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March 17, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Fan Mail Friday- Luckiest Girl in the World

By Anna Griffin // March 17, 2023 //

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Hello Griffinites, Happy St. Patrick's Day to you! Whether you are Irish or just enjoying a parade, corned beef and cabbage or even a green beer, we hope that you have a year of good luck ahead of you. St. Patrick's Day is a fun occasion to craft for, and we have been enjoying all of your pretty gold and green cards and paper projects. This week we got to hear from friends near and far! Come catch up with us! Our friend Sherry sent this pretty card with the nicest note! She is loving our Flower Cart Finishing School…

March 16, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Craftspiration – March 16th, 2023

By Anna Griffin // March 16, 2023 //

Comments: 76

Hello crafters, It's hard to believe that we're half-way through March! We are thoroughly enjoying seeing your St. Patrick's Day, Easter and spring projects. There are also debut appearances from some of our new die sets! Whether you are a card maker or scrapbooker, you are sure to find inspiration on today's Griffinite show and tell! Come feast your eyes on today's share! Sally wrote, "I’m still working on my daughter’s wedding scrapbook. I used the Square Cardcentric Compendium Dies to enhance the picture and embellished with the Garden Floral Stickers." Nora posted, "I made a shaker card using the…

March 15, 2023 • Anna Griffin

AGTV Finishing School Live – Easter Eggs Today!

By Anna Griffin // March 15, 2023 //

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Calling all crafters! Our March Finishing School Live is today at 12pm Eastern! We are celebrating spring crafting in the best way, and we have a fun show planned for our hour together. We know that many of you love to create cards and projects for Easter and spring, so today we are going to take you step by step through 3 projects using some of our favorite die sets. Our projects are Bunny Basket, Bejeweled Egg and Sugar Easel and we know that you are going to love making all 3! Speaking of Easter Eggs, you know that we're…

March 14, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Sympathy Cards with the In Remembrance Card Making Kit- Made Easy

By Anna Griffin // March 14, 2023 //

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Hi Griffinites, We know that sympathy cards are sometimes hard to create, but we have made it easy with the In Remembrance Card Making Kit. For the times that you need a heartfelt card to bring comforting words, you will love having this card kit on hand. Everything you need to make 20 sympathy and thinking of you cards is inside the box. From the beautiful, whisper quiet palette to the card bases, caring sentiments and floral embellishments, you will appreciate how easily everything works together. If you don't have this kit, you can get it on sale on our…

March 13, 2023 • Anna Griffin

HSN March 28th, 2023- Product Preview 1

By Anna Griffin // March 13, 2023 //

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Hello! We are continuing to celebrate National Craft Month with 4 more shows on HSN! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 28th at 1am, 3pm, 7pm and 9pm for our Craft Month shows. We are excited to bring you more exciting things to make your crafting more lovely than ever before. This is the first of two previews! Let's dive into today's crafting items! Our Handmade By Stamps are a must have for those who love to stamp! You will get 11 wonderful stamps and an acrylic block to stamp with. From Made With Love and Handcrafted By to Handmade…

March 10, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Fan Mail Friday- Cards of Gold

By Anna Griffin // March 10, 2023 //

Comments: 41

Hello everyone, We hope that you are having a great week! We like to start Fridays off with all of our favorite people, catching up and seeing their talents up close and personal. We want to thank everyone for sending the most amazing fan mail into the office this week. There were the nicest thank you cards, St. Patrick's Day projects and so much more! Buckle up buttercup, let's jump into Fan Mail Friday. Clare's gorgeous card features orange glassine and Salon Nouveau! We love this card so much that we just had to share. Thank you, Clare! Donna said…

March 9, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Craftspiration – March 8th, 2023

By Anna Griffin // March 9, 2023 //

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Hello crafters, National Craft Month is in full swing! We want to thank you for joining us this week on HSN and for posting your travel scrapbook pages with us for our Crop at Home 3 giveaway on Facebook. If you haven't already, post your project for a chance to win a ticket to our incredible, annual scrapbooking event this May 5th- 7th. This week, we got to see the most wonderful St. Patrick's Day projects, Easter cards and spring projects. Come take a look at all the things our Griffinites created! Dayle said, "St. Patrick’s Day easel card using…

