summer hours

a little change to our hours for the summer...

Please note we will be closing @ 6pm on Mondays and Tuesdays for the months of July and August and we will close @ 5pm on Saturdays. Regular hours will presumably return to normal in September.

We are having a Late Night Crop this Friday July 10th, please call to register.

Happy Canada Day eh?

Enjoy your Canada Day and if you get the chance pop in for a visit, 10-(5pm)* see post below, I'm offering a few sales.

All in-stock Basic Grey paper, rub ons, stamps, brads are 40% off

Fancy Pants Collections, except Kraft Kuts, are
Buy 1, Get 1 Free!
includes:

1. Huge Selection of Double Sided Paper
2. Buttons, Pins, Flowers
3. Die Cut Embellishments
4. Chipboard

Canada Day

I've been weighing the pros and cons of being open vs. being closed on Canada Day. Often we close on Canada Day because it's a long weekend and traffic is slow. However this year it's smack dab in the middle of the week, and therefore not as easy to decide. So I will be open from 10-5pm for your scrapbooking pleasure, unless I find I am all by myself. If it's a ghost town 'round here I may close as early as 3pm. Hope that's not totally confusing. As always, if you're planning to come scrapbook, it never hurts to call ahead 955-4850.

Sneak peeks...

3 new collections from Graphic 45, shipping in August.

The Renaissance Faire Collection is a sophisticated journey to the golden age of fabulous art, music, and literature. Designs combine famous paintings, architectural elements, opulent textiles, wallpaper, and old text to create images worthy of royalty. An antiqued jewel tone color palette adds to the elegance of the motifs and patterns. This beautiful collection is perfect for collage and paper crafting, holidays, weddings, special occasions, heritage projects, card making and more. Renaissance Faire offers a fresh approach to timeless treasures.

The Christmas Past Collection evokes memories of Grandma’s house, with the heady fragrance of gingerbread baking in the kitchen, a Christmas tree decked out in its holiday best, and carolers at the door. Angels, heirloom ornaments, Rudolph, Santa and the elves— they're all here, wrapped in a heartwarming color palette of red, green and gold with the patina of age. Holiday images seeped in Christmas Past—a terrific way to share and celebrate Christmas Present.

The Domestic Goddess Collection is a playful celebration of women's traditional roles drawn from the days when they proudly wore aprons and vied for blue ribbons at the county fair. Designs featuring a rich mix of reds, yellows, blues, and greens, were inspired by vintage tea towels, table linens, food labels, and images of cooking, sewing, laundry, and other household chores. For collage, paper crafting, cards and layouts, this collection is endlessly versatile, offering a smile and a nod to the Domestic Goddess in all of us.

Can you guess which new line I'm most anticipating? Leave a comment and those with the correct answer will be in to win a little (G45) gift.

No late Night Crop tonight or next Friday. Our next LNC will be Friday July 10th. Please phone to register if you plan to attend. Happy Summer!

Scrapbook & Cards Today

This is one of my favorite magazines, it's always full of great ideas.
Get you copy FREE with a minimum $25 purchase (before tax)

While supplies last...

2 new lines from Basic Grey are on the way... it will take a little longer because I had to order it from another supplier to ensure the lowest possible price since my usual supplier hiked their prices.

calypso

Bobunny's Calypso line just arrived and its got that "oh so summer feeling"

Check out this link to the bobunny blog for some ideas using this line

mega masks

The Heidi Swapp mega masks arrived today. For those of you who took in the make n'take last wednesday, you know all about the coolness achieved with these masks. The masks come in 4 shapes: hearts, Stars, Circles and the Bracket frame.

this is the make n'take we did with the masks

And here are some of the cool pages I did in the Heidi Swapp Class in Edmonton.

Wow, this weekend's classes were terrific! A HUGE thank you to Trisha Ladouceur for coming out and teaching us 3 fantastic projects. We glimmer misted, we painted, we distressed and we went through copius amounts of Fabri-tac but dang we had fun! Not only that but we have some super nice projects totally finished (and on time-ish).

Thanks to everyone who came out to take these classes, we certainly cant do it with out you (there wouldn't be much point would there lol). By the way, we sold 848 buttons on Saturday, sure you got enough???

new Kraft Kuts from Fancy Pants

The girl stuff

The boy stuff

reduce, reuse, recycle

and yet another make n'take going on thursday, this time by Laura. She's gonna show you how to make a little mini book from garbage. Okay so we're not picking through the trash, but the base for this book is re-purposed packaging and chances are you have lots of this type of packaging in your own stash.

Join us 12-5 pm, bring your own adhesive tape, otherwise it's free!


FYI : We will redo some of these Make n' takes in the evenings and weekends (future dates tba) for those of you who've not been able to make it this week due to gainful daytime employment, children or other comitments or issues (because seriously, you missed out!)


edited to add: spelling mistake what spelling mistake?

you make, you take

Doing another FREE make n' take

Wednesday June 17th, 12-9pm

This time it's a page layout using the Penny Lane Paper generously donated by My Mind's Eye. All I ask is that you please bring your own tape runner or sticky tabs.

