New Product Reveal Day #4 - 2014 Calendar Products

If you enjoy making calendars, here's some new products you are going to delight you!  SRM's very popular mini calendars are now available in 2014 designs.  Think of all the gifts you can make with these!  Perfect for birthday or anniversary cards and great for Project Life!

And the 2014 Year of Memories will be great on your calendars, cards and Project Life pages.  Love this sticker.  So many stickers on one sheet and all printed on clear.

All new products are now available in the SRM Store. 

Leave a comment here on the blog for a chance to WIN all 3 of these new designs.  Make sure you are a follower.  And join us tomorrow for more new products. What could they be?  Winners will be announced next week on the blog.

Guest Designer; Laura Krumpholz

We have a very special feature for you today as we spotlight SRM's Art Director, Laura Krumpholz, the creative force behind the designs for SRM Stickers. She's not only a beautiful person with a sparkling personality, she's quite crafty!

Here's a bit more about Laura; Ever since receiving her degree in Graphic Design from UCLA, Laura has been active in the Gift and Craft Industries. She's a mom, wife, daughter, a dear friend, and the sweetest person you would ever want to know. SRM Stickers is blessed to have her as part of our team and today we share Laura's craftiness with you! 

Laura created this assortment of projects for a display at the New York Stationery Show where SRM is nominated for Best Product in Show.  Yes, that's right, our shimmer twines are nominated and Laura created lots of goodies using not only Shimmer Twine but also our New Kraft Bags, New Sticker Stitches, Glassine Bags, New Labels by the Dozen Birthday, New Stickers by the Dozen Birthday Birdie, Mini Tube, Borders, Pencils and Pillow Boxes.  Wow!  That's a whole lot of SRM goodness packed into one photo!

Thanks Laura for your wonderful projects!  

New Product Reveal Day #3 - Sticker Stitches

Welcome to Day #3 of SRM's New Product Reveal.  When we introduced the Sticker Stitches in January they instantly became everyone's favorite and people asked for more colors.  You asked and we are delivering!  

The first sheet is orange, black and white.  You may think Halloween but it can be used for almost anything.  The white stitches are perfection! 

The second sheet is red, green and white.  Great for Christmas but wonderful for any time of year.  Again, those white sticker stitches will be super fun to use on dark card stocks.  

How about pink, red, black and white?  Sticker Stitches in so many different colors!  You will want them all!

All new products are now available in the SRM Store.

Leave a comment here on the blog for a chance to WIN all 3 of these new designs.  Make sure you are a follower.  And join us tomorrow for more new products as the fun continues.  The Winners will be announced on the blog next week.

Thinking of You by Tobi

As we approach the choosing of a new Design Team, I have asked our current designers to do a "Free Play" assignment and work with their favorite SRM product.  And I've also asked them to tell us why they love that particular product. 

First up is Tobi Crawford who was on the 2010 Design Team and has loved using SRM Stickers ever since.  Tobi's favorite product is the vast array of Sticker Sentiments.  Whether the original Sticker Sentiments or Fancy Sticker Sentiments Tobi finds that these products fits in with her cardmaking no matter what materials or methods she is using.  She loves that she can create her focal image, usually stamped, and then has a wide range of choices for her sentiment:  fancy, bold, large, vertical, color and the list goes on.  

When Tobi finished with the image on this beautiful card, the card said "solemn" to her so she chose a thoughtful sentiment from Fancy Sticker Sentiments Thinking of You sheet.  Perfection!  

Thanks Tobi for your beautiful work and for your love of all things SRM!  We have loved having you on the very first Design Team and now again on the mini term Design Team.  Your work is stunning!

New Product Reveal Day #2- Labels by the Dozen

Ready for Day #2 of the new product reveal?  Here's a little secret.  Labels by the Dozen are my favorite product and these new labels are my most favorite of all! 

Here's the first design, the Birthday Birdie that matches the Birthday Birdie Stickers by the Dozen.  How fun! 

The second design is called Christmas Greetings and would be great as a gift tag on any holiday box or bag.  And wouldn't they be perfect on Pillow Boxes, Glassine Bags or TUBES?

And if you need something sweet for someone you love, here's the perfect labels.  Don't you just LOVE them? :) 

Labels by the Dozen are perfect on Pillow Boxes.  Super simple!  Just put a label directly on the Pillow Box, add a beautiful bow and you're done!  :)

All new products are now available on the SRM Store.  

Leave a comment here on the blog for a chance to WIN all 3 of these new designs.  Make sure you are a follower.  And join us tomorrow for 3 more new products.  Isn't this fun? :)  All winners will be announced next week on the blog.  

Crocheted TUBE Cover by Amy

Many of our friends and fans are multi-talented crafters.  When recently asked, lots of our Facebook followers revealed that they are life-long knitters or crocheters.  So when we asked our Design Team members if any of them would like to do a project with SRM's TUBES showing how they are great for storage, Amy Crockett jumped at the chance to play!  

Amy took one of her 7" TUBES.

She crocheted a darling cozy for her TUBE and topped it with a crocheted flower.  How fun!

Then she loaded her crochet hooks inside and tucked the TUBE info her knitting bag!  She loves how convenient the TUBES are for organization.  

What would you organize with TUBES?  The possibilities are endless!

New Product Reveal Day #1 - Stickers by the Dozen

Welcome to Day #1 of the new product reveal from SRM Stickers!  All new designs are now available on the SRM Store!  

