Thursday, February 25, 2010

March Calendar and class photos



Sunday February 28th 2-4 PM
Bo Bunny Friends layered album
Join Tracy for this adorable album. Fee $23


Monday March 1st 6-8 PM
Lucy Bird Star Album Join Tracy for this springy coffee table worthy album. Fee $18



Tuesday March 2nd 6-8 PM
Teresa Collins Family Gratitude album
Join Tracy for this 6x12 album and learn how to use the Bind-It-All. $26


Wednesday March 3rd 6-8 PM
Digital Scrapping with Templates
You will learn how to use templates for your digital scrapbook pages. This is the fastest way to speed scrap.


Thursday March 4th 6-8 PM
8 Elegant SEI Layouts with Gina
Gina has created 8 gorgeous pages for you to make and you will go home with extra papers. Fee $25


Saturday March 6th 1-3 PM
Flower Soft & Impression Obsession Cards with Cindy Join Cindy on Saturday March 6th as we play with Flower Soft and newly released Impression Obsession stamps! We will be using both types of Flower Soft in this class, the "original" and the new Ultra Fine (love it!). We will also be coloring with Copics and doing some cutting too, so make sure to bring sharp detail scissors. These cards are sure to elicit an "oooh" and "ahhh" and maybe even a "how did you do that" from anyone you give or send them to! Fee $22


Sunday March 7th 1-3 PM
Hippity Hoppity Easter AlbumChrissy broke out her Cricut machine and created a fabulous Easter Album. Fee $28




Monday March 8th 6-8 PM
SEI Bridgeport 6x6 Album in an Hour Fee $25



Tuesday March 9th 6-8 PM

BasicGrey Grean at Heart card class

Join Tracy for this bright Springy card class where you will make 12 cards and have lots of left over paper and buttons. Fee $25



Wednesday March 10th 6-8 PM
Treasure to Me and Noteworthy Occasion Card Class
Join Lisa Hetrick to create these fun all-occasion cards using all new Unity Stamp Company releases Treasure to Me and Noteworthy Occasion. In this class, you'll make two of each four card designs, 8 cards total. Fee $22



Thursday March 11th 6-8 PM
Emboss Resist and Distress Coloring with HeroWed., February 17, 6-8 pmLisa Hetrick will show you how to create depth and shading using distress ink and emboss resist. Four card designs. $22


Sunday March 14th 1-3 PM
Hippity Hoppity Easter Box class with ChrissyChrissy has done it again with her amazing boxes. These Easter boxes are sure to be a hit. Fee $19


Monday March 15th 6-8 PM
Scrapping 101
Intro to Scrapbooking with Gina - Gina will teach you all you need to know to make your first scrapbook pages. You will learn how to use tools, pick colors and how to adhere your photos safely. Fee $12

Tuesday March 16th 6-8PM
Quick Quotes Summer Canvas Wall Art
Join Tracy for this fun project that you will be able to hang on your wall for years to come. Fee $16


Monday March 22nd 6-8 PM
"Write" On!Still wondering how to add more meaningful journaling to your scrapbooks? Join Gina A. to learn the art of story-telling on your pages. Each student will create a beautiful 6 x 6 scrapbook while learning WHAT and HOW to write, HANDWRITING tips, COMPUTER JOURNALING tips, How to add HIDDEN JOURNALING to your layouts, And MORE! **** We may substitute a different paper line. Each student should bring:Paper trimmer & ScissorsAdhesiveFavorite journaling pen in BLACK A photo or embellishment that represents the following topics:(one for each topic) Home, Childhood, Laughter/fun Fee $25


Tuesday March 23 6-8 PM
Join Gina for the start of a new year of BasicGrey layouts. One new two page layout every month using the newest BasicGrey paper lines and embellishments. If you complete all 12 of the layouts during the year, you will receive a free BasicGrey exclusive album to store all your amazing layouts in for Free! As soon as I have a photo of the album I'll post it. Fee $20



Tuesday March 30th 6-8 PM
Thursday February 25th 6-8 PMDisney Layered Chipboard albumGina outdid herself on this adorable Disney album. She mixed ribbons, epoxy stickers, overlays and punches on this album you will be sure to love. Fee $26

Layout Club 2010
Here are our third & fourth layouts for the new year for our Layout of the Week Club. If you would like to participate in this years layout club, just have us add your name to the list at the front counter. Every two weeks we release a new layout complete with embellishments and instructions for you to create at home. Completing an album has never been so easy. Just match up some photos and put it all together. Just $6 per layout. If you complete 24 of the 26 weeks of layouts, you will receive a great gift from us, a $20 Gift Certificate!


There is still time to join. Here is our Fourth layout of the year.

We still have a few of last week's layout available.

Here is a preview of the fifth layout of the year.



I have been busy working on the new March Calendar in between receiving lots of new products. We received a small salple shippment from BasicGrey of Kioshi and Green at Heart. The full lines should be shipping out next week.


Our very own Lisa Hetrick has gotten national attention and is featured in this months issue of Stamp and Scrap magazine. We are so lucky to have her on our staff of instructors.


