Darcie Heater

New Flyer!

Hi Blog Friends,

Well, I'm headed off to CHA in Anaheim but wanted to share my new flyer with you before I left.  No more sneak peeks, here's the whole shebang!  I am really excited about this show and loooove being there surrounded by creative overload.  I managed to complete more products than ever and am looking forward to presenting them at the show.  Here's the cover of the flyer:

The flyer will download in a pdf format, which requires Adobe Reader to open.  If you don't have Adobe Reader, you can download it for free by clicking HERE.  After the Adobe page opens, click on the box that says "Get Adobe Reader" on the right hand side of the page. (It's a free download... most computers come with it.)  If you have a slow internet connection the pages may take awhile to download.

It's a 36 page flyer so I divided it into 3 separate pdf documents to make it a little easier/quicker to download.  

Click HERE to download pages 1 - 12.

Click HERE to download pages 13 - 24.

Click HERE to download pages 25 - 36.

OR if you have a fast internet connection and a newer version of Adobe Reader click HERE to download all 36 pages at once.

Let me know what you think... I'll be choosing random comments to win some of the new products in the coming weeks.

Also, there's still time to enter the drawing for the 6 new FREE Shrink Plastic project CD's... the details are in the post from January 15 titled "Sneak Peek...".

I'll be sharing some close ups, and free project instructions with you when I get back.  OK, off to the airport with me, I'll "see" you soon!

:) Darcie

 

Sneak Peek #1... it's a BIG one!

Hey Blog Friends,

It's about a week until I leave for CHA, so I thought I'd go ahead and start sharing a few new products with you.  This one is actually in stock and ready to ship, so if you are interested in ordering it.... now is a great time, before the show.  We tend to bring home a lot of orders from the show and work really hard to expedite them, but you may want to do it now.  I'm just sayin'......  :)

Here's the cover to my new Shrink Plastic Project CD:  (If you click on the picture it will open up in a new window, where you can see it larger).

 This actually turns out to be a pretty big sneak peek, as you can see some of the images from several of my new Cling Mounted rubber stamp sets and my new Clear Polymer Sets. There are 12 new Cling Mounted Sets and 12 new Clear Polymer Sets, in addition to lots of other fun new stuff.  :)  Here's some close ups of some of the shrink plastic projects included on the new CD:





     
How was that for a sneak peek? :)   I hope you like these projects, Tonya and I had a ton of fun with them.  The CD is in stock, the item number is CD202, Enjoy the Little Things, and it retails for $18.99.  In fact, if you live in the Mesquite, TX area it is available in our booth at the Stamp Scrap Art Tour show this weekend.  If you're interested in ordering it, you can do so by calling 1-800-945-3980.

OR....

Would you be interested in winning this Shrink Plastic Project CD for FREE?  I'm thinking we need a few more followers on this blog, so if you like what you see here, I'm wondering if you would refer your friends to my blog?  

Let's do this: Leave me a comment at the end of this post stating who you referred to the blog (list your friend's name).  Have your friend leave a comment, and have the friend mention YOUR name in the comment at the end of this post.  You can do this with as many friends as you want as many times as you want between now and January 31, at midnight Pacific Time. (Enter your comments at the end of THIS blog post). I'M GOING TO GIVE AWAY SIX OF THESE NEW CD'S.  I'm going to give one to the person who refers the most people and another one to one of the top referrer's friends.  In addition, I'm going to randomly choose four other commenters to give the CD to.  On Monday February 1, I will post the winners.  

Woohoo!  Let's see how many comments, followers and friends we can get on this one.  I appreciate you guys and all of your comments.     

OK, back to putting the finishing touches on the displays.  I'll share more fun stuff with you before I leave for the show.  And... I will also be putting a link to the new flyer on here that you will be able to access next weekend.  

See you soon!  :) Darcie 

And the Lucky Winners are....

Hi Blog Friends,

Thank you for all the nice comments on the January 3 blog post featuring the Shrink Plastic CD "Deck the Halls".  The new one is nearing completion, so be sure to check back as I'll be featuring it here soon.  This is the cover to the two CD's I'll be sending out as prizes:

Here are the two randomly drawn winning comments for the Deck the Halls shrink plastic project CDs:

Andrea said:

These are such a cute project! I loved making those when I was younger.... my brain is calling them shrinky-dinks. Don't know if this is correct but I do remember that they were tons of fun. Your blog and your website are full of fantastic ideas.

