Monday Madness Fun

Comfortably moving forward on this Monday morning. Getting ready for tonight's Make 'n Take from 4p-7p. We are making a birthday card in the shape of a ice cream cone. The project is cut for us by Grapevine Design. You will be using the Big Shot to decorate the ice cream and We R Memory Keepers Sew Stamper to decorate the cone. Great project for $2.

We are adding a twist to the next design challenge for our store. Design Challenge #3 for our Design Team is to make a layout with any paper collection using the following sketch as a jumping point. Paper Vineyard is opening this challenge up to customers. One lucky person bringing in a layout using this sketch by Monday 1/30/12 will win a gift bag with paper collections from Graphic 45. Hope you join in for the fun! If you do turn a layout in you will get it back but after I take photos and brag about all the genious creative people on our blog first.
Speaking of prizes, part of the festivities this weekend was the raffles for liking us on Facebook. Congratulations to Eilene and LaVonne who each won a prize. Thanks to all of those who participated. Facebook is a way for the store to post current happenings and photos.
Have a great week!
Adriana

When The Title Says It All

Ok, with all the ruckus of our move to the suite next door, things have been quite crazy.  So to stop and spend some "me" time crafting, well, you KNOW I was all over that.  ENTER this week's design team challenge.

I've been working for some time on my Vacation 2011 scrapbook and this week's challenge featuring our very own Grapevine Designs custom cuts made this particular page a breeze because sometimes the title really does say it all.  Grapevine Designs cut the word "La Push" in two different fonts for me to use on this page.   I used Tattered Angels glimmer mist to color them.  MY title is actually a quote from the movie Twilight which is the reason I went to La Push... is anyone else excited about the release of Breaking Dawn???  Whoops, I segued!  Here's my page:

For Marijo, the title SO says it all!!! hahahahahaha!  For her, Grapevine designs cut her last name "Swartz".  Honestly, Marijo's wall plaque is beautiful and elegant and really showcases how the right titling makes a project really pop.  With little else, a special-cut title gives any project the WOW factor.  Marijo used the "Swartz" from Grapevine Designs (of course), Tim Holtz Distress Coredinations paper in red and tan, additional words cut on black vinyl using her Cricut and applied to the outside of the glass in a frame from her local dollar store.  Nice Marijo... very nice!

That does it for today, but before I go, I just want to congratulate Kathy Uhles.  She is the winner of yesterday's drawing and has won herself a 30 second shopping spree.  Stay tuned for the fun details from her experience grabbing as much product as she can get her hands on in the store in 30 seconds.  Everything she grabs she gets free..... how fun is THAT!?!  We're all jealous of you Kathy!!!

Have a great one gang and we'll see you at the new store tomorrow!!!

Bling, Bling, Bling

Grapevine Designs has created a new book that features a high heel on the front cover. The book also contains the word "Bling" and a chipboard ring. The high heel comes in chipboard layers so you can play up the colors and the accessories.

This book would be fantastic for bridal shower, bachelorette party or a girls night out. The sample is done up with a mix of Kaisercraft, Anna Griffin and Teresa Collins paper. The shoe and ring are all blinged out with our favorite Elizabeth Craft Designs.

We used Zip Dry to glue everything together and our wonderful Cinch to bind it all up. Hope your feet come in to check out the shoe possibilities.

Show Us Your...... State.

This week the design team was challenged to pick their favorite state and Grapevine Designs (only at Paper Vineyard) went to work custom cutting those states for us to use in our design team projects.  This is what we came up with:

 Everyone, please give a warm welcome to our newest teamie KRISTA!!!  Krista created this WONDERFUL album cover featuring her favorite state of Texas!  And Krista certainly got into the spirit of her favorite state with the red, white and blue coloring as the perfect backdrop for her Grapevine Designs "Texas".  And check out all that stitching!  Woo Wee!

 Marijo is up next with this WONDERFUL two page fall layout!  Perfect timing too with the season change.   Marijo used the Grapevine Designs "Pennsylvania" wording on Bazzill cardstock. She also used her Cricut with Plantin Schoolbook and Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cartridges finishing everything off with Colorbox Chestnut Roan ink.  As Adriana would say.... "SUWEET"!

Next up is Gayl's enchanting album cover.... she SO good with these!!!  Gayl used  Authentique paper (she loves this stuff), rabbit and "Georgia" cut by  Grapvine Designs, button embellishment, Bazzill bling, incredible stitching, and Diamond Glaze for the glossy finish! Great stuff Gayl!

