VINTAGE HERITAGE ALBUM CLASS

NEW CLASS FOR DECEMBER!!

HEY ALL....AMBER HERE

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TURKEY DAY! JUST WANTED TO SEND A QUICK NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW OF THIS GREAT NEW CLASS , THIS IS A HERITAGE ALBUM MADE FROM A VINTAGE HARDBACK BOOK. THESE WOULD MAKE GREAT GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

JOIN US FOR FUN AND LET YOUR CREATIVE JUICES FLOW.

I HAVE THE BOOKS AND KITS. JUST BRING YOUR BASIC TOOLS, SOME POP DOTS AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT TO USE AND WE WILL BE SET.

CLASS IS TUESDAY DEC. 1ST 10:30AM-2:00PM

IF YOU BY CHANCE YOU CAN'T ATTEND THE CLASS BUT REALLY ARE INTERESTED...EMAIL ME TO SET A DATE FOR ANOTHER CLASS, OR ORDER ONE, AND I'LL MAKE IT FOR YOU. OR YOU CAN EVEN ORDER A KIT TO MAKE IT YOURSELF WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU.

QUESTIONS AND SIGN UP ...CONTACT ME AT AMBER@PTDIVA.COM

THANKS ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!

PAPER HUGS! ~AMBER

I hope you all are getting ready for the wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I made got a ton of groceries, worked at the Chick Market for awhile and made 8 pies today. I am exhausted. I love Thanksgiving and seeing all those relatives we do not get to see all year.

Found this suitcase at the chick market and it is the perfect size for my mat stacks. I am working on altering it. I found these stickers I fell in love with and never knew what to do with them and they were perfect for this suitcase.

Your Scrappy Friend postcard I found at the Junktion flea market (another favorite store) The postcard was postmarked in 1907. I found this glass lid box there too and the postcard fit right inside the lid. (I took it as a sign it was meant to be) LOL

I also found som vintage trims there which I just love. The Junktion is right behind our store and is a 7 day a week indoor flea market.

BLACK SATURDAY

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We are once again doing Black Saturday so check your emails for all the details. Last year people were lined up at 6am! LOL We have a lot of product that will just be put out for the sale as well as lots of new limited edition Cricut Cartridges!

8-9am 50% off
9-10 am 40% off
10-11 am 30% off
11-5 pm 20% off

This is off your total purchase of regular price items. Excludes ND items, imprinting, and clothing is a maximum of 25% off.

A SLUMBER PARTY

We had our second slumber party at the store. I just got the report back and they all had a blast! Those young ones can sleep on the floor but us older ones had a hotel room for Friday and Saturday night. Lots of scrapbooking done and very little sleep. Friday night we scrapped until 4am. We are working on the next event so stay tuned as it is coming up VERY soon as soon as get everything booked. I am not even unpacking my scrap stuff. :)

IDEA / TIP TAKE YOUR CRICUT CUTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL

I LOVE to heat emboss. I have really never been a Cricut user as I am lazy and just grab my accucut. But with the Gypsy I am now HOOKED on the Cricut. I used embossing powders on this whole layout. I used two different colors of embossing powders on the letters and love how it came out. The color on the wings and photo mat is a copper verdigris and is stunning. So get out your embossing powders and give it a try. (If you do not have embossing powders, Precious Treasures has a huge selection)
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GUMP THE GOAT UPDATE

I get a lot of emails wanting to see how the goat is doing. He is doing great and a lot of fun! He is getting a lot of personality and Daisy has taught him how to beg for me to play with him anf he has taught Daisy how to use her head to push things. LOL

Here is Ruth working on some training with Gump.
Gump LOVES to push things so I stick heavy things in boxes and he pushes them arund the deck. He is so cute!

TIP/IDEA tear bears

For a quick free lesson on how to make tear bear animals just stop by the store and ask me how. :) They are very easy!

SCRAPBOOK DIVA'S HIT THE ROAD

We hit the road this weekend with a few people to go to Doubletree suites to crop for the weekend. If you are interested in our "Diva's hit the road trips" email amy@ptdiva.com.

THE CHICK MARKET

I have been flooded with emails wanting more information on the chick market now that we are officially "chicks". So today I went in and took pictures of some of the store. It is a huge place as they just doubled in size. They have something for everyone! It is in the strip mall on 180th and Pacific. Check it out! I will be working Sunday so stop by and say hi!

I LOVE SPRAY PAINT!!!

Go green and recycle what you have with spray paint. Spray paint is so much better than it was years ago. There is also spray paint with glitter added which I just love. hee hee. Here are some of my chick market and thrift shop finds I got out today to paint.

Gump our goat thought I was out to play with him when I was painting and kept trying to head butt what I was painting and got pink paint on his ear.lol

Got this at the chick market and going to add jars of ribbon, buttons, flowers etc.

ALTERING A DOLL HOUSE

Stop by Precious Treasures Scrapbook Store to find all kinds of treasures. We have drawers and drawers of embellishments sold by the piece. I had this big wooden doll house and Ruth had outgrown it so I am altering it to use as a book shelf in my craft room. Look around your house or thrift stores for items you can alter. This is "going green". :) Help save the planet!

This is a work in progress. I am trying to cover the roof with all kinds of little items. I just foun all the black letters today and put everyone in the families name on the roof. Look, someone gave me a goat beanie baby. We do still have our pet goat "Gump" and just love him. He has quite the personality.

