September Scrapbook Sketch Feature

During the month of September, we shared our September Scrapbook Sketch with you and then showed how our 3 Bird Design Team was inspired by it. We then asked you, our 3 Birds Fans, to play along with us. By playing along you had the chance of being selected to be featured on our 3 Birds Facebook page and blog. We had two wonderful takes on the September Sketch, so we decided to feature both of them.

Raechellus Bellus did a great job incorporating six photos into her layout using the sketch for inspiration and we love how she used our Graceful Season collection to scrapbook these photos of her family enjoying the beach.



Dinah Audish Christoph played along with us again this month and we adore her take on the sketch too! She was able to fit 7 photos onto her layout and we love how she flipped the right hand side of the sketch to work for her photos.



We want to thank both Raechelle and Dinah for playing along with us! Stay tuned, we some fun things planned for later in October!

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Touch of Glimmer Kit is so Glamorous!

Hey Everyone! Chasity here to share a layout I made with the new October Items coming to HSN! We hope that you are enjoying the Sneak Peeks, and give-a-way! I can't decide which of these kits is my favorite, but I can tell you I can't put the "Touch of Glimmer" Embellishment kit down!

I can't tell you how excited I am for you to get your hands on these new products! The "Touch of Glimmer" Embellishment Kit is simply sophisticated beauty! The photos here don't do it justice, you need to see it for yourself! One of my favorite features is that this kit is full of foil and glitter accents that will go with any of your current scrapbook products, including 3Birds! It also works well with the Flora Festival Paper crafting kit coming to HSN on October 7th! Who's ready for 24 hours of crafting goodness!

Here is a layout I created using the "Touch of Glimmer" Embellishments, and paper from the "Flora Festival" Paper crafting Kit.



 

This kit is full of chipboard, die cuts, 3D embellishments, sequins and so much more! All with foil and glitter accents in gold and sliver! Dress up any card or layout! I had so much fun layering the different embellishmnets.



These beautiful rosettes are already done for you! Just peel them from the backing and stick!



Even the chipboard has foil and glitter accents! Trust me when I say this kit will quickly become your "Go To" kit, check it out on HSN and be sure 2 order 2. You'll be glad you did!

Thank you for stopping by today! Be sure to stop back for more projects, inspiration and sneak peeks before the show on October 7th.

 

SUPPLIES | Floral Festival Paper Crafting Kit, Touch of Glimmer Embellishment Kit

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Touch of Glimmer Cards with Bow Tutorial

Have you SEEN the new Touch of Glimmer kit yet? I am in love with it and so I'm featuring it here on the blog today. I wanted to show you how easy it is to create elegant cards with just a few pieces from the kit. Also, I am going to show you how to make the bows that come in the kit!

How fun and elegant are those cards?! There are lots of elements to play with in the kit. The bows actually come in three pieces and you have to piece them together.

You can make bows that are “poofy” as I like to call them, or you can choose to make flat ones. My cards feature one of each. My step-outs show how to make the poofy one, but all you would do for the flat one is just flatten the bow.

First use your fingers to curl the main part of the bow, just kind of roll it a little until you get a nice curl in it. Then place an adhesive dot in the center on the back of the bow. I used Zots by ThermOWeb in the small size for piecing my bow together.

Fold in the ends of the bow and adhere them to the dot in the center of your bow. Don’t flatten if you want poofy, just carefully curl the ends toward the middle. If you want flat, just smash it down!

To cover the center, you will use the small rectangle piece. I used around 3 to 4 adhesive dots to completely cover my rectangle. Then you will just fold this over the center of the bow and adhere the ends.



Use the remaining piece and attach it to the side of the bow that has the seam of the center piece showing. Now you have a cute bow, which we are going to make cuter by putting on a card!

I used one of the shaped tags in the kit and cut it half to make it go further. The middle will be covered up by another tag.

Add another tag from the kit to cover the middle and then attach your bow at the top. I just used some mounting squares, because they were the perfect size and I needed something bigger than the Zots that I had been using.

Time to put the finishing touches on. There is also chipboard that comes in the kit. It is not self adhesive, which I love! You can choose what adhesive you want to put on there. I like to use 3D foam adhesive for chipboard, so this works out great that the chipboard will not stick to your project, only where you have put it!

So, lets see some close ups!

That cute bow up close!

And then my other card, where the bow is flattened.





I focused on the gold in the kit, but there is also silver for you silver lovers! Thanks for stopping by the 3 Birds Studio blog today. And I hope you pick up the Touch of Glimmer kit soon!

Katrina Hunt - Paper, Scissors and Glue

SUPPLIES | Touch of Glimmer Kit

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Pumpkin Pie Anyone?

Happy Fall 3 Birds Fans! With fall comes something that I love very much - Pumpkin! I love the color, the shape and the taste of anything made with pumpkin. Especially pumpkin pie. With fall in the air, I was inspired to scrapbook these photos of the pies (including pumpkin) that my Mom's make each year for our Thanksgiving dinner. Our family tradition is for everyone to have a slice of both the pumpkin and the pecan pie.





