Festive and Chic

Hello MBT Fans,
Get ready for some Friday fun as we continue to inspire you for the weekend ahead. Today we're going to share some amazing and unique crafts for cards, pin cushions, a layout and more! All of today's crafts feature our beautiful embellishments! You'll see a lovely card and layout by Kimberly Gillaspy, and many gorgeous Pin Cushions and stickpins by Kelly Peters. Lets begin with our grand prize winner for the Let's Go Trick or Treating Youtube Hop! Chosen at random from all the hop comments, the winner is...

My Sisters Scrapper 3 days ago

Super fabulous!! loved the poem! Your card is absolutely gorgeous Molly! Hugs, Ginger

Congratulations, Ginger! Please email us at mbstreasurista@gmail.com to claim your prize! This is the amazing prize that Ginger won!

And now it's time for Kim's amazingly fun card and layout! This is not your average card. Its an interactive card in a beautiful yet spooky pocket. She combines the autumn season with a bit o Halloween using MB's Treasurista embellishments and Authentique's Thrilling paper for a spooktacular card!

Supplies:

Satin Ruffled Trim

Sm. Chinese Braid Trim

Med. Acrylic & Organza Bell Flowers

Candy Gem Sprays

Authentique Thrilling 6x6 Paper Pad

Next we have a beautiful layout, chocked full of layers and textures. The perfect balance of color and that touch of distressed aged look keeps your eyes looking at all the details. Kim was inspired by this weeks layout sketch over at Creating the Crafty Life

Supplies:

Petaloo Flowers

Nirvana Collection Kit by Marion Smith Designs

Sm. Chinese Braid Trim

75 Cents Paper Pad

Seam Binding

Flat Back Pearls (12mm)

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays

As a reminder if you use my code KIM10 you will receive a 10% discount on top of the best prices around....

Next we have a fabulous and gorgeous idea by Kelly. This project is so sweet and fun! She has made some elegantly chic Cupcake pin cushions along with beautiful and fun stickpins.

Supplies:

Lg. Clear Crystal Stick Pins

Clear Acrylic Wheat Leaves Spray

Mini Satin Flower w/ Pearl n' Rhinestone

Med. Acrylic & Organza Bell Flowers

Clear Acrylic Butterfly Beads

Satin n' Pearl Flowers

Flat Back Pearls (10mm)

Sweetheart Blossoms

Sm. Cottage Roses - 20

3D Acrylic Flowers

Acrylic butterflies

Black Scalloped Lace

Black Wide Flourish Lace

As a reminder if you use my code KELLY10 you will receive a 10% discount on top of the best prices around....

We hope you all had a lot of fun on today's blog! We want to thank Kim and Kelly for their amazing works of art! We hope that today's creation will keep you inspired all weekend! Please come back and join us for more creations and new treasures, we have tons to share :) 

We always encourage you to post your creations to our Facebook page or Craft Community! We'd love to see what you've been creating with MB's Treasurista!

MB's Treasurista Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/MbsTreasurista

"Creating the Crafty Life" Craft Community

http://creatingthecraftylife.com/

Happy Crafting,

Your Friends at MB's Treasurista

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Teach Me Tuesday - Holiday Decor

Hello MBT Fans,

It's Tuesday and you know what that means here at MB's Treasurista, that's right! A fun Teach Me Tuesday Tutorial. We've got the perfect functional decor piece for your thanksgiving get together by Molly Downing. 

Check out below for a full start to finish tutorial from Molly!

Supplies:

Lindy's Stamp Gang's Industrial Chic Sprays

Julie Nutting's Tags from Prima

acrylic Flowers

3D Acrylic Flowers

Green Mulberry Leaves

Petaloo Flowers

All Supplies can be custom ordered if not listed in our store. Custom orders get an automatic 10% off!

We hope you all had a lot of fun on today's blog! We want to thank Molly for her tutorial! We hope that today's tutorial will help you dress up your parties or holiday get togethers! Please come back and join us all week for more creations and new treasures, we have tons to share :) 

We always encourage you to post your creations to our Facebook page or Craft Community! We'd love to see what you've been creating with MB's Treasurista!

