I had the pleasure of speaking with Lynell Harlow, creator of the Dreamweaver Stencils Embossing Pastes (and stencils!) that you all know and love. I had the occasion to call her because a customer came in asking if she could use the embossing pastes on fabric. Guess what Lynell told me? YOU CAN!!! She gave me the specifics of how to go about doing this, and what you need to do in order to be able to WASH it, even (in the washing machine)! So--now that I've teased you with this little gem of info, I'm off to design something fantastic with the embossing pastes on fabric, and put together a class for you. Of course, I will be doing the class in both locations, Northshore and Southshore, for my fabulous customers on BOTH sides of the Lake!!! I'll have Felix update the website calendar as soon as the project is completed, and have him send out a post via our Yahoo! Group. BTW, if you aren't already a member of our Yahoo! Group, please go to our website and click the link on the front page to become a member. That way you'll be sure to get updates of when new product is in, any specials we are running, all the workshops we host, and events we attend.
Also, speaking of the Dreamweaver Embossing Pastes and Stencils... Lynell did mention to me that we are the ONLY retailer for these beauties in the entire state of Louisiana! How about THAT?! You know, it makes us feel really good to know we are the first to bring our fantastic customers fantastic new products and techniques. So, stay tuned... you never know what we'll come across, or when!
On another note, there's a new "Follower" feature on this Blog, now. You can find it on the right side of the page when you log on. Please sign up as a Follower. We want to know who our loyal customers are, and we want you to let others know you are a proud fan of ours!
Lastly (and I'm trying to be brief here because Gina said my posts are too long!), I spoke with Regina of Crop Celebration. They have another crop planned for the last week of February 2009, and we will again be a vendor. Stay tuned for more info, and we'll have the flyers out in the stores shortly. (Love you, Gina!)
Until next time, happy scrapping and stamping!
Dee
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Cricut Class, Stamping Workshops & Other Calendar Updates for November
Greetings, folks!
I hope all of you are enjoying this wonderful weather! I know I am! Tonight when I was driving home, I looked at my dashboard and it said it was 49 degrees outside! Wooo Hooo!!! I'm SOOOO ready for winter!
Time seems to be just flying by lately, and there simply aren't enough hours in the day for all I want to do. There's so much that I WANT to make with all the cool new stamps we got in, but I don't have the time... :( We have a wonderful flourish with poinsettias on it, a beautiful Christian-themed stamp, and a MOST adorable coffee-bean Christmas tree standing in a coffee cup!!! How cool are those?! The coffee-bean one, alone, has me itching to just sit and play, and make really neat Christmas cards for all my coffee-fanatic friends and family members. And the poinsettia flourish is gorgeous and I can already see it done with heat embossing and combined with other images, as well as on its own. The Christian-themed one is so sweet, and a very, very detailed image that I know will make a beautiful card, either stamped in a single color or colored in. It, too, would be gorgeous if it were done with heat embossing. We are having a workshop in Mandeville on Saturday, November 8 from 1PM to 5PM using these three stamps. Of course, I'm certain I'll have others in by then that we can use. We are not charging for this workshop, we are simply asking you to purchase your cardstock bases and other embellishments here with us at the time of the Workshop. Please do call ahead and make reservations as soon as you know you'll be able to join us. We're planning on having a great time, and refreshments will be served. Stamps used during the Workshop will be available for purchase afterwards at a discount, so when you fall in love with them (as I know you will), you'll be able to actually take them home and make MORE!!!
We had a wonderful basic Cricut class last Saturday, and so many more people asked us to repeat it because they hadn't heard about it in time to sign up. We will be repeating the Basic Cricut Class in Mandeville THIS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1st at 11AM. The class will last about 1 1/2 hours or so, and Heather (the instructor) will take you from first turning on the Cricut to actually basic use of the Cricut Design Studio software. We have the Cricut Expression connected to our computer with a huge monitor, all set up in the crop room in Mandeville. If you already own a Cricut (either the original one or the Expression), you may bring it if you wish (but you don't have to) and work along with Heather on your own machine. If you already have the Design Studio Software on your laptop, you can bring that, as well. If you do not yet own a Cricut, or the Design Studio software, but are considering investing in either one, then I highly recommend you take this class to see the wonderful versatility of this machine and software, alone and combined, before you make that kind of an investment. Should you choose to purchase a Cricut, you can speak to Felix and see what kind of special he has going at that time. We sell ALL of the Cricut products, and offer VERY competitive pricing on all of them. There are so many accessories available for it now, and so many cool things that you can do with them. One of them is the Jukebox, which holds up to 6 cartridges, and you don't have to swap them out to use them. It connects directly to your Cricut. You can even link up to 3 Jukeboxes, and have up to 18 cartridges available at one time. Think of the possibilities!!! There's a Cricut cartridge storage binder available now, that stores up to 8 cartridges and overlays, and you can label it so you'll know which ones it holds. There's also Stencil material that is 12x24 inches, so you can cut your own stencils. With the Design Studio software, the possibilities are almost limitless!!! There SOOOO much more that Cricut has available now, ALL of which we sell. Please contact us and let us know what we can get for you. If you prepay you can be sure you will get what you want, as we will hold it just for you when it comes in. We do not charge you for shipping, and if we can verify a competitor's price, we will do our best to meet or beat that price, AND save you shipping!
Also, remember that Scrappersaurus stands behind every product we sell, and we support it 100%. We are here to not only sell you products, but to instruct you in how to use them and enjoy them to their utmost. We love what we do, and we love sharing our passion with you. When we find great products, we bring them to you and offer you many different ways to use them. I feel like I'm a pretty adventurous person, and I love to "experiment" with things, and see what different uses I can come up with, for everything I come across. This is why you learn so much when you purchase from us. We do our best to pass on our knowledge and experiences to you, to help you have even more fun doing what you already enjoy. And, I know I am repeating myself, but people, PLEASE support your Local Scrapbook Store, and purchase from US instead of surfing the net or ordering through catalogs. Whatever they offer, WE can get for you, and you don't pay shipping, AND we teach you what to do with it. How can you lose? I am saying this again because, again, another Local Scrapbook Store has closed.
