august super-savers, and big weekend plans!

Super-Saver Scrapbooking sessions for local customers...
• We'll make these three layouts Saturday, August 2 in the Debbie Sanders Super-Saver Scrapbooking sessions. Cost is an amazing $9 for all, plus you earn double "SG Loyalty" points when you shop that day. Call 417-886-0440 to register and pre-pay. Sessions are at 10 am and 2 pm.

"SG Loyalty" program...
When you reach $50 in purchases (excluding kit clubs, classes which require pre-payment, and gift cards), you receive a coupon for $5 off your purchase on a future day. The coupon can be used to purchase anything at SG except kit clubs and gift cards.

Super Sketch Club members:
Yes, materials for these three layouts will be included in your August kit!

Ordering kits:
• The fee for a kit is $12. (Shipping is an additional $6.99.)
• Local customers should choose the free "pick up" shipping option. Your kit will be available at SG on Monday, August 4.

Joining the Super Sketch Club:
• The best deal for our long-distance customers! Get this kit, the Sketch Day One layout kit, and The Sketch Day Two layout kit (includes materials and sketches for five double-page layouts, plus two bonus double-page sketches -- a $24 value) for $20 plus $6.99 shipping.

Order a kit or join the Super Sketch Club.

And there's more this month!

Local customers: Saturday, August 2

 1. Spend $25 and get a free layout kit.

 2. Make this free card with Lindsey Amschler between 11 am and 4 pm. Learn how to use the new Julie Nutting stamps for paper piecing (and they are also great for coloring!). Call 417-886-0440 to register so we know how many to prepare for.

 3. Attend the "no frills" Saturday crop -- 10 am - 5 pm.
Fee is $10. Call 417-886-0440 to register.

Online customers: Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3

 Spend $25 and get a free layout kit.

 

(The free kit offers for both local and online customers are one per person, per family. Qualifying purchases exclude gift cards, kit clubs, and classes.)

Scrapbook Generation's online store.

New fall, Halloween, and Christmas dies!

And best of all...more dies are arriving Wednesday!

time for markdown monday!

Markdown Monday deals are good at 

scrapbookgeneration.com

and at the Springfield store!

Thanks for your great support!

The customer garage sale held Friday and Saturday was an unqualified success! Thanks so much to the dozens and dozens of shoppers who came out in search of some great bargains.

We started off Friday with tables packed full of goodies from a variety of sellers, and by the end of the day Saturday...not so much! Let's just say that we had enthusiastic shoppers both days, including groups that traveled from as far away as Oklahoma and St. Louis just for a little retail (or garage sale) therapy.

The only other time we tried one of these events was back in 2006, and for some reason, we didn't try another one until now. With the success of this weekend, we'll definitely be hosting more. And based on quite a few people inquiring about taking part as sellers, we'll give it a try sometime in early fall, maybe in September. We'll check on dates and let you know as soon as possible.

Again, thanks so much from SG and from the ladies who participated as sellers -- they'll all be enjoying spending their profits for new goodies at SG!

Customer garage sale Friday & Saturday!

Scrapbooking supplies... 

Garage sale... 

Hmmmmmmm... 

What a great combination! 

Everything is all set up for the customer garage sale.

Friday hours: 10 am - 6 pm

Saturday hours: 10 am - 5 pm

Location: SG warehouse, right next door to our current store

As you can see, we have a huge amount of stuff, and it is priced to sell!

Come prepared to find some great bargains.

Customer garage sales starts Friday

Don't forget that there will be table after table of bargains at the SG Customer Garage Sale Friday and Saturday!

Hours for the sale are Friday 10-6 and Saturday 10-5. The garage sale is located in the SG warehouse (our original store building) next to our current location.

time for markdown monday!

Markdown Monday deals are good at 

scrapbookgeneration.com

and at the Springfield store!

Crop next week just had some spots open up!

We have a two-day "no-frills" crop at SG scheduled for Thursday and Friday, July 24-25 (from 10-6 each day, with a $20 fee).

It was full, but we just a group of six that had to cancel. If you are interested, call 417-886-0440 to register.

