CAS With Laurie Willison

Our December Guest Designer, Laurie Willison, is creating some amazing cards! This gorgeous CAS card uses a Paper Smooches called Knick Knacks; the sentiment is from the Sentiment Sampler set.  For the embossed background, she used a fun little polka dot folder from Quickutz.

This beauty again uses a Paper Smooches set, Warm Hearts.  Laurie added a sentiment from the WPlus9 set   Fresh Picked.

All of the white space on these cards is so fantastic!  

Distress Ink Sale!

In case you haven't heard the news, Ranger sent out a notice about a price increase.

Starting February 1, 2013 on Tim Holtz Distress Inks and refills will go up in price. Get them now (on sale!) before the price increase kicks in.

 Refills have been price reduced to $4 (down from $5) and seasonal sets are only $14 (down from $18)!

We have twelve different colors of refill inks in stock - they're great not only for refilling ink pads but for watercoloring, creating amazing backgrounds for stamped projects, and more!

We've also got three different seasonal Distress Ink sets in stock as well.  You can choose from Winter 2011 (Evergreen Bough, Festive Berries, and Iced Spruce), Spring 2012 (Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade and Shaded Lilac), or Summer 2012 (Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean).

Get yours now before they sell out at the lower price!

Holidays With Stampendous

Stampendous has some fantastic holiday stamps in stock! How darling are these Tree Trim Kiddos, hard at work decorating the tree?  Paired with a bit of Stampendous' Shaved Ice, Echo Park's Very Merry paper, and Zva Creative bling, they're all ready for Santa's visit!

 This Solider Kiddo is perfect for whimsical Christmas fun; he's been colored with Copic markers.

You can see more holiday samples using Stampendous products in our album on Facebook!  And don't forget the holiday paper sale!  All 12x12, 8x8, and 6x6 holiday paper is 40% off through Sunday.  You'll find more details in yesterday's blog post, including links to more than a few of the paper lines!

Last but not least....a winner for this week's Gourmet Rubber Stamps giveaway.  Congratulations to:

Use the Contact Us form to send in your snail mail address; don't forget to include the prize you won!  Please contact us within 72 hours.

Happy crafting!

Holiday Paper Sale!

We've got a fun surprise for you!  If you still need to stock up on holiday paper, now is the time!  Today (December 6) through Sunday, December 9, ALL holiday paper is 40% off!

That includes 6x6, 8x8, and 12x12 paper, from manufacturers like: 

Fancy Pants 

Echo Park

Carta Bella

Doodlebug

Graphic 45

Jillibean Soup

Kaisercraft

Lawn Fawn

Lily Bee Design

Simple Stories

Studio Calico

Teresa Collins

Webster's Pages

Don't wait - these are sure to fly out the door!  Happy holidays!

New From Lawn Fawn & WPlus9

Lawn Fawn is getting geared up for Valentine's Day with two great new sets!

Here's the Scoop is full of sweet treats, fun sentiments, and mix-n-match words.  Scoop a perfect sundae with these 23 clear stamps. These cool stamps are fun for Valentine's Day, summer, or whenever you're in the mood for a sweet treat.

Mix and match hearts and flowers to make a bee-utiful garden for Valentine's Day or any occasion. This mini set, Bee Mine, features eight clear stamps.

WPlus9 also has a great new release today!  Banner Love is great for Valentine's Day, a new baby, wedding congratulations and all occasion cards.  Add them to your scrapbook pages for and journaling cards for quick embellishing.

Damask Delight has five fabulous background building damask images and eleven gorgeous flourishes.  Be sure to check out the Damask Delight Companion Die for a professional finish!

You will love creating with this fun set centered around Cupid.  The images in this Cupid's Arrow set are versatile enough to work with any design style and classic enough to be used year after year.  Be sure to check out the Cupid's Arrow Companion Die, too.

Bitty Buddy Valentines is a 6"x8" set with one frame, seven images, and seven sentiments.  Use it with the new Clear Cut Stackers: Rounded Rectangles dies to create valentines and love notes for all ages.  Or use the animals with any sentiments to create cards for all occasions!

Be sure to check out the Bitty Buddy Companion dies to make creating quick cards easy!

The sentiments in Quite Like You are the perfect mix of modern fonts; great for graphic style cards as well as scrapbook accents and journaling.

WPlus9 also has two more great new dies - the XOXO border die and another addition to the Clear Cut Stackers line - Hearts!

Be sure to stop by the store and see our complete selection of both WPlus9 and Lawn Fawn lovelies available!

Gourmet Rubber Stamps Giveaway

We're giving away more Gourmet Rubber Stamps today!  All three of these stamps are perfect for creating holiday cards, tags, and scrapbook pages.  They would also make perfect stocking stuffers!

Want to win them?  Just leave us a comment here no later than Thursday, December 6 at 9:00 PM EST.  Winners will be announced on Friday, December 7.  Subscribe to our blog so you don't miss the announcement; any prizes not claimed 72 hours after the announcement will be re-drawn and awarded to someone else.

Be sure to also follow us on Facebook, for more inspiration from our design team members, as well as the latest updates on new products, sales, and more!

December Paper Smooches Release

Paper Smooches has a great new release this month - have you seen it yet?  I {heart} papers is thrilled to have four fabulous new sets in stock for you!

Flap Happy is another great winged-themed set, full off butterflies and swirls.  It's great for friendship and encouragement cards!

If you're looking for large, bold sentiments, We Connect is perfect!  You can mix and match the twelve different words and phrases any way you want, and there are three different ampersands to go with them.

There is another amazing new sentiment set this month, Salutations.  With eighteen words and phrases in a mix of fun and elegant fonts (plus an exclamation point to add wherever you want)  you will always have just the perfect thing to say on all of your cards!

Are you an animal lover?  Do you know someone who is?  Then you need this new Woofers and Tweeters set!  Just look at those puppy dog eyes...so irresistible!

Head over to the store today to see our entire selection of Paper Smooches!