Mindy, who also worked on an album cover used the "Arizona" Grapevine Designs cut with Mt. Vernon Floral paper by Daisy D's and Mabel "Joy" by My Mind's Eye. She added that special touch by embellishing with ribbon, brads and the beloved HomePro (also known at The Purple Monster).  She inked "Arizona" using Time Holtz alcohol ink in gold.  I'm thinking this is going to be a special, special album!

Pam made this exciting layout using Bazzill cardstock (lily white) as a backdrop, Coredinations for the layered torn border, distress inks from Tim Holtz (Crushed Olive, Barn Door, Rusty Hinge, and Faded Jeans) to color the Grapevine diecut "Alaska", natural chipboard American Crafts Thickers (Sunrise), and Tim Holtz Idea-Ology lavish rosette and ruffle trims.  She finished the beautiful layout by edging the entire page in Colorbox Chestnut Roan.  I'm thinking I could use a trip to the Alaska Zoo... looks like it was a really fun day!

Finally is MY layout.  I just recently returned from my vacation and have THREE locations to include in my scrapbook; one of the locations was Forks, Washington (you all HAVE to know by now that I'm sort of a Twilight freak).  So for this layout I used Adirondack Acrylic Paint to stencil around the word "Washington" directly on the white backing the die cut word came on. I then peeled the word away (to repaint another color and use somewhere else in my book) to reveal what looks like a "mossy" title. I LOVE IT!!! I also used Tim Holtz Forest Moss Distress paper, Tim Holtz Grunge paper that I painted with brown Kaiser Craft Acrylic paint. I also used American Craft Campy Trails Box Park Forest paper as the background and finished this baby off with Purple Monster nailheads..... EVERYWHERE!!! I finished this out with rub on transfers and a Cricut-cut title "Moss" to go with my title cut with the Old West cartridge.  I'm transported right back to my trip in August! :)

So what do you think?  Aren't these albums and layouts PERFECT with the new Grapevine Designs State word cutouts?  These are just one of the MANY new offerings by the new Grapevine Designs at Paper Vineyard.  Swing by and check out ALL the wonderful designs to choose from.  Paper Vineyard is definitely a one-stop-shop for those wonderful memories!!!

Keep It Simple Saturday

Every day at the store I see a lot of different people working on different projects. What makes a project special? What comes to mind is the mom from "Everybody Loves Raymond" that always talked about the first ingredient in her recipes was love. The love is what made her food so good.

I feel that way about paper crafting projects. It is the love of the photos, maybe the love of knowing the person receiving the project is going to feel or the love of the process. Something kicks up the happiness inside you when you are working on a project.

Each month I teach an OCD class (Owner Creativity Devotion) that features stuff that I love. Stuff that I want to share. Stuff that I simply enjoy. This month's class is a LOVE book. It features paper from We R Memory Keepers. It has tabs and cardstock inserts that spell out LOVE. Bring your photos in for us to complete or bring in your memory card and for an additional fee (small one of $5) we can print out photos for your book.

This class is Saturday Sept 17th starting at 10:30am for $30. Plan on about 2 1/2 hours to put the book together. The chipboard pages, paper and photo mats are all pre-cut. The kit includes some really cute metal (or metalish) embellishments included in the book. The paper and layout are going to do an amazing job of showcasing your photos. Everyone is going to see the love pop out of your book! What makes me "OCD" about this book, besides the simplicity of the page layouts, is a cute trick to put together the metal-looking embellishment on the cover. This will be the best tip of the class!!!

Hope you can make it in and share your love of this wonderful paper crafting hobby.

Kick Up Your Level of Crafty

With our new Grapevine Design department the store has the capability of providing you custom books, images and words. This is great if you want your children's names cut out of chipboard, or the name of cities that you visited this summer or a chipboard book with a specific family name.

This month we are introducing a book of a month. The first book is a Halloween book in the shape of a coffin. It is etched with a skull and cross bones. It has a front and back cover with two pages inside. Price is $14.99 and it is 11" x 6".

You can also order a 6x12 book made from wood with your family name or the title of your choice etched on the cover. The book comes pre-drilled with three holes and three rings. Retail price is $16.99 and this includes you customizing the cover with the words of your choice.

With in two business days we can deliver the words, images and books of your choice. This is also a great option if you want a bunch of shapes cut out for an invitation project you are working on.

New inventory also includes words for your wedding and baby pages/projects. These images are just a few of the new items available.

Tuesday's post included information on a friendly competition we have going on with books the PV Design Team created with our new books. Here is one more book to add to the competition. Gayl made this stunning Flashback book with our standard Plain Jane Square book.


