a two page layout with Amy Tangerine!

My newest favorite from CHA Summer '11 so far? That's right -- the Amy Tangerine goodies from American Crafts. Hands down this stuff fits my style perfectly -- it's simple yet playful with great colors!

Once I got my September kit, I knew I had the PERFECT papers for some photos that I love...photos I hadn't scrapped yet because the perfect thing had not come along yet. Enter American Crafts, Amy Tangerine and your scrapbook stash!

What do I have going on here? A better question would be what don't I have going on here?! This layout has it all. Gorgeous patterned papers, my most favorite thickers EVER and self adhesive fabric paper. (I was a little intimidated by the fabric paper -- like what was I going to do with it? I managed to find a lot of things to do with it -- and I'm not a sewer, at all!)

(Click on the photo to see it larger)

If you haven't already gotten ahold of some of my favorite supplies on the planet then head over to the store and fill your cart! After you do that, post your creations in the gallery -- I love to see what you are working on!!

--Jennie

Monday Markdown

Its time for another Monday Markdown!

Graphic 45 ABC Primer and Staples
Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer
Echo Park Apothecary Emporium


All now 25% off.  Combine that with the October coupon PUMPKIN20 to save an additional 20% off.

Last call

Today is the last day to use your 25% off coupon code on orders.

Enter GIVE ME25 during checkout to save.

Happy Stashing!

Save 25% this weekend

In case you missed the newsletter or aren't one of the lucky ones signed up to receive it.....

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Because there was an issue with the coupon code last night, we've extended the expiration date.  You can now shop until Sunday.

Happy Stashing!

Card Sketch!

Happy Friday everyone!  Here's a Christmas Card sketch for you to use in your holiday crafting.

Remember this card?

Here's the sketch to go with it:

Happy Crafting!

Stash Faves: Simple Stories Happy Day Collection

We had so much to share, we've posted twice today!  Scroll down for a Christmas Card inspiration post.  :)

Hi there! It's Yvonne here! :) Are you ready to party???

 Let's party with the Simple Stories Happy Day Collection! :)

This is the first time I'm using Simple Stories and I love how quick pages can be....with all the journal blocks....

And the fun stickers to personalize them...

Here's my super quick two-pager featuring my nephews. :)

The stickers really help to get the pages done quickly.

And there are som many fun elements one can cut out too! :)

 I also made a mini album for a friends's birthday. I covered some cardboard with the patterned paper and decorated with the coordinating stickers and some buttons.

Inked up some cardstock so that she can add some photos to commemorate her birthday.

Quick Christmas Cards

Hi everyone!  Alyssa here, and I just wanted to show you a few quick and easy cards I made using Cosmo Cricket's Dear Mr. Claus line.  This line is SO easy to use for cards.  They even designed a page of sentiments ready to cut apart and use.

Here are my cards:

For each card, I dry-brushed white acrylic paint around the edges for a snow effect, then added in the hand-cut elements from the paper.  Easy as pie!

Here's a peek at the products I used:

You can get everything you need for your holiday cards in the store right now!  Use coupon code PUMPKIN20 to save 20% too!

Sneaking in on a Wednesday

We've got boxes stacked up to the ceiling here in the warehouse.

On Friday, our Studio Calico and October Afternoon orders arrived.  It took us a while to get it all laid out so that we could fill orders as quickly as possible.  I had to call in a little help too.

Having the extra day on Monday to package orders up definitely helped.  We managed to stay on top of current orders AND fill most of the pre-orders for both lines.

We are shipping them out this week so please be patient as we work with USPS to get them picked up and processed.  The last time we loaded them up like this it took them some time to sort and process at the local plant.

The good news is, we're close to finishing!  Yay!

And more good news?  The new Pink Paislee Snow Day is HERE!  This is an adorable winter line with some of the cutest embellishments.

a fun and easy mini album!

Once, I had seen a fun little mini album on Elizabeth Kartchner's blog. I filed it away in my brain for future reference, knowing I would someday want to make one with some adhesive fabric sheets. (Either hers, or now, Amy Tangerine's!)

Well, the time came and with a 4x12 piece of adhesive fabric from Amy Tangerine's new line, a few sheets of patterned paper and a couple of other things (little ribbon and a couple of die cuts) I whipped up a cute and simple mini album!

I love mine, it's full of photos of houses we looked at on our recent house hunting trip. Some of the good, some faves and a couple we weren't so fond of. Glad to have these memories documented in one cute little place!

Fun, right? I assure you it's easy to make, you can buy the necessary supplies at your scrapbook stash and would be a perfect gift if you need something quick! Make sure to upload yours in the gallery!

--Jennie

A fun and easy holiday decoration

Hello friends!

I knew when I got my hands on Echo Park's Apothecary Emporium I needed to make something fun, yet special! WHAT I would make didn't come to me for quite a few days, however. I toyed with the idea of a shadow box or 7 gypsies tray. It occurred to me to make a paper wreath. I finally settled on a mini banner.

What's a mini banner? In this case it's not a banner with a base of chipboard and it's really not big enough to hang on my mantle. (Due to the nature of the holiday and all of the letters used, it wouldn't look weird on my mantle, but that isn't the point!) I have a mirror in my entry way that I thought would really benefit from a little holiday cheer. Thus, the mini banner was born!