We have Basic Scrapbooking and Basic Stamping classes coming up in both locations, and the Layout of the Month Club and Card of the Month Club are just growing phenomenally!!! I'm trying to twist Felix's arm to get him to put up pics of the previous Layouts and Cards we've done, so stay tuned and watch for his post of when he finally gets them on the website. You know, you don't have to attend the Workshop for the Layout of the Month Club or the Card of the Month Club to be a member. You get all the materials to make the layout or the cards, along with a full color picture of the completed project, and written, step-by-step instructions on how to create them. We can mail them to you, or you can stop by the store (either location) and pick up the kit. We do our best to use new or different techniques every month, so that you can continue to add to your knowledge base of techniques. Please call and sign up as soon as you can so you will be able to participate in the next one(s). We need to know in advance how many people to order product for, so the sooner, the better!
If you have any requests, please contact us and let us know what you need. In addition to ordering directly from the manufacturers, we order from a couple of different distributors quite often and can usually get what you want within 3-7 business days. If you have any suggestions of lines of product or types of product that you would like to see us offer in our stores, please let us know. We welcome suggestions, and a lot of times that is how we come across great products. We obviously cannot read EVERY catalog, meet with EVERY sales rep out there, or go to EVERY website for ALL of the crafting companies, so we depend on YOU to tell us what you want!!!
Also, if there is a class (technique or project) that you would like us to do, please let us know. You may not be the only one, and others might enjoy it as well. We offer individual instruction in scrapbooking and stamping, and just about EVERY class or workshop that we offer is available one-on-one, usually for the same price. We also teach different techniques one-on-one, as well. Just let us know what you need, and it's merely a matter of coordinating our schedule with yours.
Have a wonderful rest of your week and, until next time, happy scrapping and stamping!
Dee
I hope all of you are enjoying this wonderful weather! I know I am! Tonight when I was driving home, I looked at my dashboard and it said it was 49 degrees outside! Wooo Hooo!!! I'm SOOOO ready for winter!
Time seems to be just flying by lately, and there simply aren't enough hours in the day for all I want to do. There's so much that I WANT to make with all the cool new stamps we got in, but I don't have the time... :( We have a wonderful flourish with poinsettias on it, a beautiful Christian-themed stamp, and a MOST adorable coffee-bean Christmas tree standing in a coffee cup!!! How cool are those?! The coffee-bean one, alone, has me itching to just sit and play, and make really neat Christmas cards for all my coffee-fanatic friends and family members. And the poinsettia flourish is gorgeous and I can already see it done with heat embossing and combined with other images, as well as on its own. The Christian-themed one is so sweet, and a very, very detailed image that I know will make a beautiful card, either stamped in a single color or colored in. It, too, would be gorgeous if it were done with heat embossing. We are having a workshop in Mandeville on Saturday, November 8 from 1PM to 5PM using these three stamps. Of course, I'm certain I'll have others in by then that we can use. We are not charging for this workshop, we are simply asking you to purchase your cardstock bases and other embellishments here with us at the time of the Workshop. Please do call ahead and make reservations as soon as you know you'll be able to join us. We're planning on having a great time, and refreshments will be served. Stamps used during the Workshop will be available for purchase afterwards at a discount, so when you fall in love with them (as I know you will), you'll be able to actually take them home and make MORE!!!
We had a wonderful basic Cricut class last Saturday, and so many more people asked us to repeat it because they hadn't heard about it in time to sign up. We will be repeating the Basic Cricut Class in Mandeville THIS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1st at 11AM. The class will last about 1 1/2 hours or so, and Heather (the instructor) will take you from first turning on the Cricut to actually basic use of the Cricut Design Studio software. We have the Cricut Expression connected to our computer with a huge monitor, all set up in the crop room in Mandeville. If you already own a Cricut (either the original one or the Expression), you may bring it if you wish (but you don't have to) and work along with Heather on your own machine. If you already have the Design Studio Software on your laptop, you can bring that, as well. If you do not yet own a Cricut, or the Design Studio software, but are considering investing in either one, then I highly recommend you take this class to see the wonderful versatility of this machine and software, alone and combined, before you make that kind of an investment. Should you choose to purchase a Cricut, you can speak to Felix and see what kind of special he has going at that time. We sell ALL of the Cricut products, and offer VERY competitive pricing on all of them. There are so many accessories available for it now, and so many cool things that you can do with them. One of them is the Jukebox, which holds up to 6 cartridges, and you don't have to swap them out to use them. It connects directly to your Cricut. You can even link up to 3 Jukeboxes, and have up to 18 cartridges available at one time. Think of the possibilities!!! There's a Cricut cartridge storage binder available now, that stores up to 8 cartridges and overlays, and you can label it so you'll know which ones it holds. There's also Stencil material that is 12x24 inches, so you can cut your own stencils. With the Design Studio software, the possibilities are almost limitless!!! There SOOOO much more that Cricut has available now, ALL of which we sell. Please contact us and let us know what we can get for you. If you prepay you can be sure you will get what you want, as we will hold it just for you when it comes in. We do not charge you for shipping, and if we can verify a competitor's price, we will do our best to meet or beat that price, AND save you shipping!
Also, remember that Scrappersaurus stands behind every product we sell, and we support it 100%. We are here to not only sell you products, but to instruct you in how to use them and enjoy them to their utmost. We love what we do, and we love sharing our passion with you. When we find great products, we bring them to you and offer you many different ways to use them. I feel like I'm a pretty adventurous person, and I love to "experiment" with things, and see what different uses I can come up with, for everything I come across. This is why you learn so much when you purchase from us. We do our best to pass on our knowledge and experiences to you, to help you have even more fun doing what you already enjoy. And, I know I am repeating myself, but people, PLEASE support your Local Scrapbook Store, and purchase from US instead of surfing the net or ordering through catalogs. Whatever they offer, WE can get for you, and you don't pay shipping, AND we teach you what to do with it. How can you lose? I am saying this again because, again, another Local Scrapbook Store has closed.