New Handmade papers for cardmakers. Most of these papers are not acid free so they really should just be used for cards. Sorry scrappers.


New Karen Foster papers and embellishments.



New We R memory Keepers Exclusive Membership line, Vintage Blue.



Do you like Contests?

In honor of March being National Craft Month, we want to challenge all our customers to create something new. Since we are featuring We R Memory Keepers Vintage Blue as our March Design Team product, we challenge you to create a layout, card or altered project using at least 80% Vintage Blue products. Bring your project in to the store by March 22nd to be displayed on our Design Team Wall and write up a little description of how you created the project. We will photograph your project, post your paragraph on the Design Team blog and send it all out in an email. We have voting in the store and on our blog for the top Designs. First Place will receive a $25 Gift Certificate, Second Place will receive $15 Gift Certificate and Third Place will receive a $10 Gift Certificate.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Copic Cuttlebug Demo Day Preview

Hi Everyone

Copic & Cuttlebug Demo Day 11-8 PM
Beautiful cards abound inspired by Laura W. We do the cutting and you do the gluing and coloring. Just drop in anytime after 11 AM and purchase tickets for $2 each at the front counter for however many Demos you want to create ( there are 4 cards). We provide glue sticks so if you prefer tape, please bring a labeled tape runner. If you get to the store by 7PM, you should have enough time to do all the demos. If you complete all 4 demo cards, you will receive a coupon for 10% off your purchases for the day. (Class fees and crop fees not included)

Here are the lovely cards we will be creating tomorrow for our Copic & Cuttlebug Demo Day. I broke out the Swiss Dot embossing folder and the Spellbinders scalloped cirlce dies for this card. A pretty Memory Box stamps and a bit of Flower Soft top it off.



More Memory Box stamps with Laura's ideas


This Hero Arts butterfly stamp can look so different with different inks. Laura's original was a completely different color. I'll have it out for you to look at.



We received the new Live Loud collection from Imaginisce.


More new $1 wood block stamps.


Here is this weeks Layout of the Week. We have this availalbe at the front counter.

Copic & Cuttlebug Demo Day

Copic & Cuttlebug Demo Day 11-8 PM

Beautiful cards abound inspired by Laura W. We do the cutting and you do the gluing and coloring. Just drop in anytime after 11 AM and purchase tickets for $2 each at the front counter for however many Demos you want to create ( there are 4 cards). We provide glue sticks so if you prefer tape, please bring a labeled tape runner. If you get to the store by 7PM, you should have enough time to do all the demos. If you complete all 4 demo cards, you will receive a coupon for 10% off your purchases for the day. (Class fees and crop fees not included)



Sunday, February 21, 2010

New Idea Books and Spring Flowers

Hi Everyone,

Demo Day was great fun this month. Lots of people came out to make all the fun projects. This Wednesday we will be having our Copic Cuttlebug Demo day. We'll be creating 4 cards using some great techniques. (Photos soon)

We received some new magazines in the store. The Cards magazine has been such a hit that I need to order more. Please let us know if you would like us to hold one for you.



Since we are all looking forward to Spring, I ordered a lot of new flowers to brighten up the store and your projects.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

New Three Bugs in a Rug

Hi Everyone,

I love these new papers. The girl and boy lines are just adorable. The camping line has the cutest fish ever.





We have our St. Patrick's day and Easter papers all up front.


Sunday February 21st 2-4 PMBasic Grey Origins mega card class. - Twelve beautiful cards. $25

Monday February 22nd 6-8 PM
Scrapping 101
Intro to Scrapbooking with Gina - Gina will teach you all you need to know to make your first scrapbook pages. You will learn how to use tools, pick colors and how to adhere your photos safely. Fee $12


Treasure to Me and Noteworthy Occasion Card Class
Join Lisa Hetrick Tuesday, February 23, 6-8 pm at PhotoScraps to create these fun all-occasion cards using all new Unity Stamp Company releases Treasure to Me and Noteworthy Occasion. In this class, you'll make two of each four card designs, 8 cards total. Fee $22Hope to see you there!

Wednesday February 24th
Copic & Cuttlebug Demo Day11-8 PM
Join us for 4 great projects all just $2 each. Just stop in anytime during the day. We will have a variety of cards for you to create. We do the cutting and you do the gluing. We provide glue sticks so if you prefer tape, please bring a labeled tape runner.

Thursday February 25th 6-8 PM
Disney Layered Chipboard album
Gina outdid herself on this adorable Disney album. She mixed ribbons, epoxy stickers, overlays and punches on this album you will be sure to love. Fee $26

Sunday February 28th 2-4 PM
Bo Bunny Friends layered album
Join Tracy for this adorable album. Fee $23

Sunday March 7th 1-3 PM
Hippity Hoppity Easter Album
Chrissy broke out her Cricut machine and created a fabulous Easter Album. Fee $28

Sunday March 14th 1-3 PM
Hippity Hoppity Easter Box class with Chrissy
Chrissy has done it again with her amazing boxes. These Easter boxes are sure to be a hit. Fee $19