New stuff!

Ordered lots of new stuff at the show today.

Rusty Pickle has new acrylic albums out. Very cute. These look awesome with their new lines of papers.

Making Memories has several new diecut papers coming out. They added scalloped journaling books too!

Hambly Studios turned their popular Journaling bits into rubons. So there are now 2 different styles. These ship in Mid-October so look for those. We picked up some of their new transparencies and reordered some of the popular ones that are out of stock in the store. Being one of the first companies to really work with transparencies, they came out with a 12x12 sheet of acrylic that can be trimmed using your paper trimmer, decut machines or a pair of scissors. These can be made into ANY shape you want to use. Yes, we ordered some!

Ranger - Tim Holtz was there today demonstrating his cool new diecuts. They're fabric, their chipboard - they're awesome! You can distress these any way you want to. And because they're designed by Tim, you know they will accept any kind of ink! He was doing some amazing things with these! The best part is, the apha and number packs come with many different fonts in each pack for only $20.00!! I'll post more pictures of these later!

Glitz Designs - A new company this year. We placed our order for some of their 'frosting' and papers. These girls did an amazing job on their banner for the booth. They took strips of their 'frosting' and outlined their logo! The strips are flexible and can be adhered in any pattern. Also ordered some of their plastic mesh. Lots of cute stuff from this company!

More updates later! For now, we're enjoying the lions at MGM!

Vegas BABY!! {EDITED}

We're off to Memory Trends in Las Vegas.

Remember to enter coupon code MT07 during checkout to save 20% off your order.

We'll be updating from Vegas with pictures of new product from the show!

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Here is the King of Vegas on his very own Queen bed. He's ready for Memory Trends and the hockey game this weekend.

Getting ready for Memory Trends

Heading off to Vegas next week. Will be taking loads of pictures of new product to come back and share with you.

Until then, build your stash up in the store with another 20% off coupon. Enter MT07 during checkout (in the promotions area) and save 20% off your entire order. This coupon is good until 9/23/07.

*** Please note, all orders from 9/18-9/21 will be mailed out when we return from the show.***

Our September kit is almost sold out. If you didn't get one, hurry! The kit features Piggy Tales paper, Bazzill cardstock and lots of embellishments. Our Design Team did a lot of fun things with these papers. To see their ideas, check out the GALLERY.

And I can't forget my boys. The Los Angeles Kings BEAT the 'Mighty' Ducks of Anaheim tonight. And Pronger FINALLY got caught for diving. How nice. I know its preseason, but a win is a win. Our rookies beat their rookies. Its going to be a good season of hockey in LA this year. Can't wait!

American Crafts is HERE!

New papers, rubons and Thickers!

WOW!! {EDITED}

What a sale! All orders have been pulled. Some have shipped, others are scheduled to ship in the next 24 hours.

Thank you for your support of the store!

We have one customer who set a record for online shopping. Awesome!

We received a few new things today. We'll update this post as soon as they're in the store.

Just a reminder that the September Kit is up for sale! Our Design Team went over the top this month. You can see their Galleries HERE.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.

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We received some of our Bazzill order today. They came out with the cutest new scalloped cardstock. Eyelet scalloped cardstock. So cute! We also ordered some new scalloped cardstock colors.

Petaloo Holiday line is now available. We also ordered some of their additions to the popular Retro Rage line.

Creative Imaginations Aubrey papers and embellishments are now in stock.

September Kit

The September kit is now up for sale!
Get one before it sells out!

We also received a few items from Scenic Route and Imaginisce that were on backorder. We have the pearl brads and the jeweled rubons from Imaginisce.

Don't forget to check out the new sale items.

Sale items added, Labor Day Sale and new product!

We received our Love, Elsie Jack & Abby order today! Lots of cute stuff!

Also, we added more sale items:

Lil Davis Designs
Rusty Pickle
Sassafras Lass
Bam POP!
Fancy Pants
Heidi Swapp
SEI
Tinkering Ink

And we're having another promotion this weekend. Save 20% off your entire order this weekend. Sale dates are 8/30/07-9/3/07. Enter code LABOR07 during checkout to save.

Now in stock *{Edited}*

Two of the new Sassafrass Lass lines and more 7 Gypsies stamps!

