NEW Card Class Samples

Check out these new card samples Steph made for her Maya Road Card Class which takes place on Saturday, March 31st from 10am-12:30pm for a $25 class fee.

Sign-up for this class with Steph and learn to use Maya Road’s wonderful embellishments to their full potential. You will also use our new Eco paints in class!

Make three great cards with their neat ribbon, canvas shapes, wood embellishments, chipboard elements, pearls, hangers, twine etc.

Use these great collections from Simple Stories~Documented,classic Bo-Bunny~Double Dots and Bo-Bunny~Country Garden.

2012 Paper Collections have arrived!

NEW from Simple Stories are two collections one entitled Awesome is geared toward the large and small boys in your life and the other is called Documented and is vintage and in shades of brown.

From Fancy Pants there is a cute collection called Be You and there are journals and stickers and other fun things in the collection.

We R Memory Keepers brings you the Baby Min collections for all those precious little ones, boys and girls!

From our favorite company, Bo-Bunny we have On the Go, Serenity, Weekend Market and Country Garden. On the Go is in bright orange, blue and green featuring a transportation theme perfect for pics of that little guy on the go!

Serenity is in tones of red, black, turquoise and green with an Asian theme featuring lanterns, blossoms, symbols etc.

Weekend Market has deep, rich brown, navy, burgandy and gold with vintage/travel elements like phonographs, books, phones and more!

Country Garden is a breath of spring in yellow, pale blue and pink with butterfly and garden elements!

Expert Inking~Classic Tip #1

When inking edges of your scrapbook pages or cards it is so much smoother to use the Tim Holtz Ranger Blending Tool.

Apply in circular motions pushing towards the outside edges of your paper.

This Saturday students like Cathy had a great time inking  scrapbook layouts with Barb! Go to Facebook to see more pics! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1747485728

The layouts were done in pink, burgandy and cream with the Simple Stories Generations collection and a heart motif, perfect for this time of year. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Final Day at CHA 2012:(

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So here you have it, my final post from day “3″ at the Craft & Hobby Association Show. Honestly, this show stuff is not for the faint of heart.  I was so exhausted by 1 today, with all the mixed media and such in front of me, my head was spinning!

I found bling from a really neat company that has partnered up with Spellbinders and it totally matches the dies! For those of you who really know me~ it is all about the adhesive.  Cause what’s the point if you peel off the bling, which is supposed to match up to say, labels “2″ and the adhesive rips?!  Well this stuff is just pretty, darn good.  I will let you be the judge.  The rep says it will arrive within 2-3 weeks. So we won’t have long to wait!

We will be getting new kits from “Quick Quotes” which are lovely. Also interesting letterpress embossing folders.  The neat thing with these are they are to be used with at least 100 lb paper which has this beautiful feel of richness with texture.

I had a quick peek at my wonderful friends from the Netherlands booth.  They would love to take a trip to Chilliwack and come and teach.  Now how cool would that be???

Anyway with that, I sign off as I prepare for the trip home.  I am thinking about just having a “bag” viewing of the new catalogues at the store. There is just so much to see it’s overwhelming! So, stay tuned and I will keep you posted on our BLOG, FACEBOOK, and TWITTER. I am liking the whole “twitter” sounding thing.  We are twittering with maybe “12″ followers so far, but just search for CHA show and I think you will be amazed at everything there is!

Another great motto from the show: “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong”~See you soon,
B

CHA 2012~Day 2~Stamps and Stuff!

Day two at the Craft and Hobby Association show was totally about stamping and embellishments.

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Check out the 2 new boards with over 3 dozen new stamps from Penny Black. So pretty!

Coming soon from Impression Obsession~beautiful images of children and scenes perfect for Copic coloring.

Stampendous had adorable cow and country images plus  “Steam Punk” images of mythic, ships and rustic elements!

New Bling  ribbons, adhesive decorative tapes and so much more to coordinate with Spellbinder dies!

Fabulous scrapbook collections coming from Disney, Pink Paislee, October Afternoon, Little Yellow Bicycle, Fancy Pants, Simple Stories and so much more.

Stay tuned for more tomorrow!!!
B

NEW PRODUCTS for all your Christmas Papercrafting!

NEW Products are Here! For Christmas Cardmaking we have stamps from Hero Arts, Penny Black, Tim Holtz, Great Impressions and more! For your Christmas papercrafting, scrapbooks, cards and projects we have new collections like: Graphic 45′s Christmas Emporium, Bella Blvd.’s Christmas Wishes, SEI’s Silver Valley, Pebbles’ Welcome Christmas, 3 Bugs in a Rug’s Deck the Halls and Simple Stories’ 25 Days of Christmas (seen here). Also from Simple Stories we have their Generations collection.

