Welcome 2010! Thank You!

Happy New Year Dear Friends!

I can't beleive that this year has come and gone.  It has been an amazing journey, full of it's ups and downs but we made it.  My husband and I certainly welcom 2010 with open arms.  I would like to personally thank each and every one of you for your support and understanding during our first year.  If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't be where we are today.  {{{HUGS}}} 

I would also like to thank a very dear friend, Sandra!  If it wasn't for Sandy and her loving heart and inspiring mind, we wouldn't have accomplished half of what we did this year.  You have kept me going through thick and thin (more thin than anything - LOL).  When I've been down, you've kept me up-beat... and visa-versa.  I love you with all of my heart!

Finally, I wanted to thank my 3 amazing children for putting up with me this year!  I know my daughter Abby will probably read this, so be sure to pass it on to your brother and sister.  You guys ROCK!  I owe you a "baby" Penguins game. (yeah, kiddos are diehard Penguins fans... and Mom's a Flyers Junkie!  It's an interesting mix - Ha!).

I have some inspiration to share with you from a dear friend and loyal fan of The Beary Scrap.  Our own very talented Kim Bender created these adorable projects.  Although I tried to get them posted sooner... it just didn't happen. ( Sorry :( ) Christmas is busy with 3 little ones.  With the youngest being 2 (3 in February), it's not been easy.  Anyway....

This one has to be my personal favorite!  Wouldn't this make a great place setting on your holiday table?  I'm preparing for next year!  This was created using punch art.

Here is another punch art creation made by Kim Bender.  The chocolate has my mouth watering!  I love the little gingerbread man!  Left over cookies... here I come!

And finally, a few cards for you created with punches.  I think Kim used heart puches for the tree.  It is simply adorable.  I love the dimension created with the white chalking.

Kim, thank you so much for the inspiration! 

The 8 minute countdown has started!  I must pull my "new years resolution list" and recite it to my friends an family.  If I can conquer at least half of what is on the list, I'll be greatful.

Till next year!  Love you ALL!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Merry Christmas

Hello Dear Friends!
Just a quick note to wish you all Merry Christmas.

{{{Hugs}}}

Year End SALE starts Today!

Hello Friends!  I've been a bad blogger lately.  Christmas has been creeping up so quickly... and no, I'm not done shopping yet.  As a matter of fact, I haven't even started wrapping yet - I may need some help!

Our year end sale has officially started  Our sale event will continue until Saturday.  Here's what you can find:

Halloween Collections:

50% OFF:  MLYB "Frightful"
50% OFF:  Imaginisce "Hallowhimsy"
50% OFF:  Pink Paislee "Vintage Moon"
50% OFF:  Flair Designs "Spellbound"
40% OFF:  MME "Night Light"
40% OFF:  MME "Spooked"
30% OFF:  Bo Bunny "Boo Crew"
30% OFF:  Doodlebug "Trick or Treat"

Christmas Collections:

50% OFF:  Doodlebug "Merry and Bright"
50% OFF:  Cosmo Cricket "Be Good"
50% OFF:  Bo Bunny "Holiday Cheer"
50% OFF:  Pink Paislee "Tinsel Town"
50% OFF:  Bo Bunny "Winter Whisper"
50% OFF:  Flair Designs "Merry Little Christmas"
50% OFF:  KaiserCraft Christmas Collections
40% OFF:  MME "Snowed In"
40% OFF:  SEI "Alpine Frost"
25% OFF:  Basic Grey "Eskimo Kisses"

PLUS:

Hop on over to the store now for these incredible savings.  It's a good time to even stock up on next years projects.

I've decided that I will be starting my Xmas Cards and handmade gifts in June.  I hate rushing to get things done, but I have been told I work better when I am under pressure.

More to come in the upcoming days!

Our weekend croppers braved the snow!

Hello Friend!

What a weekend we had!  All of our little croppers and our Mom's braved the snow and came out for a morning and afternoon of FUN!  Yep, Sandy hosted 2 sessions.  There is no doubt that we have some budding diehard scrappers in the making.  Oh, and the talent!  Mom's, you certainly do a great job passing on your creativity to your little ones.   I was only able to get one picture from our afternoon group.  Charolette stayed for the morning session even after other things came up with her granddaughter... so she took some pictures for us too.   I can't wait to see them.

Here's our budding scrappers from the afternoon group...

They had so much fun... and Sandy spoiled them silly!

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We were supposed to have only had 2 inches of snow, but I think it was 5 by the time it was all said and done.  Now, it's freezing cold outside!  Spring can't come soon enough.  One snowfall is all I need.