And here's the other winning comment:

Linda said:

Gotta have this new Shrink CD! Any chance it will be included in your Club Member order this month or next? I signed up in June while your were in Arlington, TX.

OK, you guys have until Friday, January 15 to contact me to claim your prizes.  Please email your addresses to me at [email protected] and I'll get the CD's right out to you.

See you soon with more fun stuff and freebies!

:) Darcie

Wow, More Free Stamps!

Hey Blog Friends,

Thanks so much for all of the great comments, I love reading them.  It keeps me going in these long hours leading up to CHA.  I'm working on more photographs today, but thought I'd stop for a minute and give away a free stamp set.  In the weeks leading up to CHA I'm going to just pick a comment off of recent posts and randomly give stuff away.  Cool, huh?..... in ADDITION to the free shrink plastic project CD's I'll be giving away on Monday, January 11.  Be sure to check the blog post from January 3rd for info on how you can win. There's still time to win in that drawing so be sure to post to that blog entry also.

The images below are included in the FREE stamp set:

The stamp set shown above is POL4 Flourish Cardinal and retails for $14.99.  Here's a little gift bag made using the stamp set and my #PSX01 Shopping Bag Template:

Here's a card made using the set:

Tonya stamped the branch, pine needles and pine cones on a piece of vellum to make it super easy, then stitched the vellum to my printed card stock.  Here's a photo of a frame made using the stamp set and my XPT06 Shadow Box Frame Pattern Template ($6.99):

Yup, it's kind of like a Christmas clearance here... but, hey, there's no time like the present to start working on next year's projects.  I'm just trying to give you a head start.  I know...you're right, it's really because I'm biding time until I can show you the brand new CHA releases, Lol!!  Soon, my friends....very soon.   

Hey CJ, it's your lucky day... IF you contact me with your address by Midnight, Sunday January 10!  

 Here's CJ's comment:

 CJ said:
 Hi Darcie, I just wanted to pop in here and tell you how much fun I've been having with all my product from you that I got at the Carson Stamp show in CA in November. I got the Christmas CD for your shrink plastic and made so many fun ornaments and tags etc, including some with photos of my granddaughter which were a cuteness factor off the chart. But the really fun thing too was one of my grown daughters, who is a 5th grade teacher for Los Angeles Unified loved them so much she ended up doing a project with all her students and they made ornament presents for their parents with their own designs on the shrink plastic. This product is amazingly versatile and again, soooo much fun! So, thank you again. I am anxiously awaiting notice of when the new monthly club kit will be out! Also, I was wondering if you will be at the Consumer show of CHA? If so, I'll be looking for your booth! Can't wait to see the new products. Happy New Year to you, Cindy J 

 

Thanks so much CJ! Be sure to contact me by tomorrow night so I can get this set of stamps off to you.  Email me with your address:  [email protected].

OK, back to the photographs...  See you again on Monday with the winners of the TWO shrink plastic project CD's.  Be sure to check back often, as I have more stamp sets to give away.

:) Darcie

Free Stamp Set for....

Hey Blog Friends,

Just for the fun of it..... I'm giving away this stamp set to a lucky commenter.... IF the lucky person emails me with their address TODAY!  Yup, you gotta check this thing a lot... especially with TONS...
no, let me repeat that...
TONS!!
of new products on the verge of release.  Big smile here!  :D

Here's the free stamp set (It's a set of cling mounted red rubber stamps and it comes in a plastic storage case, retails for $18.99):

Here's the winning comment:

Oh! I finally found your blog and product! I saw you in NJ about a year and a half ago and have been desperately looking all over for you - what creativity and fun products!!! This shrink plastic and CD is so fun and I remember how cute ALL of your things are. Thanks for sharing your creativity! kate

OK, Kate.... I hope you check back TODAY, because if you do this stamp set is ALL YOURS! Send me an email with your address and I'll get this set on it's way to you. [email protected]

Email me quick!

Thank you to all of you for the nice comments, I love reading them and love the friendships established across the miles.  I hope I get to meet you guys at one of the stamp shows in your neighborhood this year!

I'll be doing this again soon....check back!  There's still time to enter the drawing for the TWO Shrink Plastic Project CD's shown in the previous post.

:)  Darcie

Let's start the New Year with a Freebie... or TWO!

