December 11, 2018 by Alexandra

We are the Official Media Partner Of Creativation!

Hi Hollowers!

Wow! Have I been bursting to tell you this news!! I am thrilled to announce a partnership between HH and AFCI who are the trade body for the Creative Industry and the organizers of Creativation; this means not only will we be the go-to place for all the Creativation news but lots of new things coming next year so stay tuned here for all the updates. You will want to make sure you are getting email notifications here on the blog and also on our YouTube channel, click here to hop over; hit the subscribe button and ring the bell for notifications we will have an all access pass for all of our Hollowers!

Here is our first ever press release so you can read all about it!

The Association For Creative Industries (AFCI) is pleased to announce The Hedgehog Hollow as the official media partner of AFCI and Creativation. Through this partnership, members of the trade association will receive discounted professional videography and photography services with The Hedgehog Hollow throughout the year and for Creativation, the Association’s annual conference and trade show.

The Hedgehog Hollow, a lifestyle and crafting blog, was founded by creative industry influencer and AFCI Member, Alexandra Stapleton-Smith. Initially the home for paper crafting tutorials, The Hedgehog Hollow has grown into not only having a successful blog and engaged social media platforms; but also a photography and videography service provider with industry leading equipment and editing capabilities. Leveraging her background in Global Business Development Alexandra also offers creative consulting and social media management to grow your business to the next level.

“Our partnership with The Hedgehog Hollow will save our members money on global media and production services in a time where digital content is critical, which makes them an incredible partner,” says Jason Baum, Director of Membership, AFCI.

The Hedgehog Hollow’s services are expansive. They offer promotional content video services including, full tutorials, teaser, branding and launch material. They also offer full service photography and videography including cinematic B-roll and slow-motion footage as well as live HD broadcasting to YouTube and Facebook. AFCI members will receive discounted rates and exclusive package offerings both at the Creativation show with booth tours, live broadcasts and new products showcase videos; as well as with an in depth media offering throughout 2019. AFCI’s partnership with The Hedgehog Hollow will begin immediately.

“The Hedgehog Hollow is thrilled to team up with AFCI as their official media partner,” said Alexandra Stapleton-Smith, Founder & CEO. “We are excited to bring new and innovative cinematography methods to the creative industry and look forward to supporting AFCI members in growing their businesses and being a one stop shop for Creativation news and coverage.”

AFCI members can get more information about the services offered by The Hedgehog Hollow by visiting the member benefits link on www.afci.global.

ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
The Association For Creative Industries (AFCI) is the premier trade association for the global creative arts products industries. AFCI strives to deliver innovative high value services as we support our Members who provide products and services to educate, entertain, and inspire creative consumers. Our Members include the manufacturers, retailers, distributors, designers, educators, digital content providers, professional makers and DIYers, and other creative professionals that comprise the $36 billion+ creative arts industries in the United States alone. For more information about AFCI, membership, or its annual Creativation trade event, visit www.afci.global.

ABOUT THE HEDGEHOG HOLLOW
The Hedgehog Hollow is the home of a British family creating on the US side of the pond near Cleveland Ohio. Founded in April 2017 by Alexandra Stapleton-Smith they have grown from a mom-blog to emerging small business and Alexandra won the 2018 Highly Commended Prize for the Young Business Person of the year at the Craft Industry Awards. They are the premiere creators of creative industry video content and tutorials, alongside a unique offering of business consulting, social media, blogging and cinematography services. The Hedgehog Hollow also offers a global crating subscription box with regular and special edition box offerings. Alexandra has created the perfect home for all things crafty and creative. The Hedgehog Hollow helps you prepare for every event, holiday and special moment in life by showing you simple steps to create something you’ll love. Whether you’re starting your crafting journey, you are a seasoned pro or you are looking to expand your business with excellent content, The Hedgehog Hollow is the place to be. Visit: www.TheHedgehogHollow.com

Thank you all for your continued support of the Hollow, have a lovely evening; as always happy stamping!

Alexandra & The Prickle

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December 9, 2018 by Alexandra

Hedgehog Hollow 2018 Gift Guide: Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System & Gemini FoilPress

Hi Hollowers!

Hope you are all are staying warm during this holiday season. Speaking of the holidays, today marks the first entry to my 2018 Gift Guide. For my first entry I am doing a comparison between two hot foiling machines; Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System and the Gemini FoilPress from Crafters Companion. I wanted to do a comparison so that you all could see the pros and the cons between the two products and figure out which machine you prefer. I’ve included a detailed comparison video along with a couple videos showing you my tips on how to use the two machines. So, let’s get into a few features of the two.

The Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System comes complete with some helpful tools, including a silicone cooling pad, metal stamp tweezers, two foil rolls and two hot foil plates. It is also compatible with a variety of other machines, like the Sizzix BigShot, Tim Holtz Vagabond and We R Memory Keepers Evolution. I especially love the tweezers that are included, because they contain a powerful magnet that allows for easy retrieval of your hot foil plates. However, one thing I’m missing is an audible reminder that my plate is hot and ready to go.

