Wednesday 27 January 2016

What's Up Wednesday!

SALE! SALE! SALE!

      Still two more days to take advantage!!
WE HAD SO MANY CUSTOMERS DISAPPOINTED THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT IN SO WE HAVE EXTENDED THE SALE
UNTIL THURSDAY JANUARY 28TH

STUFF A BAG SALE!


Stuff as much paper as you can in our paper bag and pay $25!! 
And we tested....you can fit a TON of paper in one of those bags!
Don't forget to comment on how many pieces you managed to stuff into your bag - there is a small prize for the one who gets the most!!  So far I believe 88 is in the lead!

ALL MATCHING EMBELLISHMENTS ARE ALSO 25% OFF!!


**Membership discounts still apply on embellishments but not on paper.  Some paper lines are excluded**

GET YOUR CALENDARS READY AND JOIN IN ALLTHE 

CREATIVE FUN!

ADVANCED COPICS
TUESDAY JAN 26 @ 630 PM
$35
ATC CLASSTHURSDAY JAN 28 @ 6:30 PM
$15
WEEKEND CROP
Friday Jan 28 @10 am - midnight
Saturday Jan 29@10 am - midnight

Join us for a fun filled cropping weekend!!!
Snacks and drinks all weekend, plus a hot dinner both nights - all this for only $75!! 
And we might even have a few surprises too!!
$35 from your registration fee will go to Creative (formerly Canadian) Scrapbooker's Hope For Haiti Fund - help raise $20,000 to help continue building a school in Haiti and bring hope and art to the students who attend and the community they live in.
SILHOUETTE CLASS
THURSDAY FEB 4 - 6:30PM

 
Come learn all the tricks to your Silhouette!
Bree will teach you all kinds of things you had no idea your fancy little machine could do!
All participants should bring their Silhouette, laptop, and paper for cutting but are welcome to come for a test drive to see if the Silhouette is the machine for them!
WATERCOLOUR CARDS
WITH KELLY KLAPSTEIN
Wednesday Feb 10 @ 6:30pm
$37


Join Kelly and learn just how easy watercolouring can be!  Take home 5 gorgeous cards and the itch to do more and more!
WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE RETURN OF TWO OF OUR VERY POPULAR CLASSES...


TEENS AND TWEENS ART JOURNALING
SATURDAY FEB 21ST @ 1PM


AND 

PAINT PARTY
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26TH @ 7PM


STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS!

Monday 25 January 2016

Crop for Haiti


Looking for some weekend crafty plans?  Come out to scrap and support a great cause!



                                                 WEEKEND CROP
Friday Jan 28 @10 am - midnight
Saturday Jan 29@10 am - midnight

Join us for a fun filled cropping weekend!!!
Snacks and drinks all weekend, plus a hot dinner both nights - all this for only $75!! 
And we might even have a few surprises too!!
$35 from your registration fee will go to Creative (formerly Canadian) Scrapbooker's Hope For Haiti Fund - help raise $20,000 to help continue building a school in Haiti and bring hope and art to the students who attend and the community they live in.

Wednesday 20 January 2016

Paper Bag Paper SALE!!!

The SALE is on!!!  Come on in and get as much paper as you can stuff in a paper bag for only $25!!!  Then come on back here and tell us how many sheets you got - I got 46 but definitely could have squeaked some more in there!

                                                     Happy Shopping!

SALE! SALE! SALE!

We have come back from CHA and need to make some room for all the new goodies!!

Wednesday January 20 - Saturday January 23

STUFF A BAG SALE!


Stuff as much paper as you can in our paper bag and pay $25!! 
And we tested....you can fit a TON of paper in one of those bags!

ALL MATCHING EMBELLISHMENTS ARE ALSO 25% OFF!!


**Membership discounts still apply on embellishments but not on paper.  Some paper lines are excluded**

Monday 18 January 2016

The Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How of Pocket Letters!

So I have a confession to make - I have no idea what pocket letters are!  I saw this morning that Bree added another session to her Pocket Letter Class and I got curious - What is it?!




Pocket letters is a concept created by Janette Lane, in early 2015.  It is, simply put, an updated, craft lovers version of pen pals.  What a cool idea!  Get crafty and meet new friends from all over the world - fabulous!



Click HERE to learn more, and watch some how-to videos.

Then call or come in to the store to register for Bree's classes!


Pocket Letter Class

Tues.Jan.19th @ 1pm
OR
Thurs.Jan.21 @ 6:30pm

$35


And since I know you'll love it and want to do more - here is a great sketch I found to spark some more creative pen paling for you!