March 8, 2023 • Anna Griffin

AGTV Live Stream Low Down: Kickoff Crafts

By Anna Griffin // March 8, 2023 //

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Hi Griffinites, Thank you to those of you who joined us last Wednesday for Kickoff Crafts on AGTV! We started National Craft Month in a big way with amazing crafting items, exclusive bundles and the best projects. If you happened to miss our hour, you can watch the recorded version of it right on our website. Here is a recap of Wednesday's show. We made beautiful, birthday cards with the Birthday Slimline Card Kit. We also showed you how to make a couple of cards to send comfort with the Sympathy Slimline Card Kit. We spoke with our friend and…

March 7, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Charmed Vellum Card Toppers- Made Easy

By Anna Griffin // March 7, 2023 //

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Hi friends, This time of year has us seeing green in the best way... for St. Patrick's Day! Today we're going to use the Charmed Vellum Card Toppers to make a luck filled card for March 17th. The Charmed Vellum Card Toppers set contains card toppers that you place on top of 5 x 7 cards, embellishments, sentiments, vellum layers and more. This little folio of charm contains the parts and pieces you need to easily make a card for St. Patrick's Day. If you don't have the Charmed Vellum Card Toppers, then you can get them on sale on…

March 2, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Fan Mail Friday- Connection Through Crafting

By Anna Griffin // March 2, 2023 //

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Hi Griffinites, We hope that you have had a great week, and that you are off to a wonderful start to National Craft Month! We want to say thank you to everyone who joined us on Wednesday for our AGTV show: Kickoff Crafts. If you missed it, you can catch up here. We also have a contest happening on our Facebook page where you can post your projects for your chance to win a ticket to Crop At Home 3! If you would like to participate, visit our Facebook page. We are giving away a ticket each week! Beautiful mail…

March 2, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Craftspiration – March 2nd, 2023

By Anna Griffin // March 2, 2023 //

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Hi friends, Can you believe that it's already March? Spring is in the air and it's evident on this week's Craftspiration post. If you have been looking for a little card making inspiration, then you are in the right place! Our crafters never lack ideas, creativity for making gorgeous projects. Scrolling through and seeing all of the innovative crafts each week makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside. It is such a delight to be surrounded by such a creative group of crafters. Donna shared, "My best friend commissioned me to make 6 thank you cards to give to her…

March 1, 2023 • Anna Griffin

AGTV Kickoff Crafts

By Anna Griffin // March 1, 2023 //

Comments: 38

Hi friends, Our celebration of National Craft Month begins today, and we are celebrating in a big way. Our first AGTV Show in March is all about the ways we love to craft. Join us today at 12pm EST for a fun-filled show featuring amazing card kits, exclusive bundles, Anna's Archive and more! We will chat with a special guest from our crafting community, give you a few sneak peeks and enjoy a creative hour together. We hope that you are planning on heading over to our website for a wonderful lunchtime hour of crafting and celebrating National Craft Month.…

February 24, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Fan Mail Friday – Love All Year Long

By Anna Griffin // February 24, 2023 //

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Hello Griffinites, Happy Friday to you! We have a table full of love to share with you today. It's nice to have so many wonderful people to connect with and the valentines they made to admire. Thank you all for your pretty cards and sweet words this week! It's the last Fan Mail Friday in February (wow, time flies), and we are going out with a bang. Grab your morning coffee and come swoon over the cards and projects that have come into the office this week! Let's dive in! Tracy wished us a Happy Valentine's Day, and let us…

February 23, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Craftspiration – February 23rd, 2023