WE ARE OFFICIALLY CHICK MARKET CHICKS

I have been so busy since I have been back to work. Scrap Pink was awesome!!! We had such a great group of ladies an raised over $1200.00!!! Thank you everyone!!!! Now that it is over we have been working hard on items for the Chick Market in Omaha. We are officially Chick Market Chicks now!!!! If you have not been there, it is the most wonderful store. It is on 180th an Pacific in Omaha, Nebraska. It has everything from Antiques to jewelry, purses, premade scrapbooks, decorating items, baby items, clothing and so much more!!! It is open 7 days a week. Stop by often as inventory changes there daily.

A Very Merry Martini

You are cordially invited to our
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
Featuring festive foods & fabulous fare.
Christmas cookies, cocktails & company!
Thursday, December 3rd
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Plus - extended hours all week end long:
Friday 10-7
Saturday 10-7
Sunday Noon -4
Make your list and check it twice – then visit
The Chick Market for all your holiday shopping!

Harbor Farm Chick Market
178th & Pacific in the Spring Ridge plaza
402-330-1706
It’s where the Chicks are!

A note on the Gypsy

I am very critical on products as you all know...the Gypsy....has my stamp of approval. I love it, stop by and I will demo it for you. A NEW TOY!!!!!

VERONICA VISITS THE GYPSY

Hi Veronica, the Cricut Instructor here ~ Many of you have been asking me if I have a Gypsy yet and what I think of it. Well, no I don't have one, but I got to use it today and so far, I think it is really cool.
For those of you who have NO IDEA what I am talking about, the Gypsy is a new tool for the Cricut machine that allows you to work on projects pretty much anywhere, then take it back to your Cricut machine and cut away! Imagine something that looks like a Palm Pilot but acts like the Cricut Design Studio -- computer software that lets you design personalized die cuts, titles and even word books.
It still works with Cricut artridges, except now you load all your cartridges onto the Gypsy first. And you can only actually cut with the cartridges you own -- but you can design with all the cartridges which is a great way to see which cartridges you actually want to buy.
Anyway, I still think it is an expensive toy at between $249 and $299. But I imagine it will come down in price eventually. But the possibilities are immense, and since it isn't computer based you aren't hindered by a slow computer like mine.
Here are two things that I whipped together this morning:

This Santa was made with the Jumbo letters from Lyrical Letters merged with a Santa hat from Joys of the Season. One of the best benefits of the Design Studio or the Gypsy is being able to weld letters together and one them as one piece.

This is a recipe divider from From My Kitchen with the meat category welded on top. I am looking forward to playing with that cartridge some more, too.

Amy has a Gypsy at the store and she has already loaded all her cartridges onto it. So we can demonstrate what it can do. She can order them, too. And yes, I am contimplating designing a class on the Gypsy sometime soon.

I hope to get to play with the Gypsy more this weekend, so look for more pictures soon! ~ Veronica Rosman

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY MISS LIZ!!!!

Dancing at Fremont Days

Dancing AT Louisville Days

Heartland Hoedowners

She loves HATS!

SCRAP PINK IS THIS WEEKEND!

Do not forget this weekend is Scrap Pink. Stock up on supplies as 20% of all sales on Friday/Saturday and Sunday go to Susan G. Komen. We also have a silent auction going as well as lots of prizes to be given away. You do not need to be a part of the crop to participate.

TRUNK SHOW AT THE CHICK MARKET THIS THURSDAY FROM 5-7PM

Please stop by the Chick Market this Thursday from 5-7pm for a trunk show of Carolina's jewelry. She has flown in from the Caribbean for the show and has lots of one of a kind jewelry pieces she will be selling as well as autographing photographs. If you are interested in selling her jewelry in your store please contact us at 402-575-1905.

Chick Market is on 180th Pacific in Omaha. A must see store for any woman!!!!

WORKING ON MY CROP ROOM......

I took today off as I had an ultra sound this morning and was full of energy today so I thought I better take advantage of it. I am making a new craft room in my lower level. I worked all day on my craft room and made a good dent in it. Still a looooooong way to go.

Stay tuned for more photo's.

I still have ALL this left to do. My sewing desk is clean so it is a start! I love the Making Memories cabinet to fit all my paints. The other white cabinet was a Goodwill find and works great for ribbons.

I collect pull toys as they always make me smile!

Got all my idea books and magazines organized in these awesome baskets from Pier One. Both cabinets are from the Chick Market as well as the cute little suitcase. Photo boxes from Precious Treasures :) I plan on painting both cabinets the same color "if" I keep it there. I am still putting stuff away from the move so things will keep changing.



Love the poster of Liz. This is a rolling cart and I put all my bigger tools underneath as well as my cutting system. The TV tray has to go, just need to find something better for an embossing station. ( I LOVE to heat emboss) Hopefully will be adding a Cricut! I am saving up for the new pink one. Stay tuned.......

NEW CLASSES!!

Happy Fall.... Amber here; Sending you all an update on classes coming up!

Learn how to make a clipboard for special messages, grocery shopping, "the person in charge"....these make awesome gifts. Time to start thinking of gift giving. Come learn how to make one, and then go home and make many more for lots of great gifts!! Handmade gifts are the best!

Class Tuesday Nov. 10th 10:30am-1:30pm $20.00 fee Register by calling or emailing me at amber@ptdiva.com. Bring your friends!! Deadline is Sunday Nov. 8th

License plate album: This is a fun little album for that special car lover in your life.....sweet 16 birthday party photos, fun travels to remember, etc.

think Christmas!! fun gift to make.

Class is Thursday Nov. 12th 10:00am- 1:00pm $23.00 fee. Register by calling or emailing me at amber@ptdiva.com. Bring your friends! Deadline to register is Tuesday Nov. 10th.

These are both fun projects, and would make awesome gifts to give for the holidays!

hope to see you soon!

~paper hugs~ Amber