News from CHA and don't forget Demo Day Saturday

Hi Everyone,

I got to come to CHA for a couple of days to do some frenzied shopping. I only have a few photos today because my phone was dying.

I ran into a very familiar face at the My Little Shoebox booth. I just love the aprons they all made. Mandy promised to teach us how to transfer paper to canvas.

She posed with me at the SMASH booth. I ordered a whole lot of SMASH. The bad news is that they keep selling out of the line and my order won't ship until Ocotober. They came out with a mini journal that is sure to be a big hit for Christmas gifts.

Tim Holtz was demoing the new White Alcohol ink. It makes any of the other alchocol inks opaque and pastel.

While I'm shopping, the Lisa's are chaning things up at the store. The birthday section needed a bigger home.

Now Carnival and Circus have a bigger home.

Be sure to check out the new mini album I put together using a Button Farm kit.

Wacky Wednesday (& Thursday) cards

It's that Wacky Wednesday Card time. This week Tina, Jill and Cindy created a trio of adorable cards for you to make. They are all cut and ready for you to stamp and put together. Available all day Wednesday and Thursday, Just $2 each.

Schedule Change
Due to Scheduling issues (I'm at CHA), there will not be a crop this Friday night. We are having a crop Saturday night after Demo Day, so come join us for an evening of scrapping from 6 to Midnight.

Demo Day
Saturday July 23rd 11-4 PM

Join us for 8 great projects all just $2 each. We will have a variety of cards and layouts for you to create. We do the cutting and you do the gluing. Just drop in anytime after 11 AM and purchase tickets at the front counter for however many Demos you want to create. We provide glue sticks so if you prefer tape, please bring a labeled tape runner. If you get to the store by 3PM, you should have enough time to do all the demos or get kits to go.

If you complete 8 demos, you will receive a coupon for10% off your purchases for the day (not including special orders or other sale special offers).

Laura will be teaching a Demo but I do not have a photo of her fabulous creation yet.
Lisa Hetrick is breaking out the Avocado Arts stamps for this fun mini book/card filled with stamping and paper piecing.

Jill will be teaching you how to make this cute little bag.

Gina Painter will be creating some special layouts for you. Remember we only have about 20 of each layout so shop early for the best selection.

Beth is making a little Christmas in July card with the new Memory Box stamps.

Here is the card you will be making at Cindy's table. She will have some regular sentiments on hand in case you don't want the quote on your card. The beautiful quote however, comes from one of my favorite stamp companies, My Favorite Things (aka MFT).

Linda Combs will be doing her first Demo Day with us and she will be using the great Butterfly dies from Spellbinders.

Funny Money Promotion ends Friday!
Earn Flat Lisa Funny Money with every purchase of at least $25.

Earn $2.50 for every $25 purchase.

Earn $5 for every $50 purchase.
Earn $10 for every $75 purchase
Earn $15 for every $100 purchase.

Funny Money can only be earned on merchandise purchases. Classes, crops and gift certificates not included. Funny Money can only be redeemed on sale merchandise on July 29 thru July 31, 2011.



Save a Tree, be a Photo Scraps Bag Lady


    Photo Scraps wants to do our part in the movement to go Green. Many manufacturers are using recycled papers and soy inks. Quick Quotes (We love their wonderful class kits) has provided us fun tote bags to give out to our customers who want to go green. Spend $100 on merchandise (Gift Certificates, class fees and crops not included) and you will receive a free tote bag.

Here is the best part. All of our Photo Scraps Bag Ladies will enjoy 5% off of all future purchases in 2011 just for reusing your bag. We will also have special Bag Ladies Bonus Days throughout the year. (Bag must be present for discount to apply. Discount can not be combined with any other discounts or promotions. Not valid for Gift Certificates, classes or crops.)

  A New Layout of the week is available this Sunday. Just $6 available at the front counter.

July Calendar

Remember - Advance
registration and payment is required for all classes
and crops. If we do not know you are coming to class, we will not be prepared for you. Our class sizes are limited and do sell out so be sure to call us as soon as you know you want to sign up for a class. Some classes are available as kits, just ask our staff. You should always bring your basic tool kit (Adhesive, Scissors & Trimmer) to classes. Refunds will be given with 24 hours advance notice of cancelation.

The only events on our calendar that are Drop-in events are our two Demo Days, Creative Cafe Days and Wacky Wednesday Stamp Camp.

