Some changes are coming...

Hello Fireflies!!!!!

DT Jammie here and I'd like to let you all know that there will be some changes coming to FFC.  We are going to focus the whole store onto Facebook!  We are hoping this makes things easier for you all and that you'll love what we are doing!  We will still have the same great products, and add new things often, as fellas having the same commitment to amazing prices and superb customer service.

We are also changing our challenge schedule.  From now on we will be doing just one monthly challenge.  You can feel free to enter as many times as you like, just be sure you're using some product that we carry.  The challenge will be done on Facebook and we hope that many, many of you will play along.  So stay tuned and lookout for our challenge coming to you on the First of every month!!!

In the mean time:

We have another amazing card for you to check out from our totally awesome guest designer Jan Tink.  Jan is so amazingly incredible, I can't help but get a little bit star struck when I chat with her!  She is so kind and sweet and fun!  I'm just in awe.  Check out her super cute Halloween card!

Isn't this just the cutest thing you've ever seen?!?!?! I just love it! Thank you so much Jan for being so incredible, and for hanging out in the forest with us this month!  You are truly awesome! 

Ok Fireflies! I can't wait to share with you our new challenge on the first of the month.  The current challenge will stay open until then and you can play along by going to our Facebook group "Firefly Crafts Fun" and putting your card into the album.  

Have a wonderful Halloween!!!! 

Anything Goes Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday Fireflies!!!! 

Our challenge is meant to inspire, not require, so there are very few rules.  Those rules are as follows:

1.  You MUST use a stamp or Die (or some other main component of your project) that can be found in our shop.

2. You MUST upload a photo of your creation to the proper album on our Facebook Page before Midnight EST.

3. Have Fun!!!!

The winner of each challenge will be announced when we announce our new challenge.  Each month we will have a different prize or gift card from our store. The winner will be chosen via Random.org. Good luck to all of you Fireflies! 

*** Important update: There will be 2 challenges a month going forward: the 1st Wednesday of the month will be  an "Anything Goes" challenge, and the third Wednesday of each month will be a "Theme" or "Technique" type challenge. ***

So, without further adieu, here is the FireFly Crafts challenge:

This challenge is: Anything Goes!

Simply choose anything from any company we carry in the store at www.fireflycrafts.net and make a card or project, then post it in our album located on our Facebook Group Page.  
(https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.622316931271427&type=1) 

The Prize for this challenge is: 

A $10 store credit to Firefly Crafts Online Store!!!

Here are some examples from our amazing Design Team:

Firefly Jammie Clark: 

Firefly Lena Nunn:

Firefly Elaine Calderwood: 

Firefly Theresa McKinney: 

Wow, what an amazing DT we have! We hope they helped to inspire you and get those creative juices flowing.  Don't forget to add your project to the album on our Facebook page and check back here often for more inspiration.  See you soon!

Fireflies at the beach....

Happy Wednesday Fireflies!!!! Let me begin by thanking everyone for playing along with all of the fireflies on our Anything Goes challenge!  It was so much fun!  The winner (via random.org) is:

Stéphanie Beauchemin!!!

You have won the We R Memory Makers Flower Punch Board!

(Please email fireflyscrafts@gmail.com to claim your prize, 

you have one week from today to claim.)
Just look at her incredible card!

Now on to the next challenge!...

Our challenge is meant to inspire, not require, so there are very few rules.  Those rules are as follows:

1.  You MUST use a stamp or Die (or some other main component of your project) that can be found in our shop.

2. You MUST upload a photo of your creation to the proper album on our Facebook Page before Midnight EST.

3. Have Fun!!!!

The winner of each challenge will be announced when we announce our new challenge.  Each month we will have a different prize or gift card from our store. The winner will be chosen via Random.org. Good luck to all of you Fireflies! 

*** Important update: There will be 2 challenges a month going forward: the 1st Wednesday of the month will be  an "Anything Goes" challenge, and the third Wednesday of each month will be a "Theme" or "Technique" type challenge. ***

So, without further adieu, here is the FireFly Crafts challenge:

This challenge is: A Day at the Beach!

Simply choose anything from any company we carry in the store at www.fireflycrafts.net and make a card or project, then post it in our album located on our Facebook Group Page.  (https://www.facebook.com/groups/574242672745520/) 

The Prize for this challenge is: 

A $10 store credit to Firefly Crafts Online Store!!!

Here are some examples from our amazing Design Team:

Firefly Jammie Clark: 

Firefly Lena Nunn:www.cardsbylena.com

Firefly Elaine Calderwood: 

Firefly Theresa McKinney: 

Wow, what an amazing DT we have! We hope they helped to inspire you and get those creative juices flowing.  Don't forget to add your project to the album on our Facebook page and check back here often for more inspiration.  See you soon!

Challenge #2 Tic Tac Toe

Let me begin by thanking everyone for playing along with all of the fireflies on our very first challenge!  It was so much fun!  The winner (via random.org) is: Jasmine Turandar!!!! 

You have won the Martha Stewart Score Board!  

(Please email fireflyscrafts@gmail.com to claim your prize, 

you have one week from today to claim.)
Just look at her stunning card!

Now on to the next challenge!...

Our challenge is meant to inspire, not require, so there are very few rules.  Those rules are as follows:

1.  You MUST use a stamp or Die (or some other main component of your project) that can be found in our shop.

2. You MUST upload a photo of your creation to the proper album on our Facebook Page before Midnight EST.

3. Have Fun!!!!

The winner of each challenge will be announced when we announce our new challenge.  Each month we will have a different prize or gift card from our store. The winner will be chosen via Random.org. Good luck to all of you Fireflies! 

