Teresa Collins

I LOVE Teresa Collins. She has so much energy and she LOVES what she does. A truly amazing woman. She debuted 4 new papers lines at the show and we love them all! Very cute! And each line comes with a sheet of diecut pages perfect for mini albums or used similarly to the MM Journal Books.

So many cute things made with these new papers. People were flocking to this booth and it was a long wait to get to some of the projects and to Teresa herself!

Jenni Bowlin

We LOVE her new line of papers. The mini diecut papers are a must have. And her new rubons look awesome! We can't wait to get our hands on some of these new products here at the Stash.

In fact, we received our shipping notice on these today. Should be here soon!

Pink Paislee

Another company everyone is talking about. More cute diecut papers and acrylic stamps.

Banana Frog Stamps

Oh so cute! I'm sure you've heard of Shimelle and her online tutorials. She designed some of the stamps for this new company. Well, they aren't 'new' new, but they are new to the US. We ordered some of their journaling and design stamps. They come in cute little 'pockets' that can be filed away.

We're back up and running!

Just a slight glitch in the software. I just needed to change a code and we're back in business!

Because of this slight glitch, I wasn't able to give you my Valentines Present!

We were planning on running a secret sale yesterday for all of our Newsletter and Blog readers.

How does 14% off your order sound? 14%? Valentines is the 14th, so 14% off!

Enter code LOVE08 during checkout for your discount!

Now, that this is all figured out, we can work on CHA updates.

Its been a tough week

With CHA, ordering all of the new product, rearranging the storage to fit all of the new stuff and now this.

Our Merchant Services called and said that there was an issue. An issue beyond their control. Please don't panic! All of your personal information is secure. We use Authorize.net, a leader in their industry.

There are orders waiting to be processed right now that we cannot work on. There are people trying to place orders.

We apologize for this major inconvenience. We know how hard it is to wait for new things.

We should be back up within the next 24 hours.

If you've tried to place an order and were declined, please contact us. We are able to send you and invoice through Paypal to complete the transaction.

Hambly On SALE

We're making room for the new Hambly. Since this doesn't normally go on sale - now is the chance to get some!

We ordered a TON of new Hambly at the show today - you're going to LOVE their new rubons and overlays.

We'll post pictures later.

Day 1

The internet here is slllllooooooowwwwwwww, so I'll make this fast.

It took me an hour to upload a few pictures just to give you some sneak peeks at what we ordered so far. Once I'm home, I'll upload everything and give you in depth reviews and better pictures.

KI Lace Cardstock

Teresa Collins papers

Making Memories brought back their mini alphabets - IN 6 COLORS!!!

Rusty Pickle Lucky

We'll try uploading more tonight.

Saturday Winner and CHA

Today is the last drawing.

Winner: Jessica T.

And we're off to CHA. We'll post updates starting tomorrow night from the show.

All orders placed between now and Tuesday will be shippedout when we return!

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday....

Winners.

Wednesday: Tammy M.

Thursday: Marguerite B.

Friday: Perryne B.

Yeah!

Tomorrow, we leave for CHA. Staying close to the Convention Center for convenience. This place can get CRAZY during CHA. Lots of people, lots of rolling totes, LOTS OF FUN!!!

We finally got a sneak peek at the new October Afternoon - YES! We will have some of that.

Our orders for some product have already been placed. Look for the new Jenni Bowlin and others coming soon!

Our SALE section is the best place to find older papers. Items are marked 25-50% off!

Tuesday Raffle Winner~

Is it you?

Is your name Tiffany B.?

If it is, you won!

You've got mail!

Monday Raffle Winner

Brenda C.

Congratulations Brenda. You've got mail!

Check back each day this week to see if you've won the raffle drawing.

And the Lynden paper goes to......

Comment #21 (chosen by a random number generator)

Carole
2/01/2008 4:35 PM

Carole, I sent you an email. :)

I need your address.

We'll be doing some random drawings this week so check back to see if your name was drawn! This is the normal raffle drawing. To get your name in the drawing, you must place an order. All orders get you one ticket in the raffle drawing. We haven't done one of these for a while so each day this week, we'll draw one name.

CHA starts one week from today and we will have lots of pictures of the new product! I'm excited to see a lot of this stuff in person.

New Making Memories

5th Avenue and Garden Party.

We received are shipment today. LOVE these colors!

