Kit Inspiration

Still looking at that Feburary kit wishing you could get out of your creative rut and cut into it? Well what are you waiting for? Here are a couple of things I did with my kit.

Check out the Masters Kit blog for even more inspiration & some tips on using those products in a fun, creative way!

Complete an album in 2 months or less

Would you believe you could create a beautiful album, in 2 months or less, start to finish;
Keeping this in mind: CD's get scratched and hard drives crash. Your memories deserve to be placed in organized books that can be enjoyed by you and your loved ones. This is the story of your life together and as you share it, relationships will be strengthened and memories treasured. I know after I read that, i was thinking i may need to consider a couple options for scrapping faster.

I read about this recipe for getting your albums done fast and fabulous. I wanted to share it with you in case it works for any of you: There is a way to complete your album in a FRACTION of the time it used to take.
The secret, oddly enough, is in Henry Ford’s assembly line. Yes, that’s right – Henry Ford, the inventor of the assembly line is responsible for this month’s helpful hint.
Well, not entirely, and not that we’re building cars, exactly, but bear with me here, while I explain. The principle of the assembly line is the same, whether you are building cars, hamburgers, or scrapbook albums.
Henry Ford realized that if he wanted to sell automobiles to the public at a reasonable price, he was going to have to re-think the way things had always been done. It simply wouldn’t work to build cars from scratch, one at a time. It just took too long. And so, he devised a system where cars could be built much faster, piece by piece, in a – well – assembly line style.

Since then, the same amazing principle has been carried forward, shaping the entire realm of manufacturing, and now, today, we are going to apply it’s miracles to scrapbooking!
The approach I want to share will absolutely help you complete your albums faster.
It involves a shift in thinking – from completing PAGES one at a time – to completing entire ALBUMS, step by step. And yes, when you look at the process it’s like an assembly line.
But don’t worry, this approach won’t take the fun out of scrapping – to the contrary, scrapping becomes so much MORE enjoyable, because you can can see your progress so much more easily.
Of course, not everyone will prefer this method, but for those that have embraced it, go so far as to say that it has helped keep them from getting burned out on scrapbooking altogether. I love the BIG PICTURE or PHOTO FREEDOM method, but for some albums, this would work great too.

OK, so let’s get started:
Wednesday's Step:
STEP ONE: Naturally, get all your pictures and memorabilia together. Figure out about how many photos will fit in the album you wish to complete, and get them in chronological order. These pictures do not need to be all one theme, just photos of the next 10 layouts you want to create;
I will leave you some time to work on Step 1 and share Step 2 tomorrow. TTFN (ta ta for now-Becky would be smiling).

Happy Tuesday!!

Hello & welcome to Tuesday-its going to be a fabulous day, my little Ben Ben is coming to spend the day with me (I wonder if this is what being a grandma feels like, haha). WOW, its a beautiful day outside!!! I just LOVE this spring weather, although it is a little chilly still. Anyway, I was a little under the weather yesterday so I couldn't blog much. How was your Easter? Ours was wonderful!!! Justin kept asking "if we still have Easter" sidenote-i guess he meant since they are all grown up. My response was (as i'm sure all mothers feel), you're never too old for the Easter bunny to pass. Its so funny, you watch them grow and they love being older, but they miss the things from younger years. SO DO I!!! Which is why Easter was so great-2 of my nieces and nephews (Ben & Blake) still enjoy the magic of EASTER. Everyone gathered at the Bullions for Judy's fabulous cooking, crazy fun with the cousins AND Easter Egg Dying & Hunting (my favorite)!!! The kids had fun dying eggs, although funny enough the 15 & 16 year olds (Elaina & Justin) had the MOST fun dying eggs. It was so enjoyable to watch the kids running in the yard, no video games, no tv, no computers-just everyone enjoying each other's company. Only sad part was my family was spread out between Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, California & Canada-its just not quite the same when we can't ALL be together. Hope you had a wonderful EASTER and enjoyed your family. So did you print some photos today-just 15 minutes.