Come in and vote by the end of the month. You just might win a groovy PV Product bag. I hope we have triggered your creativity juices, come in and I am sure we can provide some goodies that will absolutely take your projects to the next level.

Fall in Love With Grapevine Designs!!

This weeks design team challenge is especially close to my heart. Paper Vineyard is very pleased to start a new department called Grapevine Designs. The store has the capability to produce custom chipboard product. You will see fantastic products only available here!!

The ladies of the design team spent a lot of time and effort decorating a few of our new chipboard books. The finished products are amazing and absolutely showcase so many different ways that YOU our wonderful customers can take these books and make them your own. This is a long blog posting, it takes a lot of space to brag about these projects. Make sure to read all the way to the end as you can help these ladies win a fabulous prize plus maybe win a matching prize. Pour some coffee...start reading....and fall in love with Grapevine Designs.

Newest member of the design team Kelly decorated the Plain Jane Tree book.

The book features We R Memory Keepers Spookville paper, chip board and stamps. Kelly also used the Fiskars Grass border punch and Spellbinders Graveyard Scene and Shapes set (airbrushed with Copics). She added Crystal Lacquer to the polka dots on the background paper and black glitter to the tree. So much fun!!

Mindy used the same exact book but took it a completely different place by designing a vintage album.


This album was made using the Plain Jane Tree Book, metal birds and white lace-rose trim by Tim Holtz, Paper by Vintage Collage Stack, rhinestones, fabric, burlap, paint and stamping from Mindy's stash. Amazing what a good stash can do.

Danielle decorated the Plain Jane Candelabra book.


Danielle put her book together with product from Paper Vineyard. The paper is from various sections of the store, not necessarily Halloween paper but she selected items that were elegant and tied with her theme beautifully. Her candelabra is decorated with glitter and rhinestones. She used rub ons, bling and We R Memory Keeper embellishments to create this amazing book.

Marijo used the Plain Jane Man and Woman book and turned it into a beautiful travel book. She used her cricut to make little suitcases and the title. She covered the man and women with travel paper and added photos and paper to make this album one you will want to treasure forever.



So here is our friendly competition that kicks off tomorrow. Come into the store and vote for your favorite Design Team book. We just might have a couple more dropped off at the store. Cast your ballot and the winner receives a Paper Vineyard product bag worth at least $40. A little added bonus is that we will select one of the ballots and one lucky customer will win a PV Product bag as well. Everything will be displayed until September 30th when the winner and the lucky customer winner will be announced. So take a few minutes and come in and vote!

Grapevine Designs is a great opportunity for the store and it does have an impact to the customers immediately. All good impacts....I promise.

First, beginning today Tuesday 8/30 PV will be closed on Tuesdays. This will allow us one complete day to design, cut and prep our new products.
Second, beginning Wednesday 8/31 we will be ready to start taking your custom orders. PV can cut your kid's names, places you have been to, shapes/embellishments for your invitations or a custom name book.
Third, boss us around...tell us what inventory you want to see. We would LOVE your input as we continue to grow. We want to be your local scrapbook store of choice, tell us what you want.

Thank you for reading such a long post!!! Come in and vote (by Sept 30th) and check out the new stuff. There will be a lot more information to come and a lot more chipboard product to help everyone cultivate their creativity.

Thanks again,
Adriana

Grapevine Designs!!!!

We love them.... those AMAZING albums that are always so hard to find!  But what if there was a place to find specialty, custom albums?  What if you could create that CUSTOM album AND have all of the patterned paper cut to fit the project???  Say, maybe special cupcake-themed birthday party pics that you want to make into a special keepsake for years to come?  Enter the NEW Grapevine Designs at Paper Vineyard!!!

So, the minute I saw this cupcake, I KNEW EXACTLY how I was going to decorate it!  Wouldn't you agree that the cherry on top was SCREAMING for some sugary Glitter Ritz???  I achieved that effect by using the cool highlight and then coloring over it with Copic markers. Yah... this custom kit bit is going to be SOOOOO much fun!  Check out what Adriana herself created.... 

Inspired immediately by the new Grapevine Designs, Adriana created this GORGEOUS gate album using the Graphic 45 Once Upon A Springtime paper line with Ranger Alcohol Ink for the chipboard gate cover.  Can you just imagine finishing this gorgeous album off with some Tim Holtz hardware???

Welp... there you have it.  An AMAZING introduction to the new Custom Albums and Kits by the new Grapevine Designs at Paper Vineyard.  Feel free to swing by the store and check these out in person.  Also, stay tuned for some exciting news regarding Grapevine Designs as we roll out more and more wonderful album creations and our design team gets to play with the new designs!!!