Sweet N Sassy Card Class and Trunk Show Saturday July 13th

Hi Everyone,

We are so excited to announce that Korin Sutherland of Sweet n Sassy stamps is coming to visit us.

Saturday July 13th is 

Sweet N Sassy Day at Photo Scraps

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps are bringing their wonderful stamp selection to Photo Scraps and teaching a great class too!

Trunk Show  11-7 PM

They will be bringing lots of Sample cards to inspire us.

Korin Sutherland, Owner of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

First and foremost, I am a Christian--many people call themselves Christians, but what it truly means is that I am born-again--a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. He has saved me from the bondage of sin and death and I will join him in Heaven when my time on earth is through. I KNOW this for a fact because God promises it in His word, the Bible (John 3:16).

As you can see, my faith is very important to me as is my hubby and our 3 precious boys. When I find extra time, I spend it stamping. 

In November 2007, I started a small company called Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I am having a blast designing my own line of stamps and making tons of fabulous new friends! If you share my love for the Lord and my stamping obsession...er, I mean passion ;), you just might find something here worth your while.

Happy stamping and God Bless!

Saturday July 13th  1-3 PM
Sweet N Sassy Cards with Korin  $27

Copic 101 Wednesday July 24th 6-8 PM & Pajama Crop

Copic 101 Wednesday July 24th  6-8 PM

Wednesday July 31st  6-8 PM

Graphic 45  Place in Time 12 Pocket Calendar Album Class

Join Tracy for this extremely detailed mini Album.  You will need to bring a strong tape adhesive, strong fast drying liquid glue, pop dots, scissors, 12 inch paper trimmer and brown ink for the edges.  Due to the complexity of this Album, we will only be completing the cover, adding the pages and finishing January.    There are excellent instructions to get you thru each of the other months.  $39

Saturday August 10th 11-4 PM Ladies Diary Victorian Boxes

Saturday August 10th  11-4
Ladies Diary Victorian Boxes with Tina
Tina has outdone herself with these amazing boxes.  You will be decorating each box with a variety of the Ladies Diary papers, matching chip embellishments, metal embellishments, ribbons and more.  You will even have some left over paper.    $59

Supply List:

• Paper Timmer that can cut 12 x 12 Cardstock
• SCISSORS or Exacto Knife if you prefer -  for the majority of the class you will be cutting/Fussy Cutting to embellish your box  
• A ruler - you will need to measure boxes
• Liquid Adhesive bring your favorite – Tina recommends 3 in 1 or Modge Podge for these boxes
• Tape runner and refill
• Distress Ink/Sponge Dauber – Tina used Tim Holz Distress Ink Antique Linen - you will use a lot! Chestnut Roan would be okay to use as well, it will give the box a more Shabby Chic look
• Tweezers to use with the Glue gun, to keep your fingers away from the hot glue…
• Pop dots
• Glue Dots
• Sanding Stick or Sand Paper
• Stickles – Tina used Crystal
• Gelly Roll Pen – clear

• High Temp Glue Gun labeled with your name and glue stick inserts 
• 1/8”, 1/4” and 1/2” double sided tape labeled with your name inside the roll for your personal use only

Stayce DeWid is teaching 2 Mixed Media classes Sunday July 21st

 

We are so excited to have Stayce DeWid of Art Anthology teach two fun Mixed Media classes on Sunday July 21st  

 Stayce DeWid
I owned a scrapbook store for many years before moving on to teaching and owning my own manufacturing company. I worked with Creative Imaginations for 5 years creating catalog projects, booth projects, booth projects and teaching with their products. For 3 years, I was also a Golden Ambassador, Lead educator and education coordinator for Tattered Angels LLC. My teaching abilities have taken me to so many fantastic places around the globe. I love sharing my love for papercrafting with anyone that will listen. I've been published in several publications such as Memory Makers magazine, Scrapbooking and Beyond magazine and Gift Maker Magazine.

Mixed Media Album $53 (3.5 hours)  11-2:30 PM

In this class you will dive into the world of mixed 

media. We will play with the NEW Art 

Anthology products, along with gesso, modeling 

paste and lots of fun textures to play with. There will also be 

other color options for you to play with!!!

Reef Mini Album $55 (4 hours)  3-7 PM
An artistic journey with Stayce DeWid. Come and explore the magic of Art Anthology while Stayce takes you on a creative adventure designed to expand your horizons! Various techniques and applications will be discovered and investigated in this fantastic 8 x 8 binder album. Become familiar with all that Art Anthology can offer you, you will be amazed!

Wacky Wednesday Cards, New Dare To Share,

Hi Everyone,

We are getting ready for a fun Saturday with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  They are bringing there whole booth!  So exciting.  Korin's class only has a few seats left so if you are thinking of taking this class, call us soon.  410-549-5187.

Wacky Wednesday Cards
Lisa Halstead has been on a roll making cards.  This week she has a pretty Memory Box card for you. Cards will be available all day Wednesday and Thursday, Just $2 each.

I figured a mermaid card would be the perfect place to combine Dylusions and  Frantage.  The embossing powder is a blend of all the powders in the WOW kit.  Equal parts of each gave me this great blend. 

A $20.50 Value, for just $18.75.

Project Life Papers Open Stock

Wednesday July 17th 6-8 PM

Basic Grey Card Class with Tracy.

You will make 8 pretty cards and have lots of papers and embellishments left over for other projects.  $25

New Scrap & Stamp Magazine

Long-time columnist Gail Green is featured on the September 2013 cover, illustrating five wonderful ways to use an image from Paper Smooches’ Chubby Chums set. Gail also shares her expertise on the rubber stamping industry in her in-depth article “How Rubber Stamps Are Made.” Sara Naumann teaches us how to incorporate washi tape into our cardmaking, Bibi Lindahl teaches us how to create landscape architecture and sandie bachand offers us a tutorial on quilling flowers. As always, SSA features reader favorites like the "Designer Spotlight," "Simple Stampin'" card gallery and "Inklings" tips & tricks. Find all these great ideas and more in the September 2013 issue.