Hey Blog Friends,

Here's to an amazingly creative 2010!  I hope your New Year celebrations were filled with fun and happy times with friends and family.  Here's New Year's Eve at the Heater relatives:

Yup, we're both looking pretty tuckered out! 

As I mentioned before, CHA is rapidly approaching and I'm putting the finishing touches on my new products for release at CHA. I'm in the middle of a creative AVALANCHE right now, it's kind of out of control and I have so many things I want to complete for the show, that I'm going to stop and do a "triage" today, lol.  There are way too many ideas for the amount of time left to complete ALL of them.  Sometimes it happens that way, doesn't it?  When you start creating, all of a sudden it releases a tidal wave of ideas.  (I hope I'm not the only one, lol....)  I am so excited to start sharing the new products with you, I can hardly wait!  I'll start giving you sneak peeks soon.... 

In the meantime, right after Christmas I always think about the projects I wanted to make for family and friends and never quite had enough time to finish.  I also start thinking that I'm going to start earlier next year.  So I wanted to share with you a new product that was released last Fall, but never fully made it to the blog.  Maybe it will give you some inspiration for projects to start on now for next year.  It's my new Shrink Plastic CD, item #CD201 "Deck the Halls".  Several of you asked about it after seeing some of the images on the post for the Madison, Wisconsin show.  Here's a photo of the cover of the CD:

Here are some of the 3 dimensional ornaments we made using the CD.  (The images are glued together back to back, so that when they spin around on the tree, the image is on both sides.)

The CD contains over 150 images formatted for printing on the shrink plastic, and the kit comes with full step-by-step instructions and 4 sheets of Inkjet Printable Shrink Plastic. (The price is $18.95 and can be ordered by calling toll free 1-800-945-3980). The shrink plastic sheets have been treated with a special coating that allows the ink jet ink to stick to the plastic.  One nice thing about our shrink plastic is that it's coated on both sides, so you don't have to try to figure out which way to put it in the printer, you can print on either side... or BOTH sides.  It's super simple to use, the CD comes with sheets that are ready to print, OR if you prefer to choose your own assortment of items on the page, it includes full step-by-step instructions to walk you through the process.  (This particular Shrink Plastic Project CD is geared toward someone who may not even know how to use the computer, basically you turn on the computer and it tells you what to do next.)  

Here's how simple it is:

1.  Print a sheet of images on the shrink plastic.  (You will notice the images on the printed sheet look a little "washed out".  We formatted them this way on purpose, because when they shrink they get smaller and much darker.  The images are pre-lightened for you.)

2.  Cut out the images (you can see the washed out look on the photo below).  When cutting, it looks better if you leave a tiny white border around the edge of the cutout, as shown below. Cutter Bee scissors are a good choice for cutting.

3.  Shrink the cutout.  I prefer to use an embossing tool to shrink the images, but you could also use an oven or a toaster oven.  If you use the oven you will want to practice with the scraps first to check the temperature of the oven.  (Full instructions are included with the CD.)  It will curl up and look like it's ruined....just keep applying the heat until all areas are fully shrunk and until the image starts to lay flat again.  (Don't stop heating it midway through the process.)

4.  When the image starts to relax and lay flat again, place an acrylic block on top of it to flatten the image.

SUPER SIMPLE!  The images look so good when they're shrunk, they make great package tags, ornaments, and craft project embellishments.  Here are a few scenes from our display boards: 



  
There will be a brand new Shrink Plastic Project CD released at CHA and the projects are absolutely AWESOME....  I can't WAIT to show you, lol.  Soon!

How would you like to WIN the CD shown above?  If you make a comment on THIS blog post between now and  Midnight Sunday, January 10, your name will be placed in a drawing for CD201 Deck the Halls Shrink Plastic Project CD.  I will randomly draw TWO names on Monday, January 11 and post the winner's names on the blog.  The winners will have until Friday, January 15 to contact me to receive the prizes.

I'll share the new CD with you as soon as we finish photographing the projects so be sure to check back often.... and I'll also be doing some quick freebies in the coming weeks, where I'll just pick a comment on a random post and the commenter will win a prize. Check back, comment often, lol!  :)

OK, back to the triage, the avalanche and the awesome, new fun stuff.  Hehehehe, having a hard time waiting to show you!

See you soon!

Darcie