We have Basic Scrapbooking and Basic Stamping classes coming up in both locations, and the Layout of the Month Club and Card of the Month Club are just growing phenomenally!!! I'm trying to twist Felix's arm to get him to put up pics of the previous Layouts and Cards we've done, so stay tuned and watch for his post of when he finally gets them on the website. You know, you don't have to attend the Workshop for the Layout of the Month Club or the Card of the Month Club to be a member. You get all the materials to make the layout or the cards, along with a full color picture of the completed project, and written, step-by-step instructions on how to create them. We can mail them to you, or you can stop by the store (either location) and pick up the kit. We do our best to use new or different techniques every month, so that you can continue to add to your knowledge base of techniques. Please call and sign up as soon as you can so you will be able to participate in the next one(s). We need to know in advance how many people to order product for, so the sooner, the better!
If you have any requests, please contact us and let us know what you need. In addition to ordering directly from the manufacturers, we order from a couple of different distributors quite often and can usually get what you want within 3-7 business days. If you have any suggestions of lines of product or types of product that you would like to see us offer in our stores, please let us know. We welcome suggestions, and a lot of times that is how we come across great products. We obviously cannot read EVERY catalog, meet with EVERY sales rep out there, or go to EVERY website for ALL of the crafting companies, so we depend on YOU to tell us what you want!!!
Also, if there is a class (technique or project) that you would like us to do, please let us know. You may not be the only one, and others might enjoy it as well. We offer individual instruction in scrapbooking and stamping, and just about EVERY class or workshop that we offer is available one-on-one, usually for the same price. We also teach different techniques one-on-one, as well. Just let us know what you need, and it's merely a matter of coordinating our schedule with yours.
Have a wonderful rest of your week and, until next time, happy scrapping and stamping!
Dee
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Crop Celebration a great success!!! Tim Holtz products in!!!
Greetings!
I'm THOROUGHLY exhausted!!! I had such fun at Crop Celebration, but I have to say, it was not the easiest thing to work the booth all by myself! I'm still feeling it!
I understand Felix and Emery's sale went very well. They had a phenomenal weekend with a huge turnout. Are you all waiting for me to be away so you can shop with Felix and Emery since they have sneaky sales??? HA! Apparently, I'll have to keep a closer eye on those two!
I am in the process of putting together another class for the Embossing Pastes (both Southshore and Northshore), and that long-awaited chipboard dress album. I'm waiting on new products to arrive so I can use them in both classes.
Remember to check the calendar frequently, and click on the description for the day. It may just go to another screen that shows an otherwise unadvertised special. We like to reward our loyal customers who check our site frequently with specials and printable coupons. So, it's always a good idea to check the website calendar if you're planning on coming in to shop that day. Sometimes we even have triple stamp day!!! But you only get the web special if you ask for it!!!
We have some kits left from the About A Boy paperbag album. The kit includes full sheets of papers, full sheets of rubons, and complete step-by-step printed instructions with full color photographs of each page so you can see how it should be put together. I have to tell you, though, these papers and rubons would work very well for a little girl, or actually anyone or anything. The rubons are fairly specific to children, in general, but the papers and some of the rubons are so generic that you could make this kit into an album of whatever you desire.
We have a couple kits left of the BOO Halloween mini album. Again, these kits contain all the papers, cardstock, embellishments, instructions, photographs, and even a container of Orange Peel Stickles! Heather (the designer who created this album) explains very clearly and shows in her photos of the pages how to do your journaling and faux stitching, and how to accent your pages and photo mats. This is an excellent mini book, both in its design as well as the techniques learned in creating it. The instructions are very straightforward and easy to follow.
By the end of this week I will have kits of Halloween Squash Books put together. Again, these were designed by Heather, a member of our wonderful Design Team. With this design, she puts a completely different twist on squash books, and her folds are totally different from the "usual" way of folding together a squash book. You have to see it in person to really get the true effects and see how awesome the book design and layout is.
Next week we are having our Card of the Month Club. Members will get a new rubber stamp and two new markers. We will be creating two completely different cards with the stamp you will be keeping, and then we will class-use a different stamp and make a different card with that one. The other stamp will be available for purchase at a discount if you take the class. If you have not signed up for the Card of the Month Club, we have no more of the stamps that we are using for this month, but are willing to substitute another stamp in place of it. Call IMMEDIATELY to sign up and pre-pay, as this class is fairly full already. And you definitely don't want to miss out on next month's Card of the Month. We have the stamps in already, and there are enough to add a few more people to the Club. Watch the calendar for a specially-designed New Orleans-themed card workshop. Melissa will again be the instructor for these classes, and will show you how much fun you can have with these very versatile crafting "tools".
We got in a rather large shipment today of NEW GRUNGEBOARD by Tim Holtz, as well as several of his leather acrylic-cling stamp binders. These binders are just out-the-box awesome! If you go to his blog, you can see him demo this binder and how to alter it. Of course, it is absolutely gorgeous all on its own, but if you alter it, it's just unreal. We have additional pages for it, so you can purchase more as you need them. We also got some fragments, and the mini-misters you've requested. Come get them now before they're all snatched up! You can use these mini-misters for your stamp cleaner when you travel and don't want to take a large bottle of stamp cleaner. Or you can create your own custom mists and washes (like Walnut Ink or Glimmer Mist). We got in more of the nonstick craft surface mats, and the newly redesigned heat guns. These heat guns are really beautiful. Silver with pink writing on it. I'm thinking *I* need a new heat gun... LOL!!! Oh, and we also got in several palettes of the Pearl-Ex powdered pigment collections. These can be used to make your own mists and to create your own custom colors in the embossing pastes.
Plus, LOTS more goodies!!! Come on by and check things out. It's all in the Mandeville store right now, but will be in the Metairie store by Wednesday or Thursday.
Until next time, happy scrapping and stamping!
Dee
I'm THOROUGHLY exhausted!!! I had such fun at Crop Celebration, but I have to say, it was not the easiest thing to work the booth all by myself! I'm still feeling it!
I understand Felix and Emery's sale went very well. They had a phenomenal weekend with a huge turnout. Are you all waiting for me to be away so you can shop with Felix and Emery since they have sneaky sales??? HA! Apparently, I'll have to keep a closer eye on those two!
