Almost ready....

For the new addition.

I added a few more clothes to his closet this week. I've been shopping. Love to buy little clothes for the little boy. And one of the Design Team girls sent me a package with a cute sleeper, hat and more! Too cute. Thank you Emeline!

So, the furniture is now done. My FIL is in town and helped my husband put the last piece together this morning. Finally nice to have the room almost ready. I washed the sheets and made the bed this morning. Everything is put away from the shower. Now we just need to get some of those last minute things on the registry and we play the waiting game until July.

Mothers Day

I celebrated my first Mothers Day. Not technically. Next year will be my first REAL Mothers Day. Can't wait.

I threw together some last minute cards using the new Amy Butler line from K&Co. Love these papers.

Because we're feeling generous....

We picked a second raffle winner today.

If your name is Lynda S. - you've won!

Look for your prize pack in the mail!

Petaloo Pink Poodle

Say that 10 times fast!
Petaloo's newest line arrived today. Pink Poodle. Very cute! Lots of pink and black polka dots!
















And a few more items from Creative Imaginations to alter. The Brooke Peek-a-book looks like any regular chipboard book, but there are pages that slip out so there is more space to decorate. And the Emily tissue box cover is a perfect gift for anyone. Alter to coordinate with any room in the home! 5x5x5 box covers standard square tissue boxes.













Another Drawing winner! Patricia E.
Patricia, look for your box in the mail this week! Enjoy! You never know when we'll draw another name. For every order you place in the store, you receive a raffle ticket. We'll draw a name at random times throughout the month and send that winner a box of goodies from the store! We'll help you build your 'Stash'.

Design Team Kits will be on sale this week for the month of April. The girls were given new papers from Sassafrass Lass Blue Boutique and Scrumptious lines. Check out the Gallery to see what they did with the papers. For the month of May, they were given new papers from Autumn Leaves. May kits will be on sale later this month. Keep checking the Kits section of the store to see any new kits. DT kits will be available to you at a 10% discount!

Gift Certificates make a great gift. It not too late to order one for Mothers Day. Once you purchase a Gift Certificate, the codes will be emailed to you. For no extra cost, we will provide an envelope with a special coupon for you to present to the person, just let us know with your order.

FREE SHIPPING! Thats right, free shipping. Any order over $50.00 will receive free shipping now through the end of the month. All other orders will pay the old shipping charges. We won't raise the rates until June 1st, so shop away.

Clearance Section - check out the Sale section to see whats on sale. Save 30-40% on items. We need to make room for the new items coming in.

National Scrapbook Day

In case you missed it, I missed it as well. Instead of hunkering down and scrapbooking like the rest of the world, I was braving the long drive to Las Vegas for a friends wedding. yes, she got married on NSD. And she's a scrapper. Of course, Vegas was FULL of the fight fans waiting for the Oscar de la Hoya fight and so getting around wasn't easy. But the wedding and reception went off without a hitch. And now, after the long drive home, I'm ready to settle in with my scrap stuff and start creating. I have a lot of pictures that need to get done so I'm on a quest to get at least 2 trips done this month.
A few more new products should be in this week. We're expecting the Extreme Boy and Love Elsie lines this month (along with a million other vendors who also ordered them) so be on the lookout for those.
Because of the vacation, I haven't updated the Home Page of the site yet. This will be done this week and Rascal has a special promotion for month in Rascals Corner - so keep checking back!

A few more items

have been added to the sale area. Keep checking back. This area will be updated weekly!

The nursery is painted....

and now we need the furniture. Should be here Monday. Can't wait to see what it looks like all put together.

My parents came over today and painted the room. My mom put the border up. Very cute. We went with Dunn Edwards paint. The color was 'Wasabe'. I just like saying it. Border is part of the Aloha Baby line from Lambs & Ivy. We even found a surfboard height chart that matches the set.

We're having a sale!

Save 40% off items in the clearance section in the store. Look for the SALE heading and shop! We need to make room for the new product coming in.

We also have some new products in this weekend:

More 7 Gypsies - Gaffer tape, jeweled brads and more.
Hambly Screen Prints - new rubons from CHA and more overlays.
Making Memories - Shimmer Alphabets and shapes.
Creative Imaginations - Karen Russell papers are here!

4/27/02

5 years ago today, I married the love of my life. Its been an exciting 5 years.

SEI card kits

are here. Very cute. I ordered the Thank You cards and Thinking of You set. These make a great gift for someone.

