Piggy Tales Blog

Last Chance...not too late for Christmas

It's your LAST CHANCE to join the Piggy Tales Academy to recieve our December kit- valued at nearly $60.00 for only $24.99!!  To find out more information and view our past, current and future kits, please use the following link:

  

http://www.qbaroo.com/piggytalesretail/show.cfm?page=kitclubfaq.html 

  

Here are just a few benefits of being a member of the PTA!

• $50 in FREE Piggy Tales products after 3 months of membership
• 10% discount on all Piggy Tales purchases online
• Exclusive promotional discounts Exclusive Sneak Peeks on all new Piggy Tales products !!
• Exclusive projects created by published guest designers with detailed instructions and a color copy of the projects. You'll also receive tons of tips and tricks to give you the skills you need to make your scrapbooking quicker, easier, more fun and enjoyable!  

Here is an adorable GIFT BOX using some of the product from the PTA December kit. This was created by our past DT member Amber Winward (inspiration from Leah Killian).  

For detailed instructions visit Leah's blog at:

http://lifeaslou.blogsome.com/2008/01/30/magic-boxes-a-life-as-lou-online-class/

Happy creating everyone!!

Trina

{I Spy} Thursday!

My mouth just about dropped open when I read Trina’s post about only 15 more days until Christmas-YIKES!!!  With so much talk of this wonderful season on the blog, I thought that I would continue the “theme” with a card by Miss Melanie Douthit.

 

 

 

 

 

Not only is Melanie a member of our awesome Design Team (did you hear that we have a new call out???) she will also be designing the PTA Kit for February, I can’t NOT WAIT to see what she has planned, I am sure that we will see some awesome cards for Valentine’s Day!!  This Naughty or Nice? card is featured in Paper Crafts Nov/Dec 2008 issue.  Using our Ba, Ba Black Sheep Collection, the papers are Black Sheep and Little Boy and of course, our ribbon is used as well.... Don’t you just love that the papers each have a name that goes all with the collection name??  One of my favorite things about a new release is reading the name that Debbie has assigned to each of the papers….so fun to see the papers really do look like the name!!!

 

Have A Great Week!

Giboney

Last Minute Gift Idea!

I can't believe it..only 15 more days until Christmas!  My youngest son turned 8 months today!  He's crawling around and getting into trouble with a capital "T".  Before I know it he'll be walking!

This year has gone by so fast!  Does everyone have your homemade gifts completed?  Well, if not I've given you an INSPIRING idea created by one of our past dt members MARLA KRESS.  Create this in no time.  That special someone will treasure this forever! 

Most all of the Piggy Tales cardstock paper and chipboard letters used to create this project are available for purchase on our website at DISCOUNT prices, so don't delay!  Here's the link for your convenience:

http://www.qbaroo.com/piggytalesretail/main.cfm?categoryoid=14

               

Other Needed Supplies:

wood block, 2 metal rings, (1) metal frame with brads, 12x12 pieces of chipboard,  white cardstock, Calendar stamps, gray paint, circle punch

I've listed what Piggy Tales Collection (cardstock paper and chipboard letter) Marla used for each month. 

January: The Frog Prince

February: Little Red Riding Hood

March: The Frog Prince

April: The Gingerbread Man

May: Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs

June: Little Boy Blue

July: Little Red Riding Hood

August: The Frog Prince

September: Goldilocks and the 3 Bears

October: The Gingerbread Man

November: Little Boy Blue

December: Little Red Riding Hood

Instructions:

1. Drill holes in block of wood for metal rings.  I'm not sure what size Marla used for the block of wood, so it's up to you to determine what size you'd like yours to be.

2. Paint block of wood using gray acrylic paint.

3.  Insert metal rings in holes.

4.  Paint chipboard backing for each month.

5.  Cut out background for each month and adhere to chipboard backing.

6. Stamp calendar onto white cardstock.

7.  Adhere photo to background.

8.  Cut Piggy Tales cardstock paper to size and adhere to background.

9.   January, February, June, July and December have white circles punched out of cardstock.  Adhere punched circles to backgrounds, then trim off edges.