Monday July 25th 6-8 PM
Scrapbooking 102
It's all about the embellishments. After Gina helps you pick out the papers and some embellishments to use, you will make 2 pages using photos you bring, Gina will teach you how to use ribbon, fibers, tearing, brads, tags, inking stamping, buttons, chipboard, distressing techniques and flowers. (You will not be making this layout. You will be creating a layout using papers you and Gina pick out. This layout just shows some of the techniques you will learn.)

Tuesday July 26 6-8 PM
Reminisce Flower card class with Linda
Join Linda for 6 amazing cards filled with bling and ribbon. Two people signed up for this class just from watching her prep yesterday. You will also be going home with enough paper to create 7 more cards. Photos included. Fee $22

Here are the 7 bonus cards.

**** Special Guest Instructor *****

Dave's 2011 Summer Class Tour

You can also join in the fun as Dave Brethauer, Memory Box's designer, goes on an 8 week tour across the United States as he visits 22 stores, teaching classes

on watercolor and colored pencil using the new products! Dave will begin in Olympia, WA and end up in Topsfield, MA - stopping at stores he's visited before as well as lots of new stores.

Tuesday August 9th 3:30-5:30 PM

Memory Box Holiday Colored Pencils

Come and learn about color, blending and shading while using Memory Box images and papers and our latest dies! Each student will make 5 cards using colored pencil techniques that will make you color like a pro. We'll put color to work in analogous and complementary colors schemes to really make your greeting cards stand out! Fee $49

Tuesday August 9th 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Memory Box Watercolor

This fun class teaches watercolor through

watercolor paints

and watercolor pencils. Learn the advantages of each watercolor media and get some helpful tips for applying watercolor to greeting cards. Try out different types of watercolor paper while learning washes and blending techniques. Each student will create 5 cards in an informative and supportive teaching style. Fee $49

Student supply list:

paper trimmer

, scissors and adhesive (strong double stick tape works well for the watercolor class).

The classes are $49 each but if you sign up for both classes you will receive a $10 store credit to spend on class day.

MME, MFT and a little Memory Box too by Cindy

As promised, here are some more cards uisng the fabulous Lime Twist from My Mind's Eye, one of them featuring Flopsey from MFT.

Of all the cute images out there in stamping world, Flopsey is my absolute favorite. There is just something about her; her giant ears, how fun she is to color, how many different things Flopsey can be used to represent based on all her available images. You will be seeing more Flopsey from me, but for this Flopsey card I used that great cloud paper and colored in my image using Copics. I used MFT's cloud die and scallop border die as well as Martha Stewart's grass punch to complete my card. The sentiment comes in the Flopsey set and I stamped it on a scrap of white paper then cut the edges with scissors to give it flag ends.

Here is the gorgeous Ranger Adirondack Wild Plum ink again and 2 patterns from Lime Twist with a sentiment from Impression Obsession. Loving the magenta! This is a super layout that will appear in an upcoming class. Love all the layers! A little ribbon and bling finishes the card.

My final card uses Memory Box stamps, the gorgeous butterfly and the round script stamp. I colored the butterfly with Copics and cut it out by hand. I really like the way the butterfly ended up matching with the orange polka dot paper from Lime Twist. Again, a little ribbon and bling embellish the card.

Some of these cards may even show up at a future Wacky Wednesday. Would you like that?

Photo Scraps
1213 Liberty Road
Eldersburg, Maryland 21784
Photo Scraps Store
410-549-5187

Open M - TH 10-8 PM

Fri - Sat 10-9 PM

Sun 12-5 PM

Link to Main Blog

Did you know that every blog entry I ever made

is still active on our blog? Just look under the Heading on the right

side of the blog that says Blog Archive. You will see months and

years listed. Just click on one of the listings.

New Photo Scraps Web Site

One nice feature of the new site is the Event Calendar. It lists each class and event in date order. There is a photo of the event, important details about your classes and you can even register and pay with PayPal online! Check out the photos in the Photo Gallery.

I've been working hard to create an interactive website for all our customers to get together online, chat, post layouts, get store & class information, videos and downloads. The first thing you need to do is register for the site. It's free. Then, you will be able to introduce yourself in the forum and post layouts in the gallery. Please read the Getting Started information in the Forum. I will still be using this blog so don't worry if you do not want to participate in the new website. http://photoscraps.spruz.com/

Link to Design Team Blog

Funny Money Promotion ends Friday!Earn Flat Lisa Funny Money with every purchase of at least $25.

Funny Money Promotion ends Friday!
Earn Flat Lisa Funny Money with every purchase of at least $25.