New Layouts and few spots left for Tim Holtz Fragment Frame

A couple of new layouts to share. My favorite little girl..Tabby. She just turned one and this her newest photo. She is just the most beautiful, sweetest, little girl ever. I used Autumn Leaves Cute World Girl line. A sweet soft feminine line full of fun papers and wonderful embellishments. The little boy line is just as cute!!! Lots of stitching. I don't think my sewing machine was too happy with me, but I love the final result. A sweet page for a sweet little girl!!

Check out this awesome layout by Tessa... so cool. Bazzill cardstock, Moxxie papers and embellishments. Look at the awesome crow...she used a Maya Road Chipboard bird...flocked with Doodlebug Flock and added a beak and feet. So cool. Love it!
Very fun!Just a couple of spots remain for the Tim Holtz Fragment Frame Class. An awesome class that we did on our cruise to Alaska, using Distress Inks, a Blending Tool, Fragments. Thursday night at 6:00 pm. Join us, it's going to be a fun one. 721-7529.

New Tattered Angels

The new Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens, Glimmer Chips and Glimmer Glass have arrived. The perfect partner's for all the fantastic new Glimmer Mists. Beautiful winter tree screens...

Vintage Snowflakes
Vintage Ice
The New Glimmer Glass. Printed Transparency embellishments. Way fun!!!
Frosty new Glimmer Chips.
All of these fit in with the Glimmers mists but can be used with so many different mediums. The screens work great with paint, chalk, ink. You name it, and you can use. The screens are beautiful, and so detailed. We are delighted with them. Tattered Angels just keeps coming with great new products and fun new ideas and techniques. Make sure to watch the blog and your email for an upcoming workshops featuring these great products. The Glimmer Mist Workshops are always a huge hit and fill up fast.

Up Coming Fall Retreats

I wanted to let everyone know about all the upcoming retreats scheduled over the next couple of months.

Friday, September 12, Charley Brandis (Close to My Heart) & Jonna Kandolin (Creative Memories) will be hosting a Scrapbook Day from 12pm-2am at the Howard Johnson's across from Central High School. The cost is $15 for those who come before 6pm, anyone coming after 6pm with pay 1/2 price. Lots of new product will be on hand. Call Charley to reserve your spot at 381-4753 or email her at crbrandis@hotmail.com.

Fourth Annual Black Hills Rushmore Retreat...Octover 3,4,5 at the Ramkota hosted by Scrappin' Ladies. Join your friends for a weekend full of cropping, learning and relaxation. Door prizes, free goodies, product demos, make and takes and classes.
Page Contest. Open for public shopping on Saturday, October 4. Vendors: Scrappin' Ladies, Altered Art & Scrap Playground, Creative Memories, Stampin' Up and TLC!
Cost is $55.00, call to reserve your spot at 605-224-1544. Special Guest Stacy Bachali of EK Success, Inkadinkado and K & Company. Stacy will be hosting some classes and very fun demos. You're going to have a fun time!!!

Fall Retreat at the Golden Hills Inn in Lead, October 17,18, 19. Contact Jonna Kandolin at 716-1207.

Scrapping Yah-Yah's 6th weekend Getaway, October 17,18,19 at the Historic Bullock Hotel in Deadwood. For more information call Leslie Hartwell at 605-787-6094.

Super Seriously Scrappin' Fun Weekend Celebration November 7,8,9 Peace Officer's Clubhouse, cost is $55.00. Hosted by Michelle Chikos (Close to My Heart). An awesome weekend of scrapping, card making, highly anticipated Give Aways, vendors and special surprises. It's going to be a ton of fun. Email Michelle to reserve your spot at http://www.michellechikos.myctmh.com/ or call her at 605-399-8523.

Camp Scrap November 7-9 at Storm Mountain, Rockerville, SD. Cost is $100.00 includes lodging, food, and door prizes galore. A beautiful setting in the hills with walking trails, out door hot tub and amazing food. Time with the girls, time with scrap stuff, and time for yourself! A season to scrap, a season to stamp and a season to shop, this is a season just for you! Contact Amy Lockart at 605-673-1609.

Tons of fun, we are so excited for all of these events. We will be a vendor at the Black Hills Rushmore Retreat and at Michell Chikos's Super Seriously Scrappin' Fun Weekend. We will be stopping by the other's with make n takes and some fun new products to share. Make sure to do a couple of these retreats..you deserve it.

The Playground is trying to go Green!!!

As of September 1, the Playground is going to try to go a little greener. We all have to do our part to help the enviroment.
Any customer who brings in their own bag or doesn't take a bag, gets to put their name in for a monthly drawing. The winner will receive a $20.00 gift certificate to the store!! Just a little incentive to help out the enviroment. They are several Paper Companies that will be going green in 2009. We are anxious to check out those lines!! We will keep you posted!!!

Chelsea's wedding Bucket

www.scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com

Check out the blog above for an awesome gift for a wedding! Such a creative, fun idea. Chelsea did a fantastic job designing this fabulous gift! I'm sure the bride and groom were thrilled! Great work Chelsea and thanks for letting me add the link to your blog!!!

