Fall/Spring Clearance Sale!

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the Fall/Spring Clearance sale at Island Scrapbooking!!! This means great deals on used items from our customers. Please remember to bring cash for all items purchased in this section.

In addition to all the great deals you'll get on used items, the store will also have some great in-store specials! All clearance items will be an additional 50% off of red-tagged items, along with other great deals. Please come in early for best selection.

Hope to see you all there!

Hero Arts Angels Sing

Happy Aloha Friday! Just wanted to share another Hero Arts project with all of you today...

Hero Arts has done it again! Their Chirstmas stamps are simply stunning and the Let the Angels Sing set is just heavenly. Although a boy angel is also included, the girl angel is the focal point of this card. Donna color coordinated the ink used for the stamp with the cardstock so that it all matched perfectly. She then mounted them using pop dots so that hte image popped from the spellbinders. Can you hear the angel singing?




For the inside of this card, Donna used Bo-Bunny paper and used other stamps from the same Hero Arts set.



Next, Donna borrowed the idea to create matching treat bags from our very own "cute bag" designer, Debi, using the new Spellbinders Label 8 die set. These bags are so versatile that the possibilites are endless. You can use any one of the Spellbinders Labels sets to make these bags or just decorate the bags themselves! This takes the guess work out of gift giving, leaving lots of room for our own creative expression. Thanks to Debi for introducing these little bags to us and to Michele for bringing them in!







Supplies used:

Let the Angels Sing stamps- Hero Arts
Oval, scallop oval, Labels 8 die- Spellbinders
Cardstock- Bazzil
DP- Bo Bunny
Glitter paper- K & Co.
Mini pop dots- All Night Media
White craft bag- Paper crafter

Butterfly Punch Card

Happy Labor Day! Hope you are all had a nice and relaxing 3-day weekend! Wowee! Can't believe its Labor Day already!


Just wanted to share this beautiful card by Debi. She used the new butterfly punches (small and large) to create this card. Don't you just love how she used the negative image of the punch as her focal point? And to top it off, she stamped an image below the punched area, so it showed through where the butterfly was punched out! What a creative way to use your punches!





Here's a close up of the butterfly..






Supplies used:
Butterfly punches- EK Success
Sentiment stamp (under butterfly)- Hero Arts
Scallop border punch- Fiskars
Flourish stamp- Hero Arts
Thank you stamp- Hero Arts
Cardstock- Bazzil
Ribbon

Cards From Our Customers

Just wanted to share a couple of cards from our creative customers! The first card up was made by Don. He used one of the new Spellbinders Pendant dies as the focal point of his card. The background was embossed using the snow dots cuttlebug folder on vellum.

He even added heart crystals to the tips of the pendant.

Next up we have a Halloween card by Mardi. She dressed up Hope (or is it Grace?) from the Hope and Grace Greeting Farm set to look like a witch for Halloween. Mardi combines all different types of crafts into one neat project. In addition to using paper, rubber stamps and dies, she also embroiders!

Here's a close up of the witch..

The inside of the card is just as cool as the outside!

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Thank you Mardi and Don for sharing your neat creations with us!

Alien Ian

Have you ever tried to alter one of your Greeting Farm stamps? Well, Michele's brother Daniel got inspired by Baseball Ian and here's what he came up with....

Baseball Ian before....

Baseball Ian after being abducted by aliens!

I just love how his baseball bat became his space gun. This just goes to show that you are only limited by your imagination!

Pop Up Cake In A Box

Just wanted to let everyone know that if you were planning on getting the pop up cake XL Sizzix die on coupon, they are almost gone! Better hurry in if you had your eye on one.

If you already purchased this die and are having issues with the cake not popping up nicely when you open your card, check out this blog... Carol of Extreme Cards and Papercrafting has several tutorials to assist you on this issue.

Jenny liked the idea of making the cake the gift! Check out her sample of the Pop Up Cake In A Box.. There are many different versions of this idea, but Jenny followed Patti's instructions of Creations by Patti.

Here's the box when it's closed up...

Surprise! There's a cake inside!

The box opens up nicely around the cake...

Here's a close up of the cake...

Supplies used:

Pop up cake die- Sizzix

DP- Bo-Bunny, Bazzil and Doodlebug

Pearl accents- Hero Arts

Butterfly- unknown company- purchased at Big Island Packaging

Flower die (base of cake)- Spellbinders

Ribbon

Have a nice 3-Day weekend! Just a reminder that the store will be open on Labor Day during regular hours, so stop on by if you have the day off!

Hello Kitty Sizzlits Calendar

Getting ready to make gifts for Christmas? Why not make a special gift that anyone can use? Calendars are very popular around this time of year to give as gifts, so why not make your own? Here Jenny made a Hello Kitty calendar using Sizzix Sizzlits dies, (They are on coupon right now so you can get them to make this calendar!) which are the ideal size for calendars.

Here's what the calendar looks like from January to June....



Then in July, you flip it over for the rest of the year!



Here's some close ups of each month...

Supplies used:

Hello Kitty dies- Sizzix

Santa hat and Witch hat dies- Sizzix

Calendars- printed from computer

Calendar titles- Sizzix

Stars, flowers dies- Spellbinders

DP: Doodlebug, Bo Bunny

Cardstock- Bazzil

Ribbon

Crystals- Hero Arts

Dew Drops

Stickles

Cupcake punch- EK success

Sugar coated brads- Doodlebug

Don't forget- all Hello Kitty Sizzix dies are on coupon fro buy one get one free this week!