/8 x 1 ½”


To see some AWESOME Projects made with 
Julianna's New Dies check out her blog "Positively Me"
This is just a taste of her New Line....
the rest will be revealed at the CHA Winter Show 
at the end of the month so 
check Julianna's blog often to see what's new....

1/17/2012

The Best Little Helper!

When cutting hundreds of items for CHA
a good helper is key
to getting the job done....

I had my 2 1/2 year old grandson this past weekend
and sometimes I think his favorite place
to be in my house is my studio....
asking if he can play with me....

So since I had a huge project and he
wanted to help...I put him to work...

 I showed him how to run the sizzix die cutter....

 He stayed on task;

 and had to use one finger
on top of the other....

 and he got the job done....
we actually worked and played
in my studio for hours
and he was just as happy as can be!
He was the best little helper!

1/16/2012

Be Part of a LIVE from CHA Event

How would you like to be a part of 
the CHA Winter Show in an
interactive way.....


 I have an AWESOME surprise for a lucky reader of my blog!
The Craft & Hobby Association ( CHA),
has their winter show coming up the end of this month;
 (Jan 29th to Feb 2nd). 
It is the place where all the major craft companies, 
crafty celebrities, editors, publishers, designers 
and retailers from all over the world come together! 

Get your own front row interactive seat to the show! 
Charity Wings will be running a LIVE from CHA event
hosted by Charity Wing's own Elena Etcheverry 
along with some talented CHA Designers! 

You can register for the event HERE ; 
also  I have ONE ticket to this event that I am giving away!
Along with the ticket the prize includes a gift bag 
full of craft goodies worth over $50.00
  PLUS a chance to win one of some wonderful raffle prizes
during the event!
 
So from now until Thursday January 19th at 9pm Central
you can enter to win the ONE TICKET I have to give away 
 simply by:

1.  Tweet a link to this blog post on Twitter with @AnnButlerDesign in the post
or
2. Leaving a comment on my blog
or
3. Leaving a comment on my Face Book Page


I will announce the winner of the Ticket
here on my blog 
Friday January 20, 2012!


It could be you.....

 Please note Charity Wings only ships
to the USA and Canada 
at this time!