MB's Treasurista Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/MbsTreasurista

"Creating the Crafty Life" Craft Community

http://creatingthecraftylife.com/

Happy Crafting,

Your Friends at MB's Treasurista

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MBT's Let's Go Trick or Treating Youtube Hop

Check out all the amazing projects with tricks and treats plus the chance to win over $50 worth of products!

The hop goes til Wed the 23rd, so you have plenty of time to hop thru. We have a great line up of talented MBT designers (I played along too!)and some awesome youtube candy, we have a grander prize sponsored by:

MB's Treasurista

Rules:

• Must be a subscriber to the MB'sTreasuristaDT youtube channelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/MBsTreasu...
• *Must* subscribe to all channels and comment on all the designer's video for the hop
• Please comment before 11:59 PM PST on Wed Oct 23rd. Any entries after that will not count.

Winner will be drawn by Oct 31st

Lineup:
MBT DT Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/mbstreasu...
Misty: http://www.youtube.com/user/ziggy13mity1
Deb: http://www.youtube.com/user/craftytex...
Kelly: http://www.youtube.com/user/walkelmol
Molly: http://www.youtube.com/user/mdmdownin
Kim: http://www.youtube.com/user/berlykim37

I hope you enjoy and come hop with us for prizes and inspiration!! Have a wonderful day!!!

Creative Inspiration - Spooktacular October

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful week!

Today we're throwing some inspiration your way with our Creative Inspiration event! That means all of my designers will work with the same sketch, color combo, theme or product and you'll get to see the different ways you can create.

This month's Inspiration is my favorite Holiday or for me time of year. Can you guess what that is? Yes its Halloween and our product feature is also one of my favs to work with, Candy Gem Sprays. My designers have made some gorgeous samples to inspire!

Product Feature

Acrylic Candy Gem Spray

Available in an amazing 5 colors!!!!

Deb

Halloween TP Spool

Supplies:

Thrilling 6x6 Paper Pad

Acrylic Candy Gem Spray

Cheesecloth

Gothic Flat Back Frames

Brown Tone Mulberry Leaves

Whimsy Mums - 5pcs

Med. Round Pearl Trim (4mm)

Mini Daisy Pearl Trim

Med. Box Pleated Trim

Sm. Gardenias

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays

Kelly

Skull Card

Supplies:

Acrylic Candy Gem Spray

Black Scalloped Lace

Satin n' Pearl Flowers

Molly

All Hallows Eve Tag

 

Supplies:

Steampunk Spell 8x8 Paper Pad

Mixed Media Doll Tag Pad

Cheesecloth

Lindy's stamp gang Steel Shimmer Spray from the Industrial Chic - Starburst Spray Set

Natural color Raffia 

Twinery Twine in orange and black

Seam Binding Olive

Flat Back Pearls (10mm) Black

Black Acrylic Candy Gem Spray

Happy Haunting Cardstock Stickers

Kimberly

Happy Haunting Tag

Supplies:

Happy Haunting 12x12 Paper Pad

Acrylic Candy Gem Spray

Black Scalloped Venise Lace #04

Satin Leaf Trim

Seam Binding

Raffia

I hope you feel inspired, I know I do! Don't forget, you can join in all the fun here at MB's Treasurista by posting your creations to our Facebook fan page or Craft Community! We'd love to see what you've been creating with MB's Treasurista! 

MB's Treasurista Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/MbsTreasurista

"Creating the Crafty Life" Craft Community

http://creatingthecraftylife.com/

Be Inspired, Get Creative and Have Fun

Your Friends at MB's Treasurista

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Teach Me Tuesday - Halloween Acrylic Tags

Hello MBT Fans,

It's Tuesday and you know what that means here at MB's Treasurista, that's right! A fun Teach Me Tuesday Tutorial. We've got a terrifically cute tag embellishment tutorial by Kimberly Gillaspy. 

Check out below for a full start to finish tutorial from Kim!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Acrylic Tags

Glossy Accents

Happy Haunting 8x8 Paper Pad

Tim Holtz Craft Pick

Acrylic Candy Gem Sprays

Copic Markers

All Supplies can be custom ordered if not listed in our store. Custom orders get an automatic 10% off!

We hope you all had a lot of fun on today's blog! We want to thank Kim for her tutorial! We hope that today's tutorial will help you make cute embellishments! Please come back and join us all week for more creations and new treasures, we have tons to share :) 

We always encourage you to post your creations to our Facebook page or Craft Community! We'd love to see what you've been creating with MB's Treasurista!