NO FRILLS TWO-DAY CROPS

* Thursday 10 am - 6 pm
* Friday 10 am - 6 pm

Location:
* The classroom in the SG store. We have room for 22 people.
Price:
* $20 per person

Crop fee will include:
* Half of an 8-foot table or a full 6-foot table
* Access to electricity and wireless internet

Crop fee will not include:
* Meals, snacks or drinks

gearing up for a customer garage sale next week!

I don't know about you, but my scrapping area needs a good going through every once in a while! Yesterday afternoon, I had some time to try to tame the mess I call my craft room, and I ended up with several boxes of items that I'll be selling at the customer (and owner - LOL!) garage sale we'll be hosting here at SG on Friday and Saturday, July 25-26.

One area that needed "thinning" was my Christmas stuff. After I looked through what I had, I realized that I probably wouldn't use some of the collections, so they are headed for the garage sale! Ditto for a whole drawer of (never used) wood-mounted rubber stamps (designs AND alphabets!). Other things are just odds and ends, but it really adds up, and I really enjoyed freeing up some space.

And for those of you who might be interested, Allison and I will both have "designer packs" in the garage sale. We've done quite a few layouts lately -- especially for CREATE magazine -- and we'll have packs of the remainder of some of the collections we've used -- lots of papers, and partial packs of matching die-cuts, stickers, brads, etc.

To join in the selling fun, just call us at 417-886-0440 to reserve your spot. An 8-foot table is $20 and half of an 8-foot table is $10 (plus you get the floor space underneath.) Later, you'll need to stop by SG to pick up an information sheet and the barcode labels for your packs of items.

Set up your stuff during business hours on Wednesday or Thursday, then let the garage sale fun start on Friday and Saturday. Just arrange your products, and then we'll take it from there. Best part? You'll get a store credit at SG, so you'll have a fun shopping spree to look forward to later!

New at Scrapbook Generation...

Prima mixed media stamps by Julie Nutting...fun for cards and much more!

Two new Authentique collections: Harmony and Radiant

All of the above items will be available at scrapbookgeneration.com as soon as Stacey returns from vacation! 

july sketch day two layouts!

LOCAL CUSTOMERS:
Please join us Saturday, July 19 for Saturday sketch sessions by Allison Davis (top layout) and Debbie Sanders (bottom layout).

How it works:
• Pre-register for sessions at 10am or 2pm by calling 417-886-0440 or emailing karin@scrapbookgeneration.com;
• Bring basic tools and adhesives;
• Receive two free computer sketches;
• Make one double-page layout, your favorite of the two choices;
• Pay for papers used -- the total usually comes to a little over $4.

Options:
• To make both layouts, order a duplicate set of paper when you register.
• To purchase the embellishment add-on (shown below), order it when you register. (This embellishment is not used on the layout samples shown above.)

Kits:
• Purchase kits through SG's online store. 

• Not available for shipping or pick-up at SG until Monday, July 21.

• The fee for a kit is $6. Shipping is an additional $6.99.
• The best deal for our long-distance customers? Join the monthly Super Sketch Club and get the Super-Saver three layout kit, the Sketch Day One layout kit, and the Sketch Day Two layout kit (materials and sketches for five double-page layouts plus two bonus sketches -- a $24 value) for $20 plus $6.99 shipping.

SUPER SKETCH CLUB MEMBERS:
Options:
• To occasionally make both layouts, order a duplicate set of paper from SG's online store.
 
• To always make both layouts, enroll in "Super Sketch Club Double Up." For an additional $10 per month, receive a duplicate set of materials for the Sketch Day One and Sketch Day Two portions of the club. (You will be able to make both Allison layouts and both Debbie layouts.)

• You can order an embellishment that coordinates with the layouts. The embellishment this week is a $2.99 set of ephemera. This embellishment is not used on the layout samples. (Add-on does not increase your shipping fee!)

Ordering kits and add-on embellishments or enrolling the Super Sketch Club and/or Super Sketch Club Double Up is done at scrapbookgeneration.com. 

JULY SATURDAY CROPS

Scrapbook Generation hosts Saturday crops on the first, second, and third Saturdays of the month.

The crops are the same days as the Super-Saver, Sketch Day One, and Sketch Day Two sessions, so you can attend both crop and class if you want. We have room for both activities at the same time!