SPRING IS OFFICIALLY HERE

Hey Scrappers,
WOW, its a little chilly outside for a SPRING day, but nevertheless, it is springtime. I know spring cleaning isn't all that fun, so why not spring clean your digital photo files-that is quite enjoyable & it is spring cleaning. Yes, organize those digital photos & PRINT them. Remember if they are not printed, you won't scrap them, NOR will your family get to enjoy them. The cool part is you can print only the ones you want to scrap and the others can be organized by year & season;





I know its a scary task, but its even SCARIER if you don't do it; here are some helpful tips:

• Break it down into workable tasks (decide to work on it for 30 min each day)


• Organize photos by year & season, i.e., 2008-winter, 2008-spring, etc; I HATE looking for things, so i organize a little more more: I usually save my photos by year (folder), then make subfolders by month/day/event i.e., under the 2008 folder, i have 0324Easterwithbullions; or 0214Val or 02randomphotosofJus;


• I like to scrap most of my pictures, so i also make a folder 2008-scrapbooked and once I print my photos i want to scrap, i move that entire folder to scrapbooked folder. This method has helped me ALOT to see what pics i need to scrap. So when i have 15-20 minutes here & there, i go to my 2008 folder and review a subfolder, print the pics I want to scrap, move that folder to scrapbooked and i feel just a little happier because I've saved some of my photos from the computer.


• The Pioneer 3 up photo albums are a great place to store your photos until you are ready to scrap them-i stick 6-8 photos of the one event into 2 sleeves (grouped), & label the outside of the album by year, so when i see that layout i want to scraplift or feel like scrapping, i quickly find that group of photos in the album, pull & scrap;


• The method suggested by Stacy Julian, is working great for me, hope you can try it to.


• Her newest book PHOTO FREEDOM is awesome & provides lots more details on this.

If you need any pointers on this, feel free to email me at tammy@eatel.net Happy Printing!!!

EASTER Photo Shots

Hey Scrappers,


Don't forget these treasured memories. Taking photos of the Easter Egg Hunt, Posing before church, etc. Take a few moments in the beautiful sunshine to snap a family photo for posterity. I know families get tired of posing, but its so nice to have for years to come. Check out this cool family pose of Heather Banker's family.

I just love this photo of Heather's family, can't you just "feel the love" -pardon the expression, but seriously, getting the family all close just makes everyone relax & smile or laugh depending on the age. HA HA. Heather's advice: "The main thing is try to have fun and experiment with different poses. Don't be afraid to get away from the traditional poses. On this particular day, we tried lots of different poses. This just happened without too much thought. Sometimes just playing around produces the best photos. "

HAPPY EASTER to everyone!!!!

2nd Place for MASTERPIECE CHALLENGE

Hey Scrappers,



Congratulations to Darlene Quebedeaux & Heather Banker for 2nd place in the Masterpiece Challenge!!!!!





As I mentioned earlier, the judges had a tough time narrowing down the winners of the challenge and asked that I recognize these layouts as runners-up (the funny part is these 2 girls are best friends & the judges didn't even know that); I have to agree, I'm so glad I didn't have to choose, these top 4 layouts were awesome. I just love the way all of these girls interpreted the sketches & the layouts they came up with. Makes me tickled pink that the Masterpiece Idea Book is so versatile. KUDOS to All of you JoLynn, Traci, Darlene & Heather!!!!!

Love by Heather Banker:

• Page 10 sketch. Heather twisted this sketch by changing the placement of the embellishments on page 1, by changing the orientation and location of the picture on page 1, and by using a larger picture on the right corner of page 2 instead of picture and emb; The judges raved about the photos, color choices & love that stamp; Any layout with these precious children is a winner! KUDOS Heather!!

For the Love of Food by Darlene Quebedeaux:

• Page 96 sketch. Darlene rotated the left page one turn to the right. On the right side of the page, she took one picture & cut it up to make a single portrait collage. Journaling also is perfect for the theme of the layout. The judges WISHED they had a sampling of this food--great photos in the layout. The judges LOVED the cricut title and the creative collage was a perfect focal photo and consistent with the theme!! KUDOS Darlene!!

FIRST RUNNER UP

Congratulations Traci Furlow, you're the first runner-up for Masterpieces Idea Book Challenge. Traci likes Titles & subtitles, so she used a combination of several sketches on pages 8, 9 & 21. Tips:

• use the cricut Alphalicious to cut out the title and double layer it to add a twist.