Today we are sharing with you 3 new designs of our very popular Stickers by the Dozen with 12 images, 12 Sticker Sentiments and lots of mini sentiments around the outside border all printed on clear.  How much fun you can have with these creating invites and party favors!  

First up is the Birthday Birdie, my favorite!  Isn't that little bird just adorable?  Love those party hats!

And for Halloween party invites and treat bags, tubes and boxes, the new Halloween Spider is sure to fill the bill!  Love how creepy yet cute that spider is!

And who doesn't love Gingerbread men?  You can almost smell them.  How fun for Christmas favors and treats for to decorate stocking stuffers not to mention lots and lots of Christmas cards that you could create!  YUM!

Leave a comment here on the blog for a chance to WIN all 3 of these new designs.  Make sure you are a follower.  And join us tomorrow for 3 more new products.  You are going to LOVE them!  Winners will all be announced next week.

4th of July Banner by Melanie

It's always a banner day when Melanie Jarocki creates an altered project using SRM Stickers!  Making banners is one of Melanie's favorite crafty pastimes. Here's a banner she put together using some patriotic stickers and twine.  How fun!

Look closely and you will see that Melanie used mini-sentiments from both the Patriotic Stickers By The Dozen and We've Got Your Border on the bottoms of each pennant.  And added the graphic red, white and blue borders along the top of each pennant.  

To add extra dimension to the banner, Melanie placed the flag stickers from Stickers By The Dozen onto punched circles and tied them between the pennants. The Maraschino and Midnight Blue twine are just perfect, tying it all together.  Bold red stitching around the border of each letter and punched stars at the bottom of each pennant are perfect finishing touches!

Princess Magic Wand by Clare

Clare Buswell has created a Butterfly Magic Wand fit for a Princess!  I'll bet her little girl or any little girl would love to have one of these!  Clare started her project with a SRM Magic Wand that's crystal clear and measures 12" x 5/8".  It would make a wonderful gift or party favor.  Here's a mini tutorial so you can make one of these for your favorite princess!

Start with an empty Magic Wand! 

Clare took her Magic Wand and filled it with sweets.  She took her inspiration from the colors of the sweets and drew a simple butterfly template to make the cardstock butterfly topper. 

She added two layers of wings and stitched around the edges of the smaller layer using Marigold Twine.

Using a Bright Blank Label, Clare dressed up her wand with stickers from SRM's Everyday Girl and We've Got Your Sticker Princess designs. 

Clare wrapped some Marigold and Cantaloupe Twine around the wand and left some pieces hanging down to act like streamers. Then she added a variety of stickers to embellish the wand. 

Tip:  To attach the butterfly to the tube Clare made a simple loop tab from cardstock that forms the body of the butterfly and it simply slots onto the tube.

What a lovely, magical project.  Thanks Clare for the inspiration!

Guest Designer; Betsy Veldman

We are thrilled to welcome Betsy Veldman to the SRM Blog as our Guest Designer of the Week.  Betsy is a paper crafter extraordinaire and we love that she loves her SRM Stickers!  

"I live in a small town in the NW corner of Iowa with my husband of 15 years and our three kids, ages 12, 9, and 5.  Making stuff has always been a big part of my life, ever since I was a little girl digging through my mom's boxes of fabric scraps...it seems to be a trait that has been passed down through many generations of women in my family!  Today I love stamping, card making, a bit of scrapbooking, as well as sewing.  My daughters seem to have caught the creativity bug as well and we love to craft together.  I currently work as one of the Paper Crafts magazine Go-to Gals, and I am also on design teams for Papertrey Ink, Pink Paislee, and Anna Griffin." 

Betsy loves to combine paper, stamps and stickers just like she's done on this wonderful, bright and beautiful card.  Who would not love receiving this "happy" birthday card?  The twine and felt embellishments are perfection!  Love how Betsy stamped Happy Birthday on SRM's new Labels by the Dozen Bright collection.  

She loves those labels and the Sticker Stitches as well!

Here's an envelope that Betsy crafted using the same papers as she used on her card and added SRM Labels by the Dozen, Sticker Stitches, Marigold Twine and felt flowers.  What a fun way to coordinate the card and the envelope. If you need to make a birthday card soon, why not CASE Betsy's card and envelope and dazzle your friends & family!

Betsy is loving the SRM Pillow Boxes as the perfect little treat holder.  This bright and beautiful project is perfectly coordinated to her card and envelope. For this project Betsy took all 3 sizes of Pillow Boxes, filled them with bright candies, tied them all together with patterned papers and twine and used a pair of lovely Labels by the Dozen.  Then she embellished them with those felt flowers and a touch of twine.  YUM!

Put them all together and you have a perfect trio of treats!

Thank you Betsy for joining us today with your extraordinary talent.  Here's what Betsy has to say about SRM Stickers: 

"SRM Stickers are the great finishing touch to any project!  The selection of sentiments make them perfect for card makers.  And the new labels like the ones I used on my project today are perfect for stamping on.  I also like the stitched border stickers, which make it so easy to add the look of stitching to my projects without having to pull out my sewing machine.  Thank you, SRM, for letting me be your guest today!"

Would you like to WIN all the SRM products that Betsy used in her guest design feature today?  Just leave a comment here on the blog and be sure you are a follower.  The WINNER will be announced on Monday's blog.  Be sure to keep your finger's crossed!  The winner will be announced Monday May 27th.