All that is new

Chello Friends!
I have to admit it has been a while but I have been very busy you see! That cutie husband of mine came home after being gone for 4 weeks and was able to be home with us for 6 glorious days (even though it did rain most of the time and I have been very busy at the store). Anywho, he has left yet again and shall not return until late October. Bummer.

All that is new at Creative You Scrapbooking...
Last week we got some totally adorable Sassafrass in (Gotta love some Sassafrass). 4 Lines with accessories. The Fawn of you line is so sweet!

SALE... SALE... SALE... SALE...SALE
This Saturday (September 26th) I will be having a Paper Sale.
.90 Sale Price .79
.80 Sale Price .69
.79 Sale Price .59
.59 Sale Price .39
.30 Sale Price .10
.10 Sale Price .05

New Arrivals today:
Zip Dry Glue
KaiserCraft Dutchess Collection (Family Generation line)
KaiserCraft File Set
Fancy Pants
Bella Avenue Super Stud Collection
We R Memory Keepers Twirl Line
Fancy Pants Kraft Kutz Boy Line
Jenni Bowlin Bingo Cards (Brown/Black)
Perfect Medium Pads Clear & 2 black
Perfect Brushes
KaiserCraft Rhinestones
Omi Gel Medium

More new items will be coming in on the 28th.


MARK YOUR CALENDARS...

October 3rd: Perfect Pearls Technique Class
Cost: $10.00
Time: 10-11:00 a.m.
Come in and play with the OH SO FUN Perfect Pearls by Ranger. I will show you 8 fun techniques that you can use with these little goodies. You will complete a Tag book that displays each technique used along with descriptive labels. Wanna learn how to make you own spray mist and kiss the high cost of Maya Mist and Tattered Angels goodbye? This is the class for you.
Must Pre-Reg for this class by October 1st.


October 10th: Stamp'n Up Class with Kayla
I will be hosting a Stamp'n Up class at Creative You Scrapbooking with Kayla Schouest.
WELCOME KAYLA! She will now be joining us once a month.
Kayla will be making a stuffable Halloween Card with those who would like to join us.
Cost: $5.00
Time: 4-6 p.m.
(If you would like to come in and browse the catalog feel free to do so)
You must Pre-Reg. for this class by October 3rd. Please call the store at: 665-3973 to be added to the List.

October 17th: Close To My Heart with Ramona
Join again for Ramona's monthly Close To My Heart 2 page Layout Class. This month Ramona will be adding some heat embossing to the mix.
Cost: $5.00 (Fee waived if you make a purchase of $25.00 or more)
Time:4-6 p.m.
(If you would like to come in and browse the catalog feel free to do so)
You must Pre-Reg. for this class by October 8th. Please call the store at: 665-3973 to be added to the List.

October 17th: CROP NIGHT
Time: 6-12 p.m.
Cost: $7.00 (Free for Creative Club Members)
Must Pre-Reg. by October 15th.
Spaces Limited
Call the store at 665-3973 to get on the list.

MORE TO COME SOON!!!

Nighty Nite!
Amber

Oh what a night...

OH WHAT A NIGHT....

Last night was Creative You Scrapbooking's First Crop Night since we have moved into our new location. Boy did we have a blast. The night started of with Ramona teaching a 2 page layout class and then we followed with dinner and cropped until midnight. As you can see in the pictures posted there was a tad bit of craziness. That Leslie is a trip! There definitely wasn't a dull moment. Congrats to Elisa for winning Queen of the Crop, You totally rocked! Some how she managed to get more done than any of us the whole night! Thank you Mrs. Mona for being the mama hen, I enjoyed our talks. Ramona, big thanks to you as well for bringing something fun to the table and

the girls can't wait to get their Close To My Heart stuff in! Yvette, you are sillier in more ways than you realize! I can always tell when it is getting close to time to end the night because you start giggling at everything. Stacy, what can I say, BABIES! No really, you are being a better and better scrapper every time we get together and I am proud of you. Welcome Ms. Cindii to the group! Last but not least, we enjoyed all the stories shared Abbey, I look forward to seeing the end product of the picture of your in-laws and thank you for sharing memories of my mom.

