TLC's Craft Wars TV Show

Have you heard the news?

TLC's new series Craft Wars kicks off this evening!

GlueArts is proud to be apart of the official Craft Wars "Craft Closet!"

Our Glue Glider PRO+ was available to the crafters to use during the show season!

We'd like to give you a chance to win your own Glue Glider PRO+ Handle and Perma Tac Cartridge for your "Craft Closet". 

Simply post a comment with the name of one of the show judges and the name of the crafter who was asked to leave Craft Wars at the end of the first episode. (anotherwords they're not moving on in the competition)

We'll give you through this weekend and post the winner right here next Tuesday just in time for the next  Craft Wars show! Who knows...we might have our own craft war! 

 Click here to visit TLC's website and learn more about Craft Wars!

Operation Write Home

Join GlueArts as we support our friends at We R Memory Keepers and Operation Write Home!

We R Memory Keepers is trying to collect 50,000 cards, so they need need lots and lots of help. Cards can be submitted up until Tuesday July 24, 2012 at midnight.

They will pick cards to receive prizes each week on our Facebook page. We R Memory Keepers will pick the top 50 cards (at the end of the contest) to be voted on by our Facebook fans. Our Facebook will vote for each round until the final winner is chosen. 

Top 25 cards will receive a Power Punch
Top 10 cards will receive a Lucky 8 Punch
Top 5 cards will receive a Love 2 Craft collection
Top Card – We R Memory Keepers Product - up to $1,000 in product (prize value for top card will depend on the number of cards collected)

Here is a link to their website to learn more: http://www.weronthenet.com/Operation_Write_Home

Our kind friends at We R Memory Keepers have kindly offered up this amazing Stack Pack to one of our fans!

We of course cannot resist joining in as well and will include a Glue Glider PRO handle and your choice of one PRO+ Cartridge refill. (or you may select two cartridges if you already own a handle)

So how can you win this prize? 

Create handmade greeting cards in the following categories: Love (Thinking of you, Missing you, Anniversary), Any Hero, Thank You, Birthday, Holiday, Get Well.

Be sure the card has either red, white or blue used on it...

And share it with us by posting a comment with a link or using the handy inlinkz option. We'll give you through July 6th to submit  your cards to us. Do keep in mind you have through July 24th for the main We R Memory Keepers promotion.

Simply post a comment and link to your card or use the handy dandy inlinkz to link us up. 

Dear Lizzy.....Tags, Cards & More With GlueArts

 

Happy Day!

It's hard not to have a happy day when you see these projects today from Designers Lesley Langdon and Jan Hennings!

Lesley has created 5 of the CUTEST yes...we used all caps for that...cutest tags...beautiful for birthday's, Anniversaries or give the tags as a gift...so sweet!

Designer Jan Hennings has the perfect cards to give or receive!

The key to making everything come together so perfectly.....why GlueArts Adhesives of course!

Dear Lizzy Tags

GlueArts Designer: Lesley Langdon

Supplies:
GlueArts Raisen's

GlueArts Adhesive Squares (Extreme Tac)

GlueArts U-Cut-It Foam

American Crafts Dear Lizzy (Neapolitan Stitched Ruffle Paper, Printed Chipboard Shapes, Accent and Phrase Stickers, Pinwheels, Ephemera Flowers, Alphas)
Spellbinders Dies S5-095 Tags and Flags
Spellbinders Grand Calibur Die Cut Machine
WeR Memory Keepers Big Bite (hole punch)
Green Cord

Instructions:
1. Die cut tags from Dear Lizzy ruffle paper. Hole punch a circle in the top.

2. Adhere embellishments with GlueArts U-Cut-It Foam, and Raisen's.

3. Adhere buttons with GlueArts Adhesive Squares (Extreme Tac).

4. Adhere stickers with sayings to complete the tags.
5. Adhere cord.

Dear Lizzy Card Set

GlueArts Designer: Jan Hennings

Supplies:
GlueArts Adhesive Squares (Extreme Tac)
American Crafts Dear Lizzy (Neapolitan Collection)

Well that's it! Our finale!


We hope you've enjoyed this week of beautiful projects using the Dear Lizzy Kit from our friend at American Crafts. 


And speaking of those friends...they were kind enough to send an amazing kit filled with the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection. It's filled with papers, stickers, buttons, alphabet stickers...and on and on. We'd like to send this to you...so please post us a comment. We'd love to hear how many of you are using GlueArts Adhesives. And if not...what is first on your list to try.

Then we'll select one random winner from this week's comment and post their lucky name right here next Monday. All it takes is one comment and it might be YOU!

Don't forget...you can order all your GlueArts adhesives direct from us...that's right! One stop shopping for all your adhesive needs! Stop by and see!

We're Celebrating "Dear Lizzy" and GlueArts!

Celebrating Her

GlueArts Designer: Andrea Budjack

Glue Arts Supplies:

Extreme Adhesive

Perma Tac

Glue Gun

Addtional Supplies:

American Crafts Dear Lizzy - paper, trim, stickers

Papertrey Ink - dies, stamps

Crate Paper - label

Melissa Frances - crepe paper

Want2Scrap - adhesive pearls

felt

ribbon

clothes pin

lace

stick pin

wooden spool

stick

wood clothes pin

paint

marker

rope

wire

fabric

How to Create:

1. Paint spool, clothes pin and stick with white paint. Using Glue Arts Glue Gun, adhere together.

2. Wrap fabric and ribbon around bottom of spool. Create two labels using American Craft stickers onto cardstock and add to spool using stick pin.

3. Die cut labels from cardstock and American Crafts paper. Stitch layers and adhere together using Glue Arts Perma Tac. Adhere to bottom of spool.

4. Add Extreme Adhesive to clothes pin and wrap pink trim and lace around to create dress. Tie on green ribbon.

5. Disassemble rope to create hair and add to top of clothes pin using Glue Arts glue gun.

6. Layer American Craft border sticker and burlap, stitch together and adhere to top of head using glue gun. Add wire crown.

7. Add eyes using a black fine tip marker.

8. Cut strips of crepe paper and adhere using glue gun to top of spool.

So how would you like to win the same supplies to be able to recreate what Andrea made today??

Our incredibly generous (did we say generous?/!!) friends at American Crafts were kind enough to send an amazing kit filled with the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection. It's filled with papers, stickers, buttons, alphabet stickers...and on and on. We'd like to send this to you...so please post us a comment. We'd love to hear how many of you are using GlueArts Adhesives. And if not...what is first on your list to try.

Then we'll select one random winner from this week's comment and post their lucky name right here next Monday. All it takes is one comment and it might be YOU!

Do stop by tomorrow...we have one more day of beautiful projects to share with you that we know you will not want to miss a day!