Red Hot SALE!!!!!!

Join us Saturday June 30th for our 

Red Hot SALE!!!

Sale will begin on Sat. 6/30 and end on Tues. 7/3

Check out the Sizzling Savings....

ALL DESIGNER PAPER COLLECTIONS 40% off
 ALL DESIGNER EMBELLISHMENTS 40% off 

ALL STAMPS 40% off

ALL MAGAZINES 40% off

ALL DIES, FOLDERS, TOOLS 25% off

ALL QUICK QUOTES KITS 40% off

and...

ENJOY 10% OFF OF EVERYTHING 

ELSE IN THE HoUSE!!!

(sale excludes studio nights, classes & class kits) 

Stop by the HouSe on Saturday between 11am - 3pm and enjoy a FREE Make & Take....a Star Spangled Tag & Treat Bag...Patriotic Snack Mix...included :)  

Also, try out the "No More Shims" Mat...it's super cool and embosses anything! Everyone who tries it will be entered into a drawing for $25 in Blue House Bucks!

I'll also be giving 1 mat away on Saturday!

Hope to see you in the HouSe and
Have a Wonderful Weekend!
Miss Tracy :)

Pink Paislee FREE Declaration Project Book

Check out this FREE downloadable Project Book from 

Pink Paislee! Wonderful Projects all created for the 

Declaration Collection which is available at 

The Little Blue House!

You will enjoy 12 pages of projects, photos and instructions! 
Thanks Pink Paislee!

Blue Crew Product Review: Stone Art by Viva Decor

Stone Art Effects by Viva Decor

Its Summer Time! The Blue Crew whats to show you a cool new product to add to your Summer Projects!

Our Blue Crew Product Review is
all about Stone Art by Viva Decor!!

Viva Decor Stone Art is a True Stone made from Natural Minerals!

A stone effect product to imitate natural granite or marble.

 Also perfect to fill or apply with a pallet knife.

Viva Decor Stone Effect Paint contains natural ground stone, marble and granite. Color variations may occur due to color changes in the mined stone.

Unique effects can easily be achieved.
- Suitable for indoor and outdoor
- Water based acrylic
- Contains only ground natural stone

-Sand, White, Sand Gold, and Black

The Little Blue House takes it to the TEST!

Check out the Sand Gold on the corrugated flowers on the
"To the Beach" Layout designed by Tracy Pounds (Miss Tracy ). 

       -I enjoyed using Stone Art on my Layout! It went on very easily...I just spread it with a plastic knife and it didn't flake off once it was dry :) like some other products I've used in the past. I was also able to use my heat gun on it to speed up the drying...love it! Really looks authentic... I look forward to crafting with it more! It will be great to use with my Stencils!

  -Miss Tracy

For the Full Effect come by the LBH to check it out!
We would be happy to show it to you! :)

Keep Creating,

The Blue Crew
P.S. Leave a comment for a chance to WIN a bottle of Stone Art compliments of the Blue Crew :)

Join us for Card Keeper's!

If you like to make cards or would like to learn some NEW techniques, then you should join us at the 

Little Blue House

for our

Card Keeper's Workshop

In this month's Workshop you will be learning unique applications of ribbon in your card making plus various other artful techniques!

Card Keeper's Workshop
Instructor: Susan Tidwell

Tuesday 6/26

10am- 1pm and 6p-9p

Cost to attend: $15

Please contact the LBH if you would like to reserve a seat.

Enjoy your day!
Miss Tracy :)

Tacky Tie Challenge...Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Weekend!

We thought it would be fun to have a Community Challenge project featuring something most of our Dad's wore to work

 day in and day out...

TIES of course....sometimes, really TACKY ones!

I would like to invite you to check out our Front Porch Design Team Members blogs and see their TACKY TIE Creations today!

Simply click on their names to visit their blogs and see what they did with their ties! 

Liz Qualman

Robyn Schaub

Lynette Chiles

Danielle Wycough

Jaclyn Hatcher

Susan Tidwell

Kristy Fey

Valerie Bishop

Roxanne O'Brien

Elaine Howell

Jennie McGarvey

Jing-Jing Nickel

Rhonda Merry

Tracy Pounds (Miss Tracy)

WE WANT YOU to take the CHALLENGE too!!!

