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!

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!

 

Wordless Wednesday

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

Scrapbook Update

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....

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

Makin's No Bake Polymer Clay

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:

Eileen Hull,

Theresa Cifali,  

Carol Heppner

and Jen Goode

 

If you will not be able to attend CHA

be sure to check out their

web site at ImpressArt

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....

A Shout Out for Eileen Hull

CHA is right around the corner and

my friend Designer Eileen Hull

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

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....

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!

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!