A Wild Week

Preparing for CHA is a lot of work.
Going to CHA is a lot of work.
Following up CHA is a lot of work.

News Flash! That's why we're here. We love the challenge. We love making stickers and sharing our products and our ideas with you. And we particularly love when you love what we do. So you can imagine my feeling of elation when I was approached by one of card making's most talented crafters, Jenyfur Pohl, telling me that she loves our products and wants to share them with the blogisphere! Needless to say, the past 3 weeks since Jenyfur began our new adventure, a daily blog that posts 5 days every week. Take a look at this awesome site and sign up to be a follower so you won't miss one single idea. http://www.srm-stickers.blogspot.com

Making cards and craft projects with SRM Stickers is fun and easy. If you are a beginner, you will be able to jump right in and make awesome projects with our clear stickers. If you are an advanced crafter, you will love the ease of making projects using our stickers as a sentiment or punctuation to your card or page.

At CHA I would sit down at our Make & Take table whenever there was a break in the action and I would make cards. Valentine cards, birthday cards, thinking of you cards...and I simply LOVED it! It was so easy and relaxing but the end result was so darling and satisfying. So I got this idea that I would include a card sample in each of our orders that we send out to our independent scrapbook stores who order from us. I've made hundreds of them and I'm still loving it.

The simple cards at the top of this blog are super easy to make using SRM Sticker Sentiments (Thinking of You), SRM Quick Cards (Hello), Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird papers and Chip Board, some ribbon and card stock. They look amazing but you can crank these cards out in no time flat! Cards and crafting are so relaxing, so soothing. Try it...you'll like it. It's a great way to wind down from a busy day.

The CHA Tote Bag Story

I have a friend, Lindsay, who is oh so creative. If you give her almost anything, she can turn it into a craft project. At the CHA Consumer Show she got a free tote bag from a booth that is a very large chain for crafts that discounts. No names are needed but it starts with M. She works at a local independent craft store and wanted the bag but wanted to cover up the name. So here's what she did:

First she gessoed and painted over the logo, but dog gone it... she could still see it. So she used some fabric scraps and covered it up, added some painted hearts. Then she added a sewn sheet protector tag for someone to add their name and address and a few SRM Press stickers. Next she sewed a fabric heart to the outside of the sheet protector and added a Maya Road Frosted House tag and another SRM Sticker! The final bag is to die for and the price was right! Remember in crafting that you can use lots of free stuff, alter it and make it your own! Also remember that SRM Stickers are only available at local scrapbook stores, no discount chains. So get on over to your local store and see it you can't make one of those free tote bags that you have in the closet into a work of art!