Girly Gifts

These sweet little pouches filled with your hand-picked treasures are finding their way back to the store for our Power of Pink party on October 16...

Aren't they lovely? Want to join in on the fun? Simply sign out a clear plastic pillow pouch we have in the store...decorate the outside...remember to make it festive! Use paper, ribbon, stickers, bling...Inside fill with a tiny treasure...maybe a small piece of jewelry, a gift card, tags,
ornaments, etc...These 'Girly Gifts' pouches will sell for $5.00 at the Power of Pink Party.

Make Someone Happy!
Sheila

We're Impressed!

With Impression Obsession...take a look at these beautiful cards Barb created at Sunday's Demo...Gorgeous water colored cards, highlighted with glitter and bits of shimmer...


Cups of Cocoa and yummy Cupcakes...


Barb demonstrated the secrets to successful watercoloring...


I love the unique color combinations!




Angels, Whimsical Birds...
Reindeer, Snowmen...these stamps are so lovely and have just the perfect amount of design detail...

Thanks Barb...I think I am going to try my hand at this!

Make Someone Happy,
Sheila

Lifestyle Crafts Club

Saturday was the monthly meeting of our Lifestyle Crafts club. Ginny featured the latest and greatest from Lifestyle Crafts...'Be Spooked and Be Stuffed'...another fabulous release of dies for all your Halloween and Thanksgiving crafts.
Everyone wants a good spot so as to not miss any of special touches, techniques, and tiny details that is Ginny's distinctive style...




Ginny chose this adorable line of paper from American Crafts for her projects...


Spiderweb border and spooky bats...

Dimensional pumpkins make a cute book and nesting ghosts in several sizes make a sweet treat bag and decorate a tree...


The 'Splendid' alphabet is perfect for a banner using the nesting maple leaves...how beautiful would that be on your fireplace mantel?


The Mayflower boat is easily assembled to hold tiny treats...



And now the moment we have all been waiting for...the reveal of the September Club die!


This so cute dog!

For the Club die project Ginny has designed this altered composition book...all the pieces are included in your kit, including the fabric and stamped accessories ...we have the sample in the store if you'd like to come in and take a look!

We have a few spaces available for the months of October, November, and December...sign up now, because the only way you can get a Club Die is to sign up for the monthly kit...and it's only $5.00 per month...

Thanks for stopping by!
Sheila

They're Here!

A picture is worth a thousand words...just take a lot at this limited edition set of 3 new distress inks from Tim Holtz..."Seedless Preserves", "Ripe Persimmon" and "Gathered Twigs"...colors just as delicious as they sound...
We have only a few sets left in the store but more are due to arrive in a few weeks. Let us know if we can hold one for you... When they're gone, they're gone!

Make Someone Happy!
Sheila

Punch It Up!

This morning while I was randomly surfing the internet I discovered that today is National Punch Day...and while I could find no specifics on what National Punch Day actually celebrates,
I'm giving it my best guess that it is all about these...

That's right, craft punches...we know you love them as much as we do, our favorite 'go-to' crafting tool...

Celebrate National Punch Day by treating yourself to a new punch! We've got so many to choose from...

EK Success...beautiful edger punches...and these for fall...


Our newest favorite from Marvy is now back in stock...how fantastic are these Halloween shapes...perfect for cards and ATCs...


Also from Marvy, lots of basic shapes such as tags, circles, squares, hearts, stars and more in graduated sizes that are the foundation for all your paper crafting ...


From Martha Stewart...pretty edge and punch around the page sets...



Also from Martha...we love this thank you punch, how perfect for this time of year...

To celebrate National Punch Day save 10% on any one punch through Friday September 23, when you mention this blog entry...happy punching!

Make Someone Happy...
Sheila

A Weekend with Barb and Nancy

We hope you didn't miss the fabulous demos from last weekend...Wow, Barb and Nancy really outdid themselves and these sample cards certainly proves that! Beautiful fall themed cards from Barb, gorgeous pencil, chalk, watercolor, and embossing...





And the adorable 'Mimi' and friends come alive on Nancy's cards, treat bags, gift bags, and boxes.
Tons of great ideas here for Halloween treats!









Thanks to Barb and Nancy for all the inspiring ideas!

On the first Saturday of each month Barb hosts a tag demo and trade...Here Barb shares some of her tips and techniques to make fall themed tags....


Barb filled the table with her beautiful creations...

The trades are always so much fun and you get to take home beautiful tags made by your crafty friends...





This time of the year is perfect for you to have a nice stash of hand made tags...think of teachers, neighbors, friends, and co-workers for all of the upcoming seasonal holidays... you can use them on a card or scrapbook page too.

Our next tag demo and trade will be on October 1. Bring some Halloween themed tags to trade and join in on the fun!

Make Someone Happy!
Sheila