Candice Windham Design Studio

Winter is finally coming to West Tennessee. It was war m today, but we're expecting 20° one night next week. Brrrrrrrrrr! One nice thing about winter is the number of poems and quotations available with the click of a mouse to be used in our art. And doesn't this just come in so handy since the All Things Altered blog hop theme is Winter? Be sure to click on the the list below to  see the work of some really talented designers. There is also a great prize package pictured on the first blog in the list below, Scrapbook Flair. To be entered to win the main prize package: 1. Leave a comment on all the designers' blogs . 2. Sign up to Follow the blogs. 3. Leave a message on the Scrapbook Flair Blog  telling Pam you followed the directions! 1. Pammejo: http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/ 2. Nicole: http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/ 3. Gloria : http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/ 4. Irit : http: //iritshalom.blogspot.com/ ...

Welcome to a middle-of-the-month blog challenge on the Designer Crafts Connection! This time, we're playing wi th Smoothfoam ™ , one of my new favorite surfaces. Smoothfoam™ is sturdy, resists chipping and crushing, paintable (no tedious prep work!), waxable, stampable - everything you want in a foam product. On top of that, it can be adhered with just about any adhesive, including glue guns. You can get out that dinosaur glue gun from the "olden days" when that was all that we had available, and not worry about whether you are using high heat or low. Both work fine on Smoothfoam™ (but you still need to keep it off your fingers). This stuff can be cut or carved as well. Be sure to click on the Designer Crafts Connection logo to the left to see what some great designers have done with Smoothfoam™. You can win the Smoothfoam™  Kit to make me! As you hop through the designer blogs, comment on your favorite projects. Each time you comment you'll be ent...

Welcome to the November edition of the Designers Crafts Connection (DCC) blog hop! What better way to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season than with little gifts that say, "Thank you!" in a big way? This little thank you gift gives an added bonus: yummy mints and a handmade flower pin. It's also quick and easy to do. The sentiment was created with the fabulous Duetica Lettering Arts Studio and the whole thing was assembled in less than 30 minutes. Here's how I made it: Supplies • Printed paper, 6" x 12" (Graphic 45) and a small scrap of a contrasting color/pattern, 4" x 3" • White Cardstock, 3" x 11" (Stampin'Up!®) • Sizzix Dies (Eileen Hull's Frame, Easel and   Tim Holtz Alterations, Vintage Lace) • Mat Board (Sizzix)  • Big Shot • Small zipper lock bag, 3" x 4" • Coiled Roses Kit (Laliberi) • Double-stick tape, 1/4" width (Sookwang) • Brads, three large • Sentiment (Duetica Lettering ...