Scrappers New Year Resolutions

I found this great article on-line with scrapper's New Year's Resolutions. I thought it was a great idea, so here are some that I came up with and some from BellaOnline. Michelle from BellaOnline also had the great idea of printing your resolutions out and hanging them on your refrigerator, so you can be reminded of them daily.

Scrapper's New Year's Resolution No 1:
I will journal or blog twice a week. This is a great way to record my thoughts and have journaling for future layouts.

Scrapper's New Year's Resolution No 2:
I'll set aside at least 30 minutes a day to do something creative or inspiring: working on a layout, planning a new layout, paging through a scrapbook magazine, reading the latest articles.

Scrapper's New Year's Resolution No 3:
I'll try something new in my scrapbooking. More digital scrapbooking.

Scrapper's New Year's Resolution No 4:
I will sign up for a mini-book class at Scrap-n-Stamp.

Scrappers New Year's Resolution No 5:
I will go through all my digital pictures and print what I need for my daughter's Scrapbook.

Scrapper's New Year's Resolution No 6:
On my birthday, I will treat myself to something I've always considered an extravagant luxury.

Scrapper's New Year's Resolution No 7:
Instead of just thinking about it, I'll post comments on the Scrap-n-Stamp Blog.

Scrapper's New Year's Resolution No 8:
I'll finish my daughter's first year scrapbook.

Scrapper's New Year's Resolution No 9:
I will join a fun online scrapbooking community.

Scrapper's New Year's Resolution No 10:
I'll scrapbook more!

Here's to accomplishing some of your resolutions. Happy New Year from the Girls at Scrap-n-Stamp!!

New Cosmo Cricket Product

We just received the Nutmeg line from Cosmo Cricket. Come on by Scrap-n-Stamp to check it out.

Holiday Hours this week....

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. Have a safe and happy New Year. Here are our store hours for this week:

Tuesday 29 Dec: 11-6pm
Wednesday 30 Dec: 11-6pm
Thursday 31 Dec: 11-4pm
Friday 1 Jan 2010: Closed

Hope you have fun ringing in the New Year!!!! Woo Whoo 2010!!!!

Merry Christmas from the Girls at Scrap-n-Stamp

All the girls at Scrap-n-Stamp would like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas. We hope you have a wonderful day filled with friends and family...And just in case your significant other did not make it to Scrap-n-Stamp to get everything for your Scrapbooking or Card making needs, don't forget about our after Christmas sale!!!!!

25% off your entire purchase!!!! So come by Saturday December 26th, doors open at 10am.

Congratulations Kim, Derek and Jack!!!

What a wonderful Christmas gift, a brand new baby. Congrats to Kim, Derek and Jack! Introducing the newest addition to the Scrap-n-Stamp family:

Samantha Makanamaika'i "Beautiful Gift" Dorman
Born: 17 Dec 09
6lbs 15ozs, 19.25in

Holiday Hours

There are only a few shopping days left until Christmas, so if you haven't done your shopping for your favorite Scrapbooker or Card Maker you still have time to swing by Scrap-n-Stamp. And if you don't know what to get them, remember we have Gift Certificates!!!! You only have three days left, we will be closed Thursday and Friday!!! Stay tuned for details on our after Christmas sale!!!

Holiday Hours:

Monday 21st Dec: 11-6
Tuesday 22nd Dec: 11-6
Wednesday 23rd Dec: 11-6
Thursday 24th Dec: Closed
Friday 25th Dec: Closed
Saturday 26th Dec: 10-6

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

New member to Scrap-n-Stamp Family

I had my baby!!! Yep, Owen Charles Garrett was born 9 Dec 09 at 12:52 pm. 7lbs 6ozs and 20.5 in. Being a mom of a two year old and a newborn has been challenging, but I will do my best to keep up with the blog.

Perfect Holiday Gift

Are you still trying to find a Christmas gift for someone special? Well today I have the perfect website for you. All the items are handmade and you can find cute gifts from the comfort of your own home. Check it out: www.etsy.com

Another great gift idea is to make a pack of Birthday and Thank You cards. I do this for my mom, and she love's it. The cards are always better than the store bought one's and it's always nice to have them on hand. We have clear card boxes at the store to put them in.

Only 17 more shopping days left......

Stocking Stuffers

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, but we still have some great stuff at Scrap-n-Stamp for the stockings. Ladies just send your husbands to the store with a list and we will make sure you get some super stocking stuffers. Here are just a few ideas:

Stickles: We just received a new shipment.