Crop date for July:
• Saturday, July 19 (10 am - 5 pm)

Location:
* The classroom in the SG store. We have room for 16 people.
Price:
* $10 per person 

Crop fee includes:
* Half of an 8-foot table or a full 6-foot table
* Access to electricity and wireless internet
Crop fee doesn't include:
* Meals, snacks or drinks

Registration:
* Call 417-886-0440 to register and pre-pay. (Cancellations prior to the day of the crop will be transferred to store credit. No fees refunded for cancellations the day of the crop.)

Join us for Operation Write Home!

Scrapbook Generation is proud to announce that starting this month, we will be participating in Operation Write Home.

Saturday, July 26, we're inviting area cardmakers to use our classroom crop area to make cards to be donated to this great cause. Scrapbook Generation will provide a goodie bag to all those who participate, and we'll ship the cards made to Operation Write Home.

Operation Write Home is a volunteer group that makes handcrafted greeting cards for service personnel to send back home to family and friends. Over 2,500,000 cards have been sent! This non-profit group has supplied cards to deployed service members since 2007, knowing that nothing compares to a handwritten note from a loved one serving in harm’s way overseas. The organization has grown steadily, now supplying over half a million cards a year; nearly 8,000 boxes have been shipped to over 2,000 deployed units.

“Our mission is to make sure deployed service members can keep in touch with home by providing a steady supply of handmade greeting cards,” said founder and executive director Sandy Allnock.

How you can participate this month:
• Cardmakers who are enrolled in Lindsey Amschler's 11 am card class on July 26 can come early and stay late! You may work/play in the classroom from 10 am until 5 pm.

• Others who would like to join in making the cards for servicemen and servicewomen can also sign up to make cards that day. We'll have room for about 10 additional people. Please call 417-886-0440 to reserve your free spot for this worthwhile project.

Lindsey Amschler card class for July

Lindsey Amschler will teach her monthly card class on Saturday, July 26. There are just a couple of spots left! The class begins at 11 am, and the fee is $15. (Sorry, no kits available.) Call 417-886-0440 to register.

july issue of create is live!

We hope that you enjoy the July issue of CREATE.

It's free!
It's filled with tons of inspiration...201 pages!
Have fun, and share with your friends!

Click here to read and/or download CREATE.

time for markdown monday!

 

Markdown Monday deals are good at 

scrapbookgeneration.com

and at the Springfield store!

We're addicted...more new dies!

Yes, we've gone die-crazy. Based on how the first small test-the-waters supply of wafer thin dies flew out the door, we've placed another large order. About a third has already arrived (and is shown above), and the remainder should get here in a couple of shipments later in the month. (Many of the dies coming in later in the month are new releases from the companies: Christmas and fall themed!)

We have dies from the following companies:
• Paper Smooches
• Sizzix
• Die-Namites
• Prima
• Lifestyle Crafts
• Paper Artist
• Little B
• Marianne Designs
• Joy! Crafts
• Die-Versions
• Lawn Cuts
• Cottage Cutz
• La-La Land
• Spellbinders
• My Favorite Things
• Memory Box
• Echo Park 

I'll have to admit that I've been out of the loop on dies for a while. But that has changed! Sizzix was generous and sent us a Big Shot and several dies to use for layouts in the July issue of CREATE. After Allison cut the shapes for her layouts, I took the Big Shot home and had a grand time doing the same. I absolutely love the thin dies -- how easily they cut, how easy they are to store, and most of all, how cute (and how intricate) the designs are! 

NOTE: For our scrapbookgeneration.com shoppers, Stacey is on vacation for a few days, then when she returns she'll get all the new dies entered in the online store. Everything we have here in the Springfield store, we'll have online.

inspiration from the june issue of create

Gail Lindner

Jamie Pate

Magda Mizera

Shellye McDaniel

Tegan Skwiat

June's free double-page sketch

The Pink Paislee design team came through with five outstanding layouts using the Scrapbook Generation's free double-page sketch for June. It's always so much fun to see the different looks you can get from one sketch!

To see more of their work, and what they have to say about working with SG sketches, check out the June issue of CREATE. You can also download the four FREE sketches in the magazine!

And here's my take on the same sketch...

Debbie Sanders

time for reveals of new fall and christmas collections!

If you love Halloween and autumn and Christmas like I do, then you can join me in the fun of seeing all the new scrapbooking collections that are starting to be released this month.

Soon it will be an avalanche!

