Two Cute Visitors, New Product, and a Make n Take

This is Dublin. Isn't she gorgeous? She's just the cutest, sweet mannered, little bulldog I've ever met. How could you not fall in love with this face? She dropped by for a visit with her owners. I just love when four legged visitors come by. Thanks for stopping by sweetie. Here she is with Shaye...pretty cute pair, don't you think???!?!
Lately, I have a few people asking me why I never share my layouts on the blog and I really don't have an answer. Lack of time, I suppose. So, I thought I would oblige with this one I did of Maxenzi at Michele Chikos's Crazy 8 crop. I stitched three circles using a Timeless Touches Template...love it, have to order those. I used paper and embellishments from the new Imaginisce line, Hallowhimsy. Great paper...embossed and glittered. It's just cutest Halloween line I've seen in a long time, except for some of the new papers that we got in today from Moxie. Cute and Fun! Check it out below.
Here's the new Make n Take. Cute Popsicle card with a little bite out of it. Credit for this super cute idea goes to my friend, Michele Chikos. She had a whole bunch of these in a little pot and they were simply darling. Love 'em!!! My daughter Max made the example. Good job Kiddo!

Here's that new Moxxie paper...again Blogger spinning pictures different directions. One of these days I'll get it figured out!! Love the witch shoes and stockings!!!!
The reverse side.
Cute stuff! I just love Halloween paper crafting!!!
The reverse side!! Cool sparkles!!! Great new line of vintage papers from Flair!!! These are just great old time Christmas papers and they go great with the Crafty Secrets Christmas Holiday Image and Journal pad. I have lots of idea spinning in my head for this line!!

Also, a couple of new Calendar papers from Flair. A twelve by twelve and another with 4, six by six calendars. I know lots of you get started on your calendars early for gift giving and such. So, these are perfect. Nicely distressed and ready to decorate. Some you are probably even planning for 2010 or maybe that's just planning for 2009's Christmas cards. (Just giving you a bad time, Angie! We love ya!) Over achiever!!
Stop in and make a Popsicle card and check out all the fun new stuff!!! Tons of new coming in every week. We are having so much fun!!!

CRAFTY SECRETS HAS ARRIVED!!!

The Crafty Secrets order has arrived. Everyone has been patiently waiting...and it was definitely worth the wait. So much fun!
Blogger is giving me fits today with my photos, took forever to upload them and then they are all going all different directions...so bare with me.
Lots of fun stamps...some new and some that we reordered. Love 'em!!

The sewing set is so cool!! A brand new item from Crafty Secrets, Images and Journal Notes. These are perfect for card making. Great images...absolutely wonderful.

Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

These are so adorable!!!!

Oh my gosh, I love the Halloween designs! The stamps, the journal notes, the cotton scraps, stickers and cuts are all so cute. I can hardly wait to play!!!!

They are just the cutest things ever!!!!

More, more, more!!

Chipboard houses, little girl outfits and sweet little boy outfits!!!

We can hardly wait to start creating with all of these great items. Make sure to check out Vicki Chrisman's blog for lots of great ideas and stop by www.craftysecrets.com and check out their blog and gallery. So inspiring!

New Products...too much fun!!!!

Tons of new fun stuff this week...so here goes!!!

Halloween and Christmas items are coming in weekly now...so make sure to come check them out. It may seem a little early for holiday paper crafting, but it's already flying out the door. Imaginisce's Hallowhimsy line is so cute and fun...great double sided papers, glittered and embossed. Imaginisce's papers are always a hit here at the Playground, and these do not disappoint.
Here is Imaginisce's Snowy Jo line. Beautiful Papers!!! Both lines have tons of cute embellishments and there are lots of those little 99 cent stamps that you all love. Believe me, there are some adorable one's and those are going fast!!!!

Here's a couple Christmas papers from Paper Company and Basic Grey.
Autumn Leaves!!!!
Pebbles Inc....
Reminisce's beautiful snowflakes! These are gorgeous!!!!!
Adorable new Mickey papers...embossed images!!!!

