Buck Naked for Christmas!

Cosmo Cricket has done it again -- 2 beautiful Christmas/winter lines with their infamous line of "Buck Naked" chipboard pieces and dies cuts to match! Both are in-stock now as well as other new lines from My Mind's Eye, Heidi Grace, Autumn Leaves and more! Get a head start on your holiday cards, calendars, and scrapbooks before the season is upon us! Have a great day! I hope this blog entry could make you laugh! -Christina

WIN FREE STUFF

Not sure if I have told you about this before, but you NEED to check out maps2memories.com. It is a great Local Scrapbooking Store (LSS) Locator. If you travel or not, you MUST check it out to find stores whereever you live or wherever you are going! Local scrapbooking stores are the life pulse of the scrapbooking industry -- we are the people who watch what is going on, we help foster creativity, and we learn about and from our customers. We genuinely care about saving memories! It seems that there are more and more small guys closing their doors each day and we need your support to keep on being CREATIVE and passionate about what we do!!

OK -- off the soapbox and back to the subject at hand -- FREE STUFF!

Each week Maps2Memories sponsors a contest -- 2 prizes are give out each week. One way to win a prize is to send in a receipt from a Maps2Memories store, the other is to go on their website and play the "Mile Marker Contest"! The prizes vary each week, but the past couple of weeks, the prizes have been HUGE and we even know a winnner (check out their website to find out more). Here is the info I just received today about this week's prizes -- CHECK it out! -- Christina


OK-- These are AWESOME Prize Packages this week:

1. NEW Autumn line by Karen Foster Design,
2. NEW Harvest Row line by Heidi Grace,
3. Scrapbook Club Kit by Frances Meyer
4. Papers & Chipboard by K.I. Memories,
5. Embellishments by Creative Imaginations,
6. NEW Puffy Alphabet by American Traditional Designs,
7. Quik-Stik Glue by Therm-O-Web,
8. NEW Fall Keepsake Brads by Karen Foster Design,
9. Rub-ons & Soft Spokens by Me & My Big Ideas, and
10. NEW Alpha Raindots by Cloud 9, plus other assorted goodies!

Each Box is worth at least $70.00

So if you haven't yet entered our Mile Marker Quiz NOW IS THE TIME!!! (P-s-s-s-t: it's super easy-- the answer is on the website-- we even tell you where to look!!!) One entry per household per week, please.

OR

mail us a receipt from any Maps-2-Memories store. If we receive your receipt too late for this week's drawing, you are automatically entered in next week's drawing.

And don't forget to check out this week's project, adorable Birthday Crowns using Cloud 9 raindots-- (Click here). (And who says the crowns have to be JUST for kids?!?!)

Just get yourself entered in our contest. And keep telling your friends, and any LSS's who are not Maps-2-Memories stores. We're going to keep giving away FREE Stuff and rewarding you just for shopping our Independent Stores. Because if YOU don't patronize them, they're going to disappear...

Many THANKS to you all for helping us keep them alive!!!

P.S. And get working on your Key-2-Savings so you'll get a PERMANENT 5% DISCOUNT at ANY Maps-2-Memories store. What's NOT to love about that?!?Keep those Contest entries coming (But most importantly, SHOP YOUR INDEPENDENT SCRAPBOOK STORE!!! Their continued existence depends on YOU! http://www.maps2memories.com/

Making the Perfect Bough or Bow?

Ribbon is a staple in Papercrafting today. I use ribbon in layouts or as a delicate embellishment on cards. Making nice neat bows has always been a challenge. I find myself wasting more time trying to tie a perfect bow than actually creating. Finally a fool-proof solution and if I can do it, anyone can. I came across this in a magazine from the UK and had to try it. It really works and I am thrilled. So do you want to see how it works?





Instructions


(1) I made this little gadget out of scrap pine wood, dowels and my little Fiskars Hand Drill. It took me less than 5 minutes to put together. (I did need someone to hold the block while I drilled with my handy dandy drill)


(2) Take your ribbon (approx 6 inches in length) and place around the dowels.

(3) Cross over (as if you were tying a knot)

(4) Take end piece and pull under the ribbon (behind the dowels).

(5) Now take end piece and flip over the top

(6) Securely tie a knot

(7) Take ribbon off the dowels and Voila!! Here's the Final Product! Just trim the ends and your ready to make another. You're probably saying what I said earlier
"Now why didn't I think of this"


Hope you like the tutorial! Have a wonderful week!

TTFN
grace :)

What's Brewin' at Windy City

Are You Ready for Some Cardmaking?

Did you know Saturday, October 6th is World Card Making Day!

Windy City Scrapbooking is celebrating all day long with Make-N-Takes. The crop room will be open too . Yes you can make cards all day long!! Stop by and get some great ideas too! It's never too early to begin planning and preparing for the Holidays!

Hope to see you there.

TTFN (Ta Ta For Now)

grace :)

Scrappin on Sundays...Today

I am so sorry to be posting late...
I am to post on Sundays, this past Sunday, September 30th, I was not able to for I was celebrating my 6th wedding anniversary. It is hard to believe that my husband, Rick and I have been married for 6 years...which is a blessing to us.

Back to the show...

So this past weekend it was very busy for us...especially since we celebrated Scrap Pink Weekend with 3 days of cropping and shopping. We had a great make and take that was coordinated by Danielle, had croppers travel from Wisconsin, one of our croppers made beautiful cards that will be sent in along with her award winning layout...the whole weekend was AWESOME

Here are some pictures from this past weekend...Thanks to everyone for making this a great weekend. Do not forget that a percentage of sales will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Enjoy
TTFN
Al

I can't Wait till Saturday!!!

This Saturday Is
Celebrate World Card Making Day
At
Windy City Scrapbooking!!!

Saturday, October 6 is the second annual World Card Making Day, a holiday that celebrates the very personal connection a handmade card creates between friends and family, and kick-off the holiday card-making season––the most popular time for creating and sharing handmade cards.

In celebration, Windy City Scrapbooking is hosting an open crop (free). There will be free Make-n-Takes throughout the day to celebrate World Card Making.

Windy City Scrapbooking is excited to be a part of this worldwide event. Come on in and give it a try and see the various styles and techniques used in card making. Consider making some if not all of your holiday greeting cards. Your friends and family will feel special, having received a work of art created by you.

Help lift the spirits of children and their families by donating a hand made card to the Children’s Memorial Hospital.

“We hope to see familiar faces and meet new friends on Saturday, World Card Making Day, We open at 10:00 am until 6:00pm. The open crop is on a first-come, first-serve basis, so get their early. If you have any questions, just give us a call at 773-935-0585.

Hope your having a wonderful week - the weather is certainly cooperating!! Oh I almost forgot . . .

GO CUBS GO!

later gators,

grace