We have brown-bagged some TACKY TIES at the 

Little Blue House and they are FREE to anyone who 

would like to take the 

TACKY TIE CHALLENGE!

Here are the rules for the challenge...

there's only 1 so this should be easy....LoL!

RULE: Do something creative with your Tacky Tie! 

That's it ...just something creative! Anything goes...

 We want you to submit pictures of your Tacky Tie Creations via email by June 23rd and the DT will vote on what we think are the top 3 most creative! We have something special for YOU if your TACKY TIE project is chosen!

You can email them to

littlebluehouse.misstracy@gmail.com

So what are you waiting for?!?!...Grab a Tacky Tie and take the Challenge...It will be tons of fun! I can't wait to see your creations!

Have a wonderful Father's Day Weekend and Happy Hopping!

Miss Tracy :)

Sonic Day @ the LBH

SONIC Day @ the LBH!

We will be creating a fun canvas project and have some special Sonic Surprises...and a special photo shoot opportunity that my fellow Sonic Junkies won't want to miss!

  

Thurs. 6/21

10am-1pm and 6p-9p

Cost: $20

Hope you can join me!!!

LBH Tacky Tie Challenge!

With Father's Day right around the corner...We thought it would be fun to have a Community Challenge project featuring something most of our Dad's wore to work day in and day out...

TIES of course....sometimes, really TACKY ones!

We have brown-bagged some TACKY TIES at the 

Little Blue House and they are FREE to anyone who 

would like to take the 

TACKY TIE CHALLENGE!

Here are the rules for the challenge...

there's only 1 so this should be easy....LoL!

RULE: Do something creative with your Tacky Tie! 

That's it ...just something creative! Anything goes...

Our Front Porch Kit Design Team is also taking the Challenge and will be posting their creations this Saturday, June 16th (the day before Father's Day). We want you to submit pictures of your Tacky Tie Creations via email by June 21st and the DT will vote on what we think are the top 3 most creative! We have something special for YOU if your TACKY TIE project is chosen!

You can email them to
littlebluehouse.misstracy@gmail.com

So what are you waiting for...Grab a Tacky Tie and take the Challenge...It will be tons of fun! I can't wait to see the results!

Miss Tracy :)

It's Front Porch Friday!

Good Morning!
It's Front Porch Friday!

What does that mean?!?!
Today, each of our Front Porch Kit Design Team members will be posting one of their "Sew" Artsy projects that they designed and sharing some helpful tips and "how to's" on their blogs.

There are just a few kits left, "sew" if you are interested in ordering one, don't delay...

Give us a call, stop by, or order online today!
www.thelittlebluehouseonline.com

The Little Blue House
118 W. Olive St.
Keller, TX 76248

(817) 431-7930

Have some fun today and do a little "hopping"...

Here are links to each FPK Designer's blog:

Liz Qualman

Robyn Schaub

Lynette Chiles

Danielle Wycough

Jaclyn Hatcher

Susan Tidwell

Kristy Fey

Valerie Bishop

Roxanne O'Brien

Elaine Howell

Jennie McGarvey

Jing-Jing Nickel

Rhonda Merry

Tracy Pounds (Miss Tracy)

Have a FabuLouS FriDaY!

Blue Crew Review

Hey LBH Girls!!!

The Blue Crew is BACK this WEEK!!

We are exited to tell you all about 
New SURFACES in the HouSe!!!
 

Surfaces can be lots of different things!

Shadow Boxes, Printers Trays, Canvases, Cigar Boxes and More!
We love to find interesting surfaces to use for our projects at
The Little Blue House!
Jenni Bowlin, 7 Gypsies, and Adornit have some great 
surfaces out right now.

Lets start with Jenni Bowlin. We love Jenni's vintage chic style! Her unique surfaces have so much character and really celebrate reuniting the past with the present! 

One of our fav's is her Divided Cigar Box...This box has fun built in dividers...a perfect shadowbox in the making! She also has a smaller cigar box ...could  be perfect hide away for a minibook or use it functionally for storage of your favorite trinkets and treasures! 

She has also introducing a darling Chalkboard with Easel! These boards could be a great creative surface or keep as a functional chalk board. Now for another favorite, the Hotel Key Holder! We can't wait to play with one of these...You can use it for jewlery, keys, or a fun decor piece....