So that you know what to expect, and roughly when your favorites will arrive at SG, I'll be putting a list here of everything we've ordered...and it will be a long list!

Until then, get those summer photos scrapbooked...fall will be here before we know it!

july sketch day one...and a saturday crop!

LOCAL CUSTOMERS:
Please join us Saturday, July 12 for Saturday sketch sessions by Allison Davis (top layout) and Debbie Sanders (bottom layout).

How it works:
• Pre-register for sessions at 10am or 2pm by calling 417-886-0440 or emailing karin@scrapbookgeneration.com;
• Bring basic tools and adhesives;
• Receive two free computer sketches;
• Make one double-page layout, your favorite of the two choices;
• Pay for papers used -- the total usually comes to a little over $4.

Options:
• To make both layouts, order a duplicate set of paper when you register. Order must be placed prior to the Saturday class.
• To purchase the embellishment add-on (shown below), order it when you register. (This embellishment is not used on the layout samples shown above.) All embellishment add-on orders must be placed prior to the Saturday class.

Kits:
• Purchase kits through SG's online store. (Not available for shipping or pick-up at SG until Monday, July 14.)
• The fee for a kit is $6. Shipping is an additional $6.99.
• The best deal for our long-distance customers? Join the monthly Super Sketch Club and get the Super-Saver three layout kit, the Sketch Day One layout kit, and the Sketch Day Two layout kit (materials and sketches for five double-page layouts plus two bonus sketches -- a $24 value) for $20 plus $6.99 shipping.

SUPER SKETCH CLUB MEMBERS:
Options:
• To occasionally make both layouts, order a duplicate set of paper from SG's online store.
 
• To always make both layouts, enroll in "Super Sketch Club Double Up." For an additional $10 per month, receive a duplicate set of materials for the Sketch Day One and Sketch Day Two portions of the club. (You will be able to make both Allison layouts and both Debbie layouts.)

• You can order an embellishment that coordinates with the layouts. The embellishment this week is a $2.99 12x12 sheet of cardstock stickers. This embellishment is not used on the layout samples. (Add-on does not increase your shipping fee!)

Ordering kits and add-on embellishments or enrolling the Super Sketch Club and/or Super Sketch Club Double Up is done at scrapbookgeneration.com. 

JULY SATURDAY CROPS

Scrapbook Generation hosts Saturday crops on the first, second, and third Saturdays of the month.

The crops are the same days as the Super-Saver, Sketch Day One, and Sketch Day Two sessions, so you can attend both crop and class if you want. We have room for both activities at the same time!

Remaining crop dates for July:
* Saturday, July 12 (10 am - 5 pm)
• Saturday, July 19 (10 am - 5 pm)

Location:
* The classroom in the SG store. We have room for 16 people.
Price:
* $10 per person 

Crop fee includes:
* Half of an 8-foot table or a full 6-foot table
* Access to electricity and wireless internet
Crop fee doesn't include:
* Meals, snacks or drinks

Registration:
* Call 417-886-0440 to register and pre-pay. (Cancellations prior to the day of the crop will be transferred to store credit. No fees refunded for cancellations the day of the crop.)

time for markdown monday!

 

Markdown Monday deals are good at 

scrapbookgeneration.com

and at the Springfield store!

Happy Fourth of July from SG!

Happy Fourth of July from the staff of SG!

The Fourth of July is always one of my favorite celebrations to scrapbook. I love red, white and blue (and yes, I had red, white and blue shag carpet in my bedroom in the 70s!) and so enjoy scrapbooking this day of summer fun.

 When I decided how to organize my scrapbooks, I came up with a plan that suits me. I have separate albums for Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween and autumn, and Christmas. I try really hard to keep up with those books, so that when each holiday rolls around and my family visits, we can enjoy looking through the album for that event and reminisce. I make sure to have that album on prominent display in the family room!

Today, I'm sharing some of the layouts from my Fourth of July album. Hope you enjoy them! -- Debbie

2005

2006

2007

2008

2010

2011

2012

holiday hours on the fourth of july

Scrapbook Generation will be open on Friday, July 4, but with holiday hours -- 10 am through 4 pm.

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday with family and friends!

Three new patriotic kits, and June's Create kit

Click here to purchase.

All four kits are also available at the Springfield store.