Friday, April 30, 2010

Please help us Welcome...

our New Design Team! Click on their names below to take a peek at their blogs. We are so proud to have such a talented and diverse group of artists on our team. You'll start seeing their work in a few weeks, prepare to be inspired!








Ilene Tell

We would also like to invite these three talented ladies to come back and guest design for us in the very near future...they wowed us with their work and we would like to see more!

Jing Jing Nickel

Carole Stirrat

Guiseppa Gubler

There were so many beautiful applications for our team...there was not one person that applied that wasn't considered talented by our review panel. Please know that we appreciated everyone who took the time to apply and shared their work and art with 3Birds. We will be keeping each you in mind for any other special projects that come up!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

National Scrapbooking Day 2010

What is our favorite holiday? National Scrapbooking Day of course! We birdies always make sure to celebrate.



Be sure to join us on HSN on Saturday to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day. Our hostess with the mostess Donna Stork is scheduled to be on air showcasing new products from 3Birds. Look for Donna during the scrapbooking hours scheduled as follows: 6-7am, 11-12am, 4-5pm and 8-9pm.

Not to miss new items...


Adorning Alphas


Must Have Cardstock - Pastels


Bits and Pieces 2 - Pastels

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Quick Albums for Graduation

Everyone knows someone who is graduating this spring! Whether its your child, a relative or a friend, 3Birds understands what a busy time this can be. Our solution is a quick and easy memory album that will highlight a student's entire school career. What a fantastic gift for the graduate! Also a great display for graduation parties! With these speedy tools from 3Birds, you'll complete the album in a flash. Our album is the perfect way to include individual photos, class photos, awards, papers, artwork, and report cards... all in one place! Think of all the memories and memorabilia you could include!

Here is what you'll need to pick up from the Nest:





1. PageMats: Made in Minutes School Edition
This complete kit has everything you need to record Preschool through Senior Year and comes in a neat, organized nest!






2. Birdie Book: 3 Ring Album with assorted Page Protectors
This book comes with Protectors that hold 4"x6" photos! Great for those candid shots! Just slide 'em in and your done! You may want to pick up a few refill packs if you have a lot of photos you would like to include!




Now comes the fun part!
Gather all of the memorabilia and photos and organize it by year. A great feature of PageMats School Edition is that each year comes with a double page 12"x12" layout. All you need to do is add your photos. Every school year includes a separate die cut sheet with adorable accents and great journaling prompts to get you to record all those special moments you don't want to forget! A few sheets include die cuts that can be used to make a pocket page great for storing report cards, awards, papers and more! Be sure to add the Page Protectors from the Birdie Book in between the Pagemats pages for a quick way to include those 4"x6" photos! With this simple kit, pages are completed in no time! You will quickly have a complete memory album to give as a gift or put on display at graduation parties!

Check out just a few of the ideas we unhatched at the nest in under 1 1/2 hours...




PageMats layout: Preschool!









Page protector from birdie binder. Great for just adding photos! These are pictures from a field trip! Cut a 4"x 6" piece of cardstock to journal on!
Don't forget to add the 5 W's: who, what, when, where and why!!!








The pocket page seen here is created by using the bottom piece from the die cut sheet and running adhesive along the bottom edge and sides. Place on a piece of cardstock, lining up the bottom edges. Do not apply adhesive to the top of the die cut. Now you have a pocket page! Slide in any memorabilia you might not want to adhere permanently!


























Don't forget to include artwork and precious handprints!!



















This is a page protector from the Birdie Book that I cut. I just used my trimmer and cut right after the two 4"x6" photo openings. It now makes a smaller insert! I stabled ribbon to the protector to insure my photos didn't fall out. This was a great solution to not having enough photos to fill all the spaces in the protector! Journaling squares cut to 4"x6" are also a great idea for recording memories!








This kit takes you all the way through Senior year! Every memory, every photo, every piece of memorabilia neat and organized in one place! In a SNAP!


Have fun with these 2 kits. Be as creative as your time permits. Our kits are acid free so you know that your memories are safe when nested in 3Birds products! Happy Scrappin'!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Bird Spotting #9

Today's card was submitted by Catherine Menikotz. Catherine used our Straight from the Nest cartridge to create the heart border and the "celebrate" title. Thanks so much Catherine for inspiring us today!

If you would like to have your project made with any 3Birds product featured here on our blog, email us at threebirdsdesign@yahoo.com!

Friday, April 23, 2010

Bird Spotting #8

Everybody needs a little birdie in their life...We adore this cute card made by Richelle-Lynn Mojica. If you are a Cricut fan and are looking for some amazing card inspiration you must check out her blog CreatedbyRLM.


Thanks for sharing your creativity with us Richelle-Lynn!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Fresh Birdie Inspiration! Sketch#1




Fly by the Nest every Wednesday for some Fresh Birdie Inspiration! New sketches will be posted each week from our 3Birds designers to get your creative juices flowing! Print them out and start your own "Birdie Binder" of ideas.

Want even more to motivate you? Use any of our sketches and post your completed page on our Facebook wall to be entered in our random giveway of Birdie Yum Yums! A random winner will be selected on the last day of each month! Good luck and ENJOY!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Bird Spotting #7

Today's beautiful black and white card was made by Cindy Colaneri. She used her cuttlebug to emboss the card with swiss dots. The she added diecuts from our Straight from the Nest Cartridge. Check out her blog Cindy's Wishes to see more of her fantastic work! Thanks Cindy for sharing with us!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Bird Spotting #6





The Never Ending Card by Pam Ramesh is amazing. You have to visit her blog TheBugBytes to see the instructions on how she made it with our Straight from the Nest Cartridge. You have wowed us today Pam!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Where in the World is our BIRDIE BAG???


Check it out!!! Our BIRDIE BAG is enjoying a well deserved vacation in PARIS!!!! Along with our Super savvy host from TSC in Canada.. Carmi!!!! Thank you Carmi for sending the pic.. it started us thinkin'.. where else does the BIRDIE BAG GO!?! And so it begins..... BIRDIE BAG TRAVELS... send your photos and/or layouts of your BIRDIE BAG to threebirdsdesign@yahoo.com and we'll be sure to post them here!!! Merci! Nous aimons 3Oiseaux!

Monday, April 12, 2010

Bird Spotting #5

Good Monday Morning! Today we feature some really cute cards made from our Straight from the Nest cartridge.

Check out these adorable designs from Pamela Thorbes. You can also see more of her beautiful creations on her blog P-Kay Sunshine.


I just love her color combos and all the little details she adds!

If you would like to be featured in our next Bird Spotting, please email me at threebirdsdesign@yahoo.com!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Sneak Peek!

Sorry the nest has been so quiet this week...the birds have been very busy preparing new products for our summer releases. Look what's coming in May...

Friday, April 2, 2010

Bird Spotting #4

Hello Friday! Hope everyone is enjoying the begining of Spring. Today we are featuring some incredible projects from Shirley's blog Paper Scissors, Ink.

Just in time for Easter - a beautiful card made with our Straight from the Nest cartridge!



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 A boy page with pink paper - how cute!


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Make sure to stop by her blog to see many more cool Cricut projects!

Easter Yum Yums with 3Birds Cartridge!




Make these EGG HOLERS using our "Straight From the Nest" Cricut cartridge! I used the fence shape at 2"! It was the perfect size to nest eggs in! Or Decorate eggs using our "Paper Trails" set! Hope you got a set last week on HSN.. they flew the coop like hot cakes!Add some "Bling" from "Overstuffed Card Making Kit" for an added decor element! The creative possibilities are endless!