February 3, 2010

Haiti Auction- Day 3

Winner of Day 2 Sunshine Gift Set:

smoore82@live.com


Congratulations! Look for an e-mail from QuicKutz in your inbox today.


Day 3 item: Spicy Chicken Alphabet


  • 4x4 Grand Complete Alphabet
  • Contains uppercase, lowercase, numbers, punctuation
  • Alphabet will arrive in a 4x4 Storage Binder
  • The top TWO bidders will win!




Starting bid: $40 USD


How the auction works:


1. View item on blog

2. Place your bid amount and e-mail address in comment field

3. Auction will end at midnight (PST) on day of posting

4. QuicKutz will announce the winner(s) the following day

5. QuicKutz will contact the winner(s)

6. Winner(s) will pay by credit card or debit card via PayPal

All proceeds will go to Haitian orphanages in need.


Thanks, bidders! And good luck.

February 2, 2010

Haiti auction- Day 2

Winners of Day 1 Kids from Haiti Cookbook:

asmiller1@charter.net
msullaway@msn.com
ute.hamburg@gmail.com
adaoust@platinum.ca
Barb
awkwardworkplacephotos@gmail.com
pinggirl57@yahoo.com
suehck@hotmail.com
ceci.hurtado.seniors@gmail.com
pattyis40@hotmail.com


Congratulations, winners! Look for an e-mail from QuicKutz today!


Day 2 item: Sunshine Gift Set


  • Limited Edition Sunshine Gift Set from Spring 2006
  • Contains Mini Complete Unicase Alphabet Set (letters, numbers, punctuation)
  • 5 exclusive shape dies: sunburst, stem & leaf, swirl, sun rays, sun tab
  • 5 full color step-by-step idea cards
  • Value of over $160

Starting bid: $30 USD



How the auction works:

1. View item on blog

2. Place your bid amount and e-mail address in comment field

3. Auction will end at midnight (PST) on day of posting

4. QuicKutz will announce the winner(s) the following day

5. QuicKutz will contact the winner(s)

6. Winner(s) will pay by credit card or debit card via PayPal

All proceeds will go to Haitian orphanages in need.


Thank you again for your generosity. Good luck!

February 1, 2010

Haiti Auction- Day 1

How the auction will work:


  1. View item on blog

  2. Place your bid amount and email in comment box

  3. Auction will end at midnight (PST) on day of posting

  4. QuicKutz will announce winner the following day

  5. QuicKutz will contact winner

  6. Auction winner will pay by credit card or debit card via PayPal

At the end of the week, we’re hoping a nice sum will be sent to our friends in Haiti.

Thanks in advance to our participants. We love you!


Day 1 item: Kids from Haiti Cookbook


  • 120 full color pages, over 250 recipes

  • Best-loved recipes from QuicKutz founders and employees, plus recipes from scrapbooking legends Lisa Bearnson, Stacy Julian, Becky Higgins, and more!

  • The top ten bids will win cookbooks


Starting bid- $15.00 USD

January 29, 2010

QuicKutz Cares


QuicKutz has always had a special affinity for Haiti, a country with a rich history and a population of kind, beautiful people. QuicKutz inventors and founders Mark & Natasha Hixon adopted three children from Haitian orphanages, and shared many of their experiences with us at corporate. In an effort to continue to support the orphanages after the adoptions, Natasha organized efforts to produce a cookbook that was sold through the QuicKutz sales channels, with all proceeds going to an orphanage in Haiti. We sold all but 12.

As you can imagine, children all across Haiti are suffering because of the recent devastating earthquake. Many of the orphanages, particularly those in the Port-au-Prince area, are struggling to provide the children with drinking water and food, in addition to safe, sanitary living quarters.

The Foyer de Sion Orphanage, an operation of three orphanage locations in Haiti, is in particular need of help. Two of the three locations where they operate were completely destroyed in the quake. Miraculously, none of the children were critically hurt during the earthquake, though several of their caregivers passed away. The children who lived in the two buildings that collapsed are now temporarily staying in a nearby church.

You have the chance to make a difference in the lives of these children. QuicKutz is auctioning off some of the best dies and products in our archives, including those one-of-a-kind products that QuicKutz collectors go crazy over. Proceeds will be donated to the Foyer de Sion Orphanage and to Holt International, two organizations looking out for the welfare of the Haitian youth.

Stay tuned over the next week to view the auctioned items on quickutzinc.blogspot.com, and enter in your highest bid! QuicKutz thanks you, and the people of Haiti thank you.

For more information on the Foyer de Sion Orphanage or Holt International, please visit the following links.

http://www.foyerdesion.org/

http://www.holtinternational.org/

January 28, 2010

Super Bowl or Bust!

Super Bowl 44 is right around the corner....are you ready?? It's time to pull out your dies and put them to good use by making some football décor to get in the mood for the big game, or even for a “Super Scrap” party!

My son, hubby and I are all football fans and will have people over to watch the game. I thought it would be fun to make this banner in our entryway to direct our friends towards the snacks and the big game playing on t.v. At the moment, however, my son has confiscated the sign for his room....to 'keep it safe', he assures me!



I started this project by first pulling out all football themed or related dies, then narrowed them down to the following, along with fonts:

-University Grand Alphabet (what other alphabet could work better for a sports themed project?!)
-Football REV-0100
-Arrows REV-0003
-Banner REV-0155
-Grass REV-0183
-Chicken Noodle skinnimini 4x4 REV-0222
-License Plate 4x8 mini alphabet
-Banana Split 4x8 skinnimini alphabet
-Sticky Note 4x8 mini alphabet
-Santa's Workshop -- Wintergreen page and folder insert

Next I chose paper and cardstock and started cutting, arranging, rearranging, and rearranging some more. I added glue, ribbon and eyelets and viola!...a banner was born! I even opted to use the Wintergreen folder insert to give myself a pocket where I could store strips of paper containing Super Bowl trivia questions. What fun we'll have trying to figure out who knows the most trivia. (Though I'm sure it will be me!)



Once I finished the pocket, I didn't want to stop there. I used the football, picket fence border, nesting stars, nesting rectangles, QK Club tag and Diesel Grand Alphabet to make food labels for the snack table. I will put them into dips, snacks and other foods to let everyone know what's around to eat. These tags are also perfect to indicate if a salsa or dip is spicy, mild, etc.

To make the tags, I simply cut out my shapes and adhered them together. I then cut a dowel rod to size and adhered the shapes to the dowel. So easy!

I hope these ideas spark some of your own ideas, whether you’re using them for a Super Bowl party or a Super Scrap party. Pull out those dies, put your own twist on the idea, and have some fun!

Thanks to QuicKutz Design Team member Pam Gandolfi for this great idea!

Who are you routing for, the Saints or the Colts?

January 26, 2010

Corrina's Projects

For those of you who have not seen winner Corrina's darling projects, here they are!



January 25, 2010

Contest Winner!

Thanks to all of our ingenious crafters who entered the "That Die" contest! We had an overwhelming response to the contest, so much so that it took us a little longer than usual to narrow them down to our very favorites.

Without further adieu, we'd like to announce the winner...(drum roll, please)...

Corrina of Perth, Australia!

Congratulations, Corrina! You've won $100 worth of QuicKutz products. Your use of the pirate ship (REV-0081) was just too cute to boot.

More fun contests and surprises to come!

Love,

The QuicKutz Team