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How about this darling Ribbon Tree Created by Sandy!  This would make a great Teacher's Gift, or a cute centerpiece on a table. 

 

To create the ribbon tree, Sandy used a styrofoam cone and covered it with ribbon. I believe she said each piece of ribbon was 4" in lengh. The ribbon is then looped and tacked in place with a pin. The star she picked up at one of the craft stores. You could make this with paper strips instead of ribbon. What a way to use up some of that paper stash we all have laying around. How about creating them smaller and decorating your place settings on your holiday table.

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Here's a card I finally finished!  I'm still trying find 4 extra hours in a day - LOL.

This card was created using an adorable Bear and Robin Stamp from Stampavie.  The image was colored in with copic (and I'll be darned if I can remember what colors I used - sorry).  I added some Polar White Flower Soft to his Santa Hat and the base of the image.  Makes him look like he's sitting in the snow instead of "floating in space" - LOL.  The sentiment if from Kraftin' Kimmie's Holiday Sentiments.  With 44 sentiments in this set to choose from, it was hard to decide what one to use.  I think this one fit well. 

Cardstock is Bazzill, Patterned paper is Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses (my favorite line!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Reindeer "Tear Bear" Assembly Tutorial

Hello Fellow Scrappers!

I just finished posting the tutorial for my new Reindeer Pattern.  Click HERE to check it out.  The response to our new pattern has been unbelievable!  Hmmm, I wonder what is next?  Desicions, desicions, desicions - LOL.  There are so many to choose from.  I could really use some help, so feel free to post a comment or email me with your requests.  The most requested patterns will be posted and the winning pattern will be made available! (That is if we have enough participants).  And who knows what might happen after that. {wink}.

If haven't gotten your new pattern order yet, you can do so by clicking HERE.  Don't forget, all orders of $35.00 or more place through our website will receive FREE SHIPPING.  Hey, who doesn't like free shipping.  And no, we don't have that offer available on FeeBay, so you can pick up some extra papers and other goodies while you are there too.

Thanks for dropping by.

New Pattern Now Available!

Hello friends and Happy December!  How many of you were brave enough to head out for Black Friday?  Not me... I stayed in with the kids and then headed to the shop for the day.  It was nice to see a few of our friends out and about.  There were some great deals out there over the weekend, and some awesome deals at the shop and on our website too!  Thanks so much for all of you that made our Christmas Kick-Off a successful one.  You help us pay the rent!  {hugs}

I know I'm a little late getting our new pattern released, but really... what else is new - LOL.  This wasn't the one I had planned on doing, but given the Spirit of Christmas is in the air, I thought a Reindeer was most appropriate.

Isn't he just adorable!  He is designed to have more of a "3D" effect.  You can view the pattern specifics and purchase it HERE. I've used our Caramel and White Mulberry paper to create him.

I have changed up our packaging for this one since he requires a bit more guidance for assembly.  I hope to have some tips posted on the Tear Bear Blog tomorrow.

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New Arrivals at the Store:

Nook & Pantry by Basic Grey is now stocked at the shop.  I'll have it up on the website in a day or two.  Origins and Sugar Rush are expected to ship Mid December!  Oh, I can't wait.

We are still waiting on our Copic to arrive before we host our first class by own oun "Copic Certified Designer".

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Attention Mommy & Me Croppers:

We have 2 Mommy & Me sessions scheduled this Saturday, one morning session and one for the afternoon.  Please do not forget to bring your basic supplies, including adhesive.

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December Classes:

I'm just starting to finish up a few classes for December.  I hope to have some pics posted this weekend.  We will be hosting a Last Minute Card Class, Flower Soft Class, Tear Bear Class, and a Quick Gifts Class.  I've been busy creating the project examples for these classes and I'm running on limited time - as always!  Hey, at lease I got my "new patter" checked off my list - LOL.  I had hoped to have them completed for today, but Black Friday to Cyber Monday was REALLY busy.

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January Crops:

We have 2 crops already scheduled for January... and they are already begining to fill up. 

Saturday, January 2, 2009

Saturday, January 30, 2009

Both are from 5:00pm - 11:00pm.

Pizza, beverages, use of all of our machines and die cuts is included.... and of course, personal guidance and one-on-one assistance from both Sandra and me. {smiles}.


I'll have more to report tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Digi Stamps now available!

Another late night for me!  When I got home Saturday Night from our crop, I thought for sure I would be ready to crash.  Not quite.  I was so wound up that I was jotting down ideas and doodling images.  My mind just wouldn't slow down.  Boy, I sure wish mother nature would add a few more hours to the day just so I could get a full night's sleep.  28 hours would be nice - LOL.