Glue Art's-Glue Glider Pro: We have the applicators and the re-fills.

Staz-on ink: Perfect for all your stamping needs.

So send your husbands to the store and we will give them more great stocking stuffer ideas...

Maternity leave

I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of my baby boy, unfortunately I won't be at Scrap-n-Stamp for a while :-( I will miss my Tuesday's and Saturday's where I get to create and hang out with some wonderful ladies. I will be blogging while I'm gone, so make sure you check the blog. There will be blog candy, prizes and of course we will post the arrival of new products (and the arrival of the new Scrap-n-Stamp babies). Yes I said babies....Kim and I are both due this month.

Black Friday at Scrap -n- Stamp...

That time of year is here again....time to loosen up your belt and get ready to eat! Scrap -n- Stamp will be closing early on November 25, we will close at 4:00 PM to get that turkey ready. We will also be closed on Thanksgiving Day.....BUT, in honor of Black Friday, Scrap-N-Stamp will be opening on Friday, Nov 26th from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM and we will be offering 25% off of EVERYTHING in the store. The best part is, you don't have to get up early to capture your savings.....feel free to shop all day and save!

So come on in on Friday and share your Turkey Day stories with us while you shop and save on all the new fantastic items we have at the store.

See you soon!The Girls at Scrap -n- Stamp

Holiday Hours:
Wednesday 25th 11-4
Thursday 26th CLOSED
Friday 27th 11-6
Saturday 28th 10-6
Sunday CLOSED

Happy Veterans Day

From one Veteran to another Happy Veterans day. The Girls at Scrap-n-Stamp thank all of those who served and are serving our Country. We would also like to thank all the people who support the fighting forces of the United States.... Especially to the spouses and significant others who deal with long deployments, late nights at the office and other hardships that the military may bring..... It takes a special person to truly understand and deal with this lifestyle.... So on Veterans Day please be mindful of those who protect and serve. In honor of Veterans Day we will be offering 20% off all purchases. Excludes classes and gift cards.

Lasting Impression Holiday Class

For all of you brass stencil fans, Ness has come up with some pretty cards and a cute card holder for the Holidays!!! It's the perfect gift for that special someone. You also will make a tag to go along with the card & holder set. Come by the store to check the samples out.

The Holiday Season Has Begun!!!

For all of you who are starting to prepare for the holidays which have come upon us so quickly, we are now offering our Christmas class. It's our Baker's Dozen Christmas class which means you will be making 13 cards to recreate and then send to your family and friends. Remember, we schedule the class around your schedule. Come by the store to see the samples and the cost for the class is $40.00. Sets are limited so sign up soon.

To all the ghosts and goblins...

We will be closing at 2:00pm this coming Saturday, October 31st. Have a safe and fun time trick or treating!!!
Happy Halloween from all of the girls here at Scrap -n- Stamp!!!!

Starbucks Cup Album...

Every scrapbooker knows Ali Edward...if you follow her blog, you'll know that she has the best ideas to share with all of us. This ones my fav! Since I stop drinking coffee (the last 3-4 months), I miss the aroma of coffee but know I can do without it each morning. So in memory of my coffee days...here's a cup of joe for you-the creative way :-)

For step by step on how to make this cool project, go to...

http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/2009/10/tuesday-tutorials-wilna-furstenberg-.html

Stonelake Landing Fall Festival- October 24, 2009 from 2:00PM - 8:00PM

CHECK it out!!!! Super cool local event...

Spooktacular Halloween Card Class!!!!!

Just wanted to let all of you card makers out there that Halloween us upon us already. Where has the time gone? Our Spooktacular Halloween class is prepped and ready for those of you who "dare" to take it...just come by the store or give us a call and sign up and you will be on your way to making 7 boo-tiful cards plus a treat bag!

Interested in working at the Scrapbook Expo this weekend?

If anyone is interested in working at a rubber stamp booth at the expo tomorrow, Fri. and/or Sat. at the Sacramento Convention Center, please call us at 916-714-7773 and we can give you the contact name and phone number.

Thank You!

Happy 30th Birthday Deniz!!

My wonderful Husband is 30 today, finally!! I know I will always be older than him, but at least we are both in our 30's now. I wanted to make him a card for his Birthday, but as usual I waited until the last day to start, so I went through my scrap paper and found this golf paper I had used for Father's day. I think it turned out pretty good considering it was all scraps.

More Halloween Fun.

