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Fabulous Friday Finds brought to you by the #139

For today's Fabulous Finds...you will be taken down the NEW PRODUCTS aisle of the store at A Walk Down Memory Lane.  And today's stroll is brought to you by the #139.

Why 139?  Well, that's the count of new products added to the store since the first of August!!  We're talking Basic Grey, Bazzill, Tinkering Ink, Cosmo Cricket, Idea Books from CK Media, The Ribbon Ring, October Afternoon, Glue Arts, We R Memory Keepers and many more!

  Are you looking for some new CHA releases?  Well, check out the Ribbon Ring section, or Cosmo Cricket!  We have some new papers from Mr. Campy, Haunted, and Jack's World with embellishments like ribbon and Black Board pieces on order.  How about some beautiful new Bazzill brads in either a bling or paper finish?  They're completely different finishes to the brads, but both of them are just BEAUTIFUL.  The paper brads have so many options because you can ink them, chalk them, distress them...oh my, what to try first?

We also added a number of idea books to the store as well.  Ali Edwards Designer Eye both 1 and 2, Ali Edwards Life Artist, Donna Downey books, Lisa Bearnson's 50 Moments, and a few other popular titles.

Looking for a unique mini album to try out?  Check out Tinkering Ink's Peek a Boo albums!  With a mixture of both chipboard AND acrylic pages, these are really fun.  If you haven't tried acrylic, this combination helps ease your way into an acrylic page...especially when mixed with tried and true chipboard.

You will want to watch the blog for a blog candy announcement on Sunday...we've got some NOT YET SHIPPED goodies from CHA from Scenic Route, Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, October Afternoon and Pink Paislee that we're gonna be giving away!!  It'll be pretty easy to get into the drawing...so check back on Sunday!!!

CHA Day 1 Pictures - Scenic Route

Are ya diggin' the Sonoma collecion from Scenic Route?  The pictures here do NOT do this line justice.  It's so hard to get good photos of these lines in a dark convention center with lighting that is "spotty" at best.  So sorry about that!

Let me tell you though, this line is so pretty with kraft browns, olive greens, salmon and a bit of mulberry. 

Another mini-line coming out is the Celebrate collection.  This is a very cute and colorful line that is on it's way into the store!

Well, that's it for tonight.  We will be pouring over catalogs tonight and getting orders ready.  Tomorrow we'll drop off some orders, take more pictures, and hopefully take a few little make and takes for some classes for you!

CHA Day 1 Pictures - Making Memories

How about a little sneaky peek of Making Memories new goodies? 

A new Christmas line, a new Halloween line, and 4 fun color-themed collections.  Here is the Christmas line called Fa-la-la.  Glittered papers, diecut papers, etc.  Just what we've come to expect from one of our favorite companies!

Here is a close-up of some of the stickers with this line.  Mini-alpha stickers, glittered foam trees, epoxy stickers.  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Here is one of the color-based lines called Poolside.  Beautiful cool blues in 6 papers with various embellishments to coordinate.

Greenhouse is another of the color-based lines in a gorgeous green.  Also available is a rose/pink and chocolate brown.  Another must-have in every scrapper's toolbox!

CHA Day 1 Pictures - Doodlebug

OK, so we all know Doodlebug has some of the cutest bright, colorful and happy papers out there right?  Well they did NOT disappoint this show either!  Here is a samle of their newest spot flocked and spot glittered papers!  Available in all 12 of  their signature colors, they are just so pretty!

How about a few adorable little "Braddies"?  Perfectly petite little flower brads with the Doodlebug touch.  These are already available in their boutique brads package, but now you can get just the flowers by themselves.  Of course they're available in all 12 Doodlebug Designs colors.

Last picture for the Doodelbug group is a new alphabet font for stickers.  Available in flocked and glittered, this new font is sure to become a staple in everyone's stash.

CHA Day 1 Pictures - Misc. goodies

Bo Bunny introduced some new paper lines, but we need to get some better pictures.  This is one I just couldn't not show you!  :)

New acrylic albums with various shapes in each book.  This one is the floral one with some cool flowers and even a flowerpot shape in the back. 

Check out these paper cupcakes from the Chatterbox booth.  They look almost good enough to eat don't they?  Fun glitter toppings, swirls, curls of paper, just beautiful.  Their new paper line is just gorgeous too!  We'll get better pictures soon!

How about these BEAUTIFUL NEW plastic OVERLAYS from KI Memories!!  They are to DIE for!!  So cool.  Made from acid-free polypropelene they are stiffer than a transparency but not as thick as acrylics used in albums, etc.  These are definitely in my top list of things NOT to miss!

KI is also coming out with a new school line and holiday line that are just so much fun!  But, what else do we expect from KI?  :D

Day 1 CHA Pictures - Basic Grey

Basic Grey.  Need I say more??  They have 5 new lines this show, along with new rubons, new clear stamps, and some AWESOME new chipboard albums available in "Milk Chocolate" and "Dark Chocolate". 

The line to the left is called Ambrosia.  Beautiful warm oranges, greys, yellows, red and a touch of black and white.  They were told by customers to bring back the Black Tie collection, so they did one better!  Now we get some beautiful, updated black and white papers along with some truly gorgeous colors.  The papers are double-sided, there is matching brads, glazed brads, buttons, chip stickers, alphabets...YUMM!

Next up is the Eva line.  Another gorgeous line by Basic Grey.  Basic Grey says "Eva is reminiscent of the French Court - a mix of the exotic and the dignified, the gracious and the gallant.  Let Eva add a posh touch to your next project."  I couldn't say it better myself! 