I used quite a few stickers from the Nestable Sticker Pad to "frame" my photos. I then dressed it up with some gold sequins from our new Touch Of Glimmer Kit which will be debuting on HSN on October 7.

I did my journaling on one of the cards from the For All Seasons Themed Card Kit and then added a couple of stickers from the Sticker Flair Kit.

 

So do you love pumpkin? Feel free to share some of your favorite pumpkin things with us on our Facebook page!

HUGS!
Juliana

SUPPLIES  | Midday Medley Paper Collection, Touch of Glimmer Kit, Midday Medley Nestable Sticker Pad, Sticker Flair Kit, Graceful Season Sticky Sparkly Chipboard Shapes, For All Seasons Themed Card Kit

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Are You Getting Our Posts on Facebook???

Hello 3 Birds Fans! If you use Facebook then you know all about the frequent changes they like to make. We’ve been getting many emails recently from people not receiving Facebook notifications like they have in the past when we post on the 3 Bird Facebook page.

We’ve learned that one of the most recent changes has unfortunately removed posts from business pages you “Liked” from your news feed. This means that in fact, many of you are missing our posts that include tutorials, inspiration, challenges, giveaways, and more. We want to share a simple fix with you that will solve this problem.

If you would like to receive notifications from the 3 Birds Facebook page again, just visit the 3 Birds Facebook page and move your cursor over the “Liked” button. When you see the drop down menu, click on “Get Notifications” and a check mark will appear on the left. It's really as easy and simple as that!



Once you’ve done this, you will start receiving notifications whenever a new post is shared on the 3 Birds Facebook, so you’ll never miss a thing. Please share this with your Facebook friends and thanks for all of your love and support!

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Happy Scrapbook Page

Hi everyone! Robbie today to share a page that I made with the Midday Medley Collection. This page was done using a sweet family photo. It doesn't have journaling or say a lot, but the picture told the story in a small way on its own.

Sometimes, I just want to create without worrying about the perfect title or journaling. Admittedly, I'm not a big on journaling in the first place and on this one I simply added one of the 3D Embellishment for a title.

The creative process included some fussy cutting and stitching. I wanted to add a couple of butterflies to the page, but would you believe that I don't have have a butterfly punch? I DO have a flower punch though, so I just cut off one of the petals and I had tiny butterflies! This might not have worked but the stitching completed the idea.

I also added some punched flowers to the centers of the fussy cut flowers. I wanted to add some dimension an interest to the centers. They were finished off with the pearlescent pieces.

DESIGNER TIP | To give your flat flowers some dimension, a really easy way to do it is to cut a small slit in between each of the petals. If you want them to be hard and hold up well in your scrapbook, use a glue stick and start by gluing two together before you shape them. Shape them before they are dry and when they are totally dry, they will be hard.

DESIGNER TIP | One more tip on glue sticks. Not all glue sticks are created equal. For a glue stick that hardens and holds every time, my favorite is the RoseArt glue sticks. The best part about that is they are also the least expensive ones that I've found.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

SUPPLIES | Midday Medley Paper Collection, Sticker Flair Kit, Pearlescent and Foil Goodie Box, Midday Medley 3D Embellishment Kit

 

 

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Welcome Fall Wall Art Frame

Can you feel it? Fall is in the air, and I must admit I’m a little more than ready for this change of seasons!

Although, living here in Southern California we don’t actually “see” a whole lot of difference between summer and fall, so the change of seasons takes place in our home décor. It’s Mary Ann here today with a fun piece of home décor that will welcome friends and family as the leaves start to fall.

To start, I cut a leaf shape using my Silhouette Cameo. This could also be done by looking for a leaf shape online, printing the image outline, then cutting the leaf out with scissors. Next, I tore small pieces of five different fall colored papers from the Midday Medley 12x12 Paper and Vellum Pad and glued them randomly to the leaf shape. After the whole leaf was covered with the various papers, I turned the leaf over, and cut off any overlapping patterned papers.

I glued the leaf to a piece of cardstock, then machine stitched around the outer edge.



DESIGNER TIP | Don’t like to sew? Use a marker to draw around the leaf instead of sewing to achieve a similar look

To finish it off, I added the scalloped shaped sticker that I backed with a scrap of cardstock, and the letter stickers from the Sticker Flair Kit along with the die-cut word welcome.

This was so much fun to make, and would be a great project to get the kids involved with by having them help with the paper tearing. So how about you, are you ready for fall?

SUPPLIES | Midday Medley Paper Collection, Sticker Flair Kit

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3 Birds Design October HSN Full Reveal + Giveaway

So who is ready to see all of the new 3 Birds Design goodies? I know we are ready to share them with you!!! Check it out below to see and learn all about the three new product kits that we will release during the HSN 24-Hour Craft Day on Tuesday, October 7.

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First up we present you with our new Touch of Glimmer Embellishment Kit. This kit will sell for $19.95 and will not be available in retails stores. This is an HSN exclusive product created by 3 Birds Design.

