Magnolia Club

This Sunday at 1:00pm is the Magnolia Club Meeting.

We will be making this cute little tag so please bring markers or pencils, adhesive and scissors.
Also bring any cards or projects you have made to show to the rest of the group.

Please call to RSVP this month. We will not be checking emails and we need to know how many are coming so that we can prepare enough tags.
Hope to see you Sunday

Great News from Authentique

This is the Ketchup Scrapbook Class on October 8th at 2:00-4:00pm
Authentique loved this layout and they have very generously decided to give a free gift to everyone that signs up for the class.

Thanks Authentique!

Cool new dies

We got the coolest new dies from Memory Box.
Delicate designs that pop out so easily when you diecut them.
You can use these dies in your Bigshot, Cuttlebug, Wizard and more.

Here are a couple of the dies that we received.
We also received some very very nice stamps from them as well.

New from Creative Imaginations

New from Creative Imaginations and Christine Adolph is Winter Song
A lovely Winter/Christmas Collection in soft mossy green, vintage purple and shades of grey

We also got some newly released colors from Luminarte.
H2O's - Fantastic glimmery pots of magic.

New from Authentique

Today we received the all New Free Bird from Authentique.
These are 6x6 papers that you can buy individually!!!
Fantastic for cardmakers.
Perfect for punches and dies.
(you no longer have to punch a little piece from a 12x12 sheet)

You HAVE to see these papers in person.
Some soft mauve colors.

also

Great masculine colors and patterns.

Just really fabulous and something quite different!

Fabulous Stamps from Penny Black

I have been waiting for these stamps and samples to arrive.
I fell in love with these cards at the Trade show.
Love the non traditional colors!

The coloring on these boards is exquisite!

Flower Tag Make n Take

We have a Flower Tag Make n Take today for just $2.00
Come in anytime between 2:00-4:00pm. It should take about 15 minutes.

We will be using Luminarte H20's, Viva Paints, Memory Box dies, Heartfelt Creations Stamps, and a new Sizzix Embossing folder.
Lots of fun!

Authentique Layout

I finally finished my Halloween Layout using the Authentique Glowing line and Jacqui was kind enough to furnish the creepy photos.
The candelabra die is from Tim Holtz and there is so much texture on it that you would think it was real.
Just to clarify no children were harmed in the making of this layout.

We will be making this layout in October.
Check the calendar soon for dates and times on the Ketchup Layout class.

Peppermint Twist

The new Christmas Collection Peppermint Twist from We R Memory Keepers arrived today.
Lots of fun papers and elements in this line.
These papers are perfect for modern day as well as vintage Christmas photos

Here are a couple of images from the collection

Lovely Papers

Advent Calendar Kit

Stickers

Diecuts

Huge Shipment from Sizzix

and it included all new releases of Embossing Folders, Dies and Sizzlets.
The shipment also included some embossing dies for our all new Vintaj metal blanks.
These are great brass metal pieces to alter.
I will show you more of these in another posting.

We also received some combo dies that had matching embossing folders to add texture to the cut out pieces.

Here are a couple of the dies we received

Lots of fun stuff to play with

I had a little time today

so I managed to start one of the ideas I had.

I thought I would share a little sneak peak with you.

This is a layout using the Authentique Glowing line.

This Candelabra is from one of the new Tim Holtz Sizzix dies
and yes that is real wax on there!

I hope I can finish the layout tomorrow
and I will show you some more photos.
We will be doing this as a class in October

New from Authentique

I love the deep rich colors of this new Halloween line from Authentique.
I have quite a few projects I am going to make with this line.
Of course I have to finish my class samples for this month before I can play :(

But soon, real soon I am gonna make something cool with this :)

and now for something completely different

We have on our shelves Four Mystery Novels by Joanna Campbell Slan which feature Kiki Lowenstein, the heroine that works at a local scrapbook store.
These novels with titles such as Cut, Crop and Die; Paper, Scissors, Death are a great read.


The first novel in the series: Paper, Scissors, Death
We meet mousy housewife Kiki Lowenstein, a woman who thinks she's only ever been good at two things: scrapbooking and getting pregnant. Her comfortable world turns upside down when her husband is found dead. The autopsy blames George Lowenstein's demise on natural causes, but how can Kiki believe that after she learns her spouse "borrowed" $500,000 from his company? Forced to sell everything she owns, Kiki has to start over in life. She takes a job in a scrapbooking store and the wild ride begins!

These would make the perfect holiday gifts for your hard to buy for Scrapping or Stamping friends.

They are also a great source of ideas for Scrapbooking (the author is a scrapbooker herself)

Ketchup Layout Class

Tuesday September 20th at 6:00pm is the Ketchup Layout Class $25

Need to “Catch up” on your Scrapbooking? Don’t have the time or need help getting that designer look, then take this class. The professionally designed two page layout changes every month.

This sophisticated monochromatic layout used papers from Graphic 45.

Mommy and Me Class

We have a Mommy and Me Class coming on October 1st.

Make some fun and useful teacher gifts with your child.
The perfect way to spend some quality crafting time together and make something you can use for the upcoming holiday season.
Ages 8 to 12 (Your child must be able to use sharp scissors and a paper trimmer).
$25 includes one child and parent.

This is a perfect class if you want your child to get an A+ in school :)

New arrivals from Prima

We got a partial shipment from Prima
which includes a lovely vintage paper collection

Lovely Resin Pieces
These can be altered easily with ink, copic markers, paint, etc.

The long awaited distress tool from Ingvild Bolme

Rhinestones

Vintage Style Buttons

With all the product we have received recently my head is literally bursting with ideas.
I had better design something quickly before an accident happens :)

Some excitement

There was a lot of excitement over at The Tim Holtz Blog today as he announced some very limited NEW Distress Inks. Ripe Persimmon, Gathered Twigs and Seedless Preserves. Available for a Limited time and in Limited quantities. . . . . oh my, I love the colors

Well we had some excitement at the store today as well with the arrival of some of the Tim Holtz District Market collection including his Tissue Paper and Burlap Panels

We also received the Seasonal Kraft Resist Paper Pads, Resist Alphabet, Charms, Mini Labels and Muse Tokens.

All in all a very exciting Tim Holtz day.
Now I have to curb my impatience for his totes to get here!!