I am in the process of putting together another class for the Embossing Pastes (both Southshore and Northshore), and that long-awaited chipboard dress album. I'm waiting on new products to arrive so I can use them in both classes.
Remember to check the calendar frequently, and click on the description for the day. It may just go to another screen that shows an otherwise unadvertised special. We like to reward our loyal customers who check our site frequently with specials and printable coupons. So, it's always a good idea to check the website calendar if you're planning on coming in to shop that day. Sometimes we even have triple stamp day!!! But you only get the web special if you ask for it!!!
We have some kits left from the About A Boy paperbag album. The kit includes full sheets of papers, full sheets of rubons, and complete step-by-step printed instructions with full color photographs of each page so you can see how it should be put together. I have to tell you, though, these papers and rubons would work very well for a little girl, or actually anyone or anything. The rubons are fairly specific to children, in general, but the papers and some of the rubons are so generic that you could make this kit into an album of whatever you desire.
We have a couple kits left of the BOO Halloween mini album. Again, these kits contain all the papers, cardstock, embellishments, instructions, photographs, and even a container of Orange Peel Stickles! Heather (the designer who created this album) explains very clearly and shows in her photos of the pages how to do your journaling and faux stitching, and how to accent your pages and photo mats. This is an excellent mini book, both in its design as well as the techniques learned in creating it. The instructions are very straightforward and easy to follow.
By the end of this week I will have kits of Halloween Squash Books put together. Again, these were designed by Heather, a member of our wonderful Design Team. With this design, she puts a completely different twist on squash books, and her folds are totally different from the "usual" way of folding together a squash book. You have to see it in person to really get the true effects and see how awesome the book design and layout is.
Next week we are having our Card of the Month Club. Members will get a new rubber stamp and two new markers. We will be creating two completely different cards with the stamp you will be keeping, and then we will class-use a different stamp and make a different card with that one. The other stamp will be available for purchase at a discount if you take the class. If you have not signed up for the Card of the Month Club, we have no more of the stamps that we are using for this month, but are willing to substitute another stamp in place of it. Call IMMEDIATELY to sign up and pre-pay, as this class is fairly full already. And you definitely don't want to miss out on next month's Card of the Month. We have the stamps in already, and there are enough to add a few more people to the Club. Watch the calendar for a specially-designed New Orleans-themed card workshop. Melissa will again be the instructor for these classes, and will show you how much fun you can have with these very versatile crafting "tools".
We got in a rather large shipment today of NEW GRUNGEBOARD by Tim Holtz, as well as several of his leather acrylic-cling stamp binders. These binders are just out-the-box awesome! If you go to his blog, you can see him demo this binder and how to alter it. Of course, it is absolutely gorgeous all on its own, but if you alter it, it's just unreal. We have additional pages for it, so you can purchase more as you need them. We also got some fragments, and the mini-misters you've requested. Come get them now before they're all snatched up! You can use these mini-misters for your stamp cleaner when you travel and don't want to take a large bottle of stamp cleaner. Or you can create your own custom mists and washes (like Walnut Ink or Glimmer Mist). We got in more of the nonstick craft surface mats, and the newly redesigned heat guns. These heat guns are really beautiful. Silver with pink writing on it. I'm thinking *I* need a new heat gun... LOL!!! Oh, and we also got in several palettes of the Pearl-Ex powdered pigment collections. These can be used to make your own mists and to create your own custom colors in the embossing pastes.
Plus, LOTS more goodies!!! Come on by and check things out. It's all in the Mandeville store right now, but will be in the Metairie store by Wednesday or Thursday.
Until next time, happy scrapping and stamping!
Dee
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Crop Celebration in Hammond, LA / Queen & Co. / Suze Weinberg Stickles / Snapware Organizers / Stamping Bella / Impression Obsession
Greetings!
We are vendors at the very first Crop Celebration being held at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Hammond, Louisiana, on Pecan St. It is close to Southeastern Louisiana University. This is a charity event, and proceeds go to the Restoration House, which is an organization that assists young women with unplanned pregnancies. We believe this is a worthwhile cause in and of itself, and the fact that the price for cropping from 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM is DEFINITELY worth it! Felix and I set up this afternoon and had to come back to the store to process a very large order we received in. So, let's get on to some more news...
Queen & Co. Felt Fusion is in! The bats are absolutely adorable! There are also red poinsettias, pink and blue baby blocks, trains, fish, basketballs, soccer balls, and baseballs, and dogs/bones/fire hydrants. Too cute! These are self-adhesive felt images that are a yard in length. You can cut them apart and use the images individually or use them as borders on your pages or cards. Lots of possibilities!
The long-awaited Suze Weinberg Designer Stickles are in! Six new colors: Mermaid, Grape, Tiara, Sequin, Ruby Slippers, and Champagne. GOT to get these! They were delivered in Mandeville today, and Metairie will have them tomorrow (Friday) morning.
Just when you thought you had all the coolest organizers out there, along comes a new one! We just got in the new round Snapware Snap 'N Stack Craft Organizers. You can build towers of these little containers, and since they are clear, you can see exactly what you've got stored inside. Some of the ladies that come to our crops in Metairie have all their different types of flowers stored in them. And they have a tower of about a dozen of them, all connected! Two of the set of three are completely open on the inside, while the third one has a divider in the middle, so it has two sections to it. You really could store all sorts of different things in these. This is definitely a "buy it again" product!
Melissa just left after showing me two of the three cards for the Card of the Month Club. They are SOOOOO adorable! We're using Stamping Bella this month, and they are just TOO CUTE!!! Melissa is an instructor for our stamping workshops, and she loves to show people how they can use the same stamp in completely different ways. Obviously, she shares the passion that I have for rubber stamping!
Speaking of Stamping Bella, we now have Bella in the house! Both stores! These acrylic cling stamps are the loveliest little images I've seen in a long time. There is a Bella for just about every occasion you can think of. We've got a number of them in already, and plan to add to our collection of them as often as possible.