• Traci stepped outside her box and used a couple of chipboards, the present and the caterpillar, painted them to match the colors of the layout and stickled them to make them shine. She just loves BLING & on all of her pages and stickles seems to be her favorite right now.


• For the stripes in the middle of the page, use the cardboard pieces given to you in an album refill package and it already has the holes cut out so it makes it easily to stick your brads right through.


• If you look hard you can see a dragonfly peeking out under the present which is soaked in dimensional magic to make it shiny.

GREAT JOB TRACI!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO JoLynn Payne of Monroe, Utah-WINNER OF THE MASTERPIECES CHALLENGE!!!!!!
"Yo Ho Ho" - Sketch on pg 97.

The votes are FINALLY in, wow, the judges had a really hard time narrowing it down. In fact, they begged me to give a few more prizes for the 3 runners-up.

Here are some comments from the judges:

• love the way she did her journaling and all of the photos are awesome to.
• love the staggared photos
• Twisted the sketch by: left page 5x7 photo for the main photo and a 4x6 and a 3x5 cut down for the other two pictures; finished title above the two pictures instead of using the journaling spot below the two pictures; on second side switched sides of the embellishments and put journaling down the side in place of the line of embellishments.
  
  JoLynn's comments: This was a great sketch to put all of my son's birthday pictures on a double page layout instead of several pages.
  
  Products used:
  PP: Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter line -Confession
  PP: Rusty Pickle Cap'n Jack line - Davey Jones
  CS: misc black and off white
  Tim Holtz distress ink - old paper and black soot
  Rusty Pickle Cap'n Jack line - Cardstock tags and ribbons
  misc pirate coins from the birthday party
  signo white pen
  zig black pen
  font: Black Castle and Old English from internet
  misc brad

Congratulations again to JoLynn, she is anxiously awaiting her delivery of $100 scrapbook goodies!

Thanks to everyone for participating!!!! The runners-up layouts are awesome too so we will be posting those later in the week.

Don't forget there is still time to enter the drawing for the Masterpiece Referral Program-refer a Masterpiece book to a friend or buy yourself a copy & enter the drawing for over $50 worth of scrapbook goodies-some products are things we don't even have in the store yet.

Have you signed up for this class yet?

Hey Scrappers,

If you haven't yet signed up for this AWESOME class with Nikki Rispone--do so TODAY!!!!! You know how those Memory Mania classes sell out way too fast!!!! It will be great fun & the first of its kind at Memory Mania. Each person will decorate a recipe album AND each student will bring 15 copies of 1 recipe on a 6x6 cardstock, AND a sample of this recipe. AND you guessed it, we will have a taste fair after class. YUMMY, I know you girls have lots to share so sign up NOW.

This class is a few weeks before Mother's Day in case you want to create one for that special mother in your life, or of course, you can create for yourself. AND there is a precious wine container displayed in Creative Cafe which is great for wooden utensils to match the album that you can easily scraplift.

Class is Saturday, April 26, 1-3pm $20, plus additional supply fee;

Boxes, Boxes Everywhere

Happy Happy Friday to everyone. I'm glad to be back and feeling much much better.

I hope all of you are planning to "COME GET THE SCOOP" at our Expo on Saturday, April 5th. You won't be disappointed. We get in about 8-10 new boxes everyday and we are saving most of them for our Expo. It will be a fun filled day of demos, Make and Takes, and the most awesome Yummy new products you've ever seen. So be sure to mark those calendars and come early. Remember the Early bird gets the worm.

Saturday April 5th, 10-2pm............BE THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY HOUR

Hey Girls
Thanks for everyone's patience. Danelle's husband, Marty, is still trying to load the YOUTUBE, technical troubles, so keep checking Danelle's site, and she is loading pictures of the project-she made some cute creative touches to the project.

DANELLE JOHNSON HAPPY HOUR CREATIVE CAFE

Hey Scrappers,

TONIGHT is the night we've all been waiting for . . . Danelle Johnson will post a video of the project on the her Blog http://www.danelle-johnson.com/ for viewing 5-8 pm CST ;

Then tune in at 8PM & chat it up with Danelle & others to discuss the creative cafe project this week: THE CHAT WILL BE AT 8 pm tonight. We thought this might be a better time so you could get dinner & baths taken care of & sit, relax & chat with us. THe CHAT link of lower left corner of Danelle's home page http://www.danelle-johnson.com/; user name: choice password: happyhour

If you weren't able to get to Memory Mania to purchase your kit yet, we have a few more and Danelle will keep the piece on her blog so it can be accessed a few weeks if you want to stop in & purchase one in the next few days.

