Jolly Holiday Clothespins and Tags for Craft Project Central

Decorative clothespins and tags are one of the latest creations I designed for Craft Project Central.  I love how you can take an ordinary household item, clothespins, and dress them up.  You can attach tags with clothespisn to gift bags and the receipients of your gift can use the decorative clothespins to hold  mail, close their opened chip bags, etc.  I'm sure you can think of more uses.

Clothespins and tags designed by Zeva for CPC

The clothespins are painted and sealed.  Yes, the hard part is putting the spring back on after the painting and sealing.  The acrylic paints were close to the Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla and Old Olive.

Oct and Nov Projects at Craft Project Central

Here are the last two October projects found at Craft Project Central.  You can still subscribe to the October projects as well as previous months.

 Candy Cane Countdown to Christmas Memo Board designed by Sonya

Deck the Halls Gift Bag designed by Shelby

And here are the November projects at CPC.

Merry Crittermas Jar and Holder designed by Brenda

 Angel Gift Box and Punch Art designed by Brenda

 For Everything 2011 CD Calendar designed by Naoko

Candy Cane 12 Days of Christmas designed by Sonya

Two more projects at Craft Project Central...

Need a basket to hold your Halloween treats?  Check out this Halloween basket that Jacque designed for Craft Project Central.

Halloween Basket desgined by Jacque

 Here is a yummy dessert you can try at your Thansgiving dinner.  Shelby designed this recipe page.

Pumpkin Crunch Cake Recipe page desgined by Shelby

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More Projects at Craft Project Central and a Freebie too!

Halloween is coming just around the corner and next Thanksgiving.  Here are three more projects from Craft Project Central that you can make for these upcoming holidays.  First up, a wicked cool wrislet by Michelle.

Wicked Cool Wristlet designed by Michelle

Getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner?  Wouldn't you like to impress your guests with this beautiful table setting that is really easy to make with the Big Shot Table Setting die?  I designed the place card, napkin ring, menu and floral arrangement for Craft Project Central.

 Thanksgiving Table Setting designed by Zeva

Here's a close-up of the floral arrangement. Yes, it took alot paper roses to build this bouquet

Close up of the floral arrangement



If you need to hold some goodies and the mini milk card from the Big Shot die is too small, here is milk carton designed by Jacque.  This is the free project.  We offer a free project every month.  You can find this free project along with past months here.

 Milk Carton designed by Jacque

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October projects at Craft Project Central

Getting ready for the upcoming holidatys... Here are a few of the great October projects at Craft Project Central that you can make as gifts.

 Thanks for Everything Card by Naoko

 Little Monsters Gift Card Holder designed by Brenda

 Candy Cane Card Box designed by Sonya

 Stained Glass Technique designed by Jacque

Bonus Project  

Sweet Treat Floral Arrangement by guest designer, Heather Van Duker

Trick or Treat

Stampin' Up! now has these new letterpress plates which will let you create an ink debossed impression.  I used the "Trick or Treat" letterpress plate to decorate a bag.  The image is very crisp (hard to see in this small picture).  I also made a matching candy wrapper.  You might be able to see the Spider Web Textured Impressions embossing folder used on the candy wrapper and the bag.

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

• Card Stock: Basic Black, Eggplant Envy (retired), Whisper White
• Ink: Craft Basic Black
• Stamp Set: Batty for You
• Accessories: Spider Web Textured Impressions embossing folder, Candy Wrapper Bigz L Die, Trick or Treat Letterpress, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, purple hemp (retired)

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The rest of the September projects from Craft Project Central

You're probably wondering what happened to me.  Sorry for not posting for a while... too many things going on right now.  I will post more in October.

Here are the rest of the fabulous September projects from Craft Project Central.  Remember many of the projects are great gift ideas.

 BBQ Pulled Pork Recipe Page designed by Shelby

 Lap of Luxury Magnetic Note Card Holder designed by Sonya

 Fang-tastic Cupcake Decorating Kit designed by Michelle

 Soot Technique Page and Card designed by Jacque

 Fang-tastic Treat Box designed by Brenda

Gift Card Holder designed by Jacque

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September Craft Project Central Projects

I can't believe we're in September already.  I'm still working on my clean-up (very slow process).  I miss stamping, but I have to get organized.  Well, I did finish working on my September project for Craft Project Central which you will see later this month.  Here are the latest, fabulous projects designed by Naoko and Brenda,

Play Date Notepad Holder designed by Naoko

Monkey Punch Art Tin and Matching Card designed by Brenda

And you probably remember, we offer also offer a bonus project each month.  This is a scallop circle treat bag designed by Brenda.

 Scallop Circle Treat Bag designed by Brenda

More August Craft Project Central Projects

Here are the last three projects for August at Craft Project Central.  All projects are great as gifts.  Michelle designed this pretty package to hold lotion with a matching card.

Friends Never Fad Lotion Holder and Card designed by Michelle

Jacque designed this great gift set that your child can make for his or her teacher.

Sunny Garden Teacher Gift designed by Jacque

Jacque also create these matching checkbook cover and business card holder.