Also, more of the Petaloo Sunken Treasure flowers are in. We have the boxes of flowers now. I love these colors.

Support Autism Awareness

Okay, so seeing the stats these days, its hard to deny. Autism is big. And since I'm having a boy, these numbers hit home a little more. If you haven't been following Ali's blog, she has a place to donate to Autism Speaks Inc. The stats listed are a little scary.

"Autism now impacts 1 in 150 children - boys are 4 times as likely to be diagnosed."

One of my Design Team members is also working to raise funds for this cause.

"As you know I am trying to do my part raising awareness about Autism so that the World is a better place for my little man Mav, if you would help by clicking on the link below and send this email to as many poeple as you can think of it would be awesome and I would appreciate it very much. April isAutism Awarness month so please spread the word it's time to solve the puzzle.Thank you very much ~Mandy.

Autism Speaks created a music video of the Five for Fighting song, "World", which features images of autistic children and their families.It is a truly moving video and was the work of Bill Shea. The band is generously donating $0.49 to Autism Speaks for each time the video is viewed - the funding goes toward research studies to help find a cure. When you have a moment, please visit the link below to watch the video and pass it along to your friends and family. They are aiming for 10,000 hits, but hopefully we can help them to surpass this goal.
http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/videos/view/id/213154

Imagination Project

Just received an email from Imagination Project. All of their new releases have a points system. On each product, you will see (next to the barcode) a point value for each item. You can clip and save these points and redeem for free IP products! Their website and blog have more information.

We now carry the new lines from CHA. Just got in some dated stickers for the Totally Dated and Playlist lines.

Last minute update.....

Before I leave for the weekend, just wanted to update you on the few things we received in today.

Autumn Leaves CHA order is in. We have the Winter Garden (one of my favorites) in as well as some Bella and French Twist. We also ordered some of their Artistic Expressions overlays by Rhonna Farrer.
SEI - We have their new tabletop album box. Its a 6x6 album in a box to display on your table. Very cute and very hard to take a picture of. We also got notification that the card kits we ordered will be shipping soon.
Paper Salon - some of their new chipboard albums are in from CHA. These make cute altered books with some of their new papers.
Sassafrass Lass - Blue Boutique and Scrumptious rubons are here! Very excited about there. TOO CUTE!! They compliment the papers!

Any orders placed this weekend will ship Monday morning.

Tampa Expo Tickets

I have 5 free tickets to the Scrapbook Expo in Tampa Florida! Who wants them?
The first people to email me, get them. I also have discount coupons - $2 off admission.
Send email to admin@yourscrapbookstash.com

ETA: The Tampa Expo is June 8th & 9th.

New Product!

Hambly Transparencies












Lil Davis Stripped Chip











7 Gypsies Border Punch
















Gel-A-Tins Stamps














Rusty Pickle Island Summer (items that were backordered)

















Only a few days left to name the Newsletter. Contest ends this Sunday at midnight. All contest info is on the Pub Calls Blog (see link on sidebar). Winner gets a prize pack from the store!



I drew the first raffle winner last night. Congrats to Kim M. - Your prize pack is in the mail.



The kits featured on the blog are now available in the store for $25.

Happy Easter!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

I'll be back later with some updates for the store!


Edit: The kits are now listed in the store. Each kit comes with pictures of the pages I did and instructions. They DO NOT come with any of the stamps used, flowers etc. All papers are precut.

Look for the link (see picture).

Also, each page was scanned and loaded into my gallery on the site.

Waiting for Hambly

Screen prints!! All I need are some Chic Circles overlays in lime green. They've shipped and I'm tracking the package. As soon as they get here, I will cut them up and add them to the kits. Look for an announcement that the kits are on sale......

How to get the class kits.....

I am teaching this class twice so I need to make sure I have enough kits for the people taking it. :) Since there have been requests for the kit, I will need to cut more paper etc. Some items may differ than the original kits since I can't find enough of the same ribbon, rubons etc. but they will be as close to the original as possible. I also used some acrylic stamps in the project that will NOT be included. The stamps used will be listed in the directions and you can purchase them in the store, use your own or modify the pages to use stamps you already own.

Here are some sample pages from the book. The entire project will be posted in my Gallery today.

Class Kits.....

I've been working on Class Kits all day! Wow! Never done this before and now I see all of the work that goes into it. I'm doing a short technique class for people who are interested. I have a lot of friends and family who are 'afraid' to try some of the new techniques out there and always compliment my layouts. So, this class is going to teach them my 'secrets'.