Following the chat, happy hour projects can be posted at http://www.justneedit.com/gallery/ in the gallery. Watch the blog for more details on a follow-up chat with Danelle.

OH, and please express your gratitude to Danelle & have a great time with this awesome project.

Maureen's Favorite Tools

One favorite tool, now really?..... Have you seen any of my layouts? I can tell you that my favorite tools are embellishments. Pictured below is a clock which I made for my dad that features 3 of my favorite embellie tools. One of my favorite tools are stamps. I stamped wings very slightly around the word fly. The wings needed favorite tool #2- STICKLES!! Stickles just make a page pop. I don't think that I have made a page without Stickles in quite a while. One of my favorite things to do with Stickles is to cover them with dimensional magic while still wet. The numbers on the clock are my 3rd favorite tool..Thickers. The package of Thickers always has enough extra letters to get a few good layouts made. Thickers come in so many different varieties such as chipboard, felt, vinyl and even shimmery. Happy Scrappin'..Maureen

Come get the SCOOP

WOW, I wish they would let me out of this house, please, please, I really want to see what's in these boxes!!!! Here are a few pictures that Allison snapped to make me super lonesome for the store & excite you about Getting the Scoop at Memory Mania. P.S. Please pray that Christy is feeling better ASAP (poor darling has the flu & bronchitus and really ready to get to these boxes). Rhonda is working feverishly to receive as many as possible, but UPS just keeps coming with more. As you know, we bought everything at CHA, but then we can't remember what everything involves, so every box we open is 10x better than Christmas. For those Getting the scoop shipped, we are gathering some really cool things for you & for those coming to get the scoop in person, I can't wait to share with you too. THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone that is working so hard to pitch in during this crazy time with all of the surgery, sickness & school. Also thanks to the all the customers' patience while my mom & sister (never worked at MM before) learn to check them out.

RIBBON, RIBBON & RIBBON

WOW-Jade, Lexi, & Nicole have been super busy on this little surprise for you!!!! Aren't they some awesome girls we have? Its humerous really if you could see them processing CCL registrations, then running to fix the ribbon, then back to register to run CCL registrations-kinda like a silent movie on FAST, FAST forward. In between the hundreds of CCL registrations, look at all of the ribbon, and wait---there's more coming, where will we put it? Better come help us make room. Have a wonderful weekend and hope to see you at Memory Mania this weekend. And once again, thank you girls for being the best employees EVER!!

CCL-July 2008

Hey Campers,
I have great news-we have 1 more class to add to our list of classes on Friday!!!!

Our resident Disney Expert will be in town to teach her CCL Disney Class
Layout & Class is all new material

1:00 – 2:00 _______ $20.00 PAWSITIVELY DISNEY
Instructor: Becky Robichaux
Join the entertainment & Disney expertise as Becky shares her newest Disney class featuring Goofy & Pluto; this is one ccl class, you should never miss-a HUGE treat;
If you have already registered for ccl (its 3/4 full), you can print this email & fax in with cc# or drop in.
Layout will be posted ASAP.

Danelle Johnson Blog Happy Hour -next Thursday, March 13 7 CST

Hey Scrappers,

I wanted to give you some details about the Happy Hour with Danelle Johnson next Thursday night, March 13th 7-8CST; Danelle will post a youtube video of the project (project kits can be purchased at Memory Mania or online) for $7.99 and then also there will be a live chat, here is the link to the chatroom, http://client11.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=288458 . If you would like to be prepared, click this link, & assign yourself a username & password & login , remember to jot your username & password down so you can login on NEXT Thursday night for Happy Hour. This is so cool of Danelle to donate her time for us, so please make plans to participate. See posts below for a picture of the little project journal.