7 Gypsies now offers more range in their stamps. You can buy the base with seals, just the base or just the seals. You choose what you want.

If you purchase a base with seals, you can also purchase other sets of seals that will fit in the base.

And they now offer colored ink pads. We carry the Reef Collection which offers red, blue and green ink pads.

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We also received 2 new Basic Grey lines (Mellow and Periphery) and rubons.
Check out the new Prima additions - Night Shades, Felt Flowers and Whispers Wings.

We now carry Catslife Press unmounted rubber stamps. These are just as easy to use as the acrylic stamps. Use some removeable adhesive on the back, adhere to your clear blocks and stamp away! Unmounted stamps cost less than the mounted ones and take upless space.

Lots of new things....

coming to the store.

We're placing orders all the time trying to fill the store with new products.

One of our favorite items right now are the crocheted blossoms by Imaginisce.

We've also been searching Etsy for some great products to add to our monthly kits. There are some talented people out there. Here is just a sample of the fun things to look for in our kits in the coming months......

And I have to share some personal stories as well. Took my son for his first skate a few weeks ago. (We're hoping he ends up a hockey player like his great-grandpa.) My grandfather took him out on the ice for the first time, wrapped in a Kings blanket. Hopefully this kid will be the Kings draft pick in 2026. If not, I'd settle for a die-hard fan just like me.

He also met our dog, Rascal. This was interesting to say the least. Rascal wasn't quite sure what to make of the new addition, but has quickly taken to him. He likes to curl up next to him now and is very concerned when Nicholas cries. I can see the two of them getting into a lot of trouble in the next few years......

And a perfect shot of the pouty-face.

New Imaginisce!

We have some of the new Imaginisce bling and crocheted flowers in stock. The Bling Blossoms match the Bazzill Bling papers!

Catching up...

Catching up on the new product that came in this week. It will all be entered into the store as soon as possible and a newsletter will go out this week with more details. We have another contest coming up, so look for that announcement.

And I'm still catching up on old photos that I need to scrap and get in books. Or sent out to people as gifts. Here are some of the layouts - some still need finishing touches. These will be posted in the Gallery tonight.

Speaking of the Gallery, have you checked out the recent additions by the Design Team? Awesome stuff. More to come this month! They used products from this months Kit - Basic Grey Phoebe.

Aimee

Emeline

Heidi

Mandy

Christy used the Playlist papers from Imagination Project for her kit this month.

More Technique Tuesday

has just arrived!

For every $75 you spend on TT products, you'll receive a free Limited Edition stamp set.

New 7 Gypsies....

is in the store. We received some of our CHA order from them today.

Check out their new stamps, textured rubbings and rubons. We're expecting another shipment from them soon.

Catching up...

I found that since I opened my own store, I have less time to scrapbook. Actually, I don't make enough time anymore.

That is a downside to this, but I love having the store. I made time to scrapbook this week. I'm getting caught up on the baby's album. I haven't scrapped much but I have all of the pages laid out and ready to go with the pictures, I just haven't put anything together yet. I need to catch up.

I also finished up the announcements so I can get those mailed out. How bad is that? 3 weeks after he's born, I finally get the announcements out.

Here is the picture I used for them. Isn't he just the sweetest thing?

New Product

We received the new Prima 'Say It In Crystals' Swirls today. Very nice. Can't wait to use these on a layout.

We also received our order from Luxe Designs. Check out the Hoodie and Sarong collections.
We stocked up on their awesome rubon alphas, words and some of the borders. Luxe came out with their own Journaling Spots which we also have. They're called Jotters. Very cute and they come in Black and White so they'll match any layout!

Technique Tuesday Contest Winner

Congratulations Gabrielle P.

Her winning layout - Its How I Roll - won the stores TT Contest. Gabrielle won a Gift Certificate to the store, some Limited Edition TT Stamps and some NEW TT products released at CHA.

There are just a few of this months Kits available in the store. Get yours before they're gone!

Monthly Kit preview and exciting news....

We are proud to announce our new Monthly Kit feature in the store. Our first kit is now available in the Stash Kits area of the store. It features papers from Basic Grey Phoebe and Bazzill cardstock. Coordinating goodies include Paper Source labels and scalloped tags, ribbons, custom made journal tags, felt flowers and some BLING!