Wacky Wednesday Cards, Closed for the 4th, New Authnetique, New Prima Doll Stamps

Hi Everyone,

We have lots of exciting things happening this month including two fun guests.   Korin from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps will be bringing a trunk show and a great class to us on Saturday July 13th.   Scroll down for photos and details.  Don't forget,  you still have time to come play at our Carnival.

Wacky Wednesday Cards
Cindy broke out the big flower stamps for this weeks cards.  Available all day Wednesday and Friday (since we are closed Thursday), just $2 each.

Prima Doll Stamps are here.

New Stampendous Holiday Stamp Catalog Sale

You can only see it here in the store.  If you preorder and prepay for any of the stamps from the new catalog, you will save 10%.

Barb's Christmas in July Layouts

Tuesday July 9th  6-8 PM
Christmas in July Layouts with Barb
Join Barb for two 2-page layouts featuring transparencies and great die cuts.  $25

Silhouette 101 Class with Alice

Ethiopia 2013 Thank You! Tigist by Kirstin Beck

Ethiopia 2013 Thank You!

First off, I'd like to say thank you for supporting my dad and I on our missions trip to Ethiopia- prayerfully, financially, or both. In Ethiopia I learned a lot about the depth of Gods character and the complete joy found in Him. Almost every day we were loving on the people in Korah- the outcasts of the outcasts. Their roads are dirt covering over the trash underneath. Driving down the bumpy road you see small children digging in the trash, leapers walking with their heads down low, young moms begging for food. We got to hang out at the Mission Ethiopia site in the heart of Korah. Our team was invited to sit in on their devotional. I walked in and saw women of all ages- teens to 70- on their knees bowing on the concrete floor, crying out to their Maker, praising Him with such over-flowing joy. When they started worshiping him in song, one lady was so desperate for Jesus, she literally feel over. Every person there praised Jesus with such abandoned, heart-throbbing, need for His presence. In that moment God whispered to me, “When's the last time you worshiped like that?”. I don't know if I ever have, but it made me desire to know Him like they do- they are so happy. These people have nothing, yet they have everything. I've never met people with such joy. They flipped my perspective on possessions. In America we are told having a family, a job, a car, a house, food, clothes, are important when in fact, I've found all of these things are worthless when compared to the infinite knowledge of knowing Christ Jesus, my Savor. Everything is empty compared to Jesus. He fulfills that thought in your heart of “there has to be something more to this life”. Jesus is the answer. This was the main thing God taught me while in Ethiopia. My heart is still in Ethiopia, I miss the people so much. Thank you for making this journey possible. I am grateful you helped me to accomplish my dream. 

Love, Kirstin Beck

Tigist

What do you do when this little girl hands you some of her popcorn to eat?

This beautiful girls name is Tigist. My friend Ann Rae feel in love with her last year. Tigist's parents both died. She is now living with her grandmother who happens to be disabled. Because of this, she doesn't have a job. No job, means no money, which means no food.

Tigist walks in Anguach's small closet size home, and sits on Corey's lap. You can not take the smile of this girls face. Her pants are so big, they are falling off her body. While the red shirt she is wearing she's worn for days. She grabs my hand to hold- a sign of friendship in there culture.

Anguach is a women who recently started working at Mission Ethiopia. We are her first home visit. She starts the coffee ceremony. Roasting the coffee beans, and preparing the popcorn. Once the popcorn is done, she gets up and passes it out to everyone. Tigist grabs a hand full. I wonder when the last time she ate. I wonder if this is all she will have today. All these thoughts enter my mind.

Tigist starts to eat a little, but is trying to feed Corey and myself with her popcorn. Her popcorn. This little girl, who probably doesn't know when her next "meal" will be, is feeding us well feed Americans. How many children her age are sharing their food? Especially in Africa.

I had this memory come to me again in a dream. I woke up like it was a nightmare- my heart sunk in my chest. It was probably guilt. How much food we have is sickening. But not just that, I can't tell you how many times I've seen people, at lunch time at school, refuse to give someone their food- because it's theirs, they own it. But now I see, we don't own food. Food owns us.

Tigist has had days were she's starved. She experienced hunger like we never can imagine. But food doesn't own her. This five year old, not knowing when the next meal will come, feed us Americans. Why? Well because I think she has a better understanding of what this life is all about. She wanted to feed us because she cared about us, she loved us. She saw past her need, and was looking out for ours.

Tigist need for food is so much larger than ours could ever be, but still she shared. I have so much to learn from this girl. Now, tomorrow I embark on a fast, from food.

Jesus, 
Please show me my heart. Show me my need for You. Just like Tigist, help me look past my need for the people around me. Through this fast let me learn Your heart. Reveal to me Your Will for my life. Put inside me a passion. God you are a consuming fire, consume my inner thoughts, the depths of my heart, and consume my dreams. Father, Your Will be done. Open up a door for me to walk through, but don't open one if you don't want me to walk through it. Thank you for putting Tigist and this story on my heart. Thank you for showing me my poverty. Thank you for the example you set for me, Jesus. Your Will be done in everything. Prepare us for what you want to do in us this summer. I love you.
Kirstin.

Independents Week Sale

Hi Everyone,

I can't believe it is July!  This summer is flying by.   Remember, we will be closed on Thursday for Independence Day.   Our Carnival Days have been so much fun and we will be playing games Thru July 8th.

Save on Cardstock and celebrate the 4th of July with a bang.

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