I hope everyone had as much fun and I did and thank you for coming and of course I appreciate your shopping as well. I am looking forward to next month!

Have a Happy Sunday!

Amber

Yep... That is Yvette crying... Leslie had Yvette crying and me running to the bathroom to keep from peeing on myself... Like I said "OH WHAT A NIGHT"

WOW WEEEE! WHAT A DAY!

I have to say that I thought today would be your typical Wednesday, but I was totally wrong! The store was taken over by a crew of Scrapaholics! Not just any Scrapaholics, they were all sisters (my bad, there was one Mother and Granddaughter). They were hilarious! I enjoyed having them there with me so much. By the way when I say crew I mean there was like 8 of these fabulous ladies. Once everyone left and sat in my chair behind the counter and reflected on what a blessing it must be for them to all have each other and to all have this wonderful hobby to share a group. I also realized that is something that I will never have with my mom, but on the brighter side I can definitely start something like that with my own daughters. Scrap booking is all about the memories. It is your shot to tell your story and the story of your love ones through your eyes. Thank you ladies for sharing your presence with me and giving me glance into your family life and for making me smile until my cheeks hurt!

Oh and we have a winner for the Blogger only drawing that I promised!
AND THE WINNER IS
KELLY MIZE

Come on in Kelly when ever you get a chance to pick up some Black Rhinestones from KAISERCRAFTS new collection.

The Color Corner and Feeling like a Give-a-way!

K, so I took a quick shot picture on my way out the door today of all my new Ranger Products! Check out my Color Corner! You can find all kind of goodies there to add some uppadie to any layout or project you may be working on! In today's shipment I received:

20 colors of Crackle Paints

24 colors of Perfect Pearls

24 colors of Alcohol Inks

30 colors of Stickles

THAT IS A WHOLE LOT OF COLOR!!!!

If you have never used any of the products and would like to know how they work, stop in the store for a demo or join us for a my WHOLE LOT OF COLOR Technique class coming soon. I will also be making a check list of each of these products for you collectors.

Don't want to pay $9.00 for Spray Mist and only be able to purchase limited colors? Stop in the store and ask me how to make your own using some of the products.

With all the excitement I have decided that it is time for another Give-A-Way! Yep, it's time for another drawing. Tomorrow night at 8:00 one of you will win something adorable from KaiserCraft. Good Luck Scrap Buddies!

Good Night Ladies!,

Amber

Counting Blessings...

I just love, love, love these new sheer tags from Maya Road! They are made of thick sheer vinyl, 32 to a pack, different shapes, sayings and comes in one of their signature tins. You can see by the picture here that I used this Counting Blessings Sheer on a layout I did for Grant's 4th birthday layout. I used a black thin line sharpie marker and there you have it.

Speaking of counting blessings... I just had the cutest little boy climb in the bed with me. I just love it when he does that. Every once in while he will come in my room at night (only when his daddy isn't home) and he will wake me up by saying "Mommy... you look like you need some one to cuddle with." Considering the fact that I am already asleep (and God only knows what that looks like) I am willing to bet Grant is the one who really needs some cuddling, but I am always willing to say "I sure do, how did you know." He always says " I just do mommy cause I love you." That would be Grant in Dream Land featured in the picture. How can you say no to that?

Hey, What ya think about the awesome new header I have for my blog? I have to shout out a great big THANKS to Michelle Geautreaux from One Creative Mama. She attached it to an e-mail she sent out about my new store opening and I loved it so much I had to place it here. Michelle is a very talented artist from Lockport, La. She was a feature artist at Art After Dark in Houma this past Saturday. She comes up with "out of the box" beauties. Not only is she One Creative Mama but she is One Talented Chic! I will post her blog information tomorrow night (having trouble pulling it up at the moment).

