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Special thanks to everyone for coming out to the 30-Hour Rockin' Crop this past weekend at the Dayton, Ohio store. Bronwyn had lots of fun planning the event- she even brought in a chocolate fountain! Super-talented Natalie made special VIP passes for all of the croppers. The weekend was a huge hit, complete with sparkling cider! Can't wait to see everyone again at the next weekend crop!
Thanks again all you SCRAPBOOK ROCKSTARS!!!
Special thanks to everyone for coming out to crop with us at the Nora, Indiana store last Friday! Vicki and Kristy had a great time playing Scrapbook Bingo with everyone! Here are pictures of our croppers and also the winners playing Scrapbook Bingo!
Our grand prize Bingo winner won these...
HA! LOL! Just kidding... these are all of Cheri's Cricut cartridges! Here are the real Bingo prizes....
Hope to see everyone again very soon at the Nora store!
Now in stores- the January QuicKutz release! Remember, all QuicKutz are 30% off everday!
Well, I just couldn't resist trying my hand at one of the latest crazes in scrapbooking- acrylic albums. I'll have to admit, this 8x8 album took me a while to make (I think I worked on it every evening for a week). Maybe it was because I used mostly 5x7's, and also that I'm a perfectionist (some may call it OCD... but whatever...). I probably also covered more of the pages than you're really supposed to- there's not that many pages where you can really see the layering all too much. But, I really had fun using my Autumn Leaves' Flourish stamps, Black Staz-On, Scenic Route Laurel papers, some Bling, some old-school Making Memories products (canvas tabs and travel clearly Defined stickers... yep... those are really old!), some old EK Success round alphabet stickers and some May Arts ribbons.
So, here it is, my "Cape Cod" acrylic album...
For the cover, I lightly brushed olive paint (Paint Dabber) along the edges and close to the edges. I also added some red rhinestones to the flourish stamps. For the "Cape Cod", I used chipboard letters that I covered in Scenic Route paper and then sanded the edges of the letters. I also made my own round red page reinforcements and ran them through my Xyron so they'd really stick. Here you can see the flourish stamp and the red rhinestones close-up....
I ran the patterned-paper-covered-chipboard letters through my Xyron 250 so the adhesive application would be even from the back.
By using my Xyron, there's no visible adhesive from the back ("Can't see the lines, can you Russ?"... anyone know what movie that quote's from?).
The right page (the light green with darker green dots) is just an 8x8 page with rounded corners. I used the Laurel papers from the Scenic Route collection because they're double-sided and heavyweight..
The right side page (the one with the 9 small photos) is a little hard to see because you're seeing the pages behind it..
Here you can see a close-up of that page (the one with the 9 photos). I was very careful to make sure the pictures were cut EXACTLY the same size so when I put them back to back, there wouldn't be any part of the backs of the photos showing. This took awhile, but I really loved the result. For the photo corners, I used my QuicKutz and then ran them through my Xyron.
In the picture below, the right page is one I added- it's a 6x6 page I cut from a 12x12 sheet of Wild Asparagus paper from My Mind's Eye. I thought the smaller pages added some fun and broke up all of the 8x8 pages...
In the picture below on the right page- I first covered the back of the acrylic page with matte Mod Podge and then applied a full 8x8 sheet of the bright pink/red paper to the back of the page. It dried clear and it allowed me to use the acrylic top of the page to stamp on...
On the right page on the picture above, I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch three holes through the acrylic page to add ribbon accents...
Simple pages with 5x7 photos...
On the right page in the picture above, I added a Making Memories canvas tab and then used my Crop-A-Dile again to punch holes at the bottom of the tab to add ribbon....
More simple pages with 5x7 photos, but you can see the layers of the other pages along the edges of the pages...
On the right page in the picture below, I punched more holes to add ribbon to the corners of the 5x7...
In the picture below, I added another 6x6 page...
For the back cover, I used Mod Podge on the front of the page and then added an 8x8 piece of patterned paper. Once it dried, the back cover was the thicker acrylic, but yet the patterned paper (I used double-sided paper) was visible.
I then used a Slick Writer to write on the back of the acrylic....
Overall, the acrylic album was fun to do and something different than the usual 12x12 page!
Special thanks to the 16 croppers who spent this past weekend at the Delaware, Ohio store! Everyone had a great time scrapbooking and socializing! The 30-hour crop was a big hit with the addition of on-the-spot chair massages by Matt Cox (for anyone in the central Ohio area, Matt is a Licensed Massage Therapist and also was at our 2007 Cord Crop Camp. You can reach him at 740.972.6046 and all new clients receive 50% off your first hour massage!).
Can't wait to see everyone again at the Delaware, Ohio store! Special thanks to Ann and her team for hosting a great event!
Have a great week-
Amy Kennedy
Vicki and Kristy at the Nora, Indiana store have been busy creating new and exciting endcaps and displays! Their new endcaps and displays feature on-the-spot demos and lots of awesome and creative layouts and projects. Stop in soon to see displays for the EK Success Curvy Cutter, the Bazzill In-Stiches sewing templates and our upcoming Sweet Treats Open House!
Hope to see you at the Nora store soon!
Amy Kennedy
Jenn and the gals at the Warren, Ohio store are continuing their Recipe Card Make-N-Take series in 2008! Stop in each Wednesday (get there early- the mini-kits are in limited quantities!) With a limit of one per customer, you can pick up a mini-kit to create your own recipe card collection. Here are some of the ones they did over the past couple of months....
(The apple recipe cards above uses the QuicKutz Apple SingleKutz die)
And the best part of all- when you stop in at the Warren store, you get to see this adorable smiling face....
(Hi Becky! Happy New Year!)
Feelin' all lovey-dovey? Then these new QuicKutz shapes are just for you! Now in all Cord Scrapbook Studio locations and 30% off! (who doesn't LOVE saving 30%?)....
Watch for the weekly email update for more information. We're also having SEVEN great QuicKutz SALE items for the month of January! (just in case you need help spending those Cord Camera gift cards...)
Hope your New Year is off to a great start!
Amy Kennedy
Happy New Year fellow scrapbookers! I hope you have a great upcoming year filled with many completed pages and finished projects (I know that's what I'm hoping for!). If you're thinking about scrapbooking, get out your supplies and be inspired with these scrapbooking pages from A2Z Essentials! Special thanks to Heidi and Heather for sharing these layouts...
Happy 2008!
Amy Kennedy