By Anna Griffin // February 23, 2023 //

Comments: 73

Hello friends, Today's Craftspiration is chock full of beautiful, spring cards! It's hard not to look forward to blooming flowers, warmer temperatures and sunshine, but even if you aren't seeing signs of spring, we have them here for you! In today's projects, you will see the new Cardcentric Compendium Dies, gorgeous scrapbook layouts, St. Patrick's Day projects and so much more. You just can't help being cheered and inspired by these gorgeous, creative paper projects. Scroll through for a look at some joyful crafting from our community. Liana wrote, "Simple card but I do love using the “B Side” of…

February 22, 2023 • Anna Griffin

AGTV Live Stream Low Down: Flower Cart Finishing School Craft Box

By Anna Griffin // February 22, 2023 //

Comments: 39

Hello crafters, In case you missed our amazing, special edition Finishing School Live yesterday, we are recapping all of the fun we had during the show. Our Flower Cart Finishing School Craft Box is an amazing, all in one papercrafting kit. Inside you get our traditional, all-inclusive card kit, a 3D die set and 6 instructional videos on how to make wonderful projects. Right now, HSN has an incredible price on the Flower Cart Finishing School Craft Box. You can get yours here! You can watch the replay of the show by clicking here. For Project 1 we made the…

February 17, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Fan Mail Friday- February 17th, 2023

By Anna Griffin // February 17, 2023 //

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Hello crafters, Happy Friday to you! We love our time to connect together at the end of each week. Reading the mail on Fridays is our very favorite thing to do! Come see why we love Fan Mail Friday so much! Laura sent in a sweet Valentine's Day Card, a beautiful anniversary card and a decoupaged box full of chocolate. Thank you, Laura! It may be snowing in Michigan, but Mary is making gorgeous cards. We appreciate you, Mary! Charlene won one of our Win It Wednesday prizes, and sent in this lovely thank you card. She had lots of…

February 16, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Craftspiration- February 16th, 2023

By Anna Griffin // February 16, 2023 //

Comments: 87

Hi friends, Today, we are rounding out the Valentine's Day projects that were shared across our social media channels. There were lots of pretty cards, scrapbook pages and paper projects shared this week by Griffinites near and far. You will see hearts and flowers galore, along with pulley cards, incredible easel cards and more. Buckle up buttercup, you are in for a wonderful treat! Grab yourself a box of Valentine's Day chocolate and come check out this week's beautiful works of art! Michele said, "Made this one earlier this week so I could mail it to my mom." Shellie posted,…

February 15, 2023 • Anna Griffin

AGTV – Live Stream Lowdown Simply Charming

By Anna Griffin // February 15, 2023 //

Comments: 65

Hello friends, We had such a great show last week, that we wanted to recap it for you, as well as give you a glimpse of our exciting Flower Cart Live show on Tuesday, February 21st at 12pm. If you haven't watched last week's show, watch the replay here of Simply Charming. We started by combining our Anna's Alphabet and Punctuation Dies with the Simply Anniversary Card Making Kit to create custom cards. We also used the Simply Birthday with the Anna's Alphabet and Punctuation Dies to create cards that you can't get in stores. For Anna's Archive we revisited…

February 10, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Fan Mail Friday – Sweet Little Notes

By Anna Griffin // February 10, 2023 //

Comments: 64

Hello friends, Love is in the air here in the studio today! We received such gorgeous cards, letters and projects this week. It's the Friday before Valentine's Day and we are excited to show you what has come into the office. There's still time to get your cards out before Tuesday! The cards that you sent this week brought us so much joy! Each one is more beautiful than the next, and we are so proud of your creativity and skill! Come see all of the pretty valentines. We received our first card from creative duo James and Sharon. They…

February 9, 2023 • Anna Griffin

Craftspiration – February 9th, 2023

By Anna Griffin // February 9, 2023 //

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Hi crafters, Happy Craftspiration day to you! We love seeing how much you all are having fun with the Flower Cart Finishing School Craft Box! From gorgeous cards to holiday carts and even scrapbook pages, there is no limit to what you can create with it. If you are looking for new ways to use our products, then look no further than our talented community of crafters. From valentines to extra special birthday cards, we have it all to show you today! Come be inspired! Martha said, "I am having so much fun playing with Annalise." Gail wrote, "Made for…