Here's What is happening on National Scrapbook Day at Paper Cottage

FREE
32 -piece "Fancy Pants" paper pad collection
with any $15 purchase or more.
(Value $8.99)

Limit one FREE per customer.
(Not valid with any other promotions, discounts or offers
including NSD cardstock promotion, and "confetti" hot buy)

Did I also mention our other amazing NSD deals...

160-piece "Confetti" Pack with 15 themes
NSD HOT BUY

All yours for only $25!
(Retail Value Over $60)

* This pack includes 30 of 12x12 double-sided paper

(with a regular retail price of $.79 per sheet)

* Over 130 additional pieces, including cardstock titles,
transparency titles, journaling card and die-cut accessories.

Plus there is more...

Save on all of your basics- like cardstock
Purchase a combination of any 25 sheets of Bazzill Bling
or Double Mates 12x12
for just $9.99.
That is a savings of nearly 40%
Must buy 25 sheets in one purchase. Discount cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions.

Also, don't forget to check out our workshop area.
It is filled wall to wall with 1000's of items
all marked down 40% or more!

Meet Candace - Designer and Teacher Spotlight

How did you get started in scrapbooking? I grew up and got married in Vancouver , BC , not ever imagining I'd be moving away from Family and Friends to another country. I had started scrapbooking just before I got married, over 7 years now and am grateful for this awesome hobby that allows me to "re-live" every moment in my life with the family and friends I don't get to see everyday. I have two children (Mitchell 6 and Madison 3) which enhanced my passion to scrapbook all their milestones as well as "bribery" moments when Mommy wants a certain pose!! My husband, well I couldn't be luckier to have him since he volunteers to be part of the projects I create and assist me with the projects (wood frames).

I started with Paper Cottage back in 2005, when I was asked to teach classes on a project I had entered into one of their monthly contests. A few years later, this little hobby has turned into a huge part of my life and I love to share my passion and creativity with others. I've made genuine friendships within the scrapbooking industry; I'm truly blessed to have this creative outlet.

What other hobbies do you have? Some of my other interests include tole painting, photography, organization and soccer.

What are your favorite product lines? Some of my favorite lines include My Mind's Eye, Doodlebug, Adornit, Bo Bunny and Basic Grey. I'm an absolute Quickutz fan and could not live without my QK tools. I can say that almost every layout/project I create, there is some kind of QK die on it!!

Currently at Paper Cottage I'm teaching and designing for the store. Here is a list:

• I'm still, after 2 years teaching a monthly recipe class where I design 4 new recipes each month that you can display on a wood hanger frame that my husband makes.
• I teach a Cricut 101 class each month where you learn tips and tricks about the machine and all it can do.
• Since January 2009, I started up a Quickutz Club which gives the members of the club each month an exclusive Quickutz die and a project that I design. Leading this club and loving Quickutz, I started my own Quickutz Club blog where I share information and ideas all about Quickutz.
• Going on into the second year, I'm designing the calendar pages for Paper Cottage's monthly Calendar Club.
• About every other month I'm teaching an additional class which I base around a project idea I've come up with. In May, it's a Flower Photo Holder which I thought was perfect for Mother's Day. I know my Mom has already claimed my demo when class is over!!
• You'll also see layouts and projects I've designed displayed in the store promoting product and giving you inspiration!

Flower Pot Photo Holder - Wednesday, May 6, 7pm. $18

Cricut 101 Thursday, May 21, 7-8:30pm - $15

Flip Frame Recipes - Wednesday, May 13, 7-8:30pm.
4 New pages every month only $15. Add wooden Flip Frame & title page $15

Page of the week & Recipe of the Week -April 27th

Page of the week - "All Aboard"
Recipe of the week - Add these mouth watering blueberry muffins to your recipe book. If you haven't started a recipe book, now is the perfect time. You can have it filled by Christmas. Perfect for yourself or makes a great gift.

Countdown to National Scrapbook Day

We can hardly believe National Scrapbook day is less than a week away! We have been working furiously to make it a special day for all of our customers! To get you as excited as we are, we will let you in on some of the details of that big event. We will be celebrating all week long starting with our...

HUGE semi annual Garage Sale starts Monday - April 27

Want to get in on some great deals at Paper Cottage. We have 1000's of items mark down 40% or more. Starting Monday, our crop room will be filled wall to wall with amazing deals. Come and get it before it is gone! In fact, you can shop these great bargains all week long. We will clear it out just in time for our super crop on May 2nd.

Happiness is getting two for the price of one!

Want to double your sales at Paper Cottage for half of the price? Spend at least $20 in full price merchandise -beginning on Monday April 27 and running through Friday May 1st and you'll be entered to win your purchase for free (up to $100)! We will match the purchase of one lucky winner. Drawing will be held on the morning of National Scrapbook Day -Saturday, May 2nd and the winner will be announced on our blog- so check back to see if you are the lucky one.
Price matching will be given back to customers in the form of store credit to be used on full-price merchandise.

Join us for our National Scrapbook Day Super Crop

Once you've shopped for all of your supplies at great prices, we know you'll want to come and get started on your cropping! After all, what would National scrapbook day be without scrapbooking? Join us for our National Scrapbook Day Super Crop.
Saturday, May 2nd
5-11pm Only $15

Crop will include a pizza dinner, great prizes for everyone, and loads of fun with your girlfriend! Pre-registration is required- call today to register.
What would National Scrapbook Day be without great deals? Check back to get more tidbits of what will be happening on the big day... Saturday, May 2nd!