We also received some Impression Obsession wood-mounted stamps in. Right now we are only putting out the Halloween Boxes stamp, which is a collection of Halloween icons inside "boxes" made of bones. Very adorable! Melissa is making us a sample card to display in both stores, so look for it by next Monday. We have other Impression Obsession stamps in, but we are reserving those for the November Card of the Month Club, and then we have a special surprise that we are creating with the Christmas ones we got in. We think you'll really love these. I'll keep you updated on them.
Well, we're off to finish getting things together for Crop Celebration tomorrow and Saturday. Be sure to visit Emery in Metairie and Felix in Mandeville this weekend. I'm sure they'll miss me... NOT!!! They'll probably have sales while I'm not around to know about them!
Until next time, happy scrapping and stamping!
Dee
We are vendors at the very first Crop Celebration being held at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Hammond, Louisiana, on Pecan St. It is close to Southeastern Louisiana University. This is a charity event, and proceeds go to the Restoration House, which is an organization that assists young women with unplanned pregnancies. We believe this is a worthwhile cause in and of itself, and the fact that the price for cropping from 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM is DEFINITELY worth it! Felix and I set up this afternoon and had to come back to the store to process a very large order we received in. So, let's get on to some more news...
Queen & Co. Felt Fusion is in! The bats are absolutely adorable! There are also red poinsettias, pink and blue baby blocks, trains, fish, basketballs, soccer balls, and baseballs, and dogs/bones/fire hydrants. Too cute! These are self-adhesive felt images that are a yard in length. You can cut them apart and use the images individually or use them as borders on your pages or cards. Lots of possibilities!
The long-awaited Suze Weinberg Designer Stickles are in! Six new colors: Mermaid, Grape, Tiara, Sequin, Ruby Slippers, and Champagne. GOT to get these! They were delivered in Mandeville today, and Metairie will have them tomorrow (Friday) morning.
Just when you thought you had all the coolest organizers out there, along comes a new one! We just got in the new round Snapware Snap 'N Stack Craft Organizers. You can build towers of these little containers, and since they are clear, you can see exactly what you've got stored inside. Some of the ladies that come to our crops in Metairie have all their different types of flowers stored in them. And they have a tower of about a dozen of them, all connected! Two of the set of three are completely open on the inside, while the third one has a divider in the middle, so it has two sections to it. You really could store all sorts of different things in these. This is definitely a "buy it again" product!
Melissa just left after showing me two of the three cards for the Card of the Month Club. They are SOOOOO adorable! We're using Stamping Bella this month, and they are just TOO CUTE!!! Melissa is an instructor for our stamping workshops, and she loves to show people how they can use the same stamp in completely different ways. Obviously, she shares the passion that I have for rubber stamping!
Speaking of Stamping Bella, we now have Bella in the house! Both stores! These acrylic cling stamps are the loveliest little images I've seen in a long time. There is a Bella for just about every occasion you can think of. We've got a number of them in already, and plan to add to our collection of them as often as possible.
We also received some Impression Obsession wood-mounted stamps in. Right now we are only putting out the Halloween Boxes stamp, which is a collection of Halloween icons inside "boxes" made of bones. Very adorable! Melissa is making us a sample card to display in both stores, so look for it by next Monday. We have other Impression Obsession stamps in, but we are reserving those for the November Card of the Month Club, and then we have a special surprise that we are creating with the Christmas ones we got in. We think you'll really love these. I'll keep you updated on them.
Well, we're off to finish getting things together for Crop Celebration tomorrow and Saturday. Be sure to visit Emery in Metairie and Felix in Mandeville this weekend. I'm sure they'll miss me... NOT!!! They'll probably have sales while I'm not around to know about them!
Until next time, happy scrapping and stamping!
Dee
Friday, September 12, 2008
"Frightful" by My Little Yellow Bicycle, "Sheer Delights" by KI Memories & Sugartree are IN!!!
Today we received two HUGE boxes from My Little Yellow Bicycle, with the Frightful collection. It is absolutely the most adorable Halloween collection I have ever seen! WAIT 'til you see this one!!! As a matter of fact, I'm going to call the company tomorrow to see if I can get more of it in, because I know it's going to sell out VERY quickly. There is a gorgeous FLOCKED SPIDER AND WEB paper that is really cool. There are glittered papers and diecut papers. One of the diecut papers has spiderwebs all along the edges, as a border all around. Another one has diecut bats as a border all around the page. There's another diecut page that is a collage of Halloween sayings and words, with little bats and spiders and webs mixed in between them all. The skull image they use throughout the collection is REALLY WICKED!!! It has a cutout flourish in the top of the right side of the skull. I also have matching acrylic cling stamps for this collection, and it does include the skull! If you want to see the collection, go to www.MyLYB.com and click on the Collections, then click on the Frightful icon. I have pretty much the entire collection, except for a couple things that were already backordered! Both chipboard alphabet sets, the transparency frames and images, the charms, the glittered stickers (cardstock and chipboard)... I am using this for the Layout of the Month for those of you who belong to the Club. The Workshop for the LOM is THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th. Please check the website calendar for more info.
NEW from KI Memories, SHEER DELIGHTS Small Flowers 1 and Small Flowers 2. These are like nothing you've ever seen before in scrapbooking! They are acid-free and archival safe, and are fairly transparent diecut sheets that are made of a material that is like very, very thin plastic. It is very versatile and can be used for papercrafting as well as home decor. You've probably already seen the ads for it in the current scrapbooking and papercrafting magazines. The ad I've seen uses it as a cone-shaped holder for a bunch of flowers. It is something you just have to see. To see it online, go to www.KIMemories.com and click on the Sheer Delights collection. But I'm warning you, the images online do not really do it justice at all. It's something you have to see in person in order to really appreciate it.
Okay, we also got in a HUGE shipment of new Sugartree papers. For those of you not familiar with this company, they are the ones who do the excellent themed papers. We got in new travel papers with airplanes on them, pandas, black bears (LA has black bears!), an absolutely fantastic chicken and eggs page, mountains, beach scenes, rubber ducky in bathtub with matching tile paper. So much, I really can't list it all. The invoice was two complete pages.
Okay, I'm a little punch drunk. It's been a long, busy day and tomorrow will be the same.
Until next time, happy scrapping!
