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 ...