Elegant Soiree Checkbook Cover & Business Card Holder designed by Jacque

Birthday Calendar at Craft Project Central

Check out this Birthday Calendar created using the On Board Art Journal.  Sonya did a fabulous job with designing the calendar -- each month has a different theme.  If you like to see all the months and the instructions to this project, visit Craft Project Central and sign-up.

Have a great weekend!  I'm still working on my clean-up. I think I'm 80% done in taking all the pictures of my stamps, wheels, and accessories that I want to sell or trade.

New Project at CPC -- Birthday Bakery Goodie Set

Here's another great August project at Craft Project Central, Birthday Bakery Goodie Set, designed by Michelle.

August Projects at Craft Project Central

I can't believe we're halfway into August and it will be back to school soon.  The last couple of days have been cleaning and piling up items to sell or giveaway.  I'll update my "For Sale" later this week.

I know I'm behind in posting all the fabulous August projects at Craft Project Central. Here are the latest projects.  The faux tin ceiling tile technique creates a great background for cards, and I'm actually starting to think about the holidays early this year instead of waiting till the last minute.

Faux Tin Ceiling Tile Technique by Zeva

Naoko designed the beautiful handbag and wallet. The handbag can hold cards and the wallet can hold gift cards, stamps, and other small items.

Elegant Soiree Handbag by Naoko

August Bonus Project - Elegant Soiree Faux Leather Wallet by Naoko

Brenda designed this cute Octopus Punch Art Box & Punch Art Page as well as the Candy Bar Holder.

 Octopus Punch Art Box and Punch Art Page by Brenda

  Candy Holder by Brenda

And the 10th July project was designed by Jacque - Love Letters Purse & Card (great for a gift).

  July Project - Love Letters Purse & Card by Jacque

Go check out other fabulous projects from previous months at Craft Project Central.  You can also get the latest updates by subscribing via email.

July Projects at Craft Project Central and July Special

I've been MIA for a bit with the long holiday weekend and business travel.  If you haven't signed up for email updates from Craft Project Central, here are four fabulous projects for July.

First up... This decorative Elements of Style Tile was designed by Naoko.

Elements of Style Tile designed by Naoko

Naoko also designed the free project for July.  This is Greenhouse Gala Top Note Favor.  You can find the free instructions to this project here: http://craftprojectcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/file/GreenhouseGalaTopNoteFavor.pdf

Next, this is the Piggy Desk Organzier designed by Brenda.

Piggy Desk Organizer designed by Brenda

The July Bonus project is the fabulous mobile designed by Sonya.

Butterfly Mobile designed by Sonya

Lastly, during the month of July, subscribe to any two months and receive a third month of your choice, FREE! And I know some of you are going to ask, if you purchase four months, can you get two months FREE? And the answer is yes!

To take advantage of this sale, simply subscribe during the month of July to two months and then email us at contactus@craftprojectcentral.com with the month that you would like free! And don’t forget, when you take advantage of this special offer, you’ll also be getting the bonus projects for each of these months!

We’ve got great projects planned for the rest of the summer and into the holidays, so we hope you’ll join us and take advantage of this special Summer Celebration Sale!!

Great Friends Note Set at Craft Project Central

Here is a clever note set designed by Michelle for Craft Project Central.  The note set is created using a clear-mount stamp case.  Sign up for the month of June and you can see what's inside the case.

Softball Thank You Card with a Pop

The regular softball season is over and as a special thanks to the coaches and team manager, I created this thank you card for one of my daughters' teams.  The card has pictures of the 12 players on the pop-up 3D ball as well as the team picture when they won the championship on the left side, and a place to hold a gift card on the right side when opened.  The girls also signed the card.  I intentionally blurred the players faces since I didn't want to have to ask for permission.

The tricky part was trying to decide how to close the card without having it bulge out too much.  Originally, I thought the two softball brads and string would hold it down  -- it didn't.  I finally added the elastic cord and that held it down better as shown in the photo.

I also hand stitched the softball laces with red embroidery floss.

And lastly, the ball with the pictures is removable.  The red circle is held in place with Velcros to allow them to remove the pop-up and put on their desk or wherever.  I also typed the girls' name in a circle on the Real Red card stock (blurred it for privacy).  I made a total of three. For this card, the dimensions when closed is 6-1/2" x 6-1/2". I have three more to make for my other daughter's team -- these will be 6" x 6".  Thanks for looking!

Stampin' Up! Supplies (unless otherwise noted):

• Stamps: Sporting, Family Phrases
• Paper: Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White
• Ink: Brilliant Blue, Versamark
• Accessories: Word Window Punch, Big Shot Machine, Extended Cutting Mats, Pop-Up 3D Ball, Sticky Strip, Paper Piercing Tool and Mat, Gold Elastic Cord (retired)
• Other (non-SU):  Softball brads, Sizzix Alphabet (sorry, forgot the name), Red Embroidery Floss

Father's Day Project at CPC

Just in time for Father's Day.  Michelle designed this great Father's Day card and gift card holder for Craft Project Central.  It's very unique.

Sign up at CPC to get instructions on how to make this and to see the inside of the toolbox.