CHA Winter Show Sneak Peak

I am part of a group of CHA Designers

that have gotten together to 

post pictures of Highlights of the 

CHA Winter Show 2012

while we are at the show and

when we return from the show

to give you a sneak peak into what

we are seeing that is so cool

You can check out the link

to the photos on Pinterest....

ENJOY!

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!

Decorate those Containers...

Check out my post on

The Hive

to see how super easy it is

to give those jars filled with 

craft supplies a face lift....

Using beautiful card stock from

The Robin's Nest  and

VELCRO® Brand Adhesive Dots

Westcott Brand Sponsors T-Shirt REMIX Contest at CHA!!!

Westcott Brand is pleased to announce 

their upcoming series of creative competitions 

to be held in their booth #2773 at the

2012 Craft & Hobby Association Winter Trade Convention!  

 

This fast paced competition hosted 

by Modern Surrealist Marisa Pawelko 

and is sure to be the talk of the show! 

There are four competitions lined up

with some amazing 

CHA Designer Member Contestants!

 

I am honored to say I am one of the contestants

in the T-Shirt REMIX Contest....

Not sure what to expect....but....

expect the unexpected!

 

Below is the ALL-STAR Lineup! 

If you happen to be attending the show, 

please come the Westcott booth 

and see who makes the cut!!!

Addicted to Cool2Cast

I have been so busy with deadlines 

and creating projects for the CHA Winter Show

that I decided to take a break and

play with something NEW....

I thought it would be a good time to

try Cool2Cast....

I love how easy Tiffany Windsor

makes it looks when she

demo's it on Cool2Craft

Plus I have the necklace and ring 

Tiffany gave me, so I know it really

does look amazing, you would never

think that is was a fiber plaster....

 I got out my package of Cool2Cast 

a measuring cup, water and

a plastic zip lock bag.

 I measured the Cool2Cast and water

into the zip lock bag.

Mixed to to a pancake like batter...

 I poured it into molds...

 It only took about an hour

for the Cool2Cast to set...

 I turned the molds upside down

and the pieces popped right out...

I let them dry completely.

Then I got out crayons, inks, paints and stamps

it was so quick and easy to color them...

then I added dimensional glaze on the top,

let that dry and added some glaze to the sides...

now I have several pieces for jewelry and

other projects,,,,

What I found was that Cool2Cast is 

 very addictive because it is so easy

and I do not really see how it can

messed up....

What  I know now is that 

I need to look for some more molds

and get some more

Cool2Cast...

Playing is a very good thing!

CHA Designer Giving Tree

The 2012 CHA Winter Show

is less than 3 weeks away...

This year there will be a

CHA Designer Giving Tree Display

  

Every CHA Designer member

has the opportunity to create an ornament

reflecting one of the nine exhibiting charities. 

My ornament was made for: 

Charity Wings/Scrapbook Royalty 

(www.charitywings.org )

Charity Wings hosts and sponsors crafting events 

across the county in order to raise money for

worthy, charitable causes.

I choose to make an ANGEL with WINGS

which will represent CHARITY WINGS....

Although you can not tell by the photo

this Angel is made with

Makin's No Bake Polymer Clay,

Wire, Glitter &

Styrofoam. 

Journaling with Designers Craft Connection

This months theme for the 

Designers Craft Connection

is Journaling...

it could be making a journal,

writing in a journal,

journaling in a scrapbook....

whatever pertains to journaling....

I love journals weather I buy them or

make them....I am always writing things down

and having a great JOURNAL to write

in is an added bonus....

Below are some pictures

of Journals I have made....

 These are some of the first 

BAG Book Journals

I made and taught workshops on....

 This is a more recent

BAG Book Journal

that I made for my daughters wedding.

 Here are some quickly journals 

made easily from Memo Notebooks....

just cover with cardstock,

decorative papers,

or paint and decorate!

 These were inked up and stamped...

another quick and easy technique!

These were made from 

watercolor paper, 

vintage book pages, 

stamped and 

hand bound with some beading....

GREAT for Art Journals!

There is a BLINKIE with the
Designer Craft Connection Logo
on the left side of my blog...
Hop Forward or
Hop Backward to see
the other Journaling ideas
on this hop....
ENJOY!

Scrapbook Soup TV Show Now Online!

My designer friend

Julie McGuffee who is one of the host

of Scrapbook Soup 

asked if I would help spread the word....

if you have not been able to get

Scrapbook Soup in your area

you can now watch it online

  The new series of Scrapbook Soup online 

will be starting this Saturday, January 7th, 

noon-5pm EST. 

Check it out at www.scrapbooksouptv.com.

More great CRAFTING TV on the Web!

Pre-Paring for CHA

The countdown to CHA Winter

is on as it is just a few short 

weeks away....

So I am busy pre-paring for 

my Makin's Clay Make and Take

Rolling out thin sheets of clay...

Attaching  VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back Adhesive

(I am using a small amount of glue 

for extra security since the clay is not completely dry)

I am also doing the same in white clay....

The cutting apart so it will be ready to go to the show....

The Make and Take will be

Changeable Headband....

the embellishment will be made

using Makin's Clay Push Molds...

The reason why I need to have 

the clay done in advance and put on the

VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back Adhesive

ahead of time is that then

they will glue the embellishment

onto dry clay, it will not stick as

well directly on the

VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back Adhesive

since the clay is moist out of the package....

Cool way to display pictures...

While looking for ideas on how to

do a grouping of family photos

in a different way

I came across this great site

called Lil' Luna

below is just one of the

fabulous projects she had

on display on her site....

to see more great

picture grouping ideas

check out the Lil' Luna Site