NEW from KI Memories, SHEER DELIGHTS Small Flowers 1 and Small Flowers 2. These are like nothing you've ever seen before in scrapbooking! They are acid-free and archival safe, and are fairly transparent diecut sheets that are made of a material that is like very, very thin plastic. It is very versatile and can be used for papercrafting as well as home decor. You've probably already seen the ads for it in the current scrapbooking and papercrafting magazines. The ad I've seen uses it as a cone-shaped holder for a bunch of flowers. It is something you just have to see. To see it online, go to www.KIMemories.com and click on the Sheer Delights collection. But I'm warning you, the images online do not really do it justice at all. It's something you have to see in person in order to really appreciate it.
Okay, we also got in a HUGE shipment of new Sugartree papers. For those of you not familiar with this company, they are the ones who do the excellent themed papers. We got in new travel papers with airplanes on them, pandas, black bears (LA has black bears!), an absolutely fantastic chicken and eggs page, mountains, beach scenes, rubber ducky in bathtub with matching tile paper. So much, I really can't list it all. The invoice was two complete pages.
Okay, I'm a little punch drunk. It's been a long, busy day and tomorrow will be the same.
Until next time, happy scrapping!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Post-Gustav News from Scrappersaurus
Greetings, everyone!
I'm happy to report that BOTH stores fared out just fine through Gustav, as did our home and Emery's apartment.
Felix and I are in the Mandeville store today, and the store is open as usual for business. We received nine (9) boxes of new inventory today, so we're pretty busy putting things back together after having packed everything away safely to survive the storm, as well as inputting new inventory and putting that out.
The Metairie store will reopen on Monday, September 8th at 10:00 AM. Emery went to the Metairie store and said the entire parking lot is completely filled up with Breaux Mart customers who are returning and trying to restock their food supply, and who cannot find parking in the Breaux Mart parking lot.
If anyone needs anything in the meanwhile, please call the Mandeville store and we will see how we can get it to you. I know right now the kids are probably stir-crazy and have you climbing the walls, and papercrafting would be a good thing to occupy their time (as well as yours) while waiting for things to return to normal. If you can make it to the Mandeville store, we have some kits available that have everything you need in them, including the adhesive.
Please do e-mail us at Scrappersaurus@Yahoo.com or call us to let us know you are okay. You may think you are just "Customers" to us, but we actually consider each and every one of you "Family", and are concerned about you. Let us know if we can help with anything.
Take care, stay safe, and stay in touch.
Until next time, happy scrapping!
Dee
I'm happy to report that BOTH stores fared out just fine through Gustav, as did our home and Emery's apartment.
Felix and I are in the Mandeville store today, and the store is open as usual for business. We received nine (9) boxes of new inventory today, so we're pretty busy putting things back together after having packed everything away safely to survive the storm, as well as inputting new inventory and putting that out.
The Metairie store will reopen on Monday, September 8th at 10:00 AM. Emery went to the Metairie store and said the entire parking lot is completely filled up with Breaux Mart customers who are returning and trying to restock their food supply, and who cannot find parking in the Breaux Mart parking lot.
If anyone needs anything in the meanwhile, please call the Mandeville store and we will see how we can get it to you. I know right now the kids are probably stir-crazy and have you climbing the walls, and papercrafting would be a good thing to occupy their time (as well as yours) while waiting for things to return to normal. If you can make it to the Mandeville store, we have some kits available that have everything you need in them, including the adhesive.
Please do e-mail us at Scrappersaurus@Yahoo.com or call us to let us know you are okay. You may think you are just "Customers" to us, but we actually consider each and every one of you "Family", and are concerned about you. Let us know if we can help with anything.
Take care, stay safe, and stay in touch.
Until next time, happy scrapping!
Dee
Thursday, August 7, 2008
NEW RELEASE: Black Market Paper Society / Ranger/Tim Holtz
Okay, Felix did it again! He's placed beaucoup orders without me even knowing about them! One of them was the newest release of Black Market Paper Society, which has been HOT, HOT, HOT!!! We have not been able to keep it on the shelves for very long, and now the new ones are on the way! We have LOTS of samples using this gorgeous line of papers, layouts and cards, so if you need inspiration, come into the stores and see what our Design Team have cooked up.
Plenty of newly-released products are on the way! OF COURSE all the new Distress Stickles and Crackle Paint, as well as a reorder for the original ones, which we can't seem to keep in stock, either! Apparently, we've hit upon several VERY hot items! Keep checking our website calendar for updates on classes that will be using these new products. Heather, one of our DT members and teachers, already has a 2-part class in the works using the distress products and chipboard. More info will be available when this class description is posted on the calendar.
We have classes scheduled at ScrapFest! by both myself and Heather. Heather will be creating the most adorable paper bag mini book you've ever seen! She will be using the About A Boy collection from Fancy Pants, and it is just absolutely precious! The sample of the book is in Mandeville at the moment. I will be doing a class using the embossing pastes! I will demonstrate use of the paste that I have not taught in any of my classes on it before, and it will include a stencil for you to keep. Which of course, you will definitely want after learning a couple of different, REALLY cool ways to use it!
We are also going to be vendors for a new crop that is coming in October in Hammond. We have flyers for it in both stores, so if you stop by, you can pick up a flyer on it. It will be October 10th and 11th at Immanuel Baptist Church on Pecan Street. Stay tuned for more info on that as the day gets closer. It is called Crop Celebration.
We are now accepting members for our Card of the Month Club and Layout of the Month Club. Each one is $24.99 a month, and if you cannot make it to the workshop where we put them together, we can either hold your kit for your, or mail your kit Priority to you for $29.99. The Card Club will include one new stamp and one new inkpad every month, along with at least 3 (three) different card designs made using that one stamp. Of course, the paper and anything else the cards are made with will be included. Everything, that is, except the adhesive to hold it all together! This way you can build up your collection of stamps and inks, at a very affordable price, and learn new techniques and have fun along the way. The Layout Club will be a double-page layout designed by one of our wonderful Design Team members, using the newest product in. It will include all the product that goes into making the layout, and of course you will have a bunch of stuff left over, like embellishments or ribbon, that you could use for another layout or cards. This way you can keep up with the Joneses on the new products, and have fabulously designed pages to preserve and showcase your memories. Oh, yeah, and don't forget the fun you'll have playing with all the new stuff as it comes out, and the new techniques we will present with the new layouts.