The Gemini FoilPress also comes with some extra tools, including a silicone cooling mat, magnetic tweezers, a foil roll, three foil stamp dies and two foil Stamp N’ Cut dies. One thing included in this package that I find super helpful are the silicone finger grips. They are absolutely perfect for grabbing the FoilPress without getting any burns. Also, I love that when it’s ready to go I can hear a little beep. They’re small features, but I really appreciate that they thought of the little things when designing this product. The Gemini FoilPress is my machine of choice, but I suggest that you check out my in-depth video where I compare the two. And of course, I hope that you go and check out my two tutorials on both machines to get some tips on how to use which ever one you choose.

Here are the links to each machine at my favorite stores, as always we appreciate when you use an HH link as we get a small commission; of course you may want to drop a hint to your Mr Claus about your christmas wish lists!

Overall, my choice would be the Gemini but as always crafting tools are a very personal choice and one may fit in your crafting space with your other tool selections better than others. If you have any questions about tools you can always leave us a comment or send an email to support@thehedgehoghollow.com; we are always here to help. Have a great week!

Happy Stamping

Alexandra & The Prickle

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December 4, 2018 by Lynnea Hollendonner

Rainbow Gingerbread Cookies

Hi, everyone! I have a post on The Hedgehog Hollow blog today using some fun products from the November box to make a nontraditional Christmas card! This box is sold out, but remember to head over to The Hedgehog Hollow shop! There are still a few of the exclusive Christmas boxes left! And you can sign up for a subscription so you never miss a box! Here’s my card! Scroll down to the bottom of this post for the process video!

I used a rainbow of Distress Inks to create an ink smooshed background! I used Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, and Dusty Concord! My favorite rainbow combination!! I colored my gingerbread men with alcohol markers. I took a picture of the markers I used – you can see it below. I ended up not using the yellow ones. I had intended to color the buttons yellow, but I actually forgot to stamp them. I ended up going back in and stamping them after I had colored the images and filled them in with a white gel pen.

You can watch the video below!

Thanks for joining me!

November 28, 2018 by arizonabetsie

Easy Christmas Card

Let’s face it, sometimes we start of with the best of intentions for making Christmas cards and run out of time. I have discovered a few short cuts over the years that allows for speed and creativity fun while creating easy Christmas cards. One is to use colored card stock instead of coloring in a stamped image and embossing it. Using the November Subscription box I created this card.

To create the background I used a Nuvo embossing ink pad and white ultra fine embossing powder. When creating backgrounds make sure to stamp a few of the images off the page. Next, I stamped the house on green card stock and embossed it in red. I added a sentiment in white on the top of the house to fill in some of the space. The only image I had to color on this card was the gingerbread man! I used alcohol ink and Glitter Accents on his buttons. To assemble the card, I layered the red background on a green card base. Next, I used pop dots to adhere the house. I also used pop dots on the gingerbread man. True Snow was applied to the roof, chimney and window sell of the house. To duplicate the snowy look you can take modeling paste and apply it with the back of a pencil by dabbing it on to create peaks. Sprinkle a little glitter to make it shine! I finished it off by tying a bow on the side. A card like this is still flat enough to go through the mail, but not boring.

Until next time ~ Happy Crafting!

Betz Golden

November 22, 2018 by Alexandra

Pre- Black Friday Sales

Hi Hollowers!

Happy thanksgiving! Our roast is in the oven, we have Greg’s family here from England as well as Hannah and her family too as they are mid-house move. They are about to enjoy a British Thanksgiving meal, I have taken a British Christmas meal and put on a twist on it. We will be updating the Crafty Sales page each day and also updating the blog posts, lots of savings to be made. We are so Thankful for each and every one of you who supports the Hollow; we wouldn’t be wouldn’t be here without your support.

I will update this page as often as possible with crafty coupons and sales, if you know of one I have missed please let me know, I have also added some sites I find useful. Don’t forget to use our shopping links down the side so our partners know you love them working with Hedgehog Hollow….

This post contains compensated affiliate links at no additional cost to you

Honey – Honey it tells me which is the best price for the item, whether the delivery date would be earlier, later or the same; it also looks at whether each purchase option would require sales tax and/or shipping so it’s comparing your total price rather than just the product. It’s also great on other sites: Macy’s, Target, Scrapbooamk.com even! It checks for available coupon codes from the web and checks which will save you the most money….pretty awesome! Plus it checks for cash back and it tracks price history on Amazon and advises you when is best to buy! If you fancy giving it a try you can use our HH link: http://joinhoney.com/ref/v94oxp

$5 Amazon Credit – Amazon has launched a great new app, sooooooo much better than the old one, I can even filter on prime at the touch of one button! They are offering you a $5 credit if you download the app and checkout using the HH link just click here. We all love a freebie don’t we?

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Black Friday sales coming soon!

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Amazon Store – Who doesn’t love an Amazon haul, be sure to use honey and our $5 credit, plus you can shop through HH, just click below to shop anytime 🙂

The Hedgehog Hollow is having their own sale! You’ll save MORE by shopping EARLY!

Blick – I know I had my up’s a downs with their coupons, but after visiting their Chicago store my love was renewed, so here’s a link and I will update you with any sales 🙂 Plus their customer service is awesome!

Did you know that we’ve recently become and affiliate of JoAnn’s? This works perfectly for the Hollow as we LOVE our local big box store as much as we love our smaller buisness friends.

Catherine Pooler – Have you discovered her new Canvo collection? I know that the Hedgehog Hollow office is IN LOVE with it! AND, by popular demand, CP inks are now coming in Minis!