KURETAKE: US & CANADA DT Member!

I am so thrilled and excited to be on the KURETAKE ZIG Design Team!! In your tool kit somewhere I am sure you have a ZIG Writer pen, right? These folks manufacture those and many other types of writing instruments for years!

Today, I thought I'd share a project created with ZIG Memory System® Millennium 01 Pure Black. I love how well I can doodle with this on shrink plastic!

Jewel Stones Charms by Margie Higuchi
Supplies - Shrink Plastic: PolyShrink (White); Marker: KURETAKE ZIG (ZIG Memory System Millennium 01 Pure Black); Jump Ring: Advantus (Tim Holtz); Cord: Canvas Corp.; Die: Spellbinders™ Paper Arts (S5-098 Jewels Stones); Tool: We R Memory Keepers (Crop A Dile) and Darice (Heating Tool)

I was watching the Presidential Debate while I was doodling...I think you know my state of mind at the time was! LOL!!! Sorry about the bad lighting.

Then using my Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine, I cut/embossed the plastic with a few of S5-098 Jewel Stones dies. Then I punched holes on top of the die cuts and used my heating tool to shrink. To create some cute charms to use for a future project :)

Thanks for letting me share my news and a little project to go with!
MargieH xo

Julianna Hudgins: Guest Designer

Can I just say I am BLESSED and a DREAM came true?! Julianna Hudgins and her Design Team Coordinator, Holly Simoni, asked me to be their FIRST GUEST DESIGNER on the Positively Me™ Blog!!!! Ummm....YES!!!!!!!!!!

I have known this sweet, talented, inspiring and wonderful lady for several years...before she became this well-known jewelry personality on TV, trade shows and other venues. We "met" WAY BACK when both of us were on a Yahoo Group called NJScrappers. Julianna asked people in the group to help her kit, etc. but I could never go...a distance for me to travel :0(

But we finally got to meet when both of us attended 2006 Summer CHA (Craft & Hobby Assoc.) trade show in Chicago....took us five years to finally meet! LOL!!

MargieH and Julianna Hudgins
2007 Summer CHA - Chicago IL

Sorry for the blurry picture and this was taken in 2007...I think we were rushed the year before in 2006! LOL!! I don't think we have a picture of us together since! Next show...update picture, Jewels!

Visit Positively Me Blog's Guest Designer Margie Higuchi - Jewel Goddess Scrapbook Page post and leave comment, she would love to hear from you all! She has a REALLY COOL DESIGN TEAM with some great inspiration and out of the box ideas :0)

This is my project that I created with her Want2Scrap collaboration of chipboard and bling products...

BFF by Margie Higuchi

Thanks for letting me share my excitement with you all!! SQUEAL!!
MargieH

Happy!

One word to describe my weekend and the start of the week! LOL!! It was a rare that I can sleep in and be in my jammies most of the weekend. So let's started with all this HAPPINESS...

Happy Mail x 2!!

My order from ScrapAce arrived!!

Do you know about ScrapAce?! They offer one deal per day at a SUPER LOW PRICE!!! Sign up!! This My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart (Rhonna Farrer) 6x6" pads and stamp sets was one of those great deals and this collection was just released at 2012 Winter CHA!!

TaDa Creative Studios DT package!!

TaDa Creative Studios' 2012 Winter Release!! They have two collection for this season - Poolside Collection and Yee Haw!! Collection. This isn't all of it - I took out the packages to show just a few pieces :)

Happy (and familiar) Face on TV!

Julianna Hudgins on JTV doing her thing!

Spellbinders™ Paper Arts LF-013 Jewel Goddess die template!! Love what she did with it :)

Happy Results!!

Chess State Finals!

My youngest participated in the (IL) State Finals for Chess at the Peoria Civic Center. He placed 11th (out of 100+ players) - Board 8 category. SO proud of him and as a freshman, he will have a great future on his team

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

My Valentines guy!

We went to dinner last night for an early celebration :) It was quiet night at the restaurant - no crowds and a corner booth to ourselves! It is a French bistro in the neighborhood that we don't often go to - we keep telling each other we need to go there more. L'Eiffel Bistrot & Creperie in South Barrington's Arboretum = YUMMY food

My Valentines project - a box full of chocolate!
Supplies - Cardstock: WorldWin Papers & Core'dinations; Stamp: Layers of Colors Art Stamps; Embossing Ink: VersaMark/TSUKINEKO; Embossing Powder: American Crafts; Dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts (S5-019 Labels Eight, S4-298 Antiquities, S5-086 Bitty Blossoms, ES-005 Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Enchanted, F-001 Red Premium Craft Foil and Nested Hearts - retired); Metal Embellishment: Advantus; Adhesive: ScraPerfect (The Best Glue Ever)

Did you know in Japan, the women give chocolates to their sweeties on Valentine's Day?! They also have those "obligated" chocolates to give to their bosses and co-workers too! LOL!! Then a month later on March 14 (called "White Day"), the men reciprocate by giving chocolate to the women. SO SMART the Japanese confectionery industry! LOL

Happy Giveaway!!!

My Valentines to YOU TWO!!!!
These shirts are from last year's CHA events (right is from 2011 Summer CHA & left is from 2011 Winter CHA) - both are XL sizes.

How to enter to win one of the shirts (international entries are also welcome)? Entries will be accepted until Friday, Feburary 17, 2012 at 11:59PM (U.S. Central Standard Time).

1. Be a follower - thank you, if you already are!!
2. Which of the two new Spellbinders products do you like?

• Spellbinders Cut, Fold & Tuck die templates OR
• Spellbinders M-Bossabilities embossing folders

Thanks so much for reading all the way down! LOL!! I appreciate you all visiting my blog :)

Have a LOVEly day!!
MargieH xo