New alphabets, Jack and Ella and a couple photos

Tried out the macro on my camera for the first time the other night...great shot of some teeny, tiny flowers on my snowball bush. Kind of cool! Our friend Angie was baby sitting this little guy...Griff...oh how I love puppies...makes me want to run out and get another one! Don't think my two would welcome that thought! Griff is a sweetie and just full of all that puppy energy!

We got tons of new things here at the store this week! Lots of new alphabets, everyone wanted alphabets, so that's what we ordered. Making Memories Shimmer Alphas, cool American Crafts vinyl Thickers alphas, and a couple of more. Okay, bear with me while I learn on this laptop, can't figure out how to rotate the pictures! But I'm working on it! A great new Baby line from Making Memories...Jack and Ella. Just the sweetest line ever...darling trims, shimmery papers, velvet brads, felt embellishments, and cute epoxy embellishments, too. Even some darling flocked papers. So sweet!

Tons of other stuff, too! I just don't quite have time to post it all this morning...but I will add more photos tonight or tomorrow. Some of the new includes the new summer Glimmer Mists (pineapple, kiwi, watermelon, sandy beach...there are two more but I can't remember the names). Great new birthday papers from Imaginisce...glittered and embossed. Also, another darling baby line from Imaginisce...lots of new .99 to 2.99 stamps from them, too. Get 'em fast. The birthday one's are very cool, and there's a couple in the baby line that are so cute. All the new Tim Holtz Ideaology is here, too. Such fun stuff, you'll love it!
Come by and check it all out!

Tessa wins the Prima Paper Kit!!!!

Tessa won the drawing for the Prima Paper kit that I posted on the blog a couple of weeks ago. Great kit with gorgeous papers, ribbons and flowers. It's the perfect kit!!! Tessa is an amazing talent, can't wait to see what layouts, cards and projects she'll come up with using the kit! Make sure you check out her blog, just click and go with the column on the left that says Blogs I visit...

Tessa stop by anytime this week to pick up! Congrats!

Basic Grey Chipboard Album and Baby Visitor

Look at our little visitor, sweetest little thing ever! He was just waiting for his Mama to bring dinner. Boy! Could he make some racket!! Noisy little fella! I guess it was just a cute, cute, kind of day!

Wanted to share this sweet little key plate album that I made to show off the darling chipboard stickers from the Sugared line of Basic Grey! Great papers and the cutest chipboard stickers ever! All you have to do is stick them on, just darling and so easy! You don't have to ink, distress, or nothing, just stick and go! Love them and they are way too adorable!!! Okay, some of these got turned around! But it's still a super cute project!!!
Funny flamingo!


Oh my gosh, the giraffe is so cute!

Okay, I know it's a lot of cute! And defiantly a lot, lot cute for me! But sometimes I just have to do something way adorable like this!

Birthday Sale Continues

Just wanted to let everyone know that our sale that was set for last Saturday, continues thru this Saturday, June 7. Lots of you requested that we continue it, due to Graduation Celebrations and travel plans over the weekend. Spend $25.00, save $5.00, spend $50.00, save $10.00 so on and so forth in $25.00 increments. Hope to see you this week, great chance to stock up for summer paper crafting!!!

A couple photos from this past weekend...how wonderful to have everything so lush and green, once again!

These two look innocent, but don't be fooled!

Trip photos,upcoming classes and more

Thought I would share a few shots from our trip with you and some upcoming classes. Kind of a long post, so bear with me!

This was out view out of our hotel window in Seattle. Beautiful City! Lush, gorgeous green foliage every where!

A penguin made from all scrap metal in a Seattle shopping plaza. Very cool!
The first picture on the boat of my sister-in-law, Ricky, drinking a Bahama Mama, out on the 12th deck. I guess we we're hoping that tropical drinks would make us feel (or maybe pretend) that we we're somewhere warmer than North to Alaska. More cruise pictures to come!

Father's Day Card Class, Saturday, June 7 at 10:30 am. Five great guy cards featuring Fancy Pants About A Boy and Papa lines. Perfect for Father's Day or masculine birthday's. We will be using Bazzill Stitching Templates, Tim Holtz's Grungeboard and Crackle Paints, transparencies, alcohol inks, and Ranger Paint Dabbers. Very fun! Try out the Grungeboard, (we love this stuff) crackle paints, dabbers, blending tool and more!

5 cards for $15.00, scissors and adhesive required. Call 721-7529 to reserve your spot.

One Sheet Wonder Card Class, Saturday, June 14 at 10:30 a.m.

Eleven cards from one sheet of Basic Grey's Two Scoop Collection. A great class that shows how to use every bit of one piece of 12 x 12 paper. Lots of fun embellishments to match!

Cost is $20.00, scissors and adhesive required. Again call to reserve your spot, 721-7529.
OOOOppppppS! same photo! I'll fix it later...but the class is 11 different cards.


Next, on Saturday, June 21, we are making a Mini Clear Birthday Book at 10:30 a.m. We will be using clear coasters from Clear Scraps for the book, Cuttlebugging the covers, using fun scallop punches and birthday rub ons from Bo Bunny and some fun embellishments for Cloud 9. Great mini project to get you acquainted with the hottest trend in scrapbooking...clear acrylic albums.
Cost is $20.00, scissors and adhesive required. You know the drill, call to reserve your spot...721-7529.

