HOME and GARDEN

The two April kits, Home and Garden, are now up on the website, Color Me Miki.

"Home"


"Garden"


Both of these kits are filled all kinds of goodies from My Little Shoebox, Prima, American Crafts, and more!

This month's guest designer is Erin Yamabe.


I met Erin in January at CHA. We were talking and we discovered that there is like 6 degrees of separation between us! Not only were our families originally from this same area, but they have known each other for several generations. That was back when this area was nothing but farmland and barren hills. It's a small world! Erin is on the design team of My Little Shoebox, and that booth was jumping at CHA! Great products and funny girls! I am so honored that Erin agreed to design for Color Me Miki this month!

The design team gallery is a little late going up. But here are some of the layouts for April.

From Erin:


From Carrie:


From Michele:


From Emelyn:


From Terri:



There is also a bunch of cool new stuff in the Miki-Mart ... Tim Holtz Grunge Paper, new mini-masks by Tim, new Glitz Stickles, and Maya Road Mists. I am also still uploading the Claudine Hellmuth Studio products into the Miki-Mart, but that should be up (along with the gallery) in an hour or so!

YAY CARRIE!

Carrie was one of our guest designers in October 2008. She created an awesome Halloween Project kit. Carrie was recently spotlighted on the Sassafras Lass blog! I don't know how it works, but if you put one of their blinkies on your blog, they randomly search out a blinkie on Fridays. Well, last Friday was Carrie's day! YAY CARRIE!!

Carrie also made a couple of cards with some of the items from the April "Home" kit.





Aren't they adorable!!

Thank you Carrie!

Kits will go on sale tomorrow evening!

Wonderful Saturday!

WoW! What a fun Saturday that was! Thank you everyone over at Willow Traders for participating in the games and challenges! And CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners!
Teisha
Barbara
Christy
Vera
Melanie

Barbara won some Maya Road Mists, and everyone else won a kit!
Your prizes will be in the mail shortly!

And Thank You to Christina, Julie and Naomi for the wonderful place for all us kit lovers to hang out at and play!

I also want to share this layout from Candace:

She used the October 2008 Vintage Lass kit to create this wonderful layout! You can see more of Candace's work on her blog.

Two more days until the April Kit reveal! I have a feeling that they may sell out quickly, so don't delay this month! Also, California buyers, don't forget that sales tax goes up on April 1st! And that is not an April Fools Day joke! ;)

WT Anniversary Party!

The party has started!! Willow Traders!

Willow Trader Reminder

Don't forget that March 28th is Color Me Miki day over at Willow Trader! Well, actually the clock starts ticking at midnight eastern time, so for those of you on the west coast, the party will start at 9 PM on Friday!

If you are already a WT member, I hope you can join us! And if you are not a member, hurry up and register. You need 25 posts to be eligible to win! What are the prizes? Well, how does an April kit as one of the prizes sound? Woo hoo!! Let's PARTY!!

How about a peek of "Home"

And, what are you doing on Saturday, March 28th? Want to win some prizes, like an April kit?
Hint - Willow Traders!

DEMO #2 - Maya Road Mists

There is no such thing as ugly paper! Have you ever made your own background paper, or do you have patterned paper that you think, "Why did I ever buy this"? Well, you can "change" it and make it new again!

Here is a piece of paper that I made with paints. I was not thrilled with the end results.


I decided to use it to make ATCs (Artist Trading Cards). So, I cut it up, and it instantly looked a lot better.


Then I spritzed on some Maya Road Gold Metallic Mist, hand stamped an image, and the cards took on a whole different look then when I first started.


You can do the same with patterned paper to change how it looks. Experiment with paint, cut it into different sizes and shapes. You do not have to be stuck with "ugly" paper!

Color Me Miki will be selling the Maya Road Mists. They go on sale on March 31st at 7 PM!

Look for another demo in a couple of days. Hmmm ... Claudine Hellmuth ... canvas ...

DEMO #1 - Grunge Paper and Glitz Stickles

WELCOME to DEMO #1!