For this particular banner (Happy Halloween!) I cut 9 pieces of patterned paper (relying heavily on my favorite sheet, Spider webs!) in strips that were 1.75 inches by 3 inches long. I also punched out 6 circles with one of my circle punches.

The rest is as simple as can be! I used a border punch or cut the bottom of the paper. I also added a punched circle or sticker to the strip before adhering the letters to spell Happy Halloween. When they were all complete I scored the tops of the strips so I could glue them to the bakers twine!

Once the two strands were tied together they were ready to hang! Nothing new, nothing complicated just simple and fun -- not to mention FESTIVE in a matter of minutes!

Apothecary Emporium is definitely a fun, festive and spooky holiday perfect for pages or altered items! All of the fun elements are available in the your scrapbook stash store!

--Jennie

Monday Markdown

Happy Monday everyone!

Today is a holiday here in the US but we're slaving away in the warehouse.  We received 2 very large orders late last week and we're busy trying to fill the pre-orders we have for them.  This long weekend was perfect timing!

Our Canadian friends are celebrating Thanksgiving today so we'd like to say 'Happy Thanksgiving!' to all of you.  My parents will be celebrating 2 Thanksgivings this year (I'm jealous!) since they are now living in Calgary.  I'm also jealous of them for living up there.

Anyway, on to the Monday Markdown for this week.

Its a good one so hold tight!

Now 25% off

Cosmo Cricket Clementine
Cosmo Cricket Dear Mr. Claus
Maya Rd Mists

Now 50% off

Tattered Angels
Echo Park Splash
WRMK Travel Light
Little Yellow Bicycle Sweet Summertime
Maya Road Winter Release
Bazzill Perfect Pleats

Now 75% off

Basic Grey Hello Luscious
Basic Grey Life of the Party
Girls Paperie
Pink Paislee Hometown Summer
Pink Paislee Soiree
Pink Paislee Daily Junque
Echo Park Playground
Little Yellow Bicycle Elizabeth Park
Bella Blvd Family Dynamix
Bella Blvd Tail Waggers & Cat Naps
Bella Blvd Mr. Boy
Hambly Studios
Coredinations Cardstock
My Little Shoebox


Make sure you grab what you have your eye on because we are very low on a lot of items.  AND you can use your coupon code on all orders.  So that means you save an additional 20% off the already reduced prices in the store.  So save 20% off all NEW and Pre-Orders and an additional 20% off the sale prices.

Happy Stashing!

What I see......

I usually only get a few minutes to look through the gallery each month.  I mean, sit down and really look at it.

Alyssa is the DT Coordinator around here so she is in charge of the gallery and posting to the blog.  She gets to see everything before I do.

I just got a chance to sit down and really look at the September Gallery for the Stash Girls.

Want to know what I saw?  What caught my eye?

I tried to pick just ONE project from each person.

 Alyssa: I always lover her fussy cutting but I really love what she did with the Phantom line from Pink Paislee.  

 Jennie: I'm seriously going to hire this girl to make me a banner for every holiday and season.  She rocked this one!

 Jessy: a double pager perfected.  The design, the colors.  Everything.

 Kristin: She knew exactly how to showcase the Simple Stories papers.  As perfect as they are in their simple form, they make some of the BEST layouts.

 Shellye: This was a hard one.  I really wanted to pick her mini album but this layout kept drawing me back in.  I love it.

Yvonne: Another GREAT example of the Simple Stories lines used 'outside the box'.  And who doesn't love a good list on a layout?

Check out the entire September Gallery to see what you're missing out on.  These girls nailed it last month!

Double Page Sketch!

I went back to my Scrappin' roots this month and created a two page layout.
It's funny that for years I created only two page layouts, and now I'm lucky to create one two pager per year.

I think I forgot how fabulous two page layouts are, and how many more photos you can include on a two page spread. The sketch I created (albeit badly drawn), was perfect to showcase all my vacation photos of Spokane, Washington.

I used one of my current favorite lines 100 days of Summer by Simple Stories for a summery feel (how cute is that little bicycle sticker!).

Here's the sketch below.
I'd love to see your creations with my sketch, so please be sure to upload your projects to the Your Scrapbook Stash gallery.

Happy Scrappin'

*Kristin*

Stash Fave's: Echo Parks Apothecary Emporium!

Hello, Hello again!
Today I wanted to share a layout I made with the cute new line Apothecary Emporium from Echo Park.
This line is undoubtedly geared towards Halloween, so I thought I would challenge myself to create something non Halloweenish...and you know what?

It was easy peasy.

All the sheets of paper are double sided, and at least one, if not both sides of each sheet is totally versatile!

I would also like to add that the solid color patterned paper is FABULOUS in this line!
Each sheet is already distressed for you, and is perfect for that grungy feel -- but without the mess.

Uh, hello alpha letters.
I have used the Black & Cream alpha letters on four projects and counting...they are Spooktacular!!

I love me some orange damask with a twist..

and I couldn't leave out this totally rad, orange polka dot paper!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you'll join me next time :)

Kristin