http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com Happiness: Good Friends, family, summer at the beach, creating with rubber stamps Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:09:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Wednesday a Product Review about The Ultimate Crafter's Companion  was posted on Splitcoaststampers. Whenever there is a Product Review we try to include tutorials for the product that is reviewed. For the Crafter's companion I wrote tutorials for Dry Embossed edges , Creating Bows and Creating Envelopes with The Ultimate Crafter's Companion. My card base ... http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/22/funky-christmas/ Random.org picked #48. That is Ann. Thank you all for visiting and leaving a comment. Hugs and smiles http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/21/the-love-notes-go-to/ Gina K. wrote the Misting with Alcohol Marker tutorial for SCS a while back. The tutorial was in the newsletter last Wednesday, so I created a video for it. Since Gina wrote the tutorial, I used her stamps for the video. Plus...I REALLY LOVE these Christmas sets. I used the bird ... http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/21/copic-sprayed-holiday-wishes/ Today the New Moon movie is coming out. The kids and I have been waiting for it to come out since we came out of the Twilight movie. I LOVED the books! I need to reread them badly. I has been over a year. To celebrate the release of the second ... http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/20/twilight-blog-hop/ Here is the sketch for this weekend: To participate in the challenge, make a card with this layout and upload it either to your blog, or to an online gallery. If you upload your card on SCS, put WSC107 (NO SPACE INBETWEEN WSC AND 107) in the keyword section. That way we ... http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/20/weekend-sketch-challenge-107/ Today is a BIG day! Our Craft Lounge's new sets are released today and to celebrate that there will be a blog hop. Make sure you visit each blog and leave a comment. You can win one of the new sets on each blog!!! The blog hop ends at midnight ... http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/20/our-craft-lounge-blog-hop-and-blog-candy/   I got to play with three gorgeous new sets from Our Craft Lounge a little bit ahead of time. The release is tomorrow. Make sure you come back for a chance to win a set. Check them out. I LOVE these new sets. Lots of elements and scrapbook stamps. Since I ... http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/19/our-craft-lounge-sneak-peek-life-is-and-the-journey/ Today's tutorial on SCS is written by Carole Burrage and is called Faux Torn Mosaic. Create a different looking background by tearing patterned paper in pieces, sponging them and taping them over a piece of cardstock. For my sample I used a new set from Taylored Expressions. I had ordered it ... http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/18/tutorial-on-scs-faux-torn-mosaic/ When it was time to shoot a video for the Magic Snowflake tutorial, I had to think for a while to come up with a sample. After I created the focal point, I had to put it aside for a while before I finished it.  I just couldn't think of ... http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/15/video-tutorial-magic-snowflake/ For the last Flower Soft Review I shot a video on how to apply Flower soft to stamped images. I used Polar White Flower soft, my favorite color. The card base is a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock folded in half. A 3 3/4" x 5" piece ... http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/14/video-tutorial-flower-soft/