4rth Anniversary for the Scrapbox means fun and Prizes!

   It is already that time of year again that we get to celebrate The Scrapbox's Anniversary! On Thursday, Nov 10th it will be officially;

FOUR YEARS OF BEING IN BUSINESS!

     What a journey it has been! I feel so blessed in so many ways to be able to live the dream of being my own 'boss' and to do it doing something I love.

     So in order to properly show my gratitude, I am happy to organize some very fun events and sales over the next week and I hope you can join us for any and all of it! There are some things that I will be keeping secret until later on next week (such as the awesome Door-Crasher Sales we are having on Saturday Nov 12th) so stay tuned to all emails from The Scrapbox!

Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for the last 4 years!

Prizes, Prizes AND MORE Prizes!!! 

Every Day of the week, starting on Tuesday Nov 8th until Saturday Nov 12th I will be giving away a Prize Package a Day! During the week, the Prize Package will be a retail value of $40 for each day. Then the Grand Prize that will be drawn and given away is worth $240!!! That's a total of $400 I am giving away this week so make sure you get involved!

 

This Grand Prize Pack is All Tim and nothing but Tim Holtz! $240.00 Retail Value of Tim Holtz product, including the Limited Edition Autumn Seasonal Inks, Idea-ology Embellishments, Core-dinations Paper, Holiday Season Kraft Paper Pack, along with an assortment of his very latest District Market Product including a GORGEOUS Tote to take it all home in.

Let's Check out the Daily Prizes shall we?

Daily Prize Pack #1 to be won on Tuesday Nov 8th - $40 Retail Value of Basic Grey's Picadilly Paper and Product! (For my Scrapbookers)

Daily Prize Pack #2 to be won on Wed Nov 9th - $40 of Smash Book Product Scrapbox Style! A little bit of everything to jot, doodle, smash, tape, label and clip your memories into your Mod Smash Folio! (For my Smashbookers =)

Daily Prize Pack #3 to be won on Thurs Nov 10th - $40 of Cardmaking goodies! Sizzix Stamping and Embossing Combo Pack, plus a VersaMark Ink Pad, a Green Pigment Colorbox Ink Pad and Red Ranger Embossing Powder - for my Cardmakers!

Daily Prize Pack #4 to be won on Friday Nov 11th - $40 of Painting Supplies inspired by Claudine Helmuth - the Paint Caddy to keep your brushes clean, a full set of Claudine Helmuth Paint Brushes, and 3 pots of Claudine Helmuth Acrylic Paint!(For my mixed media junkies!)

You may win prizes by getting tickets, and you can get tickets in lots of different ways!

Shop for tickets!

-Every $20 you spend (Before taxes, and after your Member Discount) you will receive one ticket for the daily prizes and Grand Prize Draw.

Bonus Tickets!

-If you renew your Membership for another year at The Scrapbox, it's worth One Bonus Ticket!

-Every Class and Event you sign up and pay for (including ones you have already paid for November and December) will get you One Bonus Ticket per Class or Event! Have us check the book!

-Bonus Items! Every day there will be 'Bonus Ticket' Items in the store. You will need to come in to see what they are or check Facebook/The Scrapbox Group as they will be posted there.

-November Sketch Challenges - Submit a Layout or a Card based on the November Sketch and receive a Bonus Ticket into the draws! Need a reminder for the sketches?

 November 1 Page Layout Sketch

November 2 Page Layout Sketch

November Card Sketch

-Do you have a Membership Card to pick up from the store? Come pick it up and we will give you a Bonus Ticket into the draw - I must have hundreds of Membership Cards waiting for their Members!

-Are you on Facebook? If you are, or join us this week, that is worth a Bonus Ticket! Just look for "The Scrapbox" Group on Facebook and ask to join! I'll see you there!

-if you have a blog that you use to showcase your creativity let me know so I can link it from The Scrapbox Blog! You will get more traffic on your blog and get a Bonus Ticket into the weekly draws! Send me an email with your blog address to jenn@thescrapbox.ca !

Once entered, each ticket is valid to win any prize throughout the week, however only valid for ONE Weekday Prize plus the Grand Prize. So yes, you could win one of the daily prizes and the grand prize - more tickets you have in the draw, the better your chances!

Any questions? Give us a call at the store at 613-745-2215!

Events that are happening through out the week!

Every Night at 9pm we draw a lucky winner for a Daily Prize Pack!

Thursday Nov 10th - The Official Day of Anniversary!

We will be having a Free Make & Take All Day, just come out anytime you can so we can show you how to make a fun Craft that you can make in 10 mins and take home with you! Our little gift to you!

Friday Nov 11th - Yes we are open at noon, after paying our respects at 11am!

A Late Night Crop that all Crop Fees will be going to Military Families and assisting them while their Family Member is away serving in another country. A fitting tribute on a very special day. We still have room so if you have the day off, please consider joining us for a very fun day getting your special projects done (or started?)

Only $5 for Members! We still have 5 spots open!

12pm - 11pm

Saturday Nov 12th - Final day of fun and giveaways!

12 Hour Anniversary Crop (just sold out) plus the end of the Week celebrations!

Door Crasher Sales - to be released next week but they are going to be gooooood!

Free Gift Bag to the first 40 people in the door!

Free Cake at 1pm!

Final Draw for the Large Gift Basket (worth $240 Retail!) at 6pm!

Any questions? Please contact the store at 613-745-2215!

Come Play!

Fun Events this Week!

Want to have some pre-Halloween crafty fun? Check out this Boo-tiful Halloween Tag that Tammy created for us!

