Merry Christmas

I did it!  I actually made Christmas Cards this year.  Now the trick is getting them addressed and posted in time.  I'd love to send each and every one of