COME GET THE SCOOP WITH MEMORY MANIA

Hey Scrappers,

Don't forget to mark this awesome date too, Saturday, April 5 10am-noon; Memory Mania will unveil all of the fabulous finds from CHA; AND, this year, if you can't make it we are shipping the scoop to you-read further down for details if you want 3 scoops with a cherry on top or other; call in, prepay & we will ship the scoop to your door; But if you can make it to Memory Mania, Scoop & Doo will be serving the best ICE CREAM, what else could you need, yummy scrapbook goodies AND something cold on your throat-should be a fun day-can't you tell how often Jade was snooping out the scoop at CHA.

DANELLE JOHNSON

Hey Scrappers,

Don't forget to mark your calendars for this on-line Creative Cafe Happy Hour. The packets can be purchased at the store for $7.99 or $10 including shipping-supplies are limited. Even if you can't catch the happy hour-kit includes photo & complete instrutions.

Thinking of you Journal, Online Creative Cafe Happy Hour, Thursday, March 13th 7-8 CST.

Technical details to follow, please stay tuned to this blog site.

WANTED

WOW- 1/2 full already

WOW-another awesome response to CCL - its 1lready 1/2 full in just the first 3 days of registration. Can't wait to hear if Natalie is coming with the Hollywood theme & all. I'll shoot her an email, since my fingers are moving a lot faster than all other body parts.

Very special thanks to "My Girls" at Memory Mania. They are doing an awesome job keeping the store running-many people don't even realize i'm gone-that's when you know you have a winning team!!!! They all work so hard to keep all customers happy & everything is still on schedule AND everyone's still smiling, so KUDOS TO MY GIRLS!!! You might want to give them an extra hug while you're in the store the next few weeks, since beneath that smile they're probably stressed trying to keep everything going, not to mention the loads of boxes coming in from cha!!!!! YOU GIRLS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, its week 2 after surgery and I'm hoping to attempt a movie with my hubby-he's a little nervous since both times i've attempted to leave the house, its been an event, ha ha. I'm probably a fool but just gotta see "Fool's Gold" today. Really torn between Fool's Gold or Definitely Maybe, in the days prior to back problems, we would easily have sat through both, but may be a few months before I can try that again-and that is my favorite way to spend a Saturday so i hope it returns soon. Have a great weekend. Wish my luck on my date.

CHA was crazy & fun, AND we bought it all!!!

Of course, we will have our EXPO-COME GET THE SCOOP WITH US on April 5th!!!!!! But last year many of you BEGGED us to come up with an idea for those that could not attend the expo, so we are giving you the opportunity to PRE-PURCHASE those awesome NEW & HOT products. Here are the options below: If interested, please call or come by the store to pre-pay & order your CHA Surprise Scoop:

CHA SCOOP in a box. We bought it all: CHA: paper, embellishments for days - a variety of all the new goodies!!
You pick your size cone!! This is personal shopping at its best:

I want It All-3 SCOOPS with a cherry on top- $100 (a giant mix of paper & embellishments)
I want 2 scoops- $50 (a healthy mix of paper & embellishments)
I want 1 scoops - $25 (a nice mix of paper & embellishments)
I want CONE Only Please - $10 (the hottest patterned papers)

The way this will work: You will reserve your kit(s) by 3/10; This is a pre-order that will require pre-payment and may not be exchanged or refunded. It will be a mix of all the wonderful flavors that we ordered at CHA - be the first on your block to get the SCOOP from CHA. No guarantee any two packages will be alike, but they all will be equal in value. We ordered the cream of the crop & begged for quick ship dates. Our goal is to ship by 3/20, but we are at the mercy of the vendors. We are so excited to be able to offer this to you. Please call the store to order your kit today!!!!

DANELLE JOHNSON BLOG POSTPONED

Hey Scrappers,
Danelle has had the flu so we have rescheduled her Creative Cafe Happy Hour for 2 weeks, Thursday March 13. We will display the project later this week and have packets available by Monday for pickup. Remember this is when you can get in your comfy PJs and follow along with Danelle to complete the project at home in front of your computer. This is an awesome opportunity to blog with Danelle, one of the creators of the Creative Cafe project line. Stay tuned for more details.

Camp Crop a Lot Tshirt

Tshirt designed by Stacey Landry & Pam Boudreaux. Shirts are pre-order only by 3/15.

