Families Week Wrap-Up

  Congrats to the randomly selected winner of their favorite line, Karrie:

And the winner of the tote full of Amy Tangerine product, Pamela Young:

We'll start having giveaways with our newest releases soon! Thanks for your participation!

To wrap up Families week, Maggie Holmes and Mahlin Wiggur have each created a card and a layout:

Supplies: Cool Cat Paper (35389)  - Peachy Keen, Mother Always Says Paper (35388) - Peachy Keen, Baby Doll Paper (35384) - Peachy Keen, Thing of Beauty Paper (35370) - Peachy Keen, No Sweat Paper (35378) - Peachy Keen, Jitter Paper (35373) - Peachy Keen, Good Golly Gee Paper (35375) - Peachy Keen, Honey Fellow (53174) - Thickers, Dear Borders (53176) - Thickers, Plastic Rose Brads (85539) - Elements, Reinforced Decorative Tags (85543) - Bits, Bow Tie (89398) - Ribbon, Gee Golly (42192) - Remarks, Charcoal (6113) - Memory Markers, Love Set Cards & Envelopes (64001) - Just Write

Maggie says, "Since I am a new mother again - we just had our 5th baby at the end of May - I have been feeling especially grateful for our little (well it's actually quite big now) family. Even though it is a lot to manage at times and there are definitely challenges, I do feel incredibly blessed each and every day to be a mother. I've had these photos since last fall and thought it would be perfect to create a layout with them to document these sentiments. The card came together quickly and easily using the scraps that were still out on my desk. I punched various size circles and wrapped them over the top folded part of the card, then stitched them in place. It's a fun way to use up those scraps!"

Supplies: 12x12 White Cardstock (71081) - AC Cardstock, The Classics Bookplates (64007) - Just Write, Enchanted 4x6 Journaling Tickets (64005) - Just Write, Samba Paper (35442) – Margarita, Gossamer Paper (35409) - Hello Sunshine, Lakeside Park Paper (35224) - City Park, Tamale Paper (35434) - Margarita, Mojito Paper (35423) - Margarita, Dandy Paper (35397) – Hello Sunshine, Skyline Park Paper (35235) - City Park,  Havana Paper (35435) - Margarita, Hyacinth (78041) - Details, Peachy Keen Borders (53176) – Thickers, Shoebox White (42882) - Thickers

Mahlin shares, "It's a touchy subject for me, family, since I recently separated from my DH, so this is a layout about how family always is family, even if it's a bit different than before... I found a new love amongst the Just Write cards. They're so usable in many ways, the super cute tickets and the journaling spots which can be used as frames!"

Supplies: 12x12 White Cardstock (71081) - AC Cardstock, City Park Journaling Cards (64003) – Just Write, Sunshine (72012) - Delights, Made in the Shade Paper (35379) - Peachy Keen, Fancy Free Paper (35377) - Peachy Keen

"This card is meant for a newborn and his/her family. My thought is to use Thickers and spell the new little family member's name in the speech bubble!"

We hope you've enjoyed Families week and get to spend time with yours this weekend! Ta-ta for now!

PS - Design Team submissions are due to stephanies@americancrafts.com today!

Comments

[Pamela Young]

Oh my goodness!!! Thank you so much! :) And AWESOME work from Maggie and Mahlin!

[Jamie Harper]

Very Inspirational today :)

[Karrie]

Thank You So Much American Crafts!! You Rock!!

[Sophia Allison]

Gorgeous work as always from your DT team...

[sandee]

Congrats ladies, and cccccccuuuute projects DT! You rock!

[Ann-Katrin]

Love it! So inspirational! Thanks for sharing.

[Heather Landry]

I really love each and every one of these projects. The stitching is awesome and those sparkly butterflies totally rock! The speech bubble on the last card is really neat. Thanks for sharing ladies!