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Printing kaleidoscopes for standard photo sizes

Jeanie — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:58:54 +0000

We’ve had a cluster of questions lately about printing kaleidoscopes for standard sizes of photo paper and/or frames, e.g. 4″ x 6″, 5″ x 7″, etc. So I thought I would do a blog post explaining the issue and how to address it. As you’ve probably noticed, all of the kaleidoscopes that are made in [...]

Kaleidoscope Pendants

Jeanie — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:35:31 +0000

While in Houston at International Quilt Festival, one of our customers turned me on to a great product called Little Windows. It’s an easy way to turn photos into jewelry, but I immediately thought of using kaleidoscopes instead of photos. I can’t tell you how much fun I’ve been having the past few days making [...]

Snowflake Cards: A sample project for our new Snowflakes Template Mini-Pack

Jeanie — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:59:55 +0000

We’ve just returned from International Quilt Market/Festival in Houston and are finalizing everything needed to make our new Template Mini-Packs available by the end of the week via our online store. To whet your appetite for just a couple more days, I thought I’d post a project made with the Snowflakes Mini-Pack. These cards are [...]

Photo Star Lanterns

Jeanie — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:00:59 +0000

We’ve hung these star lanterns in our booth at shows for a couple of years now and I’m always asked how I made them. After the AQS Quilt Show in Lancaster, PA last week, I decided it was time that I sit down and write up the instructions. Of course, you will need Kaleidoscope Kreator [...]

Kaleidoscope Kreator in the Blogosphere

Jeanie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:40:58 +0000

Kaleidoscope Kreator has been mentioned a couple of times on other blogs in the past few days. I thought you might like to see how other people are using KK. SewCalGal wrote an article on how to use kaleidoscope images from Kaleidoscope Kreator in Electric Quilt (quilt design software). This is something that I’ve been [...]

CHA Craft Super Show Make & Take

Jeanie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:56:18 +0000

The Dilemma When we decided to participate in the CHA Craft Super Show (in Anaheim a couple of weeks ago), we were encouraged to offer a Make & Take project for attendees. (A “Make & Take” project means that attendees make a project in our booth and then take it with them.) The trick was [...]

The Creatively Green Design Team Challenge

Jeanie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:30:12 +0000

Kaleidoscope Kreator was the Featured Product for the January 2010 Creatively Green* Design Team Challenge! The designers came up with some very creative projects using Kaleidoscope Kreator and we were very pleased to have designer Jennifer Hansen's cards in our booth at the CHA Craft Super Show. Take a look at their creations (a small sampling is shown below) and be inspired!

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You can find more details about the projects on the Creatively Green blog:

Kaleidoscope Flower Ornaments

Jeanie — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:00:41 +0000

If you own Kaleidoscope Kreator Favorite Projects Volume 1, then you might recognize the techniques used in these ornaments. They're a combination of our layered ornaments and our 3-D flower cards. You can use any digital image you'd like (flowers are particularly colorful), but I find it's fun to use a photo of kids or pets. The original photo is not immediately apparent in the final ornament and it's a fun to watch the reaction when someone recognizes the subject of the photo.