So you only have time to come in and make one quick Halloween card.. Well then we have just the thing for you, our Halloween make-n-take's are now ready at our Make-n-take Bar. So come in, pick out a card you like, and we will pull a kit for you, all you have to do is glue.

Halloween Card Class...

Come sign up for our "spook-tacular" Halloween Card calss. Class kits are limted and it's first come first serve. Remember, we'll teach you the class ANYTIME during store hours. You let us know what time works best for you and your friends we'll be there!

Exclusive to Scrap-n-Stamp!!!

Our uber-talented Renee collaborated with a graphic designer and created a Asian paper line just for Scrap-n-Stamp. That's right ladies, you can only get this paper here!!! Check this paper out, it is so cute, and we already have samples made to spark your creativity. Here are just a couple of the paper's, and all of the papers are double sided. Come by the store to check out the rest of the designs.

Back by popular demand!!!

Everyone has been coming into the store and they see the super cute cards Debbie created with the Lucy Hootski paper from American Crafts, and they ask "do you still have this paper?" Unfortunately the paper went quickly, but we just received a new shipment from American Crafts and the shipment included the Lucy Hootski paper. So hurry in to get it, it will go fast.

Perfect Scrapbooking Weather

I'm working at the store today, but it is the perfect weather to sit down and Scrapbook, or make some cards. I just love the change of season's. On my way to work I stopped by Starbucks. I can always tell when fall is here they have my favorite, Pumpkin Spice Latte. Just when I thought the day couldn't get any better, I got the store and found a bunch of new Paper's, Embelishments and Ribbons!!! So just to name a few: Sassafras Monstrosity; American Crafts Halloween, Blue skies, merrrymint and Junior (Pictured Below). There is a ton more so come on by today and check out our new stuff!!!!

SnS...Take 1

Long story short...I got a new FLIP video (which was recently aquired by Cisco) so we thought we show you around :-). Here's a "crazy" home video (or should I say "store" video) It makes me laugh but it's really cool...it's like you're right there with us. Let us know what you think...

New Cosmo Cricket!!

We just recieved a new shipmet of Cosmo Cricket paper. The Earth Love line, which is super cute (showen above) and we also got some paper from the Jolly By Golly line. If you are thinking about getting your Chrismas cards started, the Jolly By Golly line would be perfect!! So come on by and check it out.

Travel Journal

Coming home from vacations and need a place to keep all the great memories. Instead of putting brochures, ticket stubs and all that pictures you took in plain manila envelopes...look what we created, the perfect traveling Journal. Turn this....

into this...

Using My Little Yellow Bicycle paper line called Traveler, you can turn some plain envelopes into a mini journal book/album.

We've made it easy for you. Take this class ANYTIME during store hours. We have the kit ready for you to make. We'll show you how each layer works and at the very end, we bind your newly created journal book using The Bind It All tool and whoa-la!

WINNER on the Aug 3 blog posting....

Hello Scrappers and Stampers! As stated in our August 3 blog post...we asked everyone to make a comment which would automatically enter you in for a drawing to win a FREE bag of goodies. Well, we have a WINNER...drum roll please...

Barb Malana is our WINNER. Congrats Barb! Come in and get your free bag of goodies anytime!

We also mentioned about a SALE...YES, it's coming. Look out for a future posting on our BIG sale day!

Shop Hop is going strong!

With only a few more days left, you can still get your Shop Hop bag and passport and receive 20% all the participating store from here to the bay area. Each store also provides a FREE 6x6 make -n- take for all their shop hoppers! Don't miss out!

Those that have already visited Scrap -n- Stamp, it was a pleasure meeting all of you. We hope you come back to Elk Grove and visit us soon...here's a picture of the make-n- take for some you of who weren't able to take a picture

Just Arrived

Everyone has been asking about the new Glue Glider Pro Adhesive Applicator. They are now avaiable at Scrap-n-Stamp, but you must hurry we have a limited supply. What's that you already have the Applicator, well we have the refills as well. Come check it out!!!

CHA 2009 in Chicago is now over...is it time for a sale??

Even though we didn't go to Chicago this year for Summer CHA, the new products came to us :-) We got to see all the new product. Always the same question after each CHA show..."Where are we going to put all this stuff?" So you think it's time for a sale to make room??? (Easy question huh :-)

Hey, make a comment on this blog (make sure we know who you are) and we'll enter you in for a FREE bag of goodies that we just got from our sales rep! We'll pick someone by the end of this week.

Rock Star Baby!

