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Welcome to our Fourth day of

FABULOUS

Holiday Giveaways!

Today we are featuring:

Christy Tomlinson~Scarlet Lime

Ellie Inspired

Kaari Meng

Patty Young

Christy Tomlinson

I have been paper crafting and scrapbooking for over 10 years and still love it today! I had the great opportunity to work for Chatterbox as their Educational and Marketing Director for 3 years and then left to pursue other adventures in my life (including being a stay at home mom to my 6 kids and wife to hubby Ben. When I left Chatterbox, I started a new adventure working for Making Memories as a book and project designer, and also accepted a position as a Contributing Editor for Scrapbooks Etc, Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. In the Fall of 2007, with the encouragement of my husband, I decided to venture out on my own and start Scarlet Lime. Over the course of a year, Scarlet Lime grew much more than we expected and now that is what we both do full time. We love our job! In 2009, we also started a sister company called Scarlet Lime BeadArt! Our BeadArt website carries Jewelry supplies including fun unique beads and charms and DIY kits as well!

And why the name Scarlet Lime? Well to be honest, it’s simple. My favorite color is and always has been red, scarlet red, and lime flavored anything is my absolutely my favorite treat. The idea behind the kit club was to bring together all sort of patterns, textures, and styles; mix modern with vintage, funky with chic. So Scarlet and Lime, two things you normally wouldn’t put together,( but two things I love), just seemed to be the perfect fit!

I also love to blog and teach online! I tried to post daily inspiration on my personal blog and am currently teaching online e-course about Mixed media on my blog as well! Check it out as www.christytomlinson.typepad.com Well, I hope you enjoy our monthly kits, ad-ons, paper-crafting kits, and all the other fun things we have in store too! I would love to hear comments or suggestions you may have (good or bad.. I can take it, I have 6 kids remember?). So please feel free to e-mail me ANYTIME at [email protected]

Christy is giving away $50 to spend in her Scarlet Lime Shop, plus a spot in her

Mixed Media Workshop.

*Christy has also offered 4 more spots in this workshop. I will draw the additional winners after the day 4 winner has been picked.

Ellie Inspired

Hi, I’m Laura Johnson and this is my Elisabeth, whom Ellie Inspired is named after. I am a pattern designer, a mom to four great kids, and married to my best friend. Ellie Inspired has been a wonderful venue for me to share my creativity and form great friendships. Ellie Inspired patterns are classicly styled with a bit of a modern flair. They include patterns for girls sizes 1-12 and I am just beginning to offer patterns for boys also sizes 1-12. My patterns include everything from smocked and embroidered heirloom clothing to casual knits to sleepwear. Thank you for visiting me, for your encouragement and support, and sharing your lives with me as well. I hope that I have inspired you to create something beautiful for a special little blessing in your life!

Laura has offered this GREAT giveaway … Perfect for sewing up Holiday PJ’s

Kaari Meng

Kaari Meng has been designing vintage glass jewelry for more than 20 years. After moving to New York City in 1988, Kaari began exhibiting at trade shows and designing for specialty shops, including Anthropologie. Armed with experience in all facets of jewelry manufacturing, she began teaching jewelry making out of her shop, French General. In 2003, French General moved to Los Angeles, where it continues to offer workshops and creative kits to people who enjoy working with vintage materials.

Kaari is the author of several books, including French-Inspired Jewelry: Creating with Vintage Beads, Buttons & Baubles (Lark/Sterling, 2007) and Treasured Notions (Chronicle Books, 2010).

Please visit her at: https://www.frenchgeneral.com/

Her blog: http://frenchgeneral.blogspot.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/French-General/

And Join The Art of Craft at: http://www.the-art-of-craft.com/

Kaari is giving away 17 fat quarters from her new Christmas fabric collection Fa la la

Patty Young

Patty Young grew up in San Jose, Costa Rica, in an environment where she was encouraged to express her creativity freely. Both of her parents dabbled in the arts so it was only natural that she would inherit their creative genes. They moved to the United States in 1987 and Patty attended The University of Central Florida from ’89 to ’93 where she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design and Photography. Over the next 12 years, Patty honed her graphic design skills at a number of marketing agencies before deciding to leave her corporate job in 2005 to stay home with her children and pursue her own creative endeavors. Patty is a licensed textile designer for Michael Miller Fabrics and recently released her seventh collection. Her fabrics include quilting cottons and knits. She is currently working on her eighth collection which will debut Spring 2012 along with her debut book, “Sewing Modkid Style”, published by Wiley. Patty along with her husband, Jon, also owns and operates MODKID LLC and serves in the role of Lead Designer. MODKID, LLC specializes in high quality boutique-style sewing patterns which include children’s clothes, doll outfits, purses and other assorted accessories and home furnishings. To learn more about Patty and what she’s cooking up next, please visit us at our blog and feel free to leave a comment. We’d love to hear from you!