Last but not least and certainly before I forget, I did just put in another order. I have a new paper line coming into the store... TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER (tease) but I will tell you that if you like Vintage flair, you will love this. I also have a new order of Glossy Accents and Zip Dry coming in as well for those who requested. Hopefully all the Ranger products (Alcohol Inks, Perfect Pearls, Crackle Paints and Stickles) will be in this week as well.

Good Night!,

Amber

I just called to say I love you

Today I was sitting in the crop room at the store and my phone rang. It was Matt calling from Offshore. He never is able to just call during the day, but today he did. Not once, but twice and almost back to back. The first call was to check on how I was feeling since I am suppose to be off my foot for the next 10 days (yeah right) and then about 10 minutes later he called again just to say I love you.

A flood of emotions came rushing back through out the day after that second phone call. I'm not sure why, it just happened. Maybe that was God's way of letting me know how much I take my hubby for granted. I don't mean to do it but I think it does happen and it goes unnoticed by none other than myself.

With him being gone all the time I just find myself wishing he was here to help out on the things that really aren't important, like cutting the grass and taking out the trash and the helping with the kids when I have had about as much as I can handle. But the truth is when I look back is that he is ALWAYS here for the important things. He was here when the babies were born, and for birthdays and graduations, when my mother died he was there (late) but he was there, he takes the kids to school and picks them up when he is home, he cooks a big breakfast if there is time or not before school, he kisses bumps and bruises, he gives hugs and wipes tears, he loves rocking Maddie even though she is too big, he's a pirate,Transformer, and some times Luke Skywalker if Grant imagines that is what he should be, he folds all the laundry and he bakes the best Pineapple upside down cake in the world and all I have to do is ask, he's a hard worker and great provider and when he hugs you he means it and today I realized that he calls to say I love you when he knows I need to hear it.

Thanks Babe... I love you too! Thanks for everything.

What are u doing on 09-09-09 @ 9

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON 09-09-09 @ 9:00?

I am sitting her2 admiring the new Prima Vintage flowers that arrived today. Yet again I went overboard on the ordering... Does one little Scrapbook Store need 20 different styles of Prima Flowers? I must say YES because these are simply beautiful!

On a non-scrap related topic, My Kennedi got her braces off today! She will be nine in November and she is so Happy that she will not have those braces on for the upcoming holidays! WAY TO GO KENNEDI! On the sweet side, she brought in her favorite doll (which was my first Cabbage Patch 24 years ago) and her Orthodontist is putting braces on it for her. Of course she is thrilled about that.

Have a good night everyone!
Amber

Close To My Heart Class, Maya Road & Scrappy Kids

Hi there everyone! I just wanted to share with you all a picture of the 2 layouts that will be completed on Sept. 19th here at Creative You Scrapbooking. This is a class that will be taught by Ramona Boudreaux with Close To My Heart.

Time: 4-6 p.m. Sept 19th.

Cost: $5.00 for a 2 page Layout

Must Pre-Register by Sept. 10th.

If you are interested please give me a call (985)665-3973 or E-mail me at creativeyouscrapbooking@yahoo.com .

OH MY HECK! I have more Maya Road that has come in. I think I may have a issue with chipboard! Everyone who knows me will tell you that I am practically obsessed with Chipboard, Fall and Halloween papers, Embellishments etc. I JUST CAN'T HELP IT! In my defense, I have to say that what has come in I have not seen anywhere else so I think it is totally justified!

I will also have Vintage Prima Flowers coming in on Thursday for everyone who asked. I am totally excited about that too. These beautiful flowers will be wonderful for layouts, purses, headbands etc.

Last but not least... I will be having our first Scrappy Kids Night Out on Sept. 26th. It will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m and the cost is $30.00. This includes a Scrappy Kids T-shirt, Crafts and Pizza. Parents drop them off and we provide the fun! Instant parents night out! If you know anyone who this may interest please pass on the information. You must pre-register due to limited space. Again you can e-mail me for more information.

Have a Happy and Safe Labor Day!

Amber

And the winner is......