We have added a great new company to our line of papers, too! Studio 8! A great little company with fun, different, double sided papers. This Christmas Paisley line will make some great cards and layouts. Gorgeous stuff!!!!! Oh my gosh! I love this line. What perfect papers for little boys! You have to check this out!!!

The reverse side of the star line!!!
A very soft and sweet line..perfect for all sorts of projects!!!!
The reverse side!!!!

Kay and I both love this line from the Dessert Collection! Yummy!!!!
Again, the reverse side...
These guys are just way too cute! Love 'em!!! They are perfect little boy papers. Just darling!!!

We can wait to see what you create with all the goodies!!! There is so much more to come! Keep checking back and keep creating!!!!

Tim Holtz's August Technique Challenge

Just wanted to encourage everyone to stop by Tim Holtz's blog and check out his monthly challenge. A great technique with alcohol inks. Just click on his link to the left to check it out. I can't wait to give it a try. Let me know if any of you try it out.

Scrummage Sale and new products!!!

Hope every one's week is off to a great start! I thought I would share some photos, new products and events coming up soon at the store with you.

We will be hosting our First Annual Scrummage Sale, Friday evening, August 22 and Saturday, August 23. All you have to do is call us to reserve a spot for your stuff, we will assign you a number, you number and mark you items for the price you want, bring it in and we will take care of the selling for you. In return, you will receive a gift certificate to the store for the amount you sell! A fun way to clean out your stash and get some credit for all the fun new items to come at the store. You can bring in stamps, papers, embellishments, books, magazines...anything paper crafting related. It should be fun! We will open it to our customers on Friday evening and we will place an ad in the garage sales for all to see on Saturday. You will need to have your number by Wednesday, August 13 and your stuff to us by the following Wednesday, August 2o. Here's our number, 721-PLAY (7529) and our email, artplay@rushmore.com.

We were four wheeling the other day and came across a pair of these beautiful little birds. Very curious little guys, they followed us for about a 1/4 of a mile, just flying beside us most of the way. One finally stopped to pose fore the camera. Isn't he stunning?! I'm not sure what type of bird he is, so if anyone knows please get back to me with his name...he deserves the credit.
This week's MAKE N TAKE is a Glimmer Misted Tag (Kay and I already sprayed them for you) with a hand stitched butterfly (yep, that's your part). Come in and try your hand at stitching with Bazzill In Stitches templates. I love them, that add so much to a card or a layout, without going overboard. They are so much fun and such a hit, Bazzill had 8 new templates coming out soon along with their second book featuring the line, IN STITCHES 2. We have them all on pre order and we let you know as soon as they arrive. We will be doing a pre order from INKADINKADO'S BIG CATALOG, come in and browse over the catalog. Place your order and save 15% off the regular price. We will require a 1/2 down deposit. Lots and lots of great stamps, something to fit every body's style from cute, simple, detailed, collage, vintage and artsy. Clear stamps, sets, and wood mounted stamps.
Here's a great new little accordion book from Creative Imaginations that stores away in it's own little box. It would make an awesome little travel album or wonderful little album for fall. We just got in 26 colors of Bo Bunny Double Dot Cardstock. Great cardstock with a subtle dot print and on the back just a nice soft washed look of the same color. Kay and I thought this would be a fun addition to the cardstock and so far it's a hit. Everyone just oooohh's and awes over it. They are several new colors to come, too. It just adds a little more flair to a project when plain old cardstock just won't do. You gotta try em!!!

Finally, here are the pictures of the new KI MEMORIES papers. Lost them somewhere in the computer, magically reappeared this week! Weird! But anyway, great shimmery papers...just fun stuff.

Love this one with just a POP of color!
Fun! Fun! Fun!
Lots and lots of new stuff to come...great new companies and new products...so keep checking back often. It is going to be so much fun!!!

Oh, I almost forgot to mention, that we will not be having any classes in August! We are going to take a bit of a breather before Fall and the Holiday season start. We just figure with the Rally and back to school, which everyone is so busy with that we would take a little break. We will continue with Make n Takes and return to classes in September, adding a couple during the week, some crops, and maybe an additional Saturday afternoon class!! too