Upcoming classes!

Some upcoming classes at the store.  These tend to fill fast so call today to reserve your spot.

Fruits and Nuts Copic Card Class

Join Noel in creating another beautiful set of cards using Kraftin Kimmie images and learn Copic colouring techniques.

Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011

Time: 2:30-5:30pm

Cost: $30

Supplies: Bring basic supplies including Stardust Stickles and Glossy Accents

Copic Colours: B0000, BG10, BG11, BG13, BG72, BG75, E000, E11, E30, E34, E35, E57, E59, G24, G28, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, R89, W0, W1, Y15, Y17, Y23, Y35, YG00, YG01, YG23, YG25, YR07, YR23, YR24

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Intro to Quilling

Have you ever looked at those embellishments created by rolled paper that is called "quilling" and wondered who has the patience or how do you do that?  Now is your chance.  Come to this Intro to Quilling class and learn from the ladies who create the quilled pieces we sell at the store. You will learn the foundations of quilling while creating a reference sheet of the basic pieces and  then 3 embellishments to take with you.  

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Cost: $30

Supplies: Basic Tool Kit

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Good Ol' Gus Birthday Card Class

Join Bev in creating a set of humorous birthday cards for the men in your life.  Bring Gus to life with copic markers and learn some simple cardmaking techniques! 

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011

Session One: 10:30 AM -1:30 PM

Session Two: 2:30 PM -5:30 PM

Cost: $30

Supplies: Bring basic supplies including Stardust Stickles, foam dots, and a white pen

Copic Colours: To Be Announced

Kit of the Week!!

I am back again with another fantastic kit from the super talented ladies of Fruits & Nut!  This one is adorable and perfect your little one's birthday pictures.

Get yours today!!



Design Team Monday

It is Design Team Monday and we are back with a sketch!

Jenn found a fabulous sketch for the team to work with. 

Credit goes to PageMaps.

Now let's check out what the ladies came up with...............

Cherie

Cardstock: Bazzill

Paper: Safari Boy by Best Creations

Die Cut Border: Bazzill

Stickers: Best Creation & Jillibean Soup

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Julie

"Party Girls" features the following products:

Best Creations "Let's Party" papers

Fancy Pants Paper Filter Flowers

Cuttlebug embossing folder (on pink cardstock)

Misc buttons, cardstock and stamps

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Michele

Material Used:

Paper, Letter Stickers: Best Creations Bunny Love collection

Inks: Aqua pigment ink

Ornaments: buttons, punched butterflies, brads, pebble, ribbon and Zva blue bling

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Virginia

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Best Creations Safari Girl

Journaling cards - Fancy Pants, October Afternoon

Stickers - October Afternoon

Cardstock - Bazzill

Ribbon - Spare Parts

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Jenn

  

Products Used:

Best Creation Inc - Jubilee Paper Line

EK Success Paper Punch

Prima Flowers - white

Smooch - Citrus Splash, Sun Kissed, Sea Mist, Cotton Candy

I-Rock Tool

I-Rock Gems

Bazzill Card Stock

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!

National Scrapbook Day "Weekend"

Even if you aren't coming to our "Scrapstock" Crop Event, be sure to stop in for some NSD fun! We will have a special Mother's Day $2 Make & Take Layout available this Saturday and Sunday while supplies last. Stop in Saturday and Sunday for these great deals as well!

Saturday, May 7th ONLY!

American Crafts Albums only $19.99! If you missed this awesome deal at ScrapFest don't miss it this time, it's your last chance to get them at this amazing price! (excludes Leather albums)

For every $20 you spend, we will enter you in a draw to win this exclusive Bo Bunny Purse!

Saturday, May 7th and Sunday, May 8th only!

QuicKutz 4x8 Fonts only $19.99! (regular $45.99)

Dear Lizzie Album Kits only $19.99! ($50 value)

Silhouette Rhinestone Starter Kits only $19.99! (regular $39.99)

American Crafts Paper Holders Buy 2, Get 1 FREE*! (*equal or lesser value)

All Ribbon Buy 2 Yards, Get 1 Yard FREE*! (*equal or lesser value)

EZ Runner Duo Packs Buy 2, Get 1 FREE!

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And just in case those weren't enough opportunities for savings, here are some more......

Spring Cleaning Sales


In addition to NSD specials, we have been busy cleaning up and clearing out! Here are some other awesome sales we have going on right now at the Turtle! Shop early while the selection is good!