After figuring out how to start loading our new digital stamps into the website, I got a little scrared that I might crash my entire system.  Pondering the idea for a while, I decided that I would feel safer being walked through the entire process to avoid any delays in ordering and shipping, and crashing the website.  Since I've had a few request for our Christmas Digis, I went ahead and reopend our Etsy Store!  I haven't listed over there in some time... and I like it much better than fee-bay!  I have an abundance of cards and some other embellishments that I've been making over the past few weeks too that I will be loading there as well.

So here are the first 2 digis that are now available...

I also got a little carried away making these twinkling snowflake embellishments!  I made a layered snowflake using some flower soft for a card I created at last nights crop, but after staring at it I decided I didn't like it.  Could have been the colors of the card that turned me off to it.  I'll see if I can use it on something else.  But for this card, I needed something with more sparkle.  I began walking around the shop looking for something that would give it "wow".  Finally, "blink"  the light bulb went on and I grabbed the bottle and began making a HUGE mess in my work area!  I haven't had this much fun in ages!  I had so much fun that I ended up with 2 dozen of them.  Needless to say, there are a few listed in our Etsy Store, and I have a few packs available at the shop too.

Aren't they cool?  I made some cute Christmas Tree embellishments inspired by Prima too, but I didn't get a chance to take any pictures of them yet.

Thanks for stopping by!

Free Shipping & Mulberry Paper Sale!

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Lots more on sale too!  Stop buy and stock up!

Check out...

Patty's First Tear Bear over on the Tear Bear Blog!

Black Friday "In-Store" Sales Announcement

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. I can hardly believe that tomorrow starts the official countdown to Christmas!

While most of you will be out and about early tomorrow morning taking advantage of all those great deals out there in the shopping world, I'll be sleeping in! Well, at least until we open the shop at 10am. We are offering some great saving for Black Friday too... but we'll give you time to shop early in the morning and make us one of your final stops so you can get home to your waiting families.
 
BLACK FRIDAY IN-STORE ONLY SALES
(Weekend online sales starts Saturday and will run 'til Cyber MONDAY.  Newsletters going out soon)
 
ALL BAZZILL CARDSTOCK: 3 for $1.00
Includes Textures, Swiss Dot, Bling, & Metallics
Reg: $0.59 - $1.29 each

Buy 3 get one FREE on any Ranger STICKLES GLITTER GLUE
Reg.: $1.99 - $3.49

Buy 3 get on FREE: Ranger DISTRESS CRACKED PAINTS
Reg.: $4.49
 American Crafts Slick Writers: 2 for 3.00
Reg.: $1.99 each

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE:

• All Scrapbook Trends/Cards/Handmade/Idea Books 
• All Brads by Bazzill, Doodlebug and Eyelet Outlet 
• Bo Bunny All Stuck Up Embellishments & Bodacious Brads
• We R Memory Keepers Gromets/Eyelets
• Karen Foster Charms 
• KaiserCraft Pearls and Rhinestones

40% off original price on the following:

• All Scrapbook Paper Kits and Packs 
• All Patterned Paper in our Sales Bins (we added another bin and packed the others FULL!)
• ALL Embellishment Sale Bin Items Only, and they are FULL
• ALL Sports Papers

40% off ALL My Minds Eye Paper and Coordinating Embellishments

• Laundry Line
• Just Dreamy 2
  

50% off All Simply Renee Storage Solutions: (remaining stock)


50% off ALL remaining Slice Machine accessories
(12x12 glass mat, Storage System and whatever else is left)

30% off Stamp/Ink Pads and Ink refills:
(Kaiser Paints, Chalk, Brilliance, ColorBox Queque sets, Fluid Chalk, Staz-on, Distress Inks, Alcohol Inks.)


30% off ALL Bo Bunny Coordinating Lines

30% off ALL Doodlebug Coordinating Lines

25% off All PRIMA Flowers, Embellishments, Say it in Crystals

25% off Zutter Bind-it-All and Bind-it-All Products

20% off Spellbinder’s Dies (in stock only)


ALL COPIC MARKER STARTER SETS
SALE PRICE: $64.99
Regular: $77.88
(Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)

Other specials announced in our "IN-STORE" Sales event Newsletter with special coupons and promotions.

Hope to see you all Friday!

P.S.:  Cyber Monday will Begin on Saturday and run through, well... Monday.  Different sales events will be going on each day, depending on our stock items from our store.  Newsletters will be going out Friday announcing the events.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a Safe Black  Friday Super Shopping Day!