We've got so many cool new products in that we just had to show them to you. In this demo, we'll be showing you the new Tim Holtz Grunge Paper. Yes, PAPER! It's so very cool. It is sold in packs of 3, and they are 12x12. It's very thin and flexible. Here is a picture showing how it thin it is and how it bends.


And since it's so thin, it cuts beautifully in the Cuttlebug!


And then we ran it through one of the Cuttlebug embossing folders. Sorry the picture is a little blurry.


Here is another picture after the flower has been painted. The flower was painted first with alcohol ink, and then a Distress Ink pad was brushed over the top so that you can see the embossed swirls.


And here is the flower all put together. The bottom and top flowers were painted with the new Maya Road Garnet Metallic Mist. You can't see it in the pictures, but the flowers have a shine to them. The petals were then outlined with the new Suze Weinberg Glitz Stickles. I just love these stickles! They combine more than one color in a bottle. For instance, the one used on the flowers is a combination of red, gold, green, blue, and silver glitter. They are very pretty glitters!


Now, you may be thinking, why do I **need** grunge paper?! It is very durable. So if you want to embellish anything that will be handled a lot, it won't rip or tear like cardstock can. And it does seem thin enough to even go through your Cricut! It was very cool to play with!

All of these products (Grunge Paper, Maya Road Mists and Glitz Stickles) will go sale on March 31st at 7PM.

And, there is still more to come!

Another little peek of cute things!

I've got a couple more cute peeks for you! These peeks come from the "Garden" kit.




I'll have some peeks of the "House" kit in a couple of days!

It's March 15th!

That means sneak peek time! We have two kits for you for April, "Home" and "Garden". Here is a quick look at both of them ...



They are both so cute and filled with all new CHA 2009 products. Little things that fit in a Shoebox, mixed with other Craft-y goodies that are just Prima!


I also want to share with you this layout I did using the March add-on kit, Ruby. I also used embellishments from the March main kit, Scarlet. I just love these new papers from Prima, and the Chatterbox chipboards are so cute!!

Unfortunately, we are sold out of the Chatterbox Chipboard Shapes, but we still have the Chipboard Words in stock.

Later this week, I am going to share with you some cool things I've been experimenting with ... New mixed media products that will go on sale probably this weekend! So much fun! And, I'll also have more sneak peeks later in the week!

Have a great week everyone!

Willow Traders, Scrapbook Royalty, and Sales Tax News

Have you been over to Willow Traders?! They are celebrating their 4th Anniversary with games and prizes all month long! Every day is hosted by a different kit club. The only requirement is that you must have at least 25 postings to win a prize.

What is Willow Traders?! It is the place to be if you love kits! You can find out just about anything and everything about any and all kit clubs. But we also talk about scrapping and life. The people there are wonderful!

Go check it out and get your 25 postings in! Color Me Miki Day is coming soon! ;)
www.willowtraders.com





This weekend, Scrapbook Royalty is hosting a weekend crop over at the Boys and Girls Club of San Marcos. This is a wonderful organization that raises money for many charities all over the U.S. If you are attending the event, Color Me Miki will have a few kits on sale at the event. 25% of the profits from the sale of these kits will go to Scrapbook Royalty.


And in other news, effective April 1st the sales tax in California is going up by 1%. What that means for Color Me Miki is that all California sales and deliveries after March 31st will now be taxed at 8.75% versus the current 7.75%. Not happy at all, but it is what it is.

Well, have a lucky Friday the 13th and come back this weekend for some peeks of the April kits! Oh, wait till you see what we have in store for you! Wonderful goodies in little shoeboxes!

You and I

I **love** this card that Christine made with the March kit!


It is simple yet speaks to me so strongly.

Who Wants Free Thickers!?!?

Don't forget!!! Order "Scarlet", Color Me Miki's March Kit, by 7PM Pacific Time this evening...and receive one FREE pack of DOLCE THICKERS with your kit!!

These thickers would be SOOO perfect with this kit.....goodness...what am I saying...Thickers are GOOD at any time! Create lots and lots of titles, subtitles, and even some journaling....mix and match the fabulous RED Thickers that come with SCARLET with the DOLCE THICKERS for a fun random look............

........the possibilities are endless with this versatile kit........go get yourself one! ;)