December 2010 Newsletter

Ho Ho Ho! The holiday season is here! Time to finish up those holiday project and go Christmas shopping for all your fellow crafters out there. We had a great Black Friday sale after Thanksgiving and our customers got some great deals! Thanks to everyone who came out that day to check out all of our specials.

December Craft Night

Just a friendly reminder that the December Craft Night has been cancelled. We will let you know when the next Craft Night is scheduled in the new year.

Holiday Schedule Changes:

Saturday, December 4th: Closed- We will be participating in a Craft Fair (see below for more info)

Friday, December 24th: 10:00am-2:00pm (closing early)
Saturday, December 25th: Closed for Christmas

Tuesday, December 28th: After Christmas Sale 10am-6pm (open late for shoppers who have to work)

December 29th- January 15th: Closed for Inventory (if we open earlier, we'll make an annoucement)

Christmas Craft Fair

Jenny, one of our DT members got really ambitious and decided to host a Christmas Craft Fair at her home. She, along with other Island Scrapbooking Customers will be selling their handmade crafts on:

Date: Saturday, December 4th (THIS SATURDAY!)

Time: 9:00am-2:00pm (unless we sell out sooner)

Location: see store for address/directions

We will also be having a booth at this fair and will be selling some of our Island Scrapbooking laser cuts and handmade cards. Please come and say hi if you stop by the fair. Because we are participating in this fair, the store will not be open that day, so please plan accordingly. Thank you for your understanding!

We hope you can join us! Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

Hero Arts 2011 Catalog Preview Party

We are very excited to be hosting a Hero Arts 2011 Catalog Preview Party!

Date: Saturday, December 18th

Time: 10am-2pm

Be the first to see the new catalog and some of the new stamps featured in the catalog! We can't wait to see what Hero Arts comes up with next!

If you pre-paid for your catalog, you can pick them up at the preview party. There's still time to pre-pay for your catalog. Catalogs will be $10 but if you pre-pay, you can get one for just $8! Also, at the preview party, customers can save 20% off their pre-paid order purchase from the new catalog. Please inquire at the store if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!

After Christmas Sale

Our after Christmas sale will be held on:

Date: Tuesday, December 28th

Time: 10:00am-6:00pm (staying open an extra hour for those of you who have to work)

Some specials you can look forward to:

• Additional 50% off red tagged items.
• Buy one get one free printed paper blowout!
• 40% off Island Scrapbooking custom laser cuts (on the wall- excludes punch art).

Don't miss out on the good deals! Plus, this will be the last day we are open in 2011. We will be closed after the sale to do our annual inventory, so the more you buy, the less we have to count!!

No December Classes:

Our instructors have decided to take a break this month, so there will be no classes in December for the holidays. We look forward to resuming classes early next year.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving! Don Barnes made this card for us and showed us the versatility of the turkey die by also making a peacock out of it! Thanks Don!

We also posted some important announcements yesterday, so please scroll down or click here if you haven't read them yet.

Hope to see you soon!

Holiday Schedule...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Just a friendly reminder that we will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving. And don't forget to join us on Friday for our Black Friday Sale starting at 10:00am! Island Scrapbooking members will receive 20% off their ENTIRE purchase with their coupon from this month's newsletter!!! We are talking adhesives, COPICS!!, paper, dies, stamps, ink, punches, tools, COPICS!!, and more! You won't want to miss out on all the savings, so come in early for best selection.

For those of you who aren't members, you can still enjoy 10% off your entire purchase on Black Friday only.

We have also added more red tagged items and all red tagged items will be an additional 50% off!

Need a Gift?
Island Scrapbooking has a great selection of craft items for all your scrapbooking friends out there. If you don't know what to get them, an Island Scrapbooking gift certificate is always a good choice for your favorite paper crafter. Just inquire about a gift certificate and we will be happy to help you!