We also have a new series of layouts coming up that will compose a "Book of Me" by Heather L., one of our DT Members. It is not only a layout class on a specific theme, but it will also be a different "techniques class" with each topic. Stay tuned for the exact schedule to be posted, either here or on the website calendar, within the next few days. If you want to check out what sort of style Heather has, go to our website and look her up under the Design Team section. You will see a link to her blog, and she puts up pics or scans of her latest creations.
Melissa F. will be in charge of the Card Club, and if you want to check out some of her designs, go to our website and look her up under the Design Team section. You will see a link to her blog where she presents her latest and greatest creations. She also does other papercrafting, and is working on a REALLY neat minibook right now. More info when that's finished and the date is scheduled.
Metairie's crops have been phenomenal, and this Friday we have 13 1/2 people scheduled for the crop! Uh, don't ask about the 1/2 cropper--I'm just going on the numbers Emery gave me for how many croppers we have! We are beginning to do mini-workshops on Friday nights during the crop since some of the regulars have convinced me that they absolutely HAVE to start learning some new stuff. Uh huh. Right! I've SEEN y'all's pages, and they are GREAT, but whatever! So this Friday I will teach how to use even your smallest, narrowest scraps of paper that you probably wouldn't have otherwise thought of keeping. Recycle, reuse, repurpose... it's all about going green at Scrappersaurus!
Well, I've got a Basic Scrapbooking class Thursday night (8/7/08) in Mandeville. I do have several people already signed up, but if you'd like to join us, please call ASAP as I'll be cutting down the kits as soon as I get in the store in the morning.
Also, I've got plenty of other classes scheduled, taught by myself, Melissa F., and Heather L., and I hope to add to that shortly. I'm in the process of interviewing another teacher and waiting on her finished project to schedule a class for her.
We are now going to be doing DAY CLASSES whenever possible, due to high demand. Lots of people don't want to drive at night, and a lot of people come to the stores from far away, like Avondale, Belle Chasse, Destrehan, LaPlace, Norco, Houma, Hammond, Pearl River, etc. Thank you, scrampers for making the trek! (BTW, a "scramper" is a scrapbooker/stamper!). We truly appreciate your business, and enjoy your company!
Until next time,
Happy Scrapping and Stamping!
Dee
Plenty of newly-released products are on the way! OF COURSE all the new Distress Stickles and Crackle Paint, as well as a reorder for the original ones, which we can't seem to keep in stock, either! Apparently, we've hit upon several VERY hot items! Keep checking our website calendar for updates on classes that will be using these new products. Heather, one of our DT members and teachers, already has a 2-part class in the works using the distress products and chipboard. More info will be available when this class description is posted on the calendar.
We have classes scheduled at ScrapFest! by both myself and Heather. Heather will be creating the most adorable paper bag mini book you've ever seen! She will be using the About A Boy collection from Fancy Pants, and it is just absolutely precious! The sample of the book is in Mandeville at the moment. I will be doing a class using the embossing pastes! I will demonstrate use of the paste that I have not taught in any of my classes on it before, and it will include a stencil for you to keep. Which of course, you will definitely want after learning a couple of different, REALLY cool ways to use it!
We are also going to be vendors for a new crop that is coming in October in Hammond. We have flyers for it in both stores, so if you stop by, you can pick up a flyer on it. It will be October 10th and 11th at Immanuel Baptist Church on Pecan Street. Stay tuned for more info on that as the day gets closer. It is called Crop Celebration.
We are now accepting members for our Card of the Month Club and Layout of the Month Club. Each one is $24.99 a month, and if you cannot make it to the workshop where we put them together, we can either hold your kit for your, or mail your kit Priority to you for $29.99. The Card Club will include one new stamp and one new inkpad every month, along with at least 3 (three) different card designs made using that one stamp. Of course, the paper and anything else the cards are made with will be included. Everything, that is, except the adhesive to hold it all together! This way you can build up your collection of stamps and inks, at a very affordable price, and learn new techniques and have fun along the way. The Layout Club will be a double-page layout designed by one of our wonderful Design Team members, using the newest product in. It will include all the product that goes into making the layout, and of course you will have a bunch of stuff left over, like embellishments or ribbon, that you could use for another layout or cards. This way you can keep up with the Joneses on the new products, and have fabulously designed pages to preserve and showcase your memories. Oh, yeah, and don't forget the fun you'll have playing with all the new stuff as it comes out, and the new techniques we will present with the new layouts.
We also have a new series of layouts coming up that will compose a "Book of Me" by Heather L., one of our DT Members. It is not only a layout class on a specific theme, but it will also be a different "techniques class" with each topic. Stay tuned for the exact schedule to be posted, either here or on the website calendar, within the next few days. If you want to check out what sort of style Heather has, go to our website and look her up under the Design Team section. You will see a link to her blog, and she puts up pics or scans of her latest creations.
Melissa F. will be in charge of the Card Club, and if you want to check out some of her designs, go to our website and look her up under the Design Team section. You will see a link to her blog where she presents her latest and greatest creations. She also does other papercrafting, and is working on a REALLY neat minibook right now. More info when that's finished and the date is scheduled.
Metairie's crops have been phenomenal, and this Friday we have 13 1/2 people scheduled for the crop! Uh, don't ask about the 1/2 cropper--I'm just going on the numbers Emery gave me for how many croppers we have! We are beginning to do mini-workshops on Friday nights during the crop since some of the regulars have convinced me that they absolutely HAVE to start learning some new stuff. Uh huh. Right! I've SEEN y'all's pages, and they are GREAT, but whatever! So this Friday I will teach how to use even your smallest, narrowest scraps of paper that you probably wouldn't have otherwise thought of keeping. Recycle, reuse, repurpose... it's all about going green at Scrappersaurus!
Well, I've got a Basic Scrapbooking class Thursday night (8/7/08) in Mandeville. I do have several people already signed up, but if you'd like to join us, please call ASAP as I'll be cutting down the kits as soon as I get in the store in the morning.