Keep posting on the post below for a chance to win some Scenic Route Lynden paper! Not even in stores yet!

Who wants to win.....

a pack of Scenic Route paper?

Paper you can't buy yet.

We have a pack of the new Lynden line.
The pack contains 6 sheets of double sided patterned paper, 6 background papers, over 190 alpha stickers, 12x12 diecut sheet, 1 chipboard embellishment sheet and 1 sticker embellishment sheet.

Post a response on this thread for a chance to win. Random number generator will be used to pick the winner Sunday night!

Check out Layle Koncars blog for a peek at the new lines!

You only have a couple of days left to save 15% off your entire order. Enter coupon code ANNIVERSARY during checkout. This is in addition to any savings in the store. Our SALE section grew this month so make sure you stop by!

Remember our Mini Album contest winner?

Well, we had to remove her entry because she is being published!
Check out the June/July issue of Paper Trends magazine to see her mini album 'Live the Life You Have Imagined'.

Congratulations Terri!

Just a few more layouts added to the Gallery today. I've been digging deep into my 'stash' only to find little treasures like these Bazzill envelopes. GREAT for hidden journaling. We may be bringing some of these into the store.

Just a piece of a layout. I tucked one of the Bazzill envelopes under the layout and stuck a letter to my son in there. I used the Jenni Bowlin Rubons to let him know there is something worth reading in there some day.

Scenic Route Sumner Papers (Scrap Strip and Voight Street), American Crafts sticker letters and Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Frame. And another one of the Bazzill envelopes tucked under the picture for hidden journaling.

American Crafts Metropolitan Papers (Ferry), Bazzill cardstock, American Crafts Thickers, Hambly Rubons (Mod Trees) and Queen & Co Felt Fusion. The journaling card is by Martha Stewart. One of the only things I can find on her Michaels display that I MUST have.

Rainy weekend = Scrapping {Updated with pictures}

More rain predicted for this weekend. Lots of rain.
During a break in the storms, we took a quick drive up the mountain road behind the house and got a shot of the snow on the mountains. These would be the Big Bear/Arrowhead mountains. If we didn't have to put chains on the tires, we'd be taking a drive up there this weekend.


So, that means, I'm staying inside and working on projects for my Gallery. I haven't uploaded in a while and I have a stack of layouts and mini albums just waiting to be uploaded.

The Design Team has some amazing projects up using their December/January kit.

The Anniversary sale ends January 31st. Hurry up and save an additional 15% off your order. Almost everything in the store has been marked down to make room for the new items coming in.

*** FOR THIS WEEKEND ONLY *** Orders over $50.00 will receive free shipping. Normally, we offer free shipping on orders over $75.00. With prices so low, you can get a LOT of paper for $50.00. (Free shipping minimum is different for international orders.)



Look for announcements on contests for February. Lots of CHA giveaways are planned.

Since I haven't had much of a chance to take pictures, I stayed up late tonight and started. Of course, the light isn't the greatest, but its getting done. Taking care of a 6 month old is hard work. Especially when that 6 month old demands attention every minute he's awake. When he was younger, I could put him in the swing and get things done. Now, he's not happy with the swing. He wants to play, which means my days are filled with Playschool toys that light up and sing silly songs. Any free time I get is spent filling orders. This leaves little time to be creative these days. BUT, my husband promised me a baby free weekend so my plans are to get as caught up on the baby's book as possible. I'm halfway through his November pictures now. By the end of the weekend, I should be caught up.

Thats a good feeling. Now, I only have 6 drawers of other photos to put into albums.



What are your plans this weekend? My iPod is charged up and ready for the Scrap Marathon!

Hunkered down.....

in my studio creating.

Lots of rain this week. It could be worse. I could be buried under lots of snow like some people. Wait, I LOVE snow! My husband and I were thinking about running up to the mountains this weekend and taking the little guy to see snow. We'll see. Right now, they're reporting you have to put chains on so it may be a 'no go'. I've got the chains, but my husband isn't looking forward to putting them on. Its still cold here. In the 30's, which is cold for SoCal. It means I get to wear my flannel pajamas and have fires every night. Do you know how fun it is to crank up the fire and watch the hockey game? A lot of fun!