In other exciting news, we would like to announce our new addition as well. Nicholas Bryan arrived amid all of this excitement. My husband and I are just enamored of him! We're busy spoiling him and of course taking lots of pictures to scrapbook! Can you resist those cheeks???

He weighed in at 8 lbs 15.7 oz (they rounded up to 9 lbs) and 20.5 inches.

New Arrivals...

New Scenic Route and Technique Tuesday are here!

More items are starting to arrive daily so check back often. All new CHA items will be in the CHA Summer 07 area of the store.

Our Design Team has been busy. Make sure you look at their Galleries for the month of July!

Our weekly Newsletter will go out tomorrow with more announcements and 2 raffle winners!

Classes.....

Just because I own my own store, doesn't mean I'm not out there taking classes. I had a chance to take a class at a friends store a few weeks ago taught my Cheryl Mezzetti. She used the Honeydew and Teal papers from Creative Imaginations and the Brooke Peek-oh-Book.

Here is a quick shot of Cheryl's finished book -

BLOOM BOOK

Love the colors and the feel of this book. I've also designed my own Brooke Book using the Junkitz Extreme Boy line. This is a great little mini book with so many options. Each page has a pull out to hide more pictures or journaling. You can find the Brooke books and CI Papers in the Stash Store.

We love to shop....

just about as much as you do! We love CHA and Memory Trends too.

Its the best time to see all of the new products coming out and some great ideas.

We've been busy placing pre-orders with as many manufacturers as we can. Items are starting to ship so we will be busy getting the new items loaded and previewed for you as quickly as we can.

Here is just a taste of what we've ordered already:

New American Crafts










New Scenic Route





New Prima







New Rouge de Garance


















New 7 Gypsies







New Technique Tuesday

Basic Grey Infuse

is in stock now! We also have some new BG Rubons.

We'll be updating the blog tonight with more information about the pre-orders we've already placed....

Items will start arriving in the store next week!

CHA Pre-orders

We've already begun our ordering for the new CHA products. They will start rolling in soon! I will be posting some sneak peeks on what we ordered before the show so you know whats in store!

We've had a lot of people asking about our kits. Right now, its a small venture, but one we're hoping to grow over the next few months. Look for a preview of our first kit next week.

Just a reminder, any orders placed from Wednesday on will be filled after the show. Please be patient. We will also be offering a show discount that will only be good until Sunday. More in the newsletter.....

Delayed orders....

If you place an order this week, expect a short delay while we take care of CHA business. All orders will be shipped out promptly when we return!

Lots of goodies in store!!

If you haven't shopped the sale section of the site, be sure to check it out. Lots of items are starting to sell out and we need to make room for the new orders!

A special message for everyone thats ordered from us this year - thank you for making this a success. We will have a special announcement after the show for all of you! Look for the new newsletter this week in your mailbox with details!

The winners have been posted!

Great job by everyone who submitted layouts! I'm ready for summer - are you?

We have another contest. This one is a challenge to use your Technique Tuesday stamps on a card, layout or other project. You have to use at least one stamp image or alphabet on it though.

Post your entries in the TT Gallery with a list of supplies used.

You can win some of the new TT products coming out this month as well as some Limited Edition sets!

Pub Calls Blog will have more information about this contest soon!

And the winner is.....

can't tell you yet! It's not Monday. I will announce the winners of the Summer Page contest tomorrow in the next Newsletter. So look for that in your mailbox.

Very cute entries by the way. Loved every single one of them and I hope everyone can get some summer inspiration from them. I know I did!!

We have another contest coming up - more about that in the newsletter as well.

CHA is approaching. We'll have more announcements as the month goes on and of course, NEW PRODUCTS arriving. I love getting tons of boxes to sort through. Anyway, lots of good things this month and in the coming months.

We also have a new raffle winner. Could it be you? Check the newsletter tomorrow!

I know, I'm a tease!

Summer Contest

Don't forget the Summer Contest. Ends this Friday. Only a couple more days to post your layouts and projects!

There are already some great uploads in the Gallery for this:

CHECK IT OUT!!

Gift Certificates

These are always available in the store. We will also personalize a Petal Card for you. These are available in a variety of colors, including Strawberry (shown), Blue, Sage, Violet, Chartreuse (shown), Black and Brown.