Back to School

Today was back to school for my daughter, so of course we had do the first day of school photo. Wow! She doesn't look like she's going into 5th grade or that she will soon be 11. Kind of scares me! Yikes!
I thought I'd share the photo and my excitement of my moon flowers finally blooming. Last night 3 flowers bloomed, so beautiful! They have been hailed on three times this summer and weathered the storms slowly but surely. Last night they finally bloomed. So gorgeous and fragrant!
Back to school, back to the real world and back to creativity!!!

Design Team Designs

Couldn't wait to share with you our Design Team Designs for September. Tessa and Jen both did an amazing job. We are delighted to share with you their talents and ideas. Everything you see here is in stock...let us know if you have any questions and please leave comments for these two. We are thrilled with the designs!!!
Here's Tessa's designs and bio!!!

I am a currently a stay at home mom to my 2 children, Marissa, 11 and Canyon 4.I was introduced to scrapbooking several years ago and have been "collecting" scrapbooking goodies ever since.I absolutely love paper, I can't get my hands on enough and I consider myself very lucky to have a great husband that happily enables my habit.

From Studio 8's Daydream Collection

Imaginisce Baby Powder Collection

Imagininsce and Heidi Swapp
7 Gypsies Composition book, the cutest assignment notebook.


Fancy Pants Designs and Bazzill In Stitch'z
The sweetest gift bag with Studio 8's Dinosaur Collection...check out all that stitching. Amazing! Love it!!
Sorry for the bad photo and angle...but the cutest card to match the bag. So cute!!!

Studio 8's Delious desserts...awesome card!!

I am an extremely grateful stay-at-home mommy enjoying the BEST job in the world! I am a mommy to my amazing, wonderful, and super cute 61/2 year old son, Nathan and 3 (yes, I said 3) dogs: Toby, Jasper,and Sam. I have been married 9 1/2 years to Scott, my high school sweetheart. I have a huge passion for creativity. I love to decorate, scrapbook, paper craft anything in sight, read, take walks,and most of all spend time with my family!

Jen's bio above and photo and designs below!!!

Check out this darling clipboard for her son's chores. Autumn Leaves Cuteworld Boy collection. Simply the cutest thing ever.

Sweet little bird house with Imaginisce Birthday collection...

Jen's take on the 7 Gypsie's composition book...she turned it into a mini album of all the thing that they did over summer vacation. Even a little checklist of everything they wanted to do over the summer. Amazing job!!

Two darling cards
A super sweet layout with Fancy Pants. Adorable.
Thanks ladies for your talent and time! We are thrilled to have you has part of our team. Both of you have amazing talents...thank you for sharing with us!!!

Oooopps..forgot the Coaster Class

I forgot to post the photo and the info for the Fall Marble Coaster Class on Saturday, September 13 at 9:30 and 1:00. Cost is $2o.oo.
A fun class with Inkadinkado Stamps, Stickles and a little Crystal Lacquer. Once you learn how to make these coasters, you will be able to repeat them for gifts for friends and family. Just a fun, simple relaxing class!

Tim Holtz Class and more new Bazzill Stitch'z

Here's the Tim Holtz Fragment Frame, so much fun! You are going to love these class, using distress ink and a blending tool, plus Fragments. Don't you just love the photo of Tim??
This class is scheduled for Thursday, September 18 at 6:00 pm. Cost is $20.00. Scissors and adhesive required.

The Inkadinkado Stamp of the Month Program finally arrived. Very cute! A great program, stamps range from $4.99 to $6.99. Buy two get one free. Hurry in, cause they are flying out the door.


New KI Memories embellishments! Softies! Super cute, super fun!!!

KI Memories paper!!!

The new Bazzill In Stitch'z that are also flying out of here. We are seriously addicted to these! You've gotta try these. This is the new Heidi Lynn Handwriting. Bring Me Flowers!!!
Birthday!!!
And the new Cozy Christmas!We got in a whole new shipment of Stickles, no Distress Stickles yet, but we have replenished the rest!! We also replenished our Ranger White Pens and some new Tim Holtz idea-ology products.

Sixteen new colors of Bo Bunny Double Dot cardstock, wonderful fall and winter colors, they are gorgeous!!! Tons of Heidi Swapp flowers. Lots of new ribbon and some new little spools from American Crafts that retail for $1.29....fun Halloween and fall designs!!

Stop in this week, enjoy some time with the kids back to school, and just browse and check out all the fun we are having at the Playground!!!!

More New Stuff

We are still receiving tons of new stuff every week...kind of like Christmas everyday...too much fun.
I'll share all the new stuff in just a sec, bu first I had to upload this photo of my silly cat, Calamity. She just kept carrying on last week when I was uploading photos of the bulldog. I think she was trying to tell me that she was more beautiful than that silly bulldog...in her opinion.
Okay on to new product....fun fall paper from Bo Bunny...Splendor.
Gorgeous stuff..
Fun Halloween rub ons!!
These are so cool!!!

Beautiful Christmas Rub ons, too!!! Check out this paper....gorgeous!!!
The reverse side!!

Plus, we got in tons of new clear Inkadinkadoo stamps. 10 new sets...Halloween and Christmas they are stunning, they just don't photograph very well. You'll just have to come in and check them out!!! Just awesome collections and a great retail price of $9.99.

Stop by and check out all the fun!