Last, I thought I would share this Bo Bunny Word Book that I made for Leslie's son, James, who is graduating this weekend. It's the Grade album, I just took the E off. Great quick project, lots of room for pictures (hint, hint Leslie). Can't wait to get the photos in it and add some blue n silver ribbons and embellishments for Stevens. We have several other Bo Bunny Word Albums to choose from...Party, Love, I (heart) you, Family, Believe, Team! Very Fun and they make great gifts.

Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea

While surfing thru Two Peas in a Bucket today, I came across this cute idea and poem for a teacher appreciation gift. Thought you guys might enjoy it and come up with some cute ways to make it for your little one's teachers, since it's the last week of school. Can you believe it? This year has just flown by.


Credit goes to http://ryzmomplus2.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/teacher-gift.html.

Okay, it might cost you a fortune in candy bars, but it's just too cute to pass up!

Throughout the school year you have been a LIFESAVER,
And that's nothing to SNICKER about,
You've had to deal with TWIX from students acting like 3 Musketeers
but you have always RIESEN to the occasion.
Although there were many days you thought you'd lost your SKITTLES
or felt like an AIRHEAD with all you had to do
And the accidents caused by your butterfingers
I’m sure were good n plenty
So while the PAYDAYS are probably not 100 GRAND
its time for you to TAKE 5 and rest your WHATCHAMACALLIT.
Thank you for all you do And whether you go
across the country and down to 5th avenue
We hope your summer is EXTRA special

Send us a photo of what you come up with, love to see your creativity. Just thought it sounded like a cute project...have fun with it! artplay@rushmore.com

Scrapbook Retreat

Just wanted to let everyone know about an upcoming Scrapbook Retreat hosted by Jan Williams and Denise Smith at the Hampton Inn Ballroom, June 20 thru the 22nd. Sounds like a lot of fun and the perfect summer escape. I have some registration forms at the store if you would like to stop in and get one or just give Jan or Denise a call at the numbers listed below. I will keep you updated with any new info I receive on fiber swaps or card swaps for the event. A great price for a weekend retreat to relax and create.


Scrapbook Retreat, Hampton Inn, Rapid city, 5:00 p.m. June 20 to Sunday, June 22 at 3:00 pm. Cost is $30.00 per person (covers retreat, beverages, and door prizes.) Limit 40 people. RSVP by June 1, 2008. $35.00 per person if registered after June 1, 2008.
Any questions, please contact: Jan Williams at 605-348-2788 or 605-545-1509 or Denise Smith at 719-375-5490 or 719-494-5673.

Pinwheel Vase Class and New Prima

Saturday, May 31, we will be doing these darling pinwheels and vase. Very cute and the perfect project to get you in the mood for summer. Class is at 10:30 am, cost is $20.00, scissors and adhesive required. Come join us for a fun, summer inspired class! Call to reserve your spot at 721-7529. Leave a comment on the blog or stop in to register to win this great kit from Prima. Eight sheets of Prima paper, monogram stickers, ribbon and flowers to make some beautiful pages or cards. This kit is gorgeous, you're going to love it. We will pick a winner on Saturday, May 31!!!
We have some great new flowers from Prima. They have been on back order for a while now and arrived while we were in Alaska. Very fun and a little bit different for Prima. Refreshing and inspiring. We even used some of these great collage flowers in a class with Tim Holtz. Wow! Are we good at knowing what to order. We looovvve these flowers and you will too!
Great pinks, blacks and bling assorted flowers!
Great new brads, wonderful felts flowers and two new clear stamps from Prima! Happy to finally have this order here. It's flying out the door quickly, so we will be ordering again, soon!
Hope you have a fun and safe Memorial Day Weekend! Enjoy, Relax and Create!

We're Home!

We're home after the trip of a lifetime. We had so much fun, saw amazing sights, took incredible classes and all in all, had a blast. Altered Art & Scrap Playground reopens tomorrow at 10:00 am, with our normal business hours. Hope to see you this week!

Make sure to check out Tim's blog with more about the trip and the classes...I will post more photos as I organize them. Love this one of the Light House. The Ocean was a bit treacherous Monday night, but made for some great photos, it was a little tricky just to walk or stand in the ship. Kind of fun!

Off to Sail The Ocean Blue

Just wanted to send out a reminder that we will be closing the store for our cruise to Alaska with Tim Holtz. We will be closed Friday, May 9, at 2:00 pm thru Monday, May 19. We will reopen on Tuesday the 20th of May, with normal business hours. Let us know if you need anything before we go. Just give us a call at 721-7529.

We are looking so forward to this, it'll be so much fun. Plus we will have a ton of new techniques to share with you. Tim's the master and is so inspiring. Can't wait to share all of it with you guys and all of his new products that are coming soon. Between the three of us (Kay, Ricky and I) I'm sure will have enough photos to bore everyone to death. On board workshops with Tim, a scenic railway trip, and whale watching in Juneau and Victoria, plus tons of shopping; what more could we ever ask for. It's going to be a blast.

We can't wait to see you on Tuesday the 2oth and tell you all the details. Bon Voyage!