*** Important update: There will be 2 challenges a month going forward: the 1st Wednesday of the month will be  an "Anything Goes" challenge, and the third Wednesday of each month will be a "Theme" or "Technique" type challenge. ***

So, without further adieu, here is the FireFly Crafts theme challenge for July:

This months' challenge is: Tic-Tac-Toe!

Simply choose a line or diagonal from this graphic and make your card.  Simply choose one embellishment, one color, and one card type. 

The Prize this month is: 

A Martha Stewart 10 piece punch set!!!

Here are some examples from our amazing Design Team:

Firefly Jammie Clark: Ribbon/Orange/Easel

Firefly Lena Nunn:

And our newest Firefly Elaine Calderwood: Buttons/ Teal/ Shape

The other new kid in the forest is Theresa McKinney: Buttons/ Teal/ Shape

Wow, what an amazing DT we have! We hope they helped to inspire you and get those creative juices flowing.  Don't forget to add your project to the album on our Facebook page and check back here often for more inspiration.  See you soon!

A little Bee to inspire you

Firefly DT Jammie buzzing by with this sweet little "Bee" from C.C. Designs.  She's named Swiss Pixie Bee Heidi and I think she's just the cutest thing ever!!!  Here, check her out yourself:

...and the inside of the card:

Did you see that incredible wooden embellishment????? I think they are my new favorite thing to work with!  You can even stain them with inks and paint them with watercolors! So cool.  You can check out all the different ones we have in the store here. 

Card Recipe:  I used a lot of papers so I can't even remember what's on there, mostly BoBunny though.
Copics: Skin: E000, 00, 21, 11, 04
Hair: E77, 29, 25, 21, Y13
Yellow: Y00, 02, 13, 15, 17, 38
Black: 100, W9, 7, 5, 3, 1
Flower: RV52, 55, 63

Well I hope that this sweet little Pixie Bee Heidi inspires you!  Don't forget to enter our "Anything With Wings" challenge going on this month!  The prize is AWESOME! See you soon in the forest!

Skating By with a Birthday Hi!

Hello lovelies! DT Lena here.  I got a chance to play with some new products from Firefly Crafts last night and WOW. I am in love. I got to use this adorable stamp set from Avery Elle called Skating By. It also has the dies that coordinate. So stinkin cute! I colored her in using my Spectrum Noir markers and I paper pieced her dress. The sky was done using a sponge and some blue ink from the Tim Holtz collection. I adore how this turned out and I can not wait to send it off.

Card Ingredients:

Challenge #1: ANYTHING with WINGS!

Hello everyone, DT Jammie here, welcome to The Forest!  Firefly Crafts is pleased to invite you to participate in our very first challenge!

Our challenge is meant to inspire, not require, so there are very few rules.  Those rules are as follows:

1.  You MUST use a stamp or Die (or some other main component of your project) that can be found    in our shop.

2. You MUST add a photo of your creation to the proper album on our Facebook page before midnight (EST) on the date listed. 

3. Have Fun!!!!

The winner will be announced on the 3rd Wednesday of each month when we announce our new challenge.  Each month we will have a different prize or gift card from our store. The winner will be chosen via Random.org. Good luck to all of you Fireflies! 

So, without further adieu, here is the FireFly Crafts challenge for June:

This months' challenge is: Anything with wings!

This could mean a Firefly, a Bird, a Fairy, a Dragon, a Butterfly, an Airplane, basically anything that you can think of that flies! 

The Prize this month is: 

A Martha Stewart Score Board!!!

Here are some examples from our amazing Design Team:

Firefly Jammie Clark:

Firefly Leah Tees:

Firefly Lena Nunn:

Firefly Monica Edwards:

Guest DT Laurigami: 

Our Guest DT for this challenge is Laurigami!! Isn't this project simply amazing!  A Huge Firefly THANK YOU for playing along with us today Laurigami, you are amazing! You can check out more of her work on her blog, tell her Firefly Crafts sent you. 

Wow, what an amazing DT we have! We hope they helped to inspire you and get those creative juices flowing.  Don't forget to link up your project below and check back here often for more inspiration and to get to know our DT a little better!  See you soon.

An InLinkz Link-up

Totes Anya and some no line coloring

Hi Friends! Lena Here Today I am sharing a card I made using Totes Anya which I got from Firefly Crafts. I used the no line coloring technique for the first time and it is so fun. Seriously has a learning curve but I am hoping to get better at it. I also used my new flourish die from Gina Marie Designs ( also from Firefly) . This is the perfect embellishment for card corners. I already popped this girl in the mail and hopefully it makes someones day!

Card Ingredients :

Welcome! Have a Latte...

Welcome everyone to the brand new Firefly Crafts!!!! DT Jammie here and Oo, I'm just so excited to be a part of the Design team here!!! So excited, in fact, that I'm going to overuse the exclamation point way too much!!!! Ha ha ha!
I decided to use Latte Kiki from C.C. Designs to make my first card to show you all! I think she is just the cutest thing ever. Also, I'm totally addicted to coffee (or coffee is addicted to me, I can't decide).  We love one another and meet every single morning!

 

Copics used: 

Skin: E04, 11, 21, 00, 000, R20

Dress: V09, 04, 01, BG78, 49, 45

Hair, 100, W9, 7, 5, 3

Hair band, Coffee sleeve: G03, 02, BG 93, G00

Shoes: E59, 15, 55

Papers: BoBunny, SU!, Cakewalk

Lace and Ribbon are from my stash (shhhhh it's HUGE!)

I hope you enjoy opening day and check out all of the incredibly amazing things we have for you in our store!  Fill your cart and have a super crafty day!!