Camp Crop a Lot Make/takes

Below are the Camp Crop a Lot Make/Take Kits, please note that these are pre-order only-we will only prepare those that are pre-ordered by March 15. $23.99 for all 3

Priceless Memories by Brooke Adams











Unconditional Love by Christy Cochran










Sizzlin' Summer by Jade Templet

Camp Crop a Lot Class

Friday, July 11, 2008 10:45-12:00 CREATING WITH CRICUT: Introducing the Cricut Design Studio
Instructor: Darlene Quebeaux
Come explore the endless creative possibilities of the CDS. Learn how easy it is

to create your own personalized die-cuts. Don't be scared of the computer--this is

super easy! Once you try it, you'll catch the "bug"!! Layout-custom showcasing

your own name;

Come get the SCOOP with us on April 5th

We're dying to give you the SCOOP!

BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL

OK, here's the special of the week: With any $40 purchase, pick out any ADDITIONAL item & you get 40% OFF that one item.

• Purchase $40 worth of product
• choose another item & receive 40% off that one item
• Purchases are limited to in-store in stock regular priced purchases only;
• Must present this coupon;
• Deadline: Sunday, Feb 24th.

Happy Shopping!!!!!!!!!!!!

COming soon from CHA: TechniqueTuesday

wow!!! Look at these cool stamps & chipboard

Coming from CHA

Junior Summer Camp - Save the Date

If you know any young girl that would love to scrapbook ages 9-16, this is an awesome opportunity. The girls create an entire scrapbook in 1 week. They receive all supplies to create the scrapbook, the scrapbook itself, a tshirt, what an awesome deal. The only thing the girls do is show up with their pictures & adhesives. Its so great, we have adults trying to sneak in.

Monday through Friday 8:30 am - noon daily

June 9-13, 2008

July 21 – 25, 2008

For more details, you may pick up a flyer at the store, check newsletter, website or call 744-2767.

COME GET THE SCOOP AT MEMORY MANIA

CHA was crazy & fun, AND we bought it all!!!

Of course, we will have our EXPO-COME GET THE SCOOP WITH US on April 5th!!!!!! But last year many of you BEGGED us to come up with an idea for those that could not attend the expo, so we are giving you the opportunity to PRE-PURCHASE those awesome NEW & HOT products. Here's what we have planned & we'll let you know when we are ready to take orders for this:

CHA SCOOP in a box. We bought it all: CHA: paper, embellishments, stamps - a variety of all the new goodies!!
You pick your size cone!! This is personal shopping at its best:

I want It All-3 SCOOPS with a cherry on top- $100 (a giant mix of paper & embellishments)
I want 2 scoops- $50 (a healthy mix of paper & embellishments)
I want 1 scoops - $25 (a nice mix of paper & embellishments)
I want CONE Only Please - $10 (the hottest patterned papers)

The way this will work: You will reserve your kit(s) around 2/28; This is a pre-order that will require pre-payment and may not be exchanged or refunded. It will be a mix of all the wonderful flavors that we ordered at CHA - be the first on your block to get the SCOOP from CHA. No guarantee any two packages will be alike, but they all will be equal in value. We ordered the cream of the crop & begged for quick ship dates. Our goal is to ship by 3/20, but we are at the mercy of the vendors. We are so excited to be able to offer this to you. Email me if interested, and i'll send further details.

Happy Valentine's DAY

WOW, its a beautiful day outside, good to be back in the good ole' Louisiana-only bad part about today is that I'm dreading surgery tomorrow, YIKES. But John has a really special night planned to celebrate Valentine's Day & and my last night out of the house for a while (hehe) at Houmas House. Would love to squeeze in that cute movie, Definitely MAYBE. I asked my doctors if i could wheel my IV across Perkins Rowe to see it, but they didn't think i could run faster than the nurses, probably not :(so hopefully i can squeeze it in today. Also trying to talk Dane into sneaking into a daytime show to see Fools Gold right after we pay all of these monthly taxes--i know i'm nuts, but i can't imagine not going to the movies on Saturdays for the next 6 weeks, so i need to squeeze them all in today.

Well, i surely digress, i meant to just say Happy Valentine's Day & show you the cool COSMO CRICKET line which we loved to the moon & back!!!!

We <3 R customers SALE

Don't forget the We Love Our Customers Sale!!! Stop in to see the girls to see how lucky you are and a little chocolate treat too!!!

