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Here's another of my Christmas cards. I used Hero Arts stamp Winking Reindeer which I stamped twice and cut out and colored it with Copics. I blinged the antlers with Doodlebug jewels, cut a branch at the edge of the card with Martha Stewart's punch Woodland Branch and made it frosty with Frosted Lace Stickles.
According to the buzz and the fuss, the impatient waiting and the oooh-s and aaah-s, the squealing and the swooning, I would say these are the 2011 Top 5 greatest hits in the scrapbooking world!
SMASH books and accessoirs
Any time the SMASH books and accessoirs are hitting the store shelves they are selling out fast. This has been THE big craze of the year. I'd venture to guess that K & Company will continue to release new books and pretty add-on items within this product line. And can I have a Christmas wish for next year? How about a Holiday SMASH book?! I would love one of those!
October Afternoon's Holiday Style
Finally! A new holiday collection from October Afternoon! AND it actually shipped before Christmas! Who would have guessed? All of us October Afternoon fans (and we are numerous and loud, heeheeh) rushed to the scrapbooking stores to quickly grab all those pretties off the shelves. I just hope OA printed enough of paper pads and miscellany to go around. Other OA lines this year, such as Rocket Age and Sidewalks, were also great successes but I don't think any of them was as eagerly anticipated as Holiday Style. You can buy Holiday Style and other OA collections at TwoPeasInABucket.com
, and Blue Moon Scrapbooking may also have some of it.
Seasonal Distress Inks
I'd say that the Distress Stains from Tim Holtz and Ranger are strong runners up this year but all the big buzz has been about the two limited editions of the Fall and Holiday Seasonal Distress ink pad sets. The first batch of Fall colors sold out in a couple of days! Ranger had to quickly make another batch to soothe upset Distress Ink die-hards and disgruntled LSS all over the globe that didn't get any sets at all the first time around. Scrapbook.com and Simon Says Stamp still have the Winter pads, but the Fall pads seem to be sold out at most places. Again. And this time they're not coming back.
Copics
If you've missed the Copic craze this year, you must have been living under a rock! LOL! I have to admit that I am hooked big time! I already got more than 70 markers and I'm about to place another big order for even more of them. Copic markers are refillable and the tips are replacable. You can use the original markers and the Sketch markers for airbrushing. The quality is great and the results are fantastic when you get the hang of how to color with them. Right now, TwoPeasInABucket.com have a special offer on Copics (and 20 % off during Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend!), Blue Moon Scrapbooking only sell some of the sets but they're on sale right now. You can also buy your Copic markers at Scrapbook.com and at Simon Says Stamp.
6x6 Paper Pads
Another new craze is the 6x6 paper. Most often sold in paper pads, the new brand Authentique have even tried to sell those 6x6 paper in singles (the collection is called Free Bird), and My Mind's Eye released a whole collection of 6x6 paper pads! The format is perfect for cardmaking and mini albums! How many 6x6 paper pads did you get this year? I'll bet that you bought more of them in 2011 than in last year? :)
Webster's Pages are selling two gorgeous kits for $25 each plus shipping (regular kit price is $65). It's the Sweet Season kit and the Come Home for the Holidays kit, on sale until sold out or through Sunday evening. I adore the Holiday lines from Webster's Pages and I wish I could get those kits, but the international shipping is too expensive as usual. *sigh*
I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! :)
I'm so sorry for enabling again but, remember that great Two Peas Black Friday Sale I told you about yesterday with 20 % off all regular price product? Well, it turns out that that's not enough. Today, and today only, they have 40 % off all Prima at Two Peas
!! Talk about waking up to a happy surprise this morning! Flowers, paper pads, metal charms, Shabby Chic Resins, Printery line, Romantique collection... All the new stuff from Prima! I almost couldn't believe it. Most of my cart at Two Peas was filled with Prima stuff! :D
And, if you buy for $50 (regular price product, i.e. all that's included in this Black Friday sale - yes, the 40 % off Prima product is included in that!!) you'll get free shipping if you use the code VXPMHA at the checkout! (Only in the U.S. - internationals get $5 off the shipping instead.)
Happy Thanksgiving shopping! :)
This week (and the next) I'm making Christmas cards. I'll try to make individual designs for every card this year, but I'm not sure that I'll have the time so there may be some massproduction when the time's running out. Here's one of the cards I've made so far. The background is from Webster's Pages' Botanical Christmas. One of my favorite Christmas lines this year! The jewel stickers and the twine is from Doodlebug.
At midnight, Two Peas in a Bucket will begin their Black Friday sale! 20 % off all regular priced product, which means all of those new cute collections!! Holiday Style from October Afternoon, Winter Park from Echo Park, Hero Arts stamps, Tim Holtz kraft paper...
Check your wish list twice and decide if you've been naughty or nice (of course, you've been nice, teehee :), grab your favorites, because this is like an early Christmas Day. I know I will be doing some shopping this weekend. :)
Here's the first big offer: 20% OFF all regular price product in the Two Peas in a Bucket store. Product must be non-digital & non-phaseout product. Starting at 12:00am (CST) 11/24/2011 through 11:59pm (CST) 11/28/2011.
Then, on Cyber Monday, they'll add another offer: Receive FREE shipping with a minimum purchase of $35 and receive a free gift when using coupon code 2PBFCM at checkout. All product must be non-digital & non-phaseout product. Good Cyber Monday Only!
UPDATE: Two Peas just added a third offer. This is also for Cyber Monday only: 25 % off digital products! Cyber Monday Digital Sale places all digital kits in the store at 25% off the regular retail price. 
This promotion is good Monday 11/28/11 only from 12:00am through 11:59pm CST. Wow! Happy shopping!
Don't miss out on the incredibly generous 6th birthday offer from Big Picture Classes: 50 % off the entire order of self-paced classes (offer good through Nov.20). Just fill your cart with as many self-paced classes you'd like and then enter the promocode: 6thbirthday on the checkout page to get half the price on all of them.
There are so many great self-paced classes right now! I am going to choose classes from May Flaum, Kayleigh Wiles, Wendy Smedley, Tammy Tutterow... And the price for one class is between $5 and $30, so they are really affordable for every scrapper.
This is a spectacular opportunity that won't come back in a hurry. So head over to this page with all the self-paced classes and start choosing your own favorites. :)