Escape Album ~ Friday June 19th 6pm-11ish
Family Canvas Wall Hanging ~ Saturday June 20th 10am-12:30ish
Canvas Album ~ Sat. June 20th 2pm-6ish
LNC Saturday Sat. June 20th 6-12am

Bring your Basic Tool Kits complete with various adhesives such as Fabri-Tac, Red Line tape aka Terrifically Tacky Tape, Trimmer, Scissors, Black and Brown ink, sanding block, splat mat (optional) and other items you could not bear to scrap without.

Please Note: There will NOT be a late Night Crop on Friday

Join us Tuesday June 16th 12-5pm

for another totally free make n' take at the art bar!

This one is all about masking & stamping with the new

Heidi Swapp Mega Masks and Tim Holtz Distress inks.

Join us Monday June 15th...

to kick off our 10th anniversary celebration!

From 11am-2pm we'll be serving cake and coffee

and we're hosting a free make n' take

@ the art bar.

Canvas Album Class

Trisha's been having some camera/computer issues, so she was only able to get me a few pics of the Canvas Album class coming up. The cover features the canvas daisy below and you can choose the printed version or the naked version (it won't stay that way for long). Oh there'll be lots of Glimmer Mist being sprayed that day. The best thing about glimmer misting a project like this is you can completely cutomize to make it any color combination your little heart desires.

Other pages (not yet shown) include a mix of teals, greens and blues, and browns.

When: Saturday June 20th, 2-6pm
What to Bring : Black journalling pen, foam brushes (at least 2 or 3), Glue (FabriTak HIGHLY recommended, glue dots, red line tape, Sanding block, edge distresser, Sewing needle (With large hole for embroidery floss) scissors and trimmer.
Cost:$60, just a few spots left.

Little Yellow Bicycle

Takin' a trip? With domestic travel on the rise, you'll love this new Fresh Print™ release.

Color trends mix vintage and contemporary hues providing a fresh foundation for your travel adventures. Look for lots of special pieces in this collection, including thermographic and die-cut papers and a chipboard album with an acrylic cover and a coordinating paper tablet. The collection includes, "The Travel Journal Tablet," because we know you have a lot to write about! So take a little break and escape with the Traveler collection.

Click here to see the entire collection

all samples by LYB

Member Special

Double up and save...
Buy 2 packages of EZ Runner Duo packs
and save $3.00

sale runs till Saturday June 13th, but you gotta be a member to save.

manic mondays

FYI ~ For the summer months (June, July, August) we will not be having Monday Late Night Crops. We will be open untill 9pm.

last chance...

So that we can get the product ordered and kitted we've put a final cap on the #'s for Trisha's classes. This means that we have just a few spots (or kits) still available in each class. If you've been thinking about it, nows the time to sign up. Also if you cant make it to the classes, but want the kits (which have fabulous instructions) you can sign up for those now too.

We are now also opening up the remaining spots for our Saturday Night Crop on June 20th. Cost is $10.

Trisha will have photos of the Canvas Album project for me later today.




More details will follow, but this little Anniversary celebration of ours will be going all week long, starting Monday June 15th, with cake and coffee and a FREE make n'take for anyone who's interested.
Each day we will be doing a different make n' take at the art bar, some will be free some will have a nominal fee. We hope you'll join us.

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Acrylic Stamps

Buy 1 get 1 50% off*

*equal of lesser value

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Adirondak Dye or Pigment Ink

Buy 1 get 1 50% off*

* equal or lesser value

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Buy any Album and get the

page protectors 30% off

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offers end Sunday June 7th

Just Arrived...

WEDDING -SLICE DESIGN CARD

TAGMAKER -SLICE DESIGN CARD

JUST CHILL-SLICE DESIGN CARD

BIG KIDS -SLICE DESIGN CARD

SPRING -SLICE DESIGN CARD

TRAVEL USA-SLICE DESIGN CARD

WORD & EXPRESSIONS-SLICE DESIGN CARD

imaginisce wild things collection

we are once again fully stocked on all the Tim Holtz Distress inks as well as the new Brights and Lights Alcohol inks...

Check out the entire collection of Alcohol Ink colours here

now back to my boxes...

Double Double

Blog readers this one is just for you... Wednesday through Friday on any purchase over $20 we're giving you double stamps on your stamp card!

but you gotta tell us the promo code
"double double" to get your extra stamps

5 big boxes just arrived so I'm off to unpack em...

get your copy here!

The summer issue of Canadian Scrapbooker is here.

look what just arrived!

hello

If it's been a few days, weeks, months since you've checked in make sure you check out this post about Trisha Ladouceur's upcoming June classes.

I've had a few people ask if I can extend the early bird registration (paydays and such).
So I will extend the earlybird deadline till Friday May 22nd
(unless 1 or more classes fills before then)

Registration for individual classes is now open!

We will not be having a LNC tonight, we close @ 9pm.