Saturday, December 4th- Store Closed
We've decided to participate in a craft fair on Saturday, December 4th from 9:00am-2:00pm (or until we sell out!) and will be closed on that day. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding. We will be selling some of our pre-packaged Island Scrapbooking custom laser cuts at Jenny's craft fair on this date, so please come and visit our booth along with other Island Scrapbooking customers to see what they've been busy creating. If you would like to come to this craft fair and would like more information, please contact the store for directions.

Here are some of the things that will be for sale:

• Calendars (wall and desk)
• Ornaments
• Beaded Jewelry
• Pins
• Mini Recipe Books
• Notebooks
• Butter Mochi (Puna Taiko)
• Island Scrapbooking Laser Cuts
• and more!
  

Also, since we will not be at the store, we will not be able to accept credit cards as payment. Thank you! Hope to see you all there!

Last Christmas Card Class

We had our last Christmas Card Classs yesterday and I must thank the students that attended for signing up without even knowing what project we'd be making! To thank them all, I did a bonus project which is the A2 card box above. You can't see but the bottom of the box is turquoise blue like the belly band. They were really happy to learn how to make this easy box.


This next card was inspired by all you bloggers out there. I've seen different versions of this punch Christmas tree all over the internet, so I thought I'd teach my students how to make this easy peasy tree too. Since the tree was made using a heart punch, I thought it would look cute decorated with heart ornaments.


This last card was a CASE from the Hero Arts Holiday Catalog Supplement. I loved this card when I saw it and wanted to teach the class how to make it too. The more I use this tree stamp set the more I love it! It's so elegant looking, especially when its embossed in gold. The added benefit is no coloring, which is what my students always request. I also like how the background came out. It might be hard to see but the background is stamped with the Hero Arts musical notes background cling in Distress Antique Linen. I love how Antique Linen looks on cream colored cardstock!


We had fun yesterday and I appreciate everyone who came on a Friday for this last class. I'll probably hold more Christmas Card classes again next year since this year's classes were a big hit!


By the way, the store just got in a small Hero Arts order with some re-orders of some items that sold out earlier. And don't forget our Hero Arts preview party coming up in December. You can pre-pay for your catalog now!

Christmas Card Club Sneak Peek

Sorry I've been seriously slacking on making my samples for this Friday's Christmas Card Club class. I'm so thrilled that this class has generated so much excitement over simple cards! We had fun working on various Christmas projects since the summer and now its the last Christmas Card class for the year. Time sure flies huh?


So for the last class, we will be making regular simple Christmas Cards. Here's a sneak peek of a couple of the projects we will doing. The card featured above is a gingerbread man card. The gingerbread man is from the Hero Arts set that also comes with a snowman and tree. Added mini jingle bells for a more festive feel.


Below is a card that I initially made as a sample for the store, but was originally in gold. Changed it up to silver this time and used clear stones and white pearls as accents.


We'll be making a few more projects that I'll share after the class is done. If you are enrolled in this class, please also bring a scoreboard or trimmer w/score blade if you have one. Otherwise you can use mine. See you soon!

New Greeting Farm Stamps Arrived!

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to let you know that we've received in some new products recently, so if you haven't stopped by the store, you'll want to check it out soon.


First off, we received some new Greeting Farm stamps! The new stamps include: I Heart Sweaters (stamp featured above), Beanie Anya, Flirty Anya, Miss Anya Lounge, and Sweet Anya. Back in stock is the snowman set, Hula Anya, and Mermaid Anya.


We've also received some new papers, Martha Stewart Christmas Punches, Zing Embossing powders (including red, blue, green, pink, silver and gold glitter embossing powder), Martha Stewart paper trimmers, Scor-tape and other miscellaneous items.


Don't forget that the Super Coupon is good on Friday or Saturday this week and the Black Friday sale is coming up the day after Thanksgiving.

Hope to see you soon!

Debi's Distress Class

Good Morning! Just wanted to share the samples from Debi's Distress Class today. She dropped of the samples yesterday and we were all admiring her projects. Hope you have a great weekend! Please see yesterday's post for new announcements.