Scrap Club: October

We will be starting a whole new year of Scrap Club in January. If you aren't already participating, you may want to think about joining! The commitments are quarterly. It's a great way to keep up with your scrapbooking through the year. I know it sure keeps me on track!

I have decided to simplify my scrapbooking endeavors and my Scrap Club 12x12 albums are all I am going to do from now on. One day when the boys are older, I will just photocopy the albums twice. Isn't that called digital scrapbooking?! Hee, hee. I love scrapbooking, but I also want time for making cards and for other creative projects. I feel like this is a good compromise. Thank goodness for Scrap Club!

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sale!

From now through Monday, November 30th, you can purchase select SU products for 30-50% off! See the sale items here, and contact me if you would like to order!

Thank You

I just wanted to thank everyone for the cards and well wishes as I had gallbladder surgery a week and a half ago. You sure brightened my days of recovery!

Designer Paper Share

I'm doing another paper share! The papers will not include the In-Color sheets that we did a couple months ago.

For $20, participants will receive a 6x6 sheet sampling from all the paper packs listed below. That will be a total of 84 double-sided sheets for each person. I will need 8 people to do the share. Let me know if you want to join in!

Nouvea Chic
Cottage Wall
Merry Moments
Autumn Traditions
Tall Tales
Kaleidoscope
Razzleberry Lemonade
Holiday Lounge
Thoroughly Modern
Storybook (textured)
Night And Day (holiday mini catalog & textured)
Autumn Meadows (holiday mini catalog)
Christmas Cocoa (holiday mini catalog & textured)
Pawsitively Prints (holiday mini catalog)

Go Slim Upper Alphabet & Numbers $30

Sizzix Bigz Dies
Retailed for over $100
Retired and Rare
Fits in the Big Shot AND Cuttlebug
Cuts through chipboard, 3 card stock sheets at a time, and other thick materials
You can still find the lowercase online. See font there.
2" high, good for scrapbooking and monograms!

My New Camera

To all my club girls, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I know you were all pulling for the red camera. But I ended up downgrading from what I thought I wanted, and it didn't come in red (boo hoo). Why you ask? Well, I decided to save $50 so I could purchase the 3 year warranty. I know, I know. I don't usually buy warranties either. But as it turns out, the life of my past digital cameras has averaged about 2 years each. I use my camera daily so I guess I'm hard on them. I am really banking on the fact that I am gonna cash in on that warranty before 3 years is up.

And hello, the BIG deciding factor on a warranty...having two little boys! Not only do they manage to sneak the camera with their grubby little hands, but I am often dropping my camera when we are out and about. Diaper bag, purse, coupons, jackets, hats, snacks, drinks...I need a cart to keep track of it all. Inevitably I drop my camera, wallet, and cell phone often.

In fact, the salesman at Office Depot made the comment, "yeah, if your camera is on it's last leg...one last drop can put it over the edge". I'm like, "Hey, how did you know that's what happened? I totally dropped it on the sidewalk at least twice at Washington Park last week, and it didn't work after that. So I guess it's death was to be expected after two years of abuse.

I think I got a good deal though. They price matched a competitor. And I should be getting $30 on my Max Perks card. That will go to good use on some printer ink. I also got a camera bag for 25% off. I'm gonna try harder not to scratch this camera up. The guy promised the warranty would replace my new camera even if I drop the sucker in the toilet. Ok, does this guy know me? Because I totally did that in college with one camera. I'm not lying. Quincy, Applebees, camera in jacket pocket, restroom break....you get the idea.

So anyways, it was a long few days without being able to capture the little monkeys on camera. I'm happy to have a new one, and I will try my hardest to take good care of it. I don't even try to talk Jeff into a fancy camera anymore. We both know it wouldn't last long enough for what we'd spend on one. Point and shoot it is.

Christmas Card Kit $20

My Christmas Kit this year will include supplies for making 16 Christmas cards, four of each of the above colors. The red and green are your more traditional looking cards while the turquoise and orchid offer unique, fun options for Christmas.

The half scallop circles are die-cut using the Big Shot machine. And the punched ornaments are dry embossed white for elegant texture and further "pop" with 3D adhesive. You will receive plenty of silver cord to either tie in bows or simple knots at the top of the ornament for the element of "sparkle". The cards are contemporary square but fit into typical SU envelopes for regular postage prices. Sixteen ultra-smooth SU envelopes are also included in the kit.

Want to know the best part? The SU stamp set, Christmas Greetings, is also included in the kit (retail value $10.95)! So you will be able to use this set again and again for more cards or scrapbooking. All you need from home to put these cards together is adhesive and a black ink pad.
If you want a second kit without the stamp set, an additional 16 cards is just $10 more.

Please reserve your kit(s) by Friday, October 30th.