They have a fun new retro/boy/natural line called Offbeat.  this is a fun line but I didn't get good pictures of it, so that will have to wait.

Granola is "all  natural with organic ingredients" using lots of greys, a little bit of tan and a little bit of blue.  This is a great guy collection with a few flowers, but nothing too feminine.

Urban Prarie is another flowery and bright kit with a hot pink, yellow, bluebird and bright green.  They say it's "city-chic with a country flair".  Yup, totally agree!  We'll get better pictures of these 3 lines tomorrow and try again!

I want to show you a picture of their new chipboard albums though!  These are soooo very cool!  7 new chipboard album shapes in a black or brown finish. 

Day 1 CHA Pictures - American Crafts

Good evening!  :)  Welcome to Day 1 of our new goodies preview from Chicago and the summer CHA show!  I've got a TON of pictures to show you, so grab your favorite snack, sit back, and enjoy the new sneaky peaks! 

First off is American Crafts.  We're just showing you a few of the newest goodies we saw.  At the left are just a few of their Details.  We have 8 new Details embellishment stickers coming to the store to join our  others.  You can see the original Details in the store HERE. 

Next up is one of the Thickers versions that are now on order.  :)  The Puffy thickers are SO CUTE!  We also have some Puffy Thickers Elements stickers coming as well.

Check out the Everyday collection of papers from American Crafts!  These are sooo pretty!  Along with their Romance, and Travel stickers we've got some awesome new papers coming to the store!

Friday Finds

Today's Fabulous Finds highlights a few products you may not know we carry!  :)

This layout shows off a few different goodies, so, let's get started taking a stroll down the aisles of the store at A Walk Down Memory Lane.

First, I started with a layer of white Bazzill cardstock.  We carry a number of colors of cardstock available by the sheet, but we also carry them in multipacks as well.  Next, I took a piece of Cherry Arte Girl Power paper and tore it.  I used both pieces as the corners of my layout.  I layered afew other pieces of the Cherry Art papers on the layout under the journal block and I scalloped the orange with my EK Success corner rounder.    I used a few Doodlebug Jewels on the flowers, etc on the left hand border of the paper.  Next I used a rubon and a Heidi Swapp Crown journaling spot in the bottom of the left hand page.  The last thing on the left page is the journaling block.  I used my Cricut and first used the Cricut Inks to "draw" the title with my Cricut.  Then I replaced the inks with my blade, and it cut out the letters leaving a nice little colored line around my letters.   On the right page, I used an 8x10 picture.  I used a Fancy Pants felt bracket and adhered the felt to the picture with my Zig 2 Way glue and held it until it dried.  Then, I trimmed the photo to the same shape as the outside of the bracket.

Also, don't forget we've started $3 shipping for the weekend today!  Any order under $75 will ship for $3!!  With gas being so expensive, you can't hardly DRIVE to your local scrapbook store for that!

I hope you have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend.  I will not be posting on Monday.  See you on Tuesday! 

Fabulous Friday Finds

Have you been on an internet treasure hunt lately??  One of the HOTTEST NEW PRODUCTS from CHA this winter was the Fiskars Treading Water Border Punch.  Well, guess what...we've got our 2nd batch in this afternoon and have added them back into the store!!  This is a popular punch shape, because the scallops are HOT right now!  Plus, with the little holes, it's easy to thread your favorite ribbon or floss inside too!

You can find the punch HERE at the store at A Walk Down Memory Lane.

Other hot new products like the Scrapworks Acrylic Albums, WeR Memory Keepers Big Bite tool, and Love Elsie Forrest lines are all in the store already! 

We just received about a dozen boxes through the week with more new goodies including Prima, Heidi Grace, Daisy D's, and Doodlebug.  We'll be working hard this weekend to get all the new goodies uploaded over the weekend for your shopping pleasure!

Fabulous Friday Finds

Before strolling down the aisles of the store, I thought I'd show you a quick card that I made using some of the leftovers from yesterday's Kittens layout.  I actually have 2 cards that a are finished like this, and I still have a bit more of the 2 pattern paper left for another couple of cards!

I like making my cards after I finish a layout, because I have all of my tools and embellishments sitting out on my table, AND I have stuff I know already coordinates together!  Plus, who can bear to throw away that pretty paper?  Or, how many of us save those scraps for a future layout, only to never dig back through those scraps because, let's face it...we have so many full NEW sheets of pretty paper to play with!!

This card uses the same Bazzill cardstock, Prima Harmony and Pink Paislee Office Lingo papers from yesterday.  I added an O'Scrap felt flower and used a few more chipboard buttons from Making Memories to finish it off.   I left this one blank to keep it as a multi-purpose card.  I can quick add a sentiment I need when I need a quick card.

Today, for our FABULOUS Friday Finds, we'll be taking a stroll down the album aisle.  You will notice there aren't a terrible lot of albums in the store...know why?  Because there are so many albums to choose from, along with their coordinating page protectors, that I just can't carry them all.  So....I choose a few small gift-sized albums, or  some small acrylic albums for mini albums for you.  HOWEVER....and this is the GREAT part...I can special order just about any album out there in any color you want.   For Instance...American Crafts albums are 20% off this month, and I am offering that on any special-order as well.  If you love American Crafts albums, you can choose your size, finish, and color of American Crafts albums you need, and I'll get them ordered for you!!  This sale is through May 29 so you'll want to get your order in ASAP!

You can click on the American Crafts albums link above to be taken directly to the American Crafts album section.  There you can find all of the various sizes and colors available to choose from!