Demo Day Saturday July 17th Previews

Demo Day
Saturday July 17th 11-4 PM




It's Demo Day time and we will have a wonderful variety of cards
and layouts for you to create. We do the cutting and you do the
gluing. 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. We provide glue sticks so if you prefer tape, please bring
a labeled tape runner. If you get to the store by 3PM, you should
have enough time to do all the demos. If you complete 7 demos,
you will receive a coupon for 10% off your purchases for the day
(not including special orders or other sale special offers).
Gina created two red, white and blue pages this time.  I love the navy blue twine.



Here is a fun card from Mandy.


Cindy whipped up this lovely floral card.


Jill will be making this adorable peacock card.


Linda made a batch of margaritas.


If margaritas are not your favorite, Simone made this fun coffee card.


Ami will be making this fun beachy card.

What's in the Box? Lots of Memory Box goodies!

The Box is Here!  Memory Box has done it again with more fabulous stamps.  This Box is filled with Halloween and Christmas stamps and papers.  10 new 12 x12 papers and 2 new 6x6 paper pads.




We also restocked some of the lovely butterflies.


Our Next Wacky Wednesday Stamp Camp on July 7th will be a Memory Box Demo Day.  We will have at least 4 beautiful cards for you to make.  I know it seems early for Christmas and Halloween, but the sooner you start making Chirstmas cards the more likely it is you will be done in time for Christmas.
I reworked one of the cards a bit.



We also received new Cuttlebug embossing and cutting folders.



I just took some close up photos of the new BasicGrey new Oliver Embellishments and the new Bascis Embellishments.  I'm in love with the chipboard alpha. 
 


Our next Children's Class will be on Thursday July 8th  at 11 AM.  This week we will be making paper flags and decorating paper visors. 


Our next Children's class on Tuesday July 27th at 11:00 AM will be featuring a summery album to decorate.


Here is a little something from Amuse to get your creative ideas flowing.

A Muse U - July 1st!

Our next session of A Muse U (as in University) is tomorrow - Thursday, July 1st! A Muse U is THE place to learn from the masters of clean & simple design: The Muses! Each month you'll find a new "class" in session, taught by some of your favorite A Muse designers!

What do you have to do to participate? Not a thing! Just tune in on the blog tomorrow, then sit back, relax, and enjoy all the tips, tricks, and inspiration!

Wacky Wednesday Stamp Camp

Hi Everyone,

Wacky Wednesday stamp camp is here again.  This week we have 3 loveley cards.  You will get to practice your Copic coloring on the two cards that Jill created using the newest Hero Arts stamps. 


I copied this idea from the Hero Arts blog.   You will be using the Tim Holtz Distress inks and Perfect Pearls to create this summer scene.


Lots of exciting things happened while I was away at the scrapbook convention.  We received the new adorable BasicGrey lines Oliver & Olivia. 



New KaiserCraft Hey Birdie. 


The Jungle Bug collection  had the most adorable bugs perfect for the little bug catchers.  


New Dollar goodies for our Dollar bins.  Glitter Glue, note pads and summery ink pads.




New Echo Park A Walk in the Park.  Another adorable line!


I know a lot of people have been waiting for more Mudd Puddles.  I wiped out the booth at the Scrapbook Convention and brought it back to the store.   We have lots of great sand colors and even some new chipboard albums that will look great decorated in Mudd Puddles.



I wasn't able to get the beach pail album but I love how they decorated it with the net, sand and shells.


Here is me working my table at the all day crop at the scrapbook convention.


I took two BasicGrey classes from Becky Fleck the author of Page Maps. 


Here are the Lisa's with two of our wonderful customers. 


Here I am with Wendy Jo from Fiskars.

Closing early on Saturday June 26

Hi Everyone,

I'm back from Chantilly but I'm wiped out!  We will be closing tonight at 7:00 PM and re-opening on Sunday at our normal time of Noon.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

New Scrapbook & Cards Today - Free with $40 purchase

The New Issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today is available. We are happy to announce that we are giving everyone who makes a $40 (before tax) purchase a free issue of Scrapbook and Cards Today.

The summer issue features include a fabulous colour 101 article by Kimber McGray called “the rainbow connection”, brand new pagemaps from Becky Fleck, a mini book feature, a fabulous summer gallery and all our usual columns. This issue features the 10 most wanted items for summer and also many new products from winter CHA. There is truly something for everyone!

Copic & Cuttlebug Demo Day Wed June 23 11-8

Wednesday June 23
Copic & Cuttlebug Demo Day 11-8 PM



We are all ready for our Copic & Cuttlebug Demo Day. This time we created six lovely cards using some Hero Arts stamps, Stampendous stamps and Imaginisce new Splash Dance $1 stamps. 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. 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 do 6 Demo cards, you will received a coupon for 20% off one regular priced item of your choice. (Coupon valid 6-23-10 only)
 





 
Our sixth card was designed by Simone from In Style Stamps.  She will be at the store from 11-2 demonstrating how to color skin tones using Copic markers.  We will have this card available all day.    

 
New magazines.

 
Here is what you missed if you weren't here on Demo Day.   Cindy turned 40!  We made her wear a banner and at the height of Demo Day, we all sang Happy Birthday to her.  

 

Here is a photo of a bit of the happenings on Demo Day.

 
Wendy Jo from Fiskars had a busy day making cards with the new Fiskars punches. 

 
I forgot  a few details on the July calendar, like the Childrens classes.