I'm sure you noticed the gorgeous storage box or "nest" as we love to call them! This box is totally re-usable with a gold framed lid. The lid has an insert that can be removed and replaced with a photo or other decorative image allowing you to customize it and make it your own once all the goodies are gone.

Also, when you turn the insert over you will find directions on how to create paper bows using some of the contents from the kit.  This kit is full of glimmer in the form of foil, glitter and sequins that are perfect for adding a touch of bling to just about any project you can imagine and create!Inside you will find 3 sheets of 3D embellishment stickers with gold and silver foil accents for a total of 25 stickers.



There are 5 sheets of printed chipboard pieces with gold and silver foil and glitter accents for a total of 36 assorted pieces.This kit also contains 75 assorted printed die cut cardstock shapes with gold and silver foil and glitter accents. And finally, there are 100 gold and 100 silver sequins to add even more glimmer and shine to your projects.



Next we have our Holiday Season Quilled Cardmaking Kit. This kit will sell for $24.95. This kit contains everything you need to create 26 beautiful and unique holiday themed cards and it is perfect for quilling and cardmaking on the go!



We are so excited about this new quilling kit! It contains our new 3 dimensional poinsettia die cut quilling strip in a variety of colors, including gold and silver. There is a total of 200 die cut quilling strips and 800 straight quilling strips. The variety of strips and colors will allow you to create a wide array of beautiful flowers and other fun holiday themed shapes and designs. To help you learn to quill and to give you ideas and inspiration, we have included a wonderfully detailed Idea Booklet.



This kit also contains 21 printed, scored and folded cards, 5 shadow box cards, 26 sheets of printed die cut shapes and 26 envelopes. For added embellishment we have also included a sheet of 40 adhesive backed rhinestones.


Our third kit is our new Flora Festival Premier Page Kit, which will sell for $19.95. This kit is an HSN exclusive and will not be available anywhere else. This kit contains everything you need to create beautiful layouts, paper crafts and cards. From the papers to borders to embellishments, they all coordinate perfectly. This is all you need to grab when crafting!



The Premier Page Kit comes in its own fabulous storage folder that keeps all of the contents neat and organized. Inside you will find 2 each of 7 different 12" x 12" sheets of printed cardstock paper, 2 each of 2 different 12" x 1.25" border strips with glitter, 2 sheets of 6" x 12" printed chipboard embellishments with foil accents for a total of 129 chipboard pieces, 1 sheet of 6" x 12" dimensional stickers with foil accents for a total of 12 dimensional pieces, 10 printed and scored 5.5" x 4.25" cards, 10 envelopes, 3 colors of adhesive backed pearls and 3 colors of rhinestones for a total of 30 pieces, and 4 colors of baker's twine. Everything in this kit is perfectly coordinated to work together to create fabulous scrapbook pages, craft projects and cards.





Now, it's time to celebrate with a giveaway! We will select one lucky person to win our new Flora Festival Premier Page Kit before you can buy it!

To enter, leave a comment below and let us know which of our new kits you love the most. Would you like to increase your chance of winning? Visit our 3 Birds Facebook page for details on how you can do this. This giveaway begins today, September 22 and will be open until Monday, September  29 at 12 Midnight EST. Good luck!

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3 Birds Design October HSN Sneak Peek

Hello 3 Birds Fans! HSN's 24-Hour Craft Day is on Tuesday, October 7th. We are so excited about the new products that we are launching that day and we can't wait for you to see them.  Today we are have some sneak peeks of these new products to share with you! These are just a tease of what we have in store. Make sure you check back on Monday, September 22 for the full reveal and your chance to enter into a giveaway to win one of our new product kits before you can buy it!

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Quick & Easy Cards & Tags Using Scraps

Hi everyone! It's Robbie today to share some cards and a tag inspired by... ME! Seriously, why not stretch an idea even further? Recently, I made a two page layout (Zoo Fun Day) for the 3 Birds Design Studio blog and I was really happy with the color combination that I ended up using. While it was all sitting on the table, I realized that I had a lot of scraps and all the supplies at my fingertips which led me to make a couple of quick cards and tag to have on hand.

If you were to look back at my layout, you will notice that in addition to the paper and color choices, I also repeated a lot of the same techniques and elements that I used on the layouts. It really made these come together quickly.

The colors that I used in the layout happened to really compliment kraft paper, too. I used a little pre-made kraft tag and added a kraft bag to the photo to show the whole set.

Using the same doilies and stitching ideas that were on the layout worked nicely for the cards, too.

DESIGNER TIP | When stitching the doilies for cards, be sure to stitch them ahead of time and adhere them after. This will cut down on trying o cover the backside of your stitching on the inside of the card.

More details that were copied from the original layout and used on the cards include the punched borders, the ribbons and even the same pearl goodies.

Remember next time you make a project you like to think about getting some cards or tags made to have on hand! It's always great, especially with the busy holiday season around the corner, to have these handy when you need them!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Robbie

SUPPLIES | Midday Medley Paper Collection, Sticker Flair Kit, Pearlescent and Foil Goodie Box

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