Happy, Happy! Joy, Joy!

I just got the best thing delivered today. NEW INVENTORY!!!! Yup, it's feels like Christmas to me. So I thought I would give you a very quick listing of what came in and trust me there is great stuff for everyone. And eventually I will get some of it listed in the on-line store. So here goes....

• Bazzill Cardstock with an Edge Multipacks - four collections to choose from: Ruby Slipper, Tink Pink, Lily White, and Precious. Don't those names sound great.
• Bo Bunny Flex Ruler - these babies are hard to get and so much fun
• Bazzill Multipacks - Places We Love (Scottsdale, Yellowstone, Golden Gate, and Heartland) and New special value packs (Fun, Earthtones, Fall and Summer)
• Lime Crop-a-dile with case
• Scallop punches - these are all the rage and will add that little bit of extra zing that we all look for. I can't decide which size or shape I need first
• Autumn Leaves Clear Stamps - Word flourishes and Sentiments

That's just a start. There is still more to arrive this month. I can't wait. I'll try and get as much loaded to the site as fast as I can or if you are local stop by during store hours and see why I am soooooo incredibly excited.

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I have added a sign up box to the right so that you can receive my newsletter. Don't worry your mailbox won't be clogged with tons of mail from me. I only send out 2 newsletters a month.

On the first of the month you can check out my Mini Project for the Month and then of course I totally expect you to run to my webstore and order. Mini Projects are created in very limited quantities.So if you like it order fast.

On the 15th of the month you can catch a peek at the products in my 2 kits clubs. One club "It all in the Cards" is designed just for card making and includes directions for completing 2 cards.
The other club, the Memory Kit Club, is designed for scrapbooking. Although to be honest it would be great for card making too.

Both newsletters tell you all about the great classes and crops I have planned for the month, new products and sales or product promotions. Trust me these newsletters are filled with valuable information. So think it over and then sign-up.

I've been awared the title of Rockin' Girl Blogger by my great friend Sandra Brindley of Memory Workshop. Now normally I would tag her as a Rockin' Girl Blogger because her blog and her business ability amaze and inspire me. But since she tagged me and I don't think I can tag back. And the other person that I would have tagged right away would have been Kim Guymon, but she probably will be tagged a zillions times over. Soooo, I thought I would share some other blogs that belong to my Scrapbiz sisters. Each and everyone of them brings something fun and creative to the scrapbooking world.

• First there is Shannon of K.I.S.S (Keep it Simple Scrapbooking) her crops look like they would be a fantastic time. I'm not sure I would get much accomplished at one of her crops. I would be way too busy checking out everything that she has going on.

Then of course, I would have to list Christy, of 1 Creative Bug, I ordered these custom cut titles from her and they were perfect. It's amazing what the girls can do with die cut machines they have. Top of the line with abilities that will make you drool. Trust me these babies are what the Cricut wants to be when it grows up.

• Okay and for the next one I'm going to break a rule. Technically Marcie doesn't have a business blog, but she should and very much like me sometimes she can't think of a thing to write about. Marcie of http://marciemodesigns.com/ designed my on-line store and my logo (you can't blame her for the rest of my website. That was all me.)and trust me I'll be putting her to work again in the future for more additions to my site.

Wow, this is hard. You would figure that tagging 5 people would be easy. It's very hard to narrow it down to five.

• And I would like you to met Wendy, of Lickety Split Scrapbooks. She is new to blogging, but you will love what she has to say and her stories from the road of scrapbook conventions. Stop by her blog to see where are practically famous Wendy has been.

Lastly, Edmonton's Crop for Kids. I couldn't find a blog for Vancouver, so you get Edmonton. I believe in Crop for Kids. In fact this year I am donating 3 kits to the Vancouver crop. However I also have to mention how great the Edmonton one is and that the hospital they are supporting,The Stollery Children’s Hospital. Stollery holds a special place in my heart and that of many of my friends, as the child of a fellow scrapbooker was at Stollery for a year and without the support and dedication of the staff at Stollery we won't have the opportunity to this beautiful little girl grow and blossom into the wonderful, special child she is becoming. So I really do have to say thank you to everyone who supports Crop for Kids and to the dedicated organizers who spend countless hours of planning to make it happen.

• And in a full circle this leads me back to my original tagger, Sandra at The Memory Workshop as she has dedicated time and expertise to this years Crop for Kids in Vancouver. Good luck to all of this years crop locations.

Finally, to everyone I have tagged. Go forth and tag some Rockin' Girl Bloggers.

Links to some very interesting blogs....



So today I wanted to share some of my favorite blogs and websites with you. Check out the new listings along then side the side bar. I will continue to add more blogs of interest. I'm sure you will find this time well wasted, because each of these blogs will have fantastic creative ideas.

Interesting Statistics

So I found out an interesting statistic in a magazine and I just had to share. This is what Papercrafts Essentials (which is an awsome magazine, by the way) has to say about croppers. "45% of scrapbookers would travel up to 60 miles to attenda a crop, while 27% woudl travel to the 'ends of the Earth'!" So how far would you travel? Post your reply in the comments. I would love to hear your responses.

I thought I would also share a card I did for a card swap. The subject was "ribbon and things", so this is what I came up with. I'm not sure if I totally love it, but it was fun to make. Let me know what you think.

Happy Canada Day!!!

So I whipped up a card to celebrate Canada's Birthday. And it is much better "in person" than this shows. But I did get to use my Cuttlebug. Now I will admit that the electronic die-cut machines are cool, but I loooovvvveee the embossing that you can do with the Cuttlebug.

For this card I used red and white cardstock, red and white ribbon, a small and large maple leaf punch and most importantly the "spots & dots" embossing folder.

I hope you all are having a fantastic holiday weekend and that you may get to do a tiny bit of scrapbooking or cardmaking. I've managed to get 5 pages done so far this weekend. I'm currently working on April 2006. It feels good to only be a year behind, but the stack of photos doesn't seem to be shrinking. In fact it may be growing. Now that's scary.

Oh, well the joy is in the creation. Not in being up to date.