Calling All Scrapstasher's!!

Hello fellow Stasher's! I am really looking forward to our meetings this month. I have a fun, memorable project in store for you this month that is sure to please YOU, MOM, GRANDMA, AUNTIE, etc ...and as we all know...April showers bring May flowers...so I will teach you another couple of fun paper flower techniques too! I hope you like your list this month...ready or not...here it is!

"What to Bring":
Printed Papers (something that make you smile):
please bring a variety of printed papers that coordinate; cut them into 6x6 squares; bring a minimum of 8 squares

Cardstock (colors that coordinate with your printed papers):
please bring five 12x12 sheets and one sheet of White or Cream colored Cardstock

Border Punches
Package of Alpha's (like thickers, chipboard, etc.)
Coordinating buttons
Coordinating Ribbon Scraps
Stickles (colors of your choice)
Cat Eyes (small ink pads that coordinate with your papers)
Two 1 or 1 1/2 in. binder rings
Stapler
4-6 small to medium size brads
Bone folder or scoring tool
Paper Trimmer
Scissors
Journaling Pen
Glue Dots, Pop Dots
Regular Adhesive, Liquid Adhesive
Glossy Accents or Diamond Glaze
Foam Brush

For Flowers:
Please bring printed papers in the following dimensions:
one 2x12 in. strip
one 6x6 in. square
one 8x8 in. square

Please let me kow if you have any questions. If you need to verify your class reservation, please contact an associate at the store at (817) 282-2622. Have a great weekend! Hope you will come and see us at Anthologies on Saturday to celebrate Nat'l Scrapbooking Day!

Happy Scrapping,
Tracy :)

Hot Metal Mama's

Calling all Hot Metal Mama's! If you are attending our meetings this week, please bring a few of your favorite stamps with you to class...they can be any kind of stamps (words, sentiments, background stamps, line stamps, etc.) and if you have some StazOn ink pads, please bring those too. This will help eliminate a lot of wait time during class....ThANkS SO MucH! We are going to have a great time! I will be teaching you some fun ways to incorporate your stamps with metal and I also have a fun Cuttlebug technique to show you too! See you soon!

Hot Metal Mama's WOO HOO!
Tracy :)

April Scrapstasher's Projects

As promised...here is a look at our most recent Stasher's projects. I want to thank everyone who attended our April Scrapstasher's Meetings! It was truly amazing to see our "plaine jane" terra cotta pots transformed into wonderful Garden Art! The project this month was a perfect solution to using up all of our paper scraps and learning just how fun and simple it is to create with unexpected items like torn book pages, music papers, fabric and other found treasures. Stashers this month also learned how to create some fantastic flowers out of their paper scraps. Here are pictures my creations and some that were created by Stasher friends!

Designed by: Tracy Pounds

Designed by: Tracy Pounds

Designed by: Elaine Howell

Designed by: Lynette Chiles

Designed by: Debra White

Make plans to join us next month for our Scrapstasher's Anonymous Meetings! Come and let me show you how to have "SuCeSS with your ExCeSS" stash! Contact Anthologies at (817) 282-2622 to reserve your seat today!

Keep Creating,

Tracy :)

Free Mini-book class this Saturday!

Free mini-book class going on this Saturday from noon until 5 pm!  The perfect home for those Easter pictures or for those new beautiful spring pics yet to come!  Come by and make your super cute mini-book - these sweet books will be available while supplies last. 

Reservations will be required.  Please call the store and book your seat for Saturday!  Here's how this will work --- we'll start at noon and go until 5 pm.  There will be 5 class sessions for you to choose from.  You can make your reservation for the noon, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm or 4 pm time slots.  This class for the 5 page mini book will last about 45 minutes and you'll need to bring your basic stuff... like always!  Freebie is available in limited quantities and on a first come, first served basis and one per customer please!  Call and reserve your spot and time at 817-282-2622 today!

In addition, while you are in the store, be sure and register for our drawing!  Saturday and Sunday only drop your name in and 2 lucky winners will go home with our one of a kind kit - Tres' Chic - from the Anthologies Connection.  Registration with purchase and limit one entry per customer, please.

Make it a Beautiful Day!

Nita

Free Mini Book Class Saturday, April 17th!

Free mini book class going on this Saturday from noon until 5 pm.
The perfect home for those new Easter pictures that you've taken as well as those new beautiful spring pics yet to come.
Come by and make your super cute mini book - these sweet books will be available while supplies last!

Reservations will be required, please call the store and book your seat for Saturday! Here's how this will work - we'll start at noon and go until 5 pm. There will be 5 class sessions for you to choose from. You can make your reservation for noon, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm or 4 pm time slots. This class for this 5 page mini book will last about 45 minutes and you'll need to bring the basic stuff --- like always!
Freebie is available in limited quantities and on a first come, first served basis and one per customer, please. Call and reserve your spot and time at 817-282-2622.

In addition,  while you are in the store be sure to register for our drawing! Saturday and Sunday only drop your name in and two lucky winners will go home with our one of a kind April Kit from The Anthologies Connection - Tres' Chic.   Registration with purchase and limit one entry per customer, please.

Make it a Beautiful Day!

Nita

Project of the Month!

Here is a look at our Project of the Month for April! It is a beautiful card designed by Susan Tidwell. It features paper from Jillibean Soup and some of the new Tim Holtz dies by Sizzix. We have the product list and instuctions on how to create this card available for you on the Anthologies website at www.anthologiesbyme.com. Just click on the Project of the Month link. Enjoy!

What the heck is this kit club thing?

We've been asked this question alot today.... so shame on us for not doing a good enough job explaining ourselves!

Q:    What's in this kit and why do I want it?
A:     The kit each month will be different products and will be a collection that is hand selected to provide a box full of creative potential for many lovely designs.  These designs may be whatever you want them to be, and all of the content coordinates beautifully. 

Q:  No really, what's in this kit? 
A:  April's kit is built around Prima's Shabby Chic collection and the kit contains all of these papers as well as coordinating cardstock, embellishments, several surfaces, embellishments, flowers, buttons, ribbons, etc - all selected to go together.  Did I mention embellishments?
Q:  So, what will I do with it?
A:  Actually, you can make anything you want with it.  However, we provide a multitute of ideas.  These ideas are provided in the form of our online Design Team Gallery.  For example, for the April kit there are 77 different projects pictured in the gallery.  You can browse through for inspiration or you can print off the ones you like best and copy them!  That's what they are there for!  Really!  In addition, we have some of these projects on display at the store if you are in the area and want a closer look!
Q:  How much does this kit thing cost?
A:  Every month will be different, just like the content will be different- April's kit is $44.99
Q:  How can I get this?
A:  Go to http://www.anthologiesbyme.com/ - click on the 'Anthologies Connection' link and go from there.

If this peaks your interest and you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us at the store at 817-282-2622.    We'll be happy to answer all of your questions!

Make it a Beautiful Day!
Nita