 7 Gypsies also offers great Surfaces...

 The Printers Tray Shadowbox above is such a fabulous surface! Use photos, momentos, fun odds and ends, some paper and embellishments...and quickly and easily... 
YoU have a beautiful keepsake to treasure!

So many people see these 7 Gypsies Ticket Holders and love them but dont know what to do with them. We saw so many cool samples at the Winter CHA Show using these! We fell in love with it!! It's just a fun, quirky piece that you can snap photos, ticket stubs, journaling cards, or whatever you want and create a unique, one-of-a-kind display!

This surface project is a NEW Class at the LBH
designed by Susan Tidwell.
She used the Wood Letter Tray shadowbox from Adornit

 featuring pictures of her daughter, son in law and
her new grandbaby, Carl William and some fun embellishments.

A Family Shadowbox is a great way to  

preserve your precious memories and would make a lovely gift! I love the detail and decorative edges on this Surface!

 "I enjoyed working on the shadowbox because it was so easy to assemble. Loved being able to create different mini layouts but all within one finished project." - Susan Tidwell

You can find all these surfaces at The Little Blue House. Stop by to see them in person...We will be happy to show them to you!

For more inspiration check out these blogs.

 http://www.jennibowlin.blogspot.com/

 http://sevengypsies.blogspot.com/

http://www.adornitblog.com/

Thanks so much for reading! Have a Creative Week!

Sincerely, 

LBH Blue Crew   

Join us at the Blue House Art Group this week!

"Art Journal Pages - Start to Finish"

Hope you will join me this month as we create art journal pages start-to-finish using some of the techniques and products we've been exploring these past few months.  

I have a few surprises planned too!

Thursday, June 7

 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

or

Friday, June 8

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Call the LBH at 817-431-7930

to reserve your seat!

(For anyone attending for the first time, don't worry - you can certainly play along even if you haven't joined us before!)

Please bring the following supplies:
 (colors or patterns don't matter)

1. Usual basic supplies
2. Permanent journaling pen
3. Two pages (or spreads) from your art journal (or two sheets any color 12x12 cardstock)
4. Teflon craft mat
5. Heat tool
6. Few stamps (designs or backgrounds such as text, patterns, foliage, flourishes)
7. Quote stamp (or quote/words cut out from text or tiny alpha stickers)
8. Any color permanent inkpad (Staz On or Archival brand)
9. Several items from following if you have them - stencils, spray inks, modeling pastes, Twinkling H2Os, Distress Inks or Stains, Alcohol Inks, paint dabbers
10. Mod Podge or equivalent decoupage medium

Let's get messy!

"Sew" Artsy Specialty Workshop...Wed. 6/13

Introducing a NEW Specialty Workshop featuring one of our

Front Porch Kit Designers, Lynette Chiles. 

This is a one-of-a-kind workshop...

You won't want to miss out...

"Sew" Artsy Specialty Workshop

Instructor: Lynette Chiles

 

In this Specialty Workshop, Lynette will show you how to transform two ordinary wooden embroidery hoops into wonderful covers for your very own "Sew" Artsy Altered Hoop Book. 

She will guide you through the front, back, and inside covers during this fabulous workshop. You will also receive templates and expert instruction regarding the inner pages and she will be posting each page with a tutorial on her blog so you can finish the book outside of the workshop. Please bring your basics, heat gun, glue gun, and craft mat to class...everything else will be provided for you. If you would like to add a photo of yourself or someone else, please bring a laser copy with you to class.

"Sew" Artsy Specialty Workshop

Wednesday, 6/13

10a-2p or 5p-9p

Cost:  $30

Seating is limited. Please stop by or contact the LBH to reserve your seat...you'll be "Sew" happy you did!

Summer Sizzle Winner is....

A little birdie told me we have a 
Summer Sizzle Open House Winner!

Congratulations...

KIM JONES!!!!

Congrats Kim!!! Please come by the LBH to pick up your $75.00 Gift Certificate!

Thank you to everyone who attended our Summer Sizzle Open House! We loved seeing all of you!

If you missed our Open House, we now have all the NEW Class Projects posted here on the blog...Just click the LBH Buffet tab above to view them...

Come Create with us at the Little Blue House!
Miss Tracy :)