Bazzill Edge Cardstock and In Stitchz Cardstock 10 Sheets for $5 (regular $1.15 each)
American Crafts Glitter Cardstock 5 Sheets for $10 (regular $2.60 each)
Select QuicKutz Border Dies $10
Select QuicKutz 2x2 Single Dies $1
Select QuicKutz 2x2 Double Dies $2
Remaining BasicGrey 50% Off!
Bazzill Lickety Slip Albums $24.99! (regular $39.99)

Now get shopping!!!!

DT Special Assignment Day!

Hi everyone!

It's Virginia here with a tutorial on keeping your scrappy space organized - this is kind of a different type of a tutorial because there really is no "right" or "wrong" way to stay organized so it's more going to be a bit of show and tell about what helps me to stay organized when scrapping and I hope that you find it helpful and get some new ideas.

For a while I wasn't the most organized scrapper - but I find that when I do stay on top of being organized it really helps me with pulling pages together much quicker because I know where everything is and it helps me pull together better pages because I'm not forgetting about things that I already have in my stash!

I do not have a dedicated scrap room in my house - my husband and I share an office in our house that also doubles as my scrap room - since it's on the main floor and is visible I like to keep my stuff out of the way as much as possible when I'm not scrapping (this also helps keep it all safe from living with a dog, a man and a baby hee hee!)

This is the desk where I layout my pages - you can see I have a self healing mat underneath - I got this ages ago and I love it because I never worry about damaging the wood with my glues etc (like I *might* have done to our kitchen table when I used to scrap there.......oops ) - anyway this just stays out all the time even when I'm not scrapping.

Next is my cluster of containers that also stay out on the desk all the time - I don't mind these staying out because the stuff is contained within them and it is also good to keep out a few things that I don’t want to forget about and also good to keep certain things easy to grab when I'm pulling together a page.

Most of these are just repurposed vessels that I had around the house plus a few cheap milk glass containers from the antique market.

 

Next I have 3 "embellie" Tupperware’s that I stack when not in use and to the right bags with "kits" - this is kind of where I keep my current projects - either kits that I've gotten, projects that I want to tackle etc...keeping it organized in seperate bags helps me to be able to quickly pick up and scrap when I have a few minutes here and there.

Within the Tupperware's I keep my most used supplies; I keep ribbon in one, embellies in another (bling, journaling cards, stickers etc) and stamps in the third. On top I keep a embroidery floss case - this is probably my "secret weapon" when it comes to staying organized

....this little catch all is where I store all of my buttons and then I put a few flowers in here from my larger containers so that I don't forget about them and can grab them quickly when needed. You'll see my full storage in a second.

The desk drawer houses all of my punches as well as my corner chomper.

Then to the right of the desk I have a few Tupperware drawers stacked

I keep patterned paper in one, cardstock in another and square embellie/sticker sheets in the third.

- one is a special one for scrapping (square shape) that has 3 drawers - If any of these 3 fill up I know it's time to purge because (to me) it means I've accumulated too much paper to be able to manage.

The drawers below are just from a big box dept store (like Wal-Mart but don't remember exactly where I got them - I just repurposed from my basement when I decided to bite the bullet and get organized). In these I have organized all of my alpha stickers, rub ons, slice tool and photos.

I also label each of the drawers so that I remember what is where.......it may seem strange but I organize by "size" - so all of my thickers are in a drawer b/c they are all one size but then October Afternoon mini market letters are in a different drawer b/c to me they are a different size so I think about them differently.

Inside each drawer I like to also organize by colour (a bit crazy I know!)

Anyway - the point of this tutorial is not that you'll go out and organize just like me but rather that you'll be inspired to find a way of keeping your supplies so that they work for you - I'm sure like me you are pressed for time and the time that you do get to scrap is precious so I really feel it's well worth it to go through your supplies and organize them so that you can maximize the time that you do have for scrapping!

I hope you found this tutorial helpful - happy organizing!



More Product of the Month....

Just popping in to share some further inspiration or tips for the Fancy Pants Filter Paper Embellishments.  I love these things and they really are the perfect embellishment since they are so versatile.

Below are a couple of videos from Miss Fancy Pants herself, Jodi Sanford....

For even more inspiration, check out this post on the Fancy Pants blog to see what somoe of their team did with this product.

Remember, that for the month of May you save $1.00 when you buy 2 packages of these Filter Papers!

Kit of the Week!

Popping in today with another gorgeous "Quic-Kit" from the ladies of Fruits & Nut.



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