Friday 15 January 2016

Welcome back CHA travellers! Ordering, Prizes, and Classes, Oh My!

Welcome back, Cori-Lyn and Ivy!  And WOW!!!  What a lot of wonderful goodies you brought back with you, yay!

If you missed the CHA newsletter, be sure to read it and check out the list of things to be ordered.

Due to the declining Canadian dollar, ordering was a little tougher than usual this year.  Thankfully, a lot of the companies have given us some time to complete our orders so we thought we would change things up a little this year.

Have a look at some of the goodies we have pre-ordered - if there is something in there that you know you want, shoot us an email so we can add you to our pre-order list (and add more to our orders if we need to).  No deposits are necessary, we just ask that you keep your word :)

Did we happen to mention that we brought back a TON OF GOODIES to give away???

As a thank you for your time, all pre-orders that are placed by January 20th will be entered into a draw for a fabulous prize!! 

Upcoming Classes - Jan.2016


Scrap-A-Pack
Sat.Jan.16th
10am
$45 (includes a $20 Gift Certificate)


ATC Class
Thurs.Jan.28th
6:30pm
$15


Advanced Copics
Tues.Jan.26
6:30pm
$35


Pocket Letter Class
Thurs.Jan.21
6:30pm
$35


Art Journaling
Sun.Jan.17th @ 1pm
or
Tues.Jan.19th @ 6:30pm

FRANK GARCIA REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!!!


The email just went out with all Frank's classes from Friday, Feb.12th to Monday, Feb.15th, and they are G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!  Don't miss out, call or come in to the store to register today!

Sunday 10 January 2016

Adventures in California

Hello from not so sunny California!

We are here...a little tired....but having a great time!

We are sorry we are behind in blogging but it has been go, go, go here and not a lot of time spent in the hotel room! Our first morning here we were woken up by a little earthquake so that got us off to a bit of a shaky start....pun intended!  It was a nice treat to have so many friends from home this year join us in California (a lot of the gals were here for Art Venture).

We had a fabulous two days with Prima at Art Venture.  We made some beautiful projects but need to finish a couple of them before we can take photos and share them with you.   We are worrying just a little bit about how to get all the goodies back home as 50 pounds adds up fast in a suitcase!  We are also worried that the hotel cleaning staff may think we are shopaholics ;)

CHA has been very busy - we took some great classes on Friday, spent yesterday window shopping, but got down to some serious business today!  Some of our favourites so far have been
  • The new releases for the Minc Machine that will take it to a whole new level...including some Mixed Media possibilities (Cori-Lyn got a little excited over this!)
  • super cute new shaker cards, dies and stamps from Jillibean Soup
  • Simple Stories planner goodies
  • All things Tim (yep...ALL)
  •  Graphic 45 releases 
  • Lawn Fawn new releases (SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute)
  • a new stamp company that we are really excited about
Tomorrow we have American Crafts on the agenda - that is a whole lot of stuff to look at so we are going to take our time :)

We were really lucky to get to meet up with some of our scrappy friends down here - including Frank Garcia and Jim Hankins.  We have made some plans for their upcoming classes and we are really excited to open that up once we get back!

Be sure to check out some of our photos on our Flickr Album - we haven't had a chance yet to label the photos but knew you would love looking at them anyway!  Leave us a note and let us know what you love - we have a ton of stuff to bring back with us and you just might win a little something something!!!

 

Monday 4 January 2016

It's the most wonderful time of the year . . . CHA 2016!!!


A brand, spanking new year!!  Don't you just love new beginnings?! 

In the craft world there really is no better way to kick off a new year than with CHA Mega Show!  That's right folks, it is that time again - can you feel your left brain tingling?!  ALL those wonderful new products are being announced, demonstrated and made available for order and our lucky ladies, Cori-Lyn and Ivy will be right in the middle of it all! 

Stay close to your computers from Jan.6 -12 as Cori-Lyn takes over the blog posts and brings us daily updates on all the hot, happening news from CHA 2016 in sunny Anaheim, California.

Click HERE to check out the CHA website - find out what it's all about!  

And if that wasn't fantastically amazing enough - our travelling crafty gals will also be attending ART VENTURE hosted by Prima Marketing!!!


This event is their 6th and promises to be the most creative, inspired, technique filled event they have ever offered!  Cori-Lyn will be sharing with us here all her and Ivy get to experience in those two jam packed days - it feels like Christmas all over again!

If you're a crafter than I'm sure you'll share with me in saying, this is the most wonderful time of the year!  So stay tuned, all the fun begins Wednesday, Jan.6th!