Let me know if you have any questions!  Have FUN!! 

TRINA

wE loVe to sPoiL ouR PTA kiT cLub meMbeRs!

Piggy Tales' PTA kiT cLub juSt KeEps getTiNg betTeR and betTeR!  We love to sPoiL our kit club members and if you haven't had the opportunity to check it out- you've just gotta!  Last month we even surprised our December members with a special present bringing the total value of the December kit to nearly $60.00 (WOW!  and to think they only paid $24.99!!)  We have an AWESOME year of fun planned for our members and I thought that it might be fun to share a little sneak peek! 

 

For 2009, we are putting together a knock out line up of guest designers that are published in top scrapbooking magazines around the world!  I can't wait for you to see their projects!  So fun! ...AND a special look ahead to February- our kit club members will be among THE FIRST to get one of our brand new releases from CHA winter to make projects created by our guest designer (I have seen her work in 2 publications last month alone!) YAY!

 

To find out more information and view our past, current and future kits, please use the following link:

http://www.qbaroo.com/piggytalesretail/show.cfm?page=kitclubfaq.html

 

 Be sure to check out all of the other awesome benefits such as:

$50 in FREE Piggy Tales products after 3 months of membership

10% discount on all Piggy Tales purchases online

Exclusive promotional discounts

Exclusive Sneak Peeks on all new Piggy Tales products

Hope you join in on the fuN!

BraNdoN

Christmas Decorations...and contest!

I love Christmas time.  It's my favorite time of the year.  I love the cooking, the smells, the sounds...everything about Christmas.  Sometimes I feel bad for Thanksgiving because after Halloween I start counting down the days until we can put up our Christmas tree.  

This year when we pulled out our decorations I was so excited to see the fun paper chain we made last year.  I had completely forgotten about it so it was a pleasant surprise to see it...not to mention that the paper chain was made from one of my favorite collections Ba, Ba Black Sheep .   We also have some fun Sliding Door Christmas ornaments on the tree.  The Sliding Door featured in the picture below is an ornament Trina Linford made for me last year.  

With that said...email us a picture of a fun paper craft, decoration, gift, etc. that you've made this Holiday season by December 14th and you'll be entered in a drawing to win a $50 gift card to our online store to purchase anything you'd like!  Winners will be announced on Monday, December 15th and will receive their gift card by email.  I will also be posting several of my favorite entries on our blog on the 15th, so make sure you check them out.  Please send your entry to contests@piggytales.com and please keep your image under 100KB.

I can't wait to see what everyone shares!  

Debbie

{I Spy} Thursday!

I hope that everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving!!  I know that my family and I really enjoyed the time that we were able to spend together.  (but all of the Missouri cousins are really looking forward to Christmas when all of the cousins can get together and play!!)  

  

Those cute girls at Paper Crafts Magazine contacted us about donating some Scrapbooking goodies to help them decorate a Christmas Tree for the Festival of Trees this year, which raises money each Christmas for Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT.  For 38 years, the Festival of Trees has been a “Gift of Love” from Utah to children.  The Festival is organized by a volunteer board of 84 women who enlist time and talents from thousands of individuals, organizations, businesses, and families throughout Utah.  Over $22 million has been raised for needy children at Primary Children’s Medical Center through the Festival since 1971, with $1,604,021.64 raised last year.  Don’t you just love that!!  Here is a picture of the decorated tree and look close to see if you recognize any of our Sliding Doors and I even see some Pig Tails!!!

 

  

Another thing that I wanted to share with you is a new book that has just come out- Your Words Your Story by Michele Skinner...Michele is such a sweetheart but when I saw that front cover I was super excited, she used one of my very favorite collections, The Frog Prince.  Her layout titled Greener Pastures, couldn't fit any better with Piggy Tales, since we have gone to greener pastures ourselves in 2008 by printing on recycled paper with organic soybased ink and also using a factory that that is powered by wind for our embellishments!!  I am excited to get my hands on this book, after all this is a top reason that I Scrapbook, to make up for the lack of daily journaling that I don't do.....

 

Have a Great Weekend!

Giboney