And the Blogger's only drawing winner of this adorable "Our Gift" Kit is...


Desirae!

Congrats Desirae! Please E-mail me creativeyouscrapbooking@yahoo.com to claim your prize and then come by the store when ever you get a chance to pick up your kit!


Don't fret fellow followers cause there are more prizes where that came from.

If you really want one these kits to call your own we do have them for purchase at the store.

Have a great night!

Amber

For The Love Of:

Wow, It's Wednesday already! We are halfway into the work week already and I have to admit that I am one tired girl at the end of the day. Today was a blessed day. The store is doing very well and my kids are doing great (no one has the flu~ God bless all of you who are suffering right now), I have had the privaledge to meet some really great and funny ladies (Mrs. Karen and Mrs. Melanie thanks for all the laughs today!), and not to mention great conversation on the phone with new customers. Creativity was flowing today.

I promised I would show a picture of September's Make'N Take. It's our way to Celebrate the beginning of Autumn/Fall.

It is called "Falling In Love" By Cosmo Cricket.

The cost is $12.00 and The date for this Kit is Sept. 27th.

Times: 11-12 p.m or 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Must Pre-Register for Kits are limited. I am allowing for 5 people for each time slot.

Supplies needed: Adhesive, Brown distress Ink or Cat Eye

If you would like a kit but would preffer to do it at home please stop by the store.

Also, I am very please to announce that we will soon have an new shippment of Maya Road Chipboard sets, etc. and I have also ordered a large assortment of Prima Vintage flowers. They too will arrive with in a week.

Lastly, I will be doing a Free Kit drawing tomorrow night. The kit for grabs is the "Our Gift" Hoop Kit that was featured a few blogs down (Sorry... Have'n trouble posting the picture again). This is a Blogger's Only drawing. If you are a follower your name automatically goes in the drawing! I will announce the winner at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night.

Until Tomorrow,

Amber

Opening Day... Hooray!

WHAT A GREAT DAY TODAY WAS!!!!!

I officially re-opened Creative You today and I was so happy with the response and warm welcome I received from the Lockport Community. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I truly enjoyed the laughter, conversation, and advise that I received. I was even able to hold a sweet baby (you know who you are LOL) which totally set my mood for the day (Thanks Kelly).

I still have a few spots for the Creative Club Membership Promo with the free bag if anyone is interested. Please feel free to call if you have any questions or you can e-mail me.

Last but not least, I would like to share what I have in store for the month of September:


IN THE NOW
September 19th:
CLOSE TO MY HEART CLASS $5.00
4:00-6:00 p.m.
2 page Layout
Must Pre-Register by Sept. 10th

Crop Night $7.00 (Free for Creative Club Members)
6:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.
Must Pre-Register by Sept 10th

September 26th:
SCRAPPY KIDS NIGHT OUT ($30.00)
5-8:00 p.m.
Ages: 4-10 years (must be potty trained)
Must Pre-Register By Sept. 20th. Spaces Limited to only 12.
Includes: A Scrappy Kids T-shirt, Crafts, Pizza and fun!
Parents can start dropping off at 4:50 p.m. and pick up no later than 8:15 p.m.
Please call for information.

September 27th:
MONTHLY MAKE'N TAKE $12.00
In celebration of the beginning of Fall/Autumn we will be making a Cosmo Cricket Kit called "Falling in Love". It Includes every thing you need to complete it except for adhesive.
Must Pre-Register Kits are limited.
11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
12:30-1:3o p.m.


I am still taking Registration for my Lil' Scrapper Classes. This is a Tuition based program for Children Ages 5 and up. Classes take place one day a week and last 1 hour. For more information please feel free to contact me or stop by the store.

Whew, it's late and I have great new store to run tomorrow in morning I'd better get my creative self in bed!

If you would like to Register for any thing listed above you may contact me at:

Creative You Scrapbooking LLC
5706 Hwy 1
Lockport, La. 70394

(985)665-3973

creativeyouscrapbooking@yahoo.com


Night Night!,
Amber