Also, I've got plenty of other classes scheduled, taught by myself, Melissa F., and Heather L., and I hope to add to that shortly. I'm in the process of interviewing another teacher and waiting on her finished project to schedule a class for her.
We are now going to be doing DAY CLASSES whenever possible, due to high demand. Lots of people don't want to drive at night, and a lot of people come to the stores from far away, like Avondale, Belle Chasse, Destrehan, LaPlace, Norco, Houma, Hammond, Pearl River, etc. Thank you, scrampers for making the trek! (BTW, a "scramper" is a scrapbooker/stamper!). We truly appreciate your business, and enjoy your company!
Until next time,
Happy Scrapping and Stamping!
Dee
Monday, July 28, 2008
Vita Bella / Crafter's Workshop / Reminisce / Creative Imaginations / ProvoCraft
http://www.mylyb.com/vita_bella
The new VITA BELLA collection from My Little Yellow Bicycle is IN!!! And guess what...? We have it ALL!!! The ENTIRE collection, with ALL the embellies that go with it!!!
http://www.thecraftersworkshop.com/
New Alphabet Doodle templates by Crafter's Workshop are IN!!! Sporty Letters, Basic Letters, Rachel's Letters, Marquee Letters, SchoolDays Letters, and Alphadoodles!!!
We also got Softball paper, embellies, and rub-ons from Reminisce! Swim Team paper and embellies from Creative Imaginations! ProvoCraft Vinyl for the Cricut in LOTS of colors, and the Transfer Tape! WooHoo!!!
Scrap-N-On the River was MOST EXCELLENT!!! We had a BLAST!!! And it was so much fun having a table of some of our favorite scrappers and two of our Design Team members right in front of our booth! We saw so many old friends, and made LOTS of new ones! We were so busy that I didn't get a chance to scrap at all for myself. I did demonstrations of the Embossing Paste with brass stencils, and sold tons of it! I actually ended up selling my class supplies because people didn't want to wait for it to come in, in my next order, after I had run out of stock! Wow! Due to the overwhelming response at this last crop, I will be doing a 2-hour class at ScrapFest! with these pastes, and show you how you can make cards and embellishments and lots of other great things with these pastes. Be sure to sign up for it early!
Natchez was so beautiful, and the people were so nice. The new hotel was fantastic, and Felix and I both agreed it was definitely a place we'd like to go back and visit as a vacation spot. So calm and peaceful....ahhhh....
Guess what Felix ordered already for the Cricut? Shhhhhh.... don't tell, or everybody will want one...! It's the GoBe, which is a portable Cricut battery pack that is rechargeable and lasts 4-6 hours! Whoa! Lookout! I see a wave of Cricuts lined up on our crop tables pretty soon! He also ordered the Cricut Deep Cut Blade and Housing which is supposed to be a replacement for the conventional blades that cuts deeper and is much stronger. It is meant to go through chipboard and wood veneers, magnet sheets, vinyl, and much more, with ease. And it also works with the Stamp Kit, which allows you to cut and create custom stamps from any Cricut design! Of course, he HAD to order that, too! We'll keep you updated on it's arrival!
Okay, before I sign off, I want to remind you all that Scrappersaurus is now having monthly Card Workshops that are for stampers AND non-stampers! So EVERYBODY gets to make great cards! And, we also now have a monthly layout club which will include the latest and greatest product used to make a 2-page layout. Watch the calendar for the dates of these Workshops!
Until next time, happy scrapping and stamping!
Dee
The new VITA BELLA collection from My Little Yellow Bicycle is IN!!! And guess what...? We have it ALL!!! The ENTIRE collection, with ALL the embellies that go with it!!!
http://www.thecraftersworkshop.com/
New Alphabet Doodle templates by Crafter's Workshop are IN!!! Sporty Letters, Basic Letters, Rachel's Letters, Marquee Letters, SchoolDays Letters, and Alphadoodles!!!
We also got Softball paper, embellies, and rub-ons from Reminisce! Swim Team paper and embellies from Creative Imaginations! ProvoCraft Vinyl for the Cricut in LOTS of colors, and the Transfer Tape! WooHoo!!!
Scrap-N-On the River was MOST EXCELLENT!!! We had a BLAST!!! And it was so much fun having a table of some of our favorite scrappers and two of our Design Team members right in front of our booth! We saw so many old friends, and made LOTS of new ones! We were so busy that I didn't get a chance to scrap at all for myself. I did demonstrations of the Embossing Paste with brass stencils, and sold tons of it! I actually ended up selling my class supplies because people didn't want to wait for it to come in, in my next order, after I had run out of stock! Wow! Due to the overwhelming response at this last crop, I will be doing a 2-hour class at ScrapFest! with these pastes, and show you how you can make cards and embellishments and lots of other great things with these pastes. Be sure to sign up for it early!
Natchez was so beautiful, and the people were so nice. The new hotel was fantastic, and Felix and I both agreed it was definitely a place we'd like to go back and visit as a vacation spot. So calm and peaceful....ahhhh....
Guess what Felix ordered already for the Cricut? Shhhhhh.... don't tell, or everybody will want one...! It's the GoBe, which is a portable Cricut battery pack that is rechargeable and lasts 4-6 hours! Whoa! Lookout! I see a wave of Cricuts lined up on our crop tables pretty soon! He also ordered the Cricut Deep Cut Blade and Housing which is supposed to be a replacement for the conventional blades that cuts deeper and is much stronger. It is meant to go through chipboard and wood veneers, magnet sheets, vinyl, and much more, with ease. And it also works with the Stamp Kit, which allows you to cut and create custom stamps from any Cricut design! Of course, he HAD to order that, too! We'll keep you updated on it's arrival!
Okay, before I sign off, I want to remind you all that Scrappersaurus is now having monthly Card Workshops that are for stampers AND non-stampers! So EVERYBODY gets to make great cards! And, we also now have a monthly layout club which will include the latest and greatest product used to make a 2-page layout. Watch the calendar for the dates of these Workshops!
Until next time, happy scrapping and stamping!
Dee
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