Penny Black

Hero Arts

Tim Holtz

Great Impressions Stamps

Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium

Bella Blvd. Christmas Wishes

SEI Silver Valley

Pebbles Welcome Christmas

Three Bugs in a Rug Deck the Halls
Simple Stories 25 Days of Christmas

Simple Stories Generations

You Can Do it~5 Days left for100 Days of Summer challenge

So, how are you doing? Are you still taking your pictures everyday, but a little behind on scrap booking them? Me too! It is definitely a challenge!

You  have five more days to take pictures and then you have two weeks to finish your book! Because on Friday, September 16th we will have our Wrap-Up Party from 6pm-10pm for those of you who are participating in the 100 Days of Summer/Project 365 Challenge.

You can put the finishing touches on your pages, visit, share ideas, have some refreshments and vote on the best album for the Grand Prize from LUG! If you are unable to attend~please drop off your book so you still have a chance to win the Grand Prize that evening.

You are also invited to submit a favorite layout of your own for an in store contest too! Your 12 X 12 layout will be displayed in the store until Sept. 30th and customers will vote for them. The prize will be a NEW Simple Stories KIT!
Here’s some of my pages from my vacation in Saskatchewan. My nephews Kian and newborn Logan feature prominently. I am using Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer and We R Memory Keepers pocket page protectors.

Simple Stories has two new collections which we have in stock now! Baby Steps is adorable with blue, pink, grey, yellow, green and brown featuring a vintage look and balloon and carriage motifs. Here are some great layout ideas from Simple Stories http://simplestories.typepad.com/simple_stories/

We also have their Happy Day collection which has gorgeous colors and a birthdayish theme.

Only 17 Days left~100 Days of Summer Challenge!

So, how are you all doing with this challenge? I know I have learned a lot, about my camera, myself and more! I’m a little behind cause I just got back from vacation, but Shannon is keeping up! Here are some of her pages!

Ten more ideas for photos from Creating Keepsakes!

1. Your house

2. Your mailbox

3. Your doorbell

4. A pile of clutter

5. Musical instruments

6. You doing housework

7. You doing volunteer work

8. Doing laundry

9. The movie theater

10. Painting the deck

Happy photo taking! Hop to see you at the Wrap-Up Party on Friday, September 16th from 6pm-10pm.  Join us for the evening. You can put the finishing touches on your project, visit with friends, share ideas, have some refreshments and vote on the best album for the Grand Prize!

It’s the 73rd Day of Summer!

Are you caught up?   Me neither!  LOL!

Don’t forget about our 100 Days of Summer Crop happening this Friday, August 5!  If you made it out to our last crop, we would love to see you back and see how far you have progressed in your work.  If you missed the last crop, no worries, we always have room for you and your 100 Days of Summer/Project 365 works of art!

It’s suppose to be a great evening out there tomorrow, but we would love for you to join us in an air conditioned area with loads of thirst quenching refreshments!

Here are a few more helpful photo ideas to encourage your 100 Days of Summer/Project 365.

1. A favorite book.
2. A favorite CD.
3. Your jewelry box.
4. Your child’s favorite toy.
5. Animals at the zoo.
6. Your computer.
7. Your creative space.
8. Your car. (before and after the car wash)
9. Your lunch.
10. Your local gym or yoga studio.

Summer where for art thou?

Here are some pages from Sherry’s book. She’s got great pics of her on her birthday, grasses, a harbor with boats, her family, a hummingbird, a bicycle built for two and her and her granddaughter’s feet wearing the same flip flops. She used the We R Memory Keepers pocket page protectors and Simple Stories 100 Days of summer papers. Where oh where is summer? Well, at least we can try to take pictures of summery things, right?

Ten more ideas from Creating Keepsakes magazine on what to photograph this summer!

1. Garden tools~I don’t garden, we live in a townhouse

2. Rainstorms~Took a great pic of stormy clouds just outside of Abbotsford, such intense colors

3. Mountains~I love taking pics of the mountains, as I am originally a prairie girl

4. Grass~We have very green grass this year, the grasses in the ditches are even pretty

5. An old house~I like taking photos of old barns too

6. Umbrellas~Unfortunately these are still around

7. Your old shoes~My title page is a pic of old and new shoes, the funny thing is I just bought three new pairs, and I think I may buy another pair tonight!

8. Your car~Took a pic of my new car just after I washed it

9. Puddles~Do I really need to say anything about these?

10. Things that bother you~ How about #9 and #6 and #2?

We have many lovely collections of paper for scrapbooking your summer pictures and making cards.

Like Barefoot and Bliss from Bo-Bunny.

We R Memory Keepers has a great collection called Travel Light.

For your camping trips we have Imaginisce’s Happy Camper collection and American Crafts Campy Trails.

For beachy scenes and ocean fun we have Creative Imaginations IOD papers.

For scrapbooking your latest cruise we have a collection from Creative Imaginations by Barb Tortillotte.