So, its cold and CHA is right around the corner. I'm trying to use up my old stuff to get ready for the new stuff. (Yep, I'm just like the rest of you!) My studio is getting a workout this week. I'm also cleaning out a bunch of stuff I know I won't be using anymore. No matter how much I clean, I can always find something to add to the 'never going to use' pile. I keep one in the corner of the spare bedroom. A lot of it gets sent to my cousin and the rest will be going out the door in donation form.

I hardly ever get a Michaels ad, but last weekend, I got one. They have the Iris totes on sale. Yeah! $5.00. I bought 8 of them. Clear and purple. Those that know me, know I don't do pink, so I left the pink ones for some other 'pink person'.

Lots of fun stuff coming to the store in the coming months. I'm sure most of you have seen some of the Sneak Peeks out there. They are all over the place.

Here are some of our favorites:

American Crafts (NEW Thickers! Even glittery ones!)

Glitz Designs

Daisy D's

Prima

Scenic Route

Imaginisce

CherryArte

KI Memories/Love Elsie

October Afternoon

and more!!

The show is only a couple of weeks away. The camera battery is charged and ready! We'll be updating the blog each night with pictures from the show! We'll also have lots of giveaways too.

ETA: OKay, my links to the above are not working. Blogger seems to be having issues tonight. Most of these updates can be found on the Manufacturers blogs and websites. I'll check back in the morning to see if the links are working.

Contest Winners...

SOOO many great entries. Lots of awesome mini-albums and calendars. I LOVE the calendars ladies.

It was a hard choice but the following entries won!

Matchbox Advent Calendar by scraptiffany

AND....

Snow Yard Stake by Kristin

Just wanted to point out this cute mini album (by sydkad) using the Basic Grey Figgy Pudding line and one of their chipboard albums. Too cute!

Some changes....

We've been busy cleaning up the store.

Its time for CHA Winter - the biggest releases of the year, so we really need to make some room for new product.



We removed all of the products that are out of stock, so there is less to scroll through. One of my resolutions in 2008 is to keep this more up to date each month.



We added items to the sale section. Thats right. Some of your favorite lines might be on sale now. Usually, items on sale clear out pretty quickly. If you were thinking about something, you might want to grab it now! All Christmas paper is 25% off.



Sneak peeks will be posted over the next few weeks. And don't forget pictures from the show. Everyones favorite, right? Is there a company that we don't carry that you'd like to see? Drop us a line and let us know. We'll make sure we take a look at them at the show. There are a lot of companies we're looking to work with and expand the selection here. Add a comment to this post or email us at admin@yourscrapbookstash.com.



We'll be posting the winners of this months contest in our newsletter tonight. Also, we've neglected our raffle winners, so there will be a few of those as well.



Some of you might have noticed that there is a cute package of tags from Elle's Studio. We've added these as a free gift just for ordering. We LOVE the tags from Elle and we want to pass on the cuteness to our customers. Look for your free gift from The Stash and Elle in your next order. Have you already received your tags? Don't know what to do with them? Check out her Etsy shop and Blog for ideas and monthly contests. If you're ever published in a magazine, please let Elle know. She loves to add your layout to her Blog and let everyone know!

A few things of interest.....

We have extended the deadline for the January contest. The Pub Calls blog did not get a chance to post the contest on their calendar. It will be posted soon. The new deadline is 1/10/08.

Save 20% on your entire order through 1/5/08 by entering coupon code NEWYEAR during checkout.

We will be donating any leftover American Crafts (Play, A la Carte, A la Mode & Bookshelf lines), Basic Grey (Lily Kate, Gypsy Romani etc), Scenic Route, Creative Imaginations, Piggy Tales, Fancy Pants paper lines to a charity crop. If you want any of the older papers, now is your chance to get them. We will remove whatever is left in inventory on 1/6/08. Once they're gone, they're gone!

ETA: The following lines will also be 'retired' and donated:
Cherry Arte
Lil Davis Designs
Autumn Leaves
Rouge de Garance
SEI
Junkitz
7Gypsies
Paper Salon
Imagination Project
Sassafras Lass
Tinkering Ink
(Note: Only the older paper lines from these companies will be donated. The newer lines will remain in stock.)

CHA previews are starting to roll in. Look for some exciting things to show up soon!

Teresa Collins has announced that she will have 4 new paper lines out at the CHA Winter show. Teresa is very talented and I'm sure we'll all love her new designs.