Its been kind of fun doing this, just a lot of work. I did get to use my new paper trimmer today and have to say, this thing is awesome. I've been using the good ol' grey and orange Fiskars trimmer for about 7 years now. I have three of them and just rotate them and the blades all the time. I've been looking at new trimmers for a while, but have hesitated. You just never know if something will be the same, worse or better. So I finally broke down and bought the Making Memories trimmer. Wow. Nice cut. And straight too!

Got Rascal to pose for a new picture for me today. I bought him a new t shirt that says Big Brother on the back. (I know I know, I need to have kids! Starting in July, you might start seeing matching outfits for the baby and dog. I know, I'm still crazy.) Got the shirt HERE. If you love funny shirts, check out this site. Very funny. Too hard to choose one! I ended up with the Brother shirt and a scarf that says "I'm not fat, I'm fluffy!"

April News

Two things for this month.

1. I need a name for the weekly newsletter. (see below)
2. For every store purchase, you will receive a raffle ticket in your order. At the end of the month, there will be a drawing for free product, gift certificates etc. Your tickets never expire! Every time you shop, your tickets will go in the drawing. Until that ticket wins, you still have a chance. Some months, I will do more than 1 drawing. Good Luck!

Now, a name for the newsletter. I'm running a contest on the Pub Calls blog again for this. The link will be up there some time this week. Contest will close on April 15th and the winner will receive a prize pack of goodies from the store. I need something cute, catchy, whatever! You can leave comments on this post, email me or wait for the link from Pub Calls.

I've got another contest planned for mid-April some time.

New this week......

Just loaded all of the new items into the store.

We now have the Kokuyo Dot 'n' Roller refills. Get 'em while they're hot!
Scenic Route backorder of the Kraft Cardstock that matches their new lines Metropolis and Laurel.
Making Memories - another small order of metal tags and flowers from their CHA release.
Creative Imaginations - Swatchbooks, Art Warehouse and Skull & Xbone papers.
Petaloo - Sunken Treasure line. If you love blue and brown together, you'll love this line!


Enjoy!

I'm off to the Kings game with Flat Stanley!

Rainy Day projects

Just a few rainy day projects to keep me inside during the 'storm'.

Made a quick card for my FIL in Florida with the US picture from yesterday.

And here is my Baby Shower invitation that my mom finished up a couple of weeks ago.

We have a guest!

Flat Stanley is visiting my family this month. :)

My cousin Chloe sent Flat Stanley from NY to California to see how we live. My mom and I are taking Stanley everywhere with us. So far, he's been to my house and played with Rascal. We'll be taking him to the beach, Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm and everywhere else we can think of. Does anyone have any good ideas on where we can take Stanley?

Thursday

More new arrivals. Rusty Pickle Chocolate Bunnies, Imagination Project Office lines and their new Circus Rose line. There are some great iPod papers in this set!
And some new Hambly Studios.

All are listed under the manufacturer in the store as well as in the CHA area.

Enjoy!

Whats new?

Lots of stuff!
We've received a lot of boxes this week!

7 Gypsies (New Gaffer tape, chipboard books and rubons)
Scenic Route (Metropolis and Laurel Collections)
Heidi Swapp (XL Ghost shapes, XL Photo corners and more!)
Paper Salon (4 new lines - Bliss Boy, Bliss Girl, Enamored and Smitten)
Lil Davis Designs (Endless Summer paper and chipboard)
Kokuyo (New Tape 'n' Roller Plus)

Check out all of the new products in the CHA 07 section!

Has your April CK arrived?

If so, look in the online store listing in the back. We're there! The ads I've been waiting a few months to see are finally showing up out there. Tell your friends and family about us. If you refer a friend, tell them to enter coupon code FRIEND when checking out to save 10%! Just our way of thanking people for passing on the name of the site!

Also, we received boxes from Heidi Swapp and Paper Salon today. Once I get them checked in they'll be available for sale on the site!
Happy Monday!

St. Patricks Day Sale

Save 17% and shop like an Irishman today and tomorrow only! Enter Coupon Code PADDY when checking out and save 17% off your order. Special runs through midnight 3/17/07 PST.

By the way

the new Gallery is up. Check out the work of some of the Design Team members!
Very talented ladies!

The verdict is in.....

