
I hope you are having a beautiful day...
Stacey
Crate paper??? Do you love it??? Lots of new paper packs coming in from their new releases! I can hardly wait for it to get here. Gorgeous stuff!
Pink Paislee was a huge HIT again this show. We bought both lines and everything in each line for the store soooo keep an eye out. They said it should be shipping in 3 weeks. Both lines are simply gorgeous!!!!
Here is a beautiful layout made my Heather Prins using the the new Pink Paislee line - Pop Fashion, some Chatterbox pink Artsylicious, Prima flowers & bling, American Crafts glittered thickers, My Mind's Eye transparency and Karen Russell's Bloom line journaling book (Creative Imaginations)!
You all know I just love my Timmy. We let me just say his products and the other products at Ranger were simply incredible! They made wall hangings and so much more that were like pieces of fine art. I can hardly wait to get some time to play with the new things I learned how to do from Timmy. Can I just also say he is even nicer in person then you can ever imagine. Very down to earth and if he has a fat head you would never ever know it! Awesome Guy!!
We are slowly but surely moving on with our lives around here. This has been a very tough week. Tomorrow my oldest daughter is coming to visit. I can hardly wait to pick her up at the airport. I miss her to pieces. Then Sunday we have my youngest daughter birthday party. SO lots around here keeping me busy. I think for the time it is a GOOD thing.
I ordered tons and tons of the new products coming out soon. The store will be stocked. Our kits starting in Oct will have new releases and be more stocked then ever before for the same price. Be sure to get your subscription in before they are sold out. I think we have a couple left still for Sept.
HUGS to all,
Stacey
Heather Prins ( AMR Design Coordinator) with Ali at CHA.
Jennifer Emch (Design Team member) with Ali at CHA. Jenn has had the pleasure of working for Ali at a couple CKU's. Wild to see Ali walk up and hug someone you are with because Ali knows them. WOW!!!
This is Ali giving Tim Holtz his much needed break at the Ranger booth. Notice Timmy talking with someone in the back ground!! Ali showed us how to use the Tim Holtz™ Adirondack® Alcohol Inks. She had this very technical name for it even... Just dropping!! These inks are on their way to the store now!! SO keep a watch out and we will also be adding some great links on using them.
All Moments Remember kits will be selling out even faster when everyone starts seeing the new product lines we will be stocking our kits with. The kits have always been stocked with yummy goodness. They will be stocked even fuller at the same price to you with all the new CHA goodies starting in Oct. If you have not signed up yet for a subscription you need to run to the AMR store and be sure to get your name on the list for your kits!! Don't wait until they are sold out. We still have a couple left for Sept's kit but like always they will soon be sold out too.
I will be posting more pictures and stories from CHA daily so please be sure to come back and visit. Cardstock included in main kit..
Main Kit ContentsPatterned
Paper
American Crafts – Ferry
American Crafts Twist
SEI dill Blossom – Rosehip
SEI Dill Blossom – Saffron
Making Memories Passport
Dreamstreet - Happily Ever After
K & Co. Mums
Autumn Leaves – Foliage
Narratives bloom –Floral Sunshine1
Narratives Teal Diecut1
Hambly -Woodgrain
Embellies
Maya Road chipboard - trees & Birds & Butterflies (various)
Maya Road Rubons - Nature (White or Black)
K& Co Blue Awning rub ons
Jenni bowlin chalkboard alpha stickers - vintage
SEI Dill Blossom Ribbon
7Gypsies epoxy clip
K & Company Journaling cards
Cardstock (Included in main kit)
Bazzill Basics: Chocolate, Cheddar, Mist, Natural & Salsa
Woodland Meadow - Add On Kit...
Addon Kit Contents -
7Gypsies Nottinghill – Abbey
7 Gypsies NottingHill - Portabello –
7 gypsies NottingHill - Kensal1 -
Dream Street - Wish Upon A Star -
Dream Street - Story Time
Dream Street - Once Upon A Time
Embellies
KI Softies Bloom
Cosmo Cricket black book - Abbey
Maya Road Chipboard branches & Birds (various)
Jenni Bowlin 1900's Black Alpha rubons
Basic Grey Sultry Rubons (1 sheet)
American Crafts Remarks rubons (1 sheet)
Scenic Route Summer Label Cardstock Stickers
This month's write up has a special place in Heather's heart. You see 7 years ago she lost her best friend. She was 32 years old and she died of Colon Cancer. She was a beautiful, wonderful person and the world just isn't the same without her. Since her death I have had the same dream many times (not so much now) and I believe she came back to me this way until I was ok. I have felt her around me so many times but these dreams are so amazingly real, I can hardly even describe them to you in the detail that I feel them... a breeze across my face when the window is closed, the warmth of her hand in mine, the cool grass beneath me - I feel it all and it makes me smile, because those lost loved ones really are only a breath away from us.
Heather's inspiration for the kit..
The path is dark, a little frightening. I feel the soft cushion of pine needles beneath my feet, muffling the sound of my steps. I can smell the heady scent of the forest, the moss on the trees is soft to my touch. There is a light up ahead! I am drawn to it. I feel myself skipping towards it, then running and then...I see it- the most breathtaking sight I have ever seen!! The birds, the butterflies, the scent of a million flowers all dancing in the gentle breeze of this perfect woodland meadow. I squint my eyes against the sun, looking for something, but I am not sure what. And then, there you are! Beautiful, as always, and smiling. As I reach out for you I see a little hand, mine, but much smaller, and it is then that I notice the little white dress and my tiny barefeet. When I look up, I see that you are you, but younger too! I run to hug you and we laugh and giggle like the children we are. Holding hands we dance through the flowers. I see the breeze lift your hair and watch as the silken strands dance in the wind. We spend the day together in this vibrant, natural place but the day goes by too fast and we collapse near the waterfall, to gaze up at the stars that are just beginning to come out. I feel the tears stream down my face when I think about not seeing you again. To have this day again, to laugh with you, hug you and just be near you is a true treasure. I feel my breath quicken as I realize I only have moments with you now, I squeeze your hand tighter and vow never to let you go, please don't go! You smile at me and all at once my sadness disappears and I am filled with the most incredible feeling of love. You are not gone from me, you live here, in my heart, only a breath away. In a blink you are gone and as I sit on the cool grass I can still hear the song of your laughter echoing through the valley and as I get up to leave, the prettiest little dragonfly rests upon my arm, as if guiding me home.Blinking I sit up...where are you? was it just a dream? It felt so real but the hand clasped in mine is my own. The breath I had been holding rushes out in a laughing sigh, as I let go and rest my hands beside me on the bed. The meadow is gone, replaced by the shadowy stillness of my room. I climb out of bed, shaking the last vestiges of sleep from my head, still caught somewhere between our dream time and the reality of my world, without you. It is then that I notice the iridescent wings of the creature poised delicately on my window, shining, flickering in the early morning light. And I smile as the dragonfly takes flight. "Au revoir, my friend, come and visit me again"
Don't forget to come join us over on the MB on Saturday July 12th fro 4-12am EST for our online crop. I will reveal all the DT work then as well as the amazing designs from our guest designer this month - Danielle Flanders!!!