What's New: Maya Road!

Have you seen all the beautiful new things from Maya Road at Keepsakes? If not, you will want to stop by to check them out! Some of the things are going quickly, so don't delay! Just look at these beautiful velvet ribbons...

and these clear ribbons..

shaped translucent albums...


tins of shaped chipboard...


and these glorious velvet, corduroy, and crocheted flowers!


And just look what design team member Susan Beth did with these beautiful flowers and velvet ribbons! Her work is always beautiful, but this layout is particularly stunning!

*What's New* Graphic 45 Papers

Graphic 45 is a new paper company with an artsy feel... and Keepsakes has both their paper lines in stock! Times Nouveau has both funky/artsy papers and some timeless classics. This line is perfect for altering items. Perhaps a cigar box to hold antique costume jewelry?


The Baby 2 Bride line has a completely different feel and is absolutely gorgeous. It has soft colors that are perfect for baby albums or bridal pictures. All of the papers are double sided for versatility and all of the designs are breathtakingly beautiful. The pictures don't do them justice - you really need to stop in to see them!

*What's New* Theresa Collins

If you haven't seen the new papers by Theresa Collins, you've got to check them out. She's has a heart for journaling, so her products make it easier! All of the papers are double sided, which makes them versatile for many projects, including mini books! Her Journal-It line is designed to work with the Zutter Bind-It-All, which makes it even easier to make a quick album! (If you haven't had a chance to see the Bind-It-All in action yet, stop by Keepsakes for a free demo!) These punch outs bind together to make a quick album - all you have to do is add photos and journaling!

These journaling cards are double sided, which makes them perfect for a mini album or an accent or pull out card on a scrapbooking page.


Her calendar sheet is PERFECT to be bound into a tiny album.


In fact, she even offers a free downloadable class to make this awesome project!


When I first saw this calendar page, I thought it was awesome!


I bought it and as I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with it, I came across Theresa's layout. I love seeing what designers do with their own products. And her work is amazing!


If you want to know a little more about Theresa Collins and the drive behind her designs, check out this interview with her. If you're a blog addict like I am, you can follow her blog, too. She's got so many great ideas and design, it's incredible. And once you've fallen in love with her designs like I have, stop by Keepsakes and pick up some new Theresa Collins - then get creative!

*What's New* Distress Crackle Paint

For those of you waiting for the crackle paint from Tim Holtz's distress line to arrive at Keepsakes... your wait is over! The shelves have been stocked with all of the distress colors we love and they're going quickly, so hurry in soon!

For a look at what you can do with these cool crackle paints, check out Tim's blog tutorial on how to make this tag:


Crackle paint comes in all the great ranger distress colors and is sold in a 1.1 oz bottle with applicator brush right in the cap! Unlike other crackle paints, Tim Holtz's crackle paint is a one step process - paint it on, let it dry, and watch it crack. You can speed the process up by heat setting the paint with an embossing gun. It's a great way to add texture and a weathered look to your projects!

This Just In: BUTTERFLIES!!

The beautiful Heidi Swapp butterfly masks and ghost shapes are finally in! Kristii has shown us some beautiful ways to use these winged pretties, so they're sure to fly out of the store quickly! The masks come in a single long mask with 5 butterflies (which can be used together or cut apart) or a smaller set with two individual butterflies. The ghost packages include 6 butterflies - 2 each of 3 designs! You can save one set to use as templates and use the rest on your projects!

Mom and Me Valentine's Class!

This quarter we are introducing a new kind of class - for moms AND kids! If you'd like to share your love of scrapbooking and cardmaking with your kids in a new way, these classes are for you! The first Mom and Me class is this Saturday, and we'll be making valentines - perfect for kids to pass out at school! Each mom/kid pair will make 10 valentines, 2 each of 5 designs. We will learn a few new techniques, and have fun together! The valentines are simple enough to be duplicate at home and all 10 can be made from one sheet of Scenic Route paper, plus cardstock. If you'd like to join in the fun, call the store to sign up! Here are the details:

Mom & Me Valentine Class
Saturday, February 9th 1pm – 3pm $20 ($10 for each additional child)
Instructor: Elizabeth Wickland

Bring your child and come for an afternoon of fun. With your child create 10 fun
valentines for them to share with friends, family , or whoever. A great chance to
include your child in crafting!

