green splat icon Just for Keeps | Spring 2008 Newsletter green splat icon

Check out our new scrapbooking and stamping blog here! It's still pretty new but we will be stopping in often to let ya know what's going on at the store. The Wisconsin winter may have slowed us down, but not the rubber stamp and scrapbooking manufacturers! We have discovered new lines of rubber stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms, Lockhart Stamp Company, and Memory Box.

Cornish Heritage Farms carries a variety of animal and floral stamps and a beautiful line of Thomas Kincaide stamps. They are much easier to work with than you might imagine and there is a great gallery at www.cornishheritagefarms.com that has lots of samples.
We also have some beautiful samples in our gallery and in the store.

Lockhart Stamp Company is also new to Just For Keeps. Their stamps are creative and whimiscal designs featuring butterflies, vegetables, flowers, fruits, angels and more. We have a nice selection of their stamps and many card samples. Memory Box Inc. is famous for it's penguin stamps and beautiful 6x6 paper for cardmaking. They now have a great spring line of birds, swirls, papers and of course penguins.

Everyone loves Cuttlebug!!!
We have an in-store special price of $74.99 for the Cuttlebug machine. We also carry embossing folders and dies. Have you heard of Nestabilities? Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies cut out complete sets of shapes in scallops and coordinating solid counterparts for perfect matting. They can replace hundreds of dollars worth of punches and are so easy to store. They are compatible with most die-cut systems, including our Cuttlebug. We are carrying some in our store and will special order both Nestabilities and Cuttlebug dies and embosssing folders for you.

Clear Stamps
We are carrying more clear stamps from Hero Arts, Memory Box, Stampendous and Impression Obsession. We also have beautiful clear stamps from Rubber Stamp Tapestry to create gorgeous backgrounds for stamping and scrapbooking. We have more inks than ever: Versafine - works wonderful on Thomas Kinkaide and Northwoods detailed stamps. Adirondack lights for creating soft backgrounds, colorbox queue and single cat's eyes. We have a large variety of Tim Holtz distress inks, Fresco pads in rich European colors and ColorBox pigment and Vivid dye pads.
   For embellishing your cards we have fun brads, jewelz, Tattered Angels shimmer mist and a new shipment of Prima flowers. Sign up for a class soon, to learn how to use these great cardmaking products.

Scrapbooking News
We have beautiful scrapbooks to display at graduation time for the class of 2008. Check out our fantastic selection of themed papers and embellishments for every activity that your graduate participated in from music to sports. We just got in new prom and graduation papers that are foiled and glittered to go with those shining faces in the photos.

   If you were lucky enough to leave the record-breaking Wisconsin snow for a trip someplace warmer our tropical and travel themed papers will keep those memories warm through all kinds of weather.
   The new selection of American Crafts paper, patterned chipboard embellishments and rub-ons are so bright and cheerful. We have selected items from the Spring and Summer, Celebration and Kids Collections. We also carry a large assortment of their alphabets including rub-ons and "thickers" in the new metallic jewel tones and glitters.

   Get the kids scrapbooking with adorable "Little Scrappers" 8x8 kits. Our selection of pet scrapbooks papers and embellishments would make a fun project for kids to show off their special dog cat or horse. So stop in soon to see all the great products just waiting for your crafty fingers.

   Sue and Carol will be waiting to give you full service and answer any questions you may have about products and techniques.