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.

Announcements

We have a few announcements that can't wait till the next newsletter...

Hero Arts 2011 Catalog
Can you believe that the 2011 Hero Arts Catalog will be available soon? Seems like we just previewed the 2010 catalog last month! The catalogs will be arriving in December, but we will start taking pre-orders for the catalog soon. If you pre-pay for your catalog, the price will be only $8! Normal price is $10, so you will save $2!

We will also be hosting a Preview Party on Saturday, December 18th! We will have select stamps available from the new catalog and the new catalogs to show you. You will receive 20% off on any pre-paid order placed that day, so mark your calendars for this fun event! We will share more information with you once we receive it.


December Craft Night Cancelled
Since December is a busy month for all of us, we will be canceling the December Craft Night. Thank you for your understanding. Please look for announcements on our next Craft Night.


Black Friday Sale!
Just a reminder to bring in your 20% off coupon to the Black Friday sale (day after Thanksgiving)! You will receive 20% off your ENTIRE PURCHASE! Woo Hoo! (Psst... that includes Copics!!) Sorry- this sale excludes special orders and gift certificates. Limited to stock on hand.


Christmas Craft Fair
Michele was nice enough to let me announce an upcoming craft fair featuring a few Island Scrapbooking customer's creations! The craft fair will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 9:00am-2:00pm. See store for more information (including directions). We will be selling handmade items including:

• Calendars
• Papercrafts (cards, notebooks, recipe books, etc.)
• Ornaments & Pins
• Beaded Jewelry
• Butter Mochi (Puna Taiko mochi pick up)
• and other handmade craft items!

We hope you will stop by to say hi and see what we've been working so hard on!

Peace

I've been eyeing this holly punch around the page set since it came in. I finally broke down and got it this past weekend and I'm happy I did. Its so festive and really puts me in the Christmas mood. Accented it with red crystals so it really looked like holly berries. Wanted to keep it simple, so I just punched out a dove using my other new MS punch. The Peace sentiment was embossed with white embossing powder and the background stamped with the Hero Arts swirls cling. Easy Peasy!

Supplies:

• Cardstock- Bazzil
• Crystals- Kaisercraft
• Dove and holly punch- MS Crafts
• Swirls background- Hero Arts
• Peace sentiment- CC's designs
• Embossing powder
  

New Sizzix Dies

Hi Everyone!
Just a short email to let you know that we got some new Sizzix dies and embossing folders in recently. Click on the photo to enlarge. See you soon!

November 2010 Newsletter

Happy Fall Everyone! Fall is such a busy time for us crafters… Halloween projects, Thanksgiving projects and Holiday projects! There’s still a lot of time left to work on all those great gifts, tags, gift card holders, and Christmas cards! Stop by the store to see all the great holiday paper, punches, and other embellishments to help you with all of your projects.

November Craft Night

Please note that this month’s Craft Night has been moved to a new date. Normally Craft Nights are held on the first Friday of every month, but this month it falls on the same day as Black and White Night in Downtown Hilo. Since they are planning on blocking off the streets for Black and White Night, we’ve decided to postpone our Craft Night for a week so that our customers don’t get trapped waiting for Black and White Night to end. Thank you for your understanding.

With that in mind, we will be doing another free make ‘n take at the next Craft Night:

Date: Friday, November 12, 2010

Time: 5:00pm-6:30pm

We will also be hosting another Card Drawing, so if you would like to participate, please bring in a handmade card in a “Fall” theme for the exchange.

Anniversary Sale

Just wanted to thank all of our loyal customers for supporting us throughout the year and for those that came out to help us celebrate our 7^th Anniversary! We had so much fun that day and were so happy to see so many of you! We are delighted to get such great feedback on the event and hope that everyone had a great time.

Black Friday Sale!

We will be open on the Day After Thanksgiving for a special Black Friday Sale!! Island Scrapbooking Members can receive 20% off their ENTIRE purchase!!! There are some restrictions, so please check the information on the coupon. Please remember to bring in your coupon and one coupon per customer. Don’t miss out on all the great deals!

November 2010 Classes:

Please note that the Acetate Class and the Great Gifts Class are full and will not be listed in this newsletter. If you’ve already enrolled in either of these classes, the classes will be held as scheduled.

Distress Inks

Back by popular demand is Debi’s Distress Inks class. You will be making 3 cards in this class using Distress Inks by Ranger. Once you learn how to use the blending too, you’ll be hooked!

Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Cost: $18
Instructor: Debi
Supplies: scissors, double stick tape, Copics, craft mat (if you have) and blending too.

Christmas Card Club

This will be our last Christmas Card Club class of the year. We will be making 4 different Christmas cards in this session using various techniques.

Date: Friday, November 19, 2010
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Cost: $15
Instructor: Jenny
Supplies: scissors, double stick tape.

Faux Cloisonne

Want to learn a cool technique using stencils? Kelli will show you how to make these impressive cards using this technique. You will make 2 cards in this class.

Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
Cost: $15
Instructor: Kelli
Supplies: Double stick tape/adhesive, scissors.

Don't forget... IS Members recieve valuable coupons in the newsletter, so if you don't want to miss out on all the deals, sign up today! In addition, only members will receive the 20% off your entire purchase coupon for Black Friday. Sorry, only one coupon per customer. Thanks! Hope to see you soon!