**ALL NEW** Kit Club!!

Here are some sneak peeks at February's Card Kit!! See the whole project at the open house on Saturday!

Product Review - Foil Glitter Flock

Have you seen these We R Memory Keepers sets at Keepsakes? I picked one up a couple weeks ago and have had an absolute blast playing with them! They are amazing. The kit consists of two pages of adhesive rub ons and 3 sheets each of foil, glitter, and flocking to use with the rub ons. If you've ever wanted to try gold foil or flocking and have been intimidated - this is for you! It's practically fool proof and comes with instructions to get you started. These rub ons work well on cards, layouts, photos - you name it. It's definitely worth a look. I know I'm hooked on them.

Coordination...

When you want a project to come together quickly, or you need to whip up a gift album last minute, the easiest way to get it done is with coordinating products. K&Company excels at providing you with lots of products in perfectly coordinating lines. They have everything from patterned papers to epoxy stickers to metal brackets and hardware to chipboard letters to vellum quotes to mat stacks to to rub ons to dimensional stickers... They have it all! They even have matching albums so your projects come together in a snap! Make coordinated albums ready to fill with pictures and give them as baby or Christmas gifts. You can't go wrong!!

papers

dimensional stickers

chipboard alphabets, mat stacks, and vellum quotes

New Hambly Rub Ons!

Did you see the Hambly Christmas rub ons on the holiday wall at Keepsakes? Great for tags, cards, or scrapbook pages! As with most Hambly products, the possibilities are practically endless... Like this amazing card from the Hambly blog:

Holly Lane Foil Papers

If you haven't stopped by Keepsakes to see the new S.E.I. Holly Lane papers, you don't know what you're missing! They're new and they're FABULOUS! And while the pictures are nice, they just don't do justice - these papers are laced with gold foil, so you've got to see them in person to appreciate it!

Bazzill Stitching Templates

Do you like the look of hand stitching but are too afraid to do it yourself on layouts and cards? Your solution has arrived... The new In Stitch'z templates by Bazzill are in at Keepsakes! There are TONS of designs to choose from as well as a piercing mat and color coordinated floss sets, too. Susan Beth just taught a class on how to use these amazing templates. If you missed the class, you'll want to stop in and see her cute layouts and pick up some templates to try yourself. If you attended the class, you already know how cool these things are!



Each template set comes with four separate cards that can be used over and over again. Floss sets come with 6 different colored flosses (48 yards total) and two needles.


The piercing mat is 12.5 x 6.5 inches and is perfect for use with any sort of paper piercer.


If you feel like branching out once you've tried In Stitch'z and want some more inspiration, check out this tutorial on hand stitching. She uses stamps instead of the templates, but has some great ideas for incorporating multiple thread colors, brads, flowers, and more.

Pop Culture

Have you seen the new Pop Culture line by KI Memories?? The papers are vivid and beautiful, the jelly embellies are fun, and the lace cardstock... it's to die for!! If you haven't seen it yet, you don't know what you're missing. It's sort of Queen&Co felt ribbon meets 12x12 cardstock. It's truly amazing. You can see all of the frosty papers here, and the gorgeous lace cardstocks by KI Memories here. These beauties arrived at Keepsakes today:

• Hopscotch Black
• Flower Child White
• Flower Child Socialite
• Perm Teal

And don't forget... tonight is the kickoff for the retreat!! Great classes, amazing make-n-takes, and a whole lotta fun!

Creative Cafe Preview!!

Creative Cafe is one of the newest, hottest things to hit scrapbooking stores. Only a few select stores around the US were chosen to offer it, and Keepsakes is one of them!! It will be coming soon! We'll have our very own Creative Cafe, complete with an Art Bar and Happy Hour! Here's just a sneak peek of what it will be like, as demoed at CHA:

New Products!!

Don't forget to stop by the store to see what new products have been arriving! Shipments of items released at CHA are arriving almost every day and they sell out quickly, so stop by soon! There are loads of new Technique Tuesday stamps, incredible new Basic Grey papers, new 12x6 albums with matching papers and embellishments, and so much more!