Look who we found

Heidi Swapp Travel Line

NEWS from the West Coast

While my awesome employees are reviewing catalogs and still spending MY money & i do mean all of it including my personal bank account (haha), i'm loving reading all of your awesome comments about the CHA products. Tell me what you want to see & we'll post, we took 500 pictures so can't decide what to put. Its hard to find the pictures of products because Christy & Jade were posing with everything they could find.

CHA OR BUST

Watch out ANAHEIM, here we come!!! OK, well, we took an airport picture to load to show you the steps of our trip, but OMG, we're having so much fun we can't stop & blog. What we saw so far that can't wait for you to see at the EXPO is: some cool papers, RIBBon, RIBBON and did we say RIBBON, demo'd the Big Bite - (you gotta have one!) awesome little book that will be demo'd at EXPO. We're thinking about putting together some CHA Favorite Kits (Gotta have it all, good mix, etc), let us know if you want to be first in line for something like this-it will be prepaid and you will receive before anyone else sees it. Like that?? We'll blog more from the show today.

CAMP CROP A LOT

Hey Scrappers

SAVE THE DATE: July 11-12, 2008; Congratulations Stacy Landry & Pam Boudreaux!!! Stacy & Pam's ideas were mixed to create this awesome design. KUDOS to everyone that entered a design, they were all great and it took the judges quite a while to choose the winner.

VIP Registration begins March 1st. Registration to public opens March 7th.

My favorite scrapbook tool EVER!!!!

Really and truly, my all-time favorite product is my Masterpieces book. I grab it EVERY TIME I do a layout for the store or myself. I had never used idea books before. So when we got the Masterpieces book I really didn’t think I would use it all that much. But as soon as I realized how useful it was, I couldn’t put it down. One reason I love it is that you have so many options to choose from. There are 200 full color double-page layouts that show you examples of the 68 sketches included in the book. You can also change around the s ketches to make even more sketches. The layout examples give you even more ideas because some of them have also been changed up a little. I think of this book as a scrapbooking tool. I keep it with my tool bag that way it is always handy for whenever I am ready to scrap. Basically, the thought process has already been done for you and you can just sit down and scrap which is what I really love. EVERYONE should have one! So come see me today & get yours!!!

Creative Cafe & Jr. CLass

Hey Scrappers,
We posted this project for the February Jr. Class project , however, adults are begging to do it to so this project will be featured in Creative Cafe next week. To get adequate supplies, registration is due 1 week prior to class.

SHARE THE MASTERPIECES!!!!!!

It has been so gratifying to hear everyone's ideas on the Masterpieces Book. We just love it when we overhear you telling your friend she's just got to have that book. The response has been overwhelming and we want to thank you. Now, if you share with your friends, YOU
might get lucky! Recommend our Masterpieces idea book to a friend. When they
purchase a copy and say that you recommended it, we will enter your name into
a drawing for a $50 scrapbook basket! OR if YOU purchase a copy of
Masterpieces for yourself and if you refer to a friend, you can be entered a 2nd time, look at these goodies, don't you want some?

MASTERPIECE CHALLENGE

MASTERPIECE CHALLENGE: Deadline Feb 28, 2008.
Description: Create a layout from the Memory Mania Masterpieces Idea
Book that is OUTSIDE THE BOX- ted on our blog
http://memorymania.blogspot.com daily and the winner will receive $100 worth
of scrapbook product mailed to your home.
International based applications welcome.
Layouts can be emailed to tammy@eatel.net & must include mailing address,
page # of the sketch you used, and an explanation of how you twisted the sketch.

Teachers' Tool Tuesday!!

Well, I'm not sure you could call it a "TOOL", but I am in LOVE with my Clip It Up!! It is CERTAINLY a tool to help me organize my scrapbook supplies! I used to have all my embellishments (stickers, words, tags, etc.) and letters (stickers, chipboard, rub-ons, etc.) in nice plastic cases. They were very neat, but I NEVER USED ANYTHING because I couldn't see any of it! Now, with my clip it up right there on my scrapbook desk, I can spin it around and see all the embellishments and letters I can choose from! There have even been times where I found an embellishment I liked (and I'd forgotten I had!) and built a layout around it! You can opt for a couple different setups with the clip it up - you can buy the bottom tier by itself or you can get both. I'd suggest both if you have room, because I love how it holds my smaller items on top and my larger/longer items on the bottom tier. What a great birthday gift from my BFF's!!!
Happy Scrappin'
Allison

Ribbons and more Ribbons

Hi everyone!

