Hop over to our Crabby Cakes Etsy store...cause Easter is almost here!

We promise that your Easter and Spring pictures will make you HOPPY!  Visit the Crabby Cakes Studio Etsy store for one of  a kind paper peicings or compete 12 x 12 layouts today.  Check back often, Crabby Cakes Studio is hopping to it, creating super cute Spring and Easter layouts just for you.

January and February CD Calendar Inserts

As promised  where are the January and February 2010 CD Calendar inserts.  Each month Crabby Cakes Studio will post a monthly CD insert for you!  We hope these are an inspiration to create one for 2011!

JANUARY 2010

The champagne and glasses is a digi images from PCCrafter.com

The wine bottle and glasses were printed in color,cropped, and then clear glaze was used to create the 'glass' look.

To add the festive feeling of the New Year little confetti beads were glued using Elmer's Glue randomly over the page.

FEBRUARY 2010

The cupig is a digi images from PCCrafter.com

The cupig was printed in color,cropped, and then pink glitter was added as sparkle and bling.

To add the feeling of LOVE, we hand stamped some hearts along the edge in a pink ink.   We added a few clear rhinestones to the calendar and the corners.  

So what do you think?  Have you ever created a CD calendar before, if so please share with us!  We would love to hear your feedback.

March's Product Review: Singer's Pixie Sewing Machine

THE PIXIE

As crafters, Crabby Cakes Studios tries to stay in touch with all the newest products for the scrapbooking and paper-crafting industry. 

Christine and I giggled with glee when Singer announced that they were coming out with the Pixie Sewing Machine.  This little purple cutie was created for paper-crafters that love that sewn look and providing dimension of sewing on scrapbook pages and cards.  Sporting the fact it is compact and light weight, easy to take to scrapbook crops.  Off to Wal-Mart to make our purchases!

.....sadly this happiness ended quickly as soon as we opened our boxes.  Yes, we agree, Singer you created a light weight sewing machine. However, The Pixie feels flimsy and it seems to be made poorly with cheap plastic, it almost feels like a slight jostle will cause it to fall about.  Never fear! Crabby Cakes Studio has purchased a many of items that have been a little questionable, and have been pleasantly surprised.

Setting up the thread was easy breezy simple because the threading was pre-packaged.  Now we are super excited, ready to sew!  This is the exact moment when all excitement came to a halt.  The power pedal is horrible, it jamming up and it got stuck, it never stopped (on both machines)! The manual sewing switch is even worse; there is no control factor which makes it very difficult to maneuver the lines and sewing details.

Lastly, the directions and problem solving pamphlet provided by Singer are incorrect and have little visual pictures to assist an inexperienced sewer.  Once the pre-packaged thread ran out….forget about it! It cannot be rethreaded again.  Christine and I spent hours trying to figure out what we were doing wrong...according to other reviews, we were doing everything right, the product was just wrong.

Crabby Cakes Studio quickly returned these little purple machines.  Although the retail price is appealing running 49.99-60.00,it is not worth it!

Here is a helpful hit, use your main sewing machine,  cause The Pixie this is not going to make your crabby day turn into happy.  

Not even Pixie Dust can limit the frustration caused by the Singer Pixie Sewing Machine. 

0 out of 5  Crabby Cakes

Creating Another Crabby Cakes Studio Fan!

Hello!
I just wanted to let you know that I received your items today and your work simply BLEW ME AWAY! I'm so excited to use these pieces! The custom birds exceeded my wildest expectations.They are simply ADORABLE!! THANK YOU!! I feel like I didn't pay nearly enough! I will be sure to promote your work on my blog. Keep up the good work! I will be back to buy more in the future for sure!

Kindra

Thank you Kindra for the kind words.  We love that you enjoy your order and really appreciate Crabby Cake Fans like you!  We love feedback like this!  This is great motivation to keep creating!

Much Thanks

Bobbi and Christine

Meet us in person! At the Quail Creek Craft Show on March 20th

Come out and show your support to your local crafters and artists at the Quail Creek Craft Show on March 20th! 

Treasure Box Designs Digi Stamp Birdies Card

 

Treasure Box Designs New Digi Stamps Makes Creating A Homemade Card A Breeze!

We love Treasure Box Designs! We use their paper templates for lots of albums we create.  They have now made it easy for every craft level  by creating digi stamps!  LOVE THEM!  They are easy to download to your PC.  The best part is that they colored images for all those last minute cards you need!  Simply print, cut and paste and you can be on your way! Also included in your purchase is a black and white image, this is great for coloring with your favs...like Copic markers, watercolors, and color pencils!  Here at Crabby Cakes Studios we are always wanting to share budget ideas...so these digi stamps can be purchased at  www.treasureboxdesigns.com for only a $1.00!!!  

GREAT DEAL!

Oops, one more thing to add to my gushing....you can customize the size!  When was the last time you purchased a stamp that you could according to your project...like NEVER!

This card example was created in 10 minutes using only scraps!  Even the printed digi stamps was printed on a left over white paper....it would have been faster if glitter was not used.  The Birdies stamp was used to create this card.  

Directions:

We printed "A  Little Birdie Told  me..."  

We used water color to paint in the the image and cut the image to be in portion of the card.  (We used left over scraps too!)  Covered the entire front of image with glitter glue and added Prisma Glitter.  Add a few blue brads. Complete!

Free Easter Chick SVG File

Finally - here is another free SVG file! Sorry for the delay in getting this posted. It's been a crazy week for Bobbi and me. This one is a super simple chick that will be great to mass produce for Easter cards or even to use as little tags in your Easter Baskets! To download it, follow the link below:

http://www.4shared.com/file/234864072/cdedbc17/Chick.html

Sending Hugs and Kisses using a digi stamp from Treasure Box Designs

This adorable card was made using a digi stamp from the brand new Digi Stamp line offered by Treasure Box Design.  The image was colored using Prismacolor Colored Pencils and the Gamsol method.  This was a really fast and fun project!  To see more of the digi stamp line, check out Treasure Box Designs website.

http://www.treasureboxdesigns.com/