Lifestyle Crafts Delights!

 Ginny was on hand Sunday to showcase the latest from Lifestyle Crafts...fabulous and fun dies that are perfect for your winter holiday papercrafting...

 Featuring new papers and stamps from Bo Bunny...we've got new 12 x 12 papers in the distressed dot pattern that everybody loves...we love the light blue for snowy backgrounds...

  A bit of stitching and pleating add a sweet flair to this decorated treat bag...

Our favorite is the layered snowflake die..6 elements to mix and match and layer...lots of possibilities with this versatile die...

 This months Club Die is this grinning jack o' lantern...all the supplies are in your kit to make this decorated popcorn box...

Make Someone Happy!
Sheila

Brewing Up Some Fun

 Saturday's ATC trade day was absolutely fantastic! We loved how you all got into the spirit of Halloween and created some amazing ATC cards to share...Michele led us through an frightfully fun afternoon of inspiration and technique featuring a cute line of paper from Lily Bee...'Autumn Spice' adding a dash of die cuts, stamps and embellishments...

 

 

 

We trade for no shows too...so no excuses if you can't make the trade that day... Just drop off your cards, and we'll do the rest!

Traders get out their books and the trading begins...  

 

  

We also celebrated the birthdays of Michele and Gloria that day...Happy Birthday to you!

   

    

And this handsome young man is Joan's grandson Gabe who stopped by to say hello while on the way to Claremont High School's Homecoming Dance...

  

Make Someone Happy!

Sheila

Christmas Memories

We've got a terrific class scheduled on October 20...this adorable Christmas Keepsake Book...

Designed and taught by Stacey...known for her love of flip books and her intricate and detailed style...

We are only going to show you the cover of this little beauty, but if you have been in the store lately, you might have peeked inside this sweet little keepsake and have seen what Stacey has created with the latest paper collection from Pinecone Press...

Only a few spaces left in this class...don't miss out...

Thanks for stopping by...
Sheila

Die Cutting Demos!

The die cutting machines were well used this weekend in the featured demos by Cynthia and Sheila...let's see what they were up too...

On Saturday Cynthia cut and stamped away the afternoon featuring some of the latest stamps and dies from

'My Favorite Things'....

The border dies are really great...they can add that extra little something to a card...new Halloween pumpkin stamps set and matching pumpkin dies are very, very cute...Cynthia throws in a dash of the new 'Witch Hazel' paper ...

 

There are lots more of Cynthia's cute samples in the store including a very clever container made from a tag...you've got to come in the store and take a look at that...

On Sunday, Sheila showcased the newest from Hero Arts...the 'Frame and Cuts' and 'Stamp and Cuts'...

These dies are super easy to use...simply stamp your image, place the matching die on top of image, use removable tape to hold die securely and cut away...

 Fun new stamps too....

Bold and graphic papers from 'Creative Imaginations' pair up nicely with these stamps and dies...

 

 Make Someone Happy!

Sheila

Spooky Workshops

We've got a few spaces lefts for Sundays Halloween workshop...take a look at these sweet and spooky projects in the offering...


Up first  at 2:00 pm is Ginny as she shows you how to make this beautiful Victorian style tussie mussie container...

Then at 3:00, we'll get a bit inky as we distress, emboss, and collage this wall hanging...

Each workshop is only $12.00...interested? Give us a call or come by the store to sign up...

Thanks for stopping by!
Sheila

Welcome Gayle!

On Saturday our newest employee and demo artist Gayle Wheaton jumped right into the swing of things and gave us a great demo featuring our newest product from 'Farm House Paper Company'... the beautiful fall inspired paper line called 'Sugar Hill'...

We've got chipboard stickers...

 

Journaling cards and embellishments...

6 x 6 paper packs...the colors are so pretty...very warm and rich...

 

Two adorable stamp sets...

 

12 x 12 papers...

 Gayle gives lots of instruction on using her favorite product...Distress Inks...

 

Gayle demonstrates how she uses a tiny bit ink and water mixed together on a craft sheet to create a paint she applies to plain white flowers to create a custom color match to paper...

 

 

Beautiful samples...lots of color, dimension and texture...Thanks Gayle for the fabulous demo!