..its a boy. Had the big Ultrasound yesterday and both the US Tech and my doctor both said it was clear as day. I can kind of see it, but these US pics are so blurry you just never know. Trust the experts I guess.



So here he is! I'm off to scrap this....

Baby Albums

I've been working on some baby albums for a few people who've asked me. Just wanted to put a few of the pages up here before posting them on the website. For some reason, they are all scanning funny. Must be all of the bling I put on the pages!
I used all kinds of goodies on these. Papers by Autumn Leaves, Lil Davis Designs, Bazzill Cardstock, Bazzill Bling and Junkitz Shabby Chic.
Embellishments are a combination of Lil Davis Designs Chipboard letters, Heidi Swapp Chipboard flowers, patterned tape, journaling spots and Ribbon. Hambly Rubons (love these!), Prima flowers, Maya Road chipboard swirls, Basic Grey Lily Kate papers......

You wanted more?

You got more! More product....

SEI - more of the two new lines arrived today. Morning Meadow and Citrus Kick. I wasn't too sure about the CK line, but it grows on you. We got some cute albums in a box for this line. Very cute.

Making Memories - Restock of some chipboard shapes, ribbons and some really cute scalloped albums. Love the colors these come in.

Basic Grey - Finally got our order of Phoebe and Scarletts Letter. Oh, and they're new rubons. I already have a plan for some of them!

If you're going to the Scrapbook Expo in Pleasanton, CA or Austin, TX, look for our ad! We'll be in the program for each of the Expos with a coupon code.
If you still haven't placed your first order with us, the coupon code FIRST is still available to you! Save 10% by entering this code during checkout.

Photo sharing

So I was going through a bunch of my photos today and getting ready to place an order HERE when I found this gem from a couple of weeks ago.

Rascal at his finest. We had some cold weather here in CA - by cold, I mean in the 50's during the day. Thats cold here SoCal. On some mornings during this cold spell, I couldn't get the dog out of bed. He tends to burrow under the covers at night and well, we just leave him there. He's happy, we're happy (he makes a nice bed warmer by the way).

So one morning, I went in to check on him and I couldn't find him. Sometime after I'd gotten up, he'd burrowed so far under the covers he was hidden. So, after a quick panic and calling out his name - this is what I saw.

Welcome!

One of our Design Team members just had her 2nd baby this week.

Congratulations to Emeline!

For anyone who didn't know, I am also expecting! Due in late July.

And ANOTHER member of the Design Team will be right behind me in August! Congratulations Heidi!

Must be something in the water!

Checking in.....

on some of my orders from CHA. There is still a lot of stuff we don't have yet so I called all of the vendors and checked on it. So heres what to expect in the next month:

Junkitz Extreme Boy line
Love, Elsie
Lil Davis Designs
Heidi Swapp
Paper Salon
Petaloo
Rusty Pickle
Studio Keepsakes - NEW
Hambly Studios
Imagination Project
Gel-a-tins (hockey fans are going to love what I bought!)
Daisy Bucket - NEW
Autumn Leaves

Lots of stuff coming.

For those of you who were looking for the new Fancy Pants items last night, they are now loaded into the store. It took me a while to scan the images and get them uploaded.

The Gallery is close to being finished. Very excited to get this in place. Several Design Team members have let me know that they have layouts ready to upload so look for those this week.

Fancy Pants Designs....

new CHA stuff is here. I'm busy loading it into the store. Should be uploaded tonight. The new lace ribbons are awesome! I'm trying to find something to use these on.

And I picked up some of their new journaling cards - one side has a flourished quote and the backside can be journaled on. Pretty neat. And they match their papers so this is a plus!

MORE New Arrivals......

Some of the new SEI papers are in. Check out the Morning Meadow and Citrus Kick lines. More items will be arriving later this month and in April as they are released. Some of these cools items are beaded stickers to match the lines. Very cool in person. Can't wait to get these in the store.
Also, more Bazzill cardstock and the rest of the new Piggy Tales!
I have a busy day entering the products and getting orders shipped out!

Happy tonight.

What makes me happy? A Kings win. (Sorry for all the Ducks fans out there.) Yep, we won. We beat them. Barely, but we beat them. And we did it without Kopitar.
Mom and I had Chairmans Passes tonight. Didn't bring the camera, but I will next time. Just had to scope it out this time.
So, because the Kings won, I came home all jazzed and ordered more product!
Won't say what yet, but I placed some orders.
Dontcha just love it when the Kings win?
I do.