Copic Markers - A Good Thing!!!

Saturday we had a Copic Class. Here is an example of the images that we practiced on.

Here is our Copic Display before the class. (before the hungry copic beasts bought them)

The class is about to start. I can see them plotting about which colors to buy :)

Shelly trying her hand at Airbrushing buttons

I think that Pam wins for having the most markers.
Here she is concentrating on coloring her owl with one of the blending techniques


Later on we had a few croppers

Copic Markers - We Love Them !!!!!!!

June Classes

Our June Calendar is up on the website but I thought I would give you a close up of some of the classes.

This is The Rat Pack class.

You make both cards and get two stamps in the class.

We will using applique in this class.

Got an Itch, Scratch it . . . .

This is the name for this class where we will make three cards using a very cool product.

The Monkey Club . Changito is on Fire this month in this explosive class.

I've Lost my Head features stamps from MFT.

These cards are fun and feature some different techniques.

The June board for Stamp of the Month is stunning.

All about Mermaids and Under the sea themes.

We had a difficult choice as to which of the three we were going to make.

I will post some more class photos over the weekend. . .

I am so excited!!!

One of our customers emailed me and told me to check Donna Downeys Blog

Oh My Gosh, Check out this Link
http://donnadowney.typepad.com/

on May 15th Donna Downey herself
featured the Cover of the album I made on her Blog.
I am so honored!!!

The June 30 class is filled but we added a second class on July 1st

New this week

This was the Flowersoft class on Saturday. Love this stuff!!

Here is a close up of the cards we made.

We have had quite a few deliveries this week including three new lines from BoBunny

I can't make up my mind which line is my favorite. I love them all.

Yummy New Dew Drops




We got some cute new stamps from The Cats Pajamas





Making Memories Glitter Tag Rims. LOVE THESE!



Queen & Company Felt Borders


We also had deliveries of new papers from Creative Imaginations, more Impression Obsession Stamps, Metal Molds, Ribbons, Copic Markers and much more.

National Scrapbook Day - May 2nd recap

Yesterday was National Scrapbook Day and we planned a Casino Nights Theme. We decorated our store with giant playing Cards and Bling.

Our Casino Hostesses

We had two Croupiers Lisa and Mary that oversaw the Games and Make and Takes. We played Scrap Bingo, rolled the dice for prizes and had a Roulette Wheel to spin for Make and Takes.

Scrap Bingo

Some of our Customers who had to leave Sunfest to make the event.

Congratulations to the following:

Winners of Scrap Bingo:
Game 1: Candy L.
Game 2: Linda B. and Virginia L.
Game 3: Annette G. and Sammi O.

Winners of Roll the Dice on our "Scraps" Table who had to roll a 7 or an 11:

Gift Certificates went to:
Linda L.
Teresa A.
Helen O.
Tim M.
Brandy C.
Susan L.

Creative Imaginations Kits went to:
Melissa H.
Debbie L.
Christy C.
Kathy R.

More photos in a small slide show of the event.

We had many more customers than were expected. We reached a record breaking day with the number of checkouts!
Thank you to all of you that managed to join us, we are glad you had so much fun.

Can't wait for next year !!!!

Donna Downey Inspired

We received our order from Prima yesterday and it included the new Donna Downey canvas albums finally!!!

I was immediately inspired to start creating something. It has been so long since I have made an album and this was a fun project. I was convinced by some customers that were watching me to make this into a class. So check the store calendar for a class coming June 30th.

Here is a photo of the cover and a close up shot. As I create the inner pages I will post photos of them for you to enjoy.

As always let me know what you think!

I used beautiful sea inspired papers and embellishments.

Here is a close up shot of the seashells and message in a bottle.

Have a creative day,

Michelle

Impression Obsession - Yeah Baby!!!!

We got some new stamps from my favorite Stamp Company - Impression Obsession
I just love the images on these stamps.

Some of these would work really well with Flower Soft, Pencils, Copics and more.
Gotta go and make some samples. :)

More Design Team Layouts

Kristie did the layouts in tonight's post. The first three layouts use the U Bug Me
collection from Bobunny.

Love the layout but the large bug is gross. As usual Kristie takes some amazing photos.

This collection may be typical for Boys but as Kristie shows it also works well for Girl layouts.

BoBunny papers with an acrylic arrow colored with Alcohol inks. Paint and faux stitching work well on this layout and pull everything together.

Here Kristie used Prima Papers and flowers. Love what she did with this layout. This one is definately my favorite.

This uses a Tim Holtz mask with Glimmer Mist, bling, rubons and more
Prima paper and flowers.

More Prima!!

Well that's it for tonight. I will show you some of the new product
received at the store tomorrow.

Another Design Team Layout

Here is another Design Team Layout. This one was done by Lynn and uses a safari collection

The detailed cutting work that Lynn has done really makes this layout spectacular.

This layout was done by Mary and uses the My Minds Eye Bloom & Grow collection, as well as acrylic pieces, bling and ribbon

Detailed Cricut embellishments make this layout unique.

New Collections

Can you see Jeff our UPS guy in this photo?

Amongst these many boxes delivered on Friday were two wonderful collections from the CHA show.

Transatlantique by Graphic 45 is here. I love these vintage inspired papers and this collection is just as lovely as the others. Perfect for Heritage Photos, this line inspires fabulous layouts.

Zinnia by Little Yellow Bicycle

Inspired by spring's blossoms and blooms, Little Yellow Bicycle has taken it to the
next level with sophisticated jewel tones and great graphic designs
in this cheerful collection. Once again, they have incorporated our new thermography texture and then added glitter for a delightful punch. Zinnia's stylized blossoms, fancy flourishes and sophisticated fonts, this clean, fresh collection provides all the necessary stickers, papers and embellishments for your spring-time and Mother's Day projects.

A beautiful way
to celebrate Spring!

We also got the rest of the Prima Animals finally!