I just purchased the Pull-Ez Ribbon Pull today and I did not think I would enough ribbon to fill it but as you can see I have this thing full! lol I have been looking for something new to store my ribbon in for a while. I am a type of person that if I don't see it I don't us it so I really think this is the best storage for my ribbon. Thanks Tammy for always looking for the last and greatest items.

Tania

FRIENDS make scrapping better

I love to scrapbook, but really cropping with friends makes it so much more fun (even if you have your own scrap room, hint hint asb he he). If you are like me, when I first discovered scrapbooking, I didn't have any friends that enjoyed it YET. Not only do you get to visit with friends, act silly AND preserve your memories, but honestly you're saving time, you would be catching up over the phone, but this way your multi-tasking (he he). Get your friends involved in scrapbooking so they can join the fun.

Tell your friends about our new Crash Course for ROOKIES - series of classes for the beginner! Christy starts the new session this week and she is an awesome teacher that makes everyone comfortable. We are so excited about these classes for those who want to know a little more before striking out on their own. Don’t miss this series, and tell your friends so
they can come and scrap with you, too! Let’s help them feel confident in their scrapbook skills to go off on their own, to register for MMU or any other classes we offer.
Take these 6 classes in 3 select nights and be ready to show your stuff:
$15 per class, or $60 for entire series (save $30). Leave each class with a double
page spread. This series is being offered at two different times – so choose day
or night classes, whichever will best fit your schedule! more details on the home page.
Happy Scrappin',
Tammy

Clearly Awesome Album Titled 1,2,3,4 Seasons

Acrylic Albums have been all the rage! Even Ali Edwards used one for her December album. Have you wondered how to design those clearly incredible acrylic albums? Wonder no more. I have all of the answers for the peeks through each page, how to hide the adhesives, blingin', painting and embellishing. Completing an album is a treasure, and this one is gold b/c you can put all of your favorite photos in one spot... Don't you have a photo (1,2,3), 4 All Seasons? If you need room for more, we have a pocket page. I will also give you easy tips for adding pages to the album with supplies you have at home. Oh, the fun never ends!!! If you love learning techniques this class is for you. Sneek peeks don't do justice so, be sure to go by Memory Mania to see the album on display.

Memory Mania MASTERPIECES CHALLENGE

Hey Scrappers,

Don't forget the Masterpiece Challenge-Create a layout that is outside the box-turn, twist, flip one of our sketches and you could be the lucky winner of the $100 basket of goodies. FOr more details check these 2 sites. The deadline has been exended to 2/28.

http://www.trumba.com/calendars/pubs_calendar?eventid=73705290 http://www.memorymaniac.com /

Scrapbook Inspiration

WOW-this layout really cheered me up. Don't know if its the dreary weather we've been having or being confined to the recliner for 3 days, but when i saw this layout that Noelle Landry created, it brought a big smile to my face and made me wish i could sit at my scrapbook table. I sure hope it does the same for you. Rachel has pulled all products to recreate this layout, so drop in soon to pick them up & get some cool pages done-the title is using sticker letters that match this line, so you could do any fun & bright page with them.

DANELLE JOHNSON will be a blog guest on Feb 28th

Hey Scrappers,

Danelle Johnson will join us on February 28th for an online Happy Hour-what do you think about that. We enjoy everyone's excitement with the Creative Cafe Bar and how everyone has to touch the buttons (including us). Its just so yummy!!!!! Well, if you love the Creative Cafe products, they are the brainchild of Danelle Johnson & Alison Wong. Their cutting edge designs coupled with their love of education is what prompted these wonderful products. Each week we sponsor a project for Happy Hour that week. Danelle will be joining us online on February 28th for an LIVECHAT with images of the project & questions & answers on it. We will post more details as the date draws near. The project kits can be picked up at Memory Mania or ordered online. We're both rushing to get to CHA but will post more details upon our return. SAVE THE DATE & COMPUTER for Feb 28th 7-8pm. Allison said it best in our newsletter-how cool to take a class while in your comfy CCL PJs. This is awesome, give us some feedback on what you think about this.