Come on down to the Scrapbox tomorrow night, anytime after 5pm until close at 9pm to make this ghute (cute? Ok I'm stretching a bit) tag and play with distress stains and embossing powders...did I mention it was FREE? No cost to you and no need to sign up. Just come and have some fun!

Did I mention fun? Yard Sales at The Scrapbox are a lot of fun and full of great deals and this Saturday Oct 29 starting at 9am - 12noon is going to be the last one for this year! Get the best deals by coming early! We open right at 9am so grab a cup of coffee and join the que outside the door!

We still have 2 spots left if you want to be a vender - its a great way to purge your craft room and land some credit at The Scrapbox at the same time! Call us at 613-745-2215 to reserve your spot!

A Scrapbooker's Creed

I just released the following in my weekly newsletter. If you think that you resemble any of the following behaviours...well you are in good company. Enjoy.

The Scrapbookers Creed

I am a Scrapbooker. I Scrapbook.  You won’t understand it until you are one too. When you want to spend all your spare time (and occupied time) scrapbooking. When you take 10 pictures to get one good one, and shuffle people around in a staged photo so that their clothing doesn’t clash. When you purchase matching Christmas Pyjamas so that on that special morning, everyone coordinates (and if you hadn’t thought about it, you now want to go out and do it). When you have a camera, or camera-phone with you everywhere you go “just in case”.

There are 9 different shades of white, I don’t care what you say.

I am a Scrapbooker and I like to shop. I will hunt down a Scrapbooking Store if I am in a different city, because  I know they will have something my LSS won’t have, and  that will impress “the girls” at the next crop. I like to shop when I am happy, tired, depressed, had an argument with my spouse/kid/boss/mother—in-law, or  every Wednesday after work because that’s when the new stuff comes in. I will box dive because getting it first, even if I don’t know what I am going to use it for, is like finding treasure and I NEED it!

What happens at the crop, stays at the crop.

We are Scrapbookers. At Crops we will laugh, talk, eat, talk, cry, talk, drink, talk, shop, and there will always be a little drama. We compare spouses, past and present, the boss that drives us crazy, and how sick our kids were last week. We talk about giving birth or why we can’t, and then we cry some more. Sometimes we will cut some paper and stick it down on other pieces of paper but let’s not kid ourselves about what’s important…that every hour cropping  is not an hour spent at work or hip-deep in housework, staring at piling bills or four walls closing in fast.

Scrapbooking is cheaper than Therapy.

The owner of my LSS is an ear that listens, a brain to pick, and the enabler of my addiction. Her store is full of colour on the most dismal of days, when weather is cold and dreary, and a free cup of coffee when the soul feels bare and chilled. I go to my LSS and find friends from years ago or make new ones that are ‘the girls’ for the years to come. I go there when I don’t need anything, except a place to recover from the wounds dealt by life. It is where I play and my happy place.

I am a Scrapbooker, a Cardmaker, a Mixed-Media Artist and Painter and I love what I am.

-Jenn Langlois

Yard Sale is on Tomorrow!

Scrapbooking & Paper Crafting YARD SALE! On Sat August 27th starting at 9am sharp until 12pm.

***This is an INDOOR event, so will happen rain or shine.***

If you want to get the BEST deals on second hand crafting product this is the best place to come!

We have a full room of vendors that are selling gently used second hand crafting products and supplies such as paper kits, stamps, tools, storage, paper, stickers, rubons and more!

Customer will be paying for their yard sale purchases at the front counter so no need to hit the bank machine for cash ahead of time - you can use Debit, Visa, MC too!

Come for 9am to get best variety! If you can't make it until closer to noon that's ok too - you probably will get better deals cause none of these vendors wants to take stuff home! Come when you can between 9am and noon tomorrow, August 27th!!!

See you there!

Jenn

Breaking news!

So - breaking news! I will be at the A Channel TV Studios tomorrow morning for 8am to do 2 live segments about Scrapbooking. So sometime between 8am - 9am tomorrow morning - that would be Mon Aug 15th, tune into Channel 6 (I think) to see yours truly and my DD talk about our favoirte hobby!

New Product in the Store! We received 3 lines from Bo Bunny last week - Father Christmas, Blitzen and Etcetera! Also in is the 'Boarding Pass' line from October Afternoon, as well as 'Mistables' from Pink Paislee. They are all pretty awesome and this week coming we have all the new Distress Stain colours from Ranger, as well as all the new Perfect Pearls Mists! LOVE THESE THINGS!!!!

So check me out on Monday on A Channel...then come check out the great new product at The Scrapbox.

Come Play!

Always something new...

Stephanie just put the finishing touches on her August Kits of the Month for The Scrapbox! Awesome deal with co-ordinating paper and embellishments - the Layouts pratically make themselves!

But wait! That's not all!

Stephanie hasn't forgotten our Cardmakers! There are mini-Stephanie kits perfect for Cards! Only $7.50 per kit!

Come get your August Kits at The Scrapbox now before we run out!!! Come Play!!

Lotsa Little Updates!

I just updated the classes for August on the Scrapbox Website so if you have any vacation time in August and you have elected to do a 'Stay-cation' may I suggest you take some time off to catch up on some crafty projects in the cool comfort of the Scrapbox Studio? We have 4 Crops planned, plus a scattering of 'Open Studio' dates that means you can go and drop in and scrap at a moment's notice!

I also just got word that I am receiving a BIG shipment of Smash product from K& Co including new Folios - Orange, Yellow & Green! Plus all the other little embellishments that make Smashing so much fun! And the best part is that these are so inexpensive! Love it!

Next month (August) is going to be seeing brand new product from MME, Bo Bunny and Graphics 45 as seen at CHA last week. Lets hope that everything else comes quickly as well!

Hope to see you at The Scrapbox!

Jenn