image by katzelbows

Do you live in the NY city area and are looking to take a cool stamping or mixed media class? If so check out Rachel at her blog katzelbow, for info on her monthly classes, they meet the third Sunday of each month. Rachel is a copic and Ranger certified instructor and teaches a different set of projects or techniques each month.

-Heather

image by Whipper Snapper

Whipper Snapper stamps is having a paper crafting contest, enter your own original paper craft item using one of their wonderful stamps and you could possibly win a $20, $40, or $60 gift certificate. Click here for all the details, deadline is Feb 1st.

-Heather

image by Operation Write Home

Do you have a stash of hand stamped cards laying around that you might like to donate? Operation Write home is looking for greeting cards for our troops. Here’s what they say about their organization” “We are a large group of volunteer card makers across the US and have sent almost 300,000 handmade cards to our military across the globe so that they have an easy was to keep in touch with loved ones at home.” Click here to visit their website for information on how you can donate your cards to this very worthy cause.

-Heather

image by Emily of Stamping Scoops

Each year A-Muse rubber stamps designs down loadable calendar pages for a wonderful cause, for a minimum donation of only $4 you can choose from several different calendar sizes and layouts. Visit the A-Muse blog for more information and scroll to down to click through for some great design inspirations like this page from Emily of Stamping Scoops.

-Heather

image by Tim Holtz

Each year Tim Holtz designs 12 amazing Christmas and Holiday tags and shares one a day on his blog, it’s a big deal, I really look forward to them! Starting today and every day through Dec 12. click here to visit Tim’s blog for detailed instructions on how to make each tag. In the past he’s done giveaways as well (Tim loves a giveaway, and who doesn’t? ) so here’s crossing fingers for some free stuff too!!

-Heather

image by Good Mail Day

Good Mail Day is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with a mail art contest, submit your “Fall of the Wall” mail art entry before Dec 5th to be enter to win a copy of the Good Mail Day book and a traveling Mail Art Kit and some of their favorite entries will be featured on their website. Full details can be found here.

-Heather

image by Digital Two for Tuesday

Visit the Digital Two for Tuesday blog to download two gorgeous vintage ladies digital stamps. You can use these images to participate in their weekly card challenge or for your own use.

-Heather

image by Artful Inkables

Twilight Tuesday and Artful Inkables have teamed up and are hosting a New Moon blog hop on Nov. 20th to celebrate the release of the highly anticipated second  movie in the Twilight saga (I personally can not wait!! ) Nov. 17th is the deadline to sign up. Click here for all the details.

-Heather

image by Swapbot

The social networking site Swapbot is having a swap to bring awareness to World Aids Day. Here’s what they have to say about the swap:

“Show your support for this important cause by joining the World AIDS Day swap on Swap-bot.com. This international mail swap brings attention to the cause of AIDS research by combining a craft and fellowship component with a charitable donation component. Each participant in the swap will send a handmade craft in the theme of the AIDS awareness red ribbon to their one partner. They will each also make a donation to amFAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. The deadline to sign up for the World AIDS Day Swap is November 17th and you must have a Swap-bot account to participate. ”

Click here to join the swap.

-Heather

image by Amy Totty

Today is World Card Making Day!! So find some time to sit down, be creative and make a card for someone special today. Go to the official World Card Making Day website for great ideas and ways to celebrate.

-Heather

image of Graphics 45 booth by Suze Weinberg

Wish you could have gone to CHA this week?? Well visit Suze Weinberg’s blog and you’ll almost feel like you did. She’s got lots of wonderful pictures of the booths, new hot products, make and takes and more.

-Heather

image by Tim Holtz

This weekend in Carson CA is the Original Rubber Stamp Convention at the Carson Community Center. Be sure to stop by the Stampers Anonymous Booth and take some make and takes with Tim Holtz and Wendy Vecchi, Tim has examples on his blog.

Wish I was going !!

-Heather

Hi Everyone:

how are you? there are some things that goes hand in hand. Summer is not really Summer at my house unless we see all the blockbusters that comes out.

This week challenge is to create a project that is inspired by a movie you love..

Dannis doodle created this fun card inspired by Cars..

Use your older stash, stamping to create a fun card. More inspirations here

Have a great day,

Maggie

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Lately I’ve been thinking of nothing else but to go to a scrap retreat..My friend Christine Penaflor owns a wonderful Scrap Retreat house..

I’ve been thinking wouldn’t it be nice to get away to Sunny California?

Here’s more info for you to gather your friends to a wonderful spot..

Nestled in a quiet community in Riverside County, California, this brand new 4100+ square foot retreat house is just minutes away from the Temecula wine country and has several inviting features ideal for your scrapbooking, cropping, and stamping enjoyment. The interior areas of the Scrap Retreat House was designed with other scrapbooking enthusiasts in mind by a fellow scrapbooker. Our vision is to offer our guests an inspiring atmosphere in which they can enjoy creating projects that capture their memories as well as creating new memories with friends who join them in experiencing a weekend at the retreat house.

The crop area is over 500 square feet and dedicated for the use of weekend retreat guests. This elegantly appointed room boasts custom built coffered ceilings and a mirrored wall surrounded by beautiful moulding. Nine recessed lights provide daylight lighting ideal for scrapbooking. The overhead surround sound speaker system is connected to the digital stereo receiver equipped with an iPod docking station where guests are welcome to listen to their favorite music playlists.

Each guest is treated to their own six-foot long table which provides a spacious area to freely create their projects. Guests are provided with comfortable leather task chairs which easily move on casters as they work at the tables. Each table is also equipped with a daylight lamp for detail work and a power strip to conveniently connect laptops or other electronic devices for use in their work space. No need to pack up supplies each day  because guests can choose to work 24 hours each day if they like! Guests are welcome to create all weekend long (up to 54 hours during the entire weekend!). Check-in time is at 10:00 a.m. on Friday and check-out time is 4:00 p.m. on Sunday.

There are five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms in the retreat house. Each spacious bedroom accommodates two people with their own twin-size bed. The master suite accommodates four guests comfortably. Linens and towels are also provided.

For more information or reservations:

http://scrapretreathouse.com
Email: ScrapRetreatHouse@gmail.com
Phone: (951) 541-9674

Here’s the floor plan

Provo Craft is conducting a survey..

Let your voice be heard, please take this survey and let Provo Craft know how you feel about the products what you are looking for..

This is your chance to voice your opinion!! We are looking for your feedback,Provo Craft are listening to what you, as a crafter really would love and want to see in their new folders!!! Take advantage of this opportunity!

The survey will take less than 2 minutes…and this survey will stay open until next Thursday

Head over to the Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot for a chance to win tons of prizes here

Good Luck,

Maggie