MB's Treasurista Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/MbsTreasurista

"Creating the Crafty Life" Craft Community

http://creatingthecraftylife.com/

Happy Crafting,

Your Friends at MB's Treasurista

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Introducing Kimberly Gillaspy

Today's an exciting day! We are THRILLED to be adding a new amazingly talented guest designer to our MBT family. She has tremendous talent, imagination and you may know her as berlykim37 for all of her amazing work through youtube. So without further adieu, lets welcome:

(Guest Designer Oct-Dec)

I am a mom for two beautiful Children, a wife of 6 years to a wonderful man. I enjoy sharing my love for scrapbooking, card making, sewing,and Mixed media. I love everything about crafting, vintage, tattered and torn, shabby chic; I am a vintage scrap/flea market junkie. Throughout my lifetime I have taught and shared my talent with a variety of age levels.I have worked at several craft and hobby stores and taught all types of crafts, from scrapbooking to making dolls and teddy bears. I have been on several design teams, Pro 31 Designs and SpectraNior. I have created stuff for CHA 2013 summer for Seven Gypsy, Tattered Angels, Canvas Core, and Marion Smith.

Please check out her awesome creativity at:

Kimberly's YT: berlykim37

Kimberly's Blog : Kimberly's Scrap Room

We want to thank you for checking out our wonderful new designer Kim! Also starting this Friday, we will start a fun new event on our blog, Feature Friday, where we will feature our favorite fan projects from the previous week, so make sure to share with us your creations any of the following ways:

• Facebook (tag fan page or owner Misty Busby or #MBsTreasurista)
• Facebook Fan Page 
• Creating the Crafty Life craft community ( tag #MBsTreasurista)
• Pinterest (#MBsTreasurista)

or anywhere else and just mention that you used products from MB's Treasurista! Tomorrow we will have incredible crafts for our Creative Inspiration Event and a fun Teach Me Tuesday tutorial on the blog! We hope you'll stop by and see us! Have a delightful day

We always encourage you to post your creations to our Facebook page or Craft Community! We'd love to see what you've been creating with MB's Treasurista!

MB's Treasurista Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/MbsTreasurista

"Creating the Crafty Life" Craft Community

http://creatingthecraftylife.com/

Happy Crafting,

Your Friends at MB's Treasurista

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An Everyday Item Made Exquisite

Happy Monday! We have the perfect creation to get you inspired for the whole week. Some would say altering and turning something mundane, or even old into a gorgeous maybe even functional piece of art is therapeutic and they would be right. On today's blog is a trash to treasure sort of project by Deb Edwards! 

And now it's time for Deb's gorgeous altered paint brush! The soft and shabby chic colors matched with the beautiful MB's Treasurista embellishments turns this simple paint brush into a luscious decor piece. Here is what Deb has to say

I have altered a 4" Paint Brush.. 

Hope ya'll like it

Just Love Shabby Chic and all the products that MBT carries that make a one stop shopping experience.

Supplies:

Snowy Ornate scalloped Flower Lace

Loop Heart Venise Lace

Tulips 

Hip Rose Buds

Mini Satin Flower w/Pearl

Mini Satin Flower w/Pearl N' Rhinestone

Sm Cottage Roses

Lg Tea Roses

Azar Berry Spray

Pearl & acrylic Spray

1" Organza Butterfly

Lindy's

Doodling Templates- Mini Checken Wire Reversed 6x6

3/4" Ruffled Satin N' Lace

As a reminder if you use my code DEB10 you will receive a 10% discount on top of the best prices around....

Hope Everyone has a wonderful day!!!

Hugs

Deb.

We hope you all had a lot of fun on today's blog! We want to thank Deb for her amazing altered work of art! We hope that today's creation will keep you inspired all week and look at some of those common and everyday items a bit differently! Please come back and join us all week for more creations and new treasures, we have tons to share :) 

We always encourage you to post your creations to our Facebook page or Craft Community! We'd love to see what you've been creating with MB's Treasurista!

MB's Treasurista Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/MbsTreasurista

"Creating the Crafty Life" Craft Community

http://creatingthecraftylife.com/

Happy Crafting,

Your Friends at MB's Treasurista

Visit MB's Treasurista