Who said it has to be light blue or pastel colors. Make this little baby into a ROCK STAR! Using chipboard's and the paper line from Creative Imagination called Melange Rock-A-Bye Collection. Turn this "cool" mini album into a rock star gift! Check out CI's blog for the full collection in both boys and girls!

My favorite recipe's

We all have those favorite recipes. Here's a perfect gift idea for a special friend. Great this fabulous recipe book and add some yummy recipes to share, it's a great gift with a personal touch. This is a class kit that you can schedule to make or "take -n- make" to-go!

Share one of your favorite recipes on this blog (under comments) and as a "thank you" for sharing, come by the store for a FREE gift. Make sure to let us know who you are when you post a comment!

Sizzlin' Summer Paper Chase Shop Hop

Attention all Paper Crafters!!! Sizzlin' Summer Paper Chase Shop Hop is taking place August 7 - 23, 2009...For two weeks this August, you will have a chance to shop and hop to 20 stores in Northern CA. You will be able to create a free 6x6 page make-n-take at each store that you visit for a progressive 6x6 Summer-themed Album(while supplies last).

Sign up for the Sizzlin' Summer Paper Chase. The cost is: Tote Bag Package(Includes passport and set of 6 Bo Bunny 6x6 chipboard pages)--$17.00, Passport only--$5.00(price increases to $7.00 after Shop Hop begins) all prices not including tax. The Shop Hop Passport will entitle you to a 15% discount at all stores(certain items may be excluded, see store for details) from August 7 - 23, 2009 and if you bring your Sizzlin' Summer Paper Chase tote bag, you will receive an additional 5% discount(certain items may be excluded, see store for details).
You can come on by the store to pre-register now!!! Also check our website or www.sizzlinsummerpaperchase.com for details and a list of all participating stores.

Did you hear the news???

Bo Bunny is accepting applications for their design team!!! I know very exciting if you are a die hard Bo Bunny fan. So check out this link and drop by Scrap-n-Stamp for some inspiration and some Bo Bunny paper :-) Lisa I hope you see this, I thought of you when I saw this. Good luck ladies.

New items from Imaginisce!!!

Just in from Imaginisce- i-top Brad maker and the accessory brads(Large, medium and small brad daddies). How fun is that, the ability to customize your very own brads with the ease of the i-top. Think of all of the possibilities with the wide variety of papers, stickers and even photos of your favorite people on a brad. You get to add that special embellishment on your layouts, cards and craft projects for all occasions.

Back to school is just around the corner...

Ok, so I know most of the schools here in Elk Grove are Year Round, except for the High Schools. We just received a new shipment of personalized school paper. Here are some of the schools we received. Show your school spirit!!!

Elementary:

Stone Lake

Joseph Sims

Elliott Ranch

High School:

Franklin

Consumnes Oaks

Elk Grove

Laguna Creek
Plus many more...

Come on by Scrap-n-Stamp and see all the schools.

“May the Force be with you.”

Yes you guessed it, we now have Star Wars paper and chipboard shapes, it's a new line from Creative Imaginations. Stop by and see if the Force is with you. This would make great invitations for a young Star Wars fan.

Happy 4th of July !!!

We will be closed on Saturday July 4th. All of us girls here at Scrap -n- Stamp want to wish everyone a very happy, fun and safe 4th of July!!!

Wow, Check out this new paper from Creative Imaginations!!!!

So I just got to the store and what caught my eye, some super cute new paper we just got in from Creative Imaginations. It's the Rock A Bye Girl and Rock A Bye Boy Line. Here are a couple of samples, come check out the rest of the paper. And of course Renee has already started creating a fabulous chipbaord book with the Rock A Bye Boy line.

Blog Candy Winner

Sorry Ladies for taking so long to annoucne the winner for our last blog candy.......And the winner is Ashley!!! So come on by Ashley for your free gift!!! Thanks for your responses.

Hello Kitty!!!

Are you a Hello Kitty Fan, if so we have just the thing for you. Just in the new Hello Kitty Sizzex Dies. Even if you are not a Hello Kitty fan they are super cute. You have to come by the store and check them out. What's that, you are on a budget and don't want to buy another tool. Well don't forget about our Sassy Scrapper Membership. It's $5.00 a day or $25.00 for a year (from the date of purchase) and you can use all of our in house tools. Which now include these super cute Hello Kitty Sizzex Dies. We also have the Zutter, ton's of punches, Stamps, The Cuttlebug and much more. It's perfect for you budget consious scrappers.