Look What's New

A beautiful way to celebrate Spring!
Inspired by spring's blossoms and blooms, Little Yellow Bicycle has taken their new line Zinnia to the next level with sophisticated jewel tones and great graphic designs in the new Zinnia cheerful collection. Once again, they have incorporated the thermography texture and then added glitter for a delightful punch. Zinnia's stylized blossoms, fancy flourishes and sophisticated fonts, this clean, fresh collection provides all the necessary stickers, papers and embellishments for your spring-time and Mother's Day projects. Click here to see Zinnia ideas


New Scenic Route in Stock
Garden Grove is a vibrant and sassy new line from Scenic Route. It's bright summery palette and bold patterns will keep you coming back to it again and again.


New Good Boy collection from Reminisce

We are so thrilled to also have the new Reminisce Good Boy collection. Whether your pooch is the Best in Breed or your loyal companion, always by your side, the 6 new papers and 8 new stickers from Good Boy are so doggone cute you'll want to buy them all!

Here is a sneak peak of our Basic Grey Page of the Month kits - May and June.

The May and June pages of the month are unique and diverse. Both feature the newest collections, Lime Rickey™ and Wisteria,™ along with some of BasicGrey’s most popular embellishments. Call or come in to reserve your kit!

In May, you will no doubt reminisce about the more humorous side of childhood when you create a Lime Rickey page with a “When I Was a Kid” theme.

June offers a page with a more serious theme and one that will be thought-provoking and authentic. What life-changing moment will you want to plan for this page?

New wood letter design - "BLOOM"

This New design is last minute so it is not on our class calendar. However, you can call to have a kit made. $24 for wood letters and $32 for complete kit. 888-3966

Disney 2-Page Layout- Class - "CARS"

This months Disney class is going to fill up fast. Check out this fun layout by Tami. It is all happening on Monday, May 20th at 7pm. $20.

12x12 page of the week kit & recipe kit

Check out this weeks page of the week and recipe kit. Just assemble and paste and your project is complete! Stop in or call to reserve your kit today.

New From Fancy Pants

If you love Fancy Pants Design, they have 5 new lines and we just received them. There is so much to chose from you will wonder where to begin. Each paper line has matching Journal Notebooks, Ribbon, Rub Ons, Stamps, and embellishments. Just look what you can do with Fancy Pants.







I love, love, LOVE the On Display Embellish Me Frames. They come in all sizes and black or white. Look what you can do with them.

Fancy This: Spring Flowers

This Fancy Pants project has been created by Ronda Palazzari. She brings us a pretty vase of flowers that are as simple to make as they are beautiful.



Supplies:
Fancy Pants pattern paper: Celebrate & Simplicity because of their spring colors
Ribbon: Simplicity
Fancy Pants Buttons
Misc: Kitchen skewers, Pop-dots, green paint, vase, Flower punches or templates
Instructions:
1. Cut the kitchen skewers to various lengths for your vase. Paint them green to create a “stem” for each flower.
2. Punch a variety of flowers and layer them using pop-dots to give them dimension.
3. Poke the pointy end of each skewer through the back side of each flower all the way through the flowers and pop-dot.
4. Add buttons to finish the flowers.
5. Arrange bouquet in a vase, then tie a bow around the vase.
6. Now you have a spring bouquet that won’t fade. You can also change out the colors as the seasons change.
Thanks Ronda, for this great project idea!

Designer and Teacher Spotlight - Tami

We would like for you to meet Tami -one of our designers and teachers here at Paper Cottage.

How did you get started in scrapbooking? I am a mom of 2 great girls (Kaitlyn 10 and Kelsee 8) and a wife to Jerry, who has put up with me for over 18 years. Once the girls came into our lives I found myself taking pictures, that is where scrapbooking came into place and I have been a dedicated scrapper ever since. I have been with Paper Cottage for 1 1/2 years and I love to create things especially for other people and I am inspired by the joy my creativity brings them.

What other hobbies do you have? Some of my hobbies are photography, gardening and golfing with priority being taxi driver to our daugters many activities.

What are your favorite product lines? I love the White-Out paper lines from WER, Pine Cone Press, BoBunny, Adornit, and I couldn't live without my Cricut.

Tami is currently teaching a monthly "Disney" class. Each month she features a different 2 page spread. She is also co-teaching our Cricut class. This class is offered once a month at Paper Cottage. A great opportunity to make a project and learn all the tips and trick of the Cricut machine.

Tami also designs our recipe kits and page kits to go. We have new kits every week usually on Mondays. We can mail them to you, or even auto hold them for you each week, or you can just come in weekly and see what we have. These kits are great! Just paste and you are done! Our page kits are only $9.99 and our recipe kits are only $3.99.

Below are images of some of our recipe kits. Just click on the images to view in larger formats.

And here are three samples of her page kits. Each kit make one 2-page layout.

April Coupons

Click on to these great money savings coupons to enlarge and print.

May Calendar

Do you have a copy of our May calendar yet? Just click on our calendar to enlarge and print. Mark your calendar for the first weekend in May! It is National Scrapbook Day and Paper Cottage will be CELEBRATING! We will have some incredible deals exclusive to PAPER COTTAGE that you won't want to miss out on! Check our blog often for updated details. We have some great classes too. Check out previous blog postings and our "class" and "kits" blog labels to view all our classes.

Flower Photo Holder - Perfect for Mother's Day.

Here is a sneak peak of one of our upcoming classes in May. Wednesday May 6th at 7pm with Candace. This photo holder is a perfect gift for Mother's Day. Grandma will love it!!! Priced at only $18. "Kits to go" are also available. 888-3966

Altered Heritage Book

Jenniefer is teaching an Altered Heritage Book on Saturday April 25th from 10am to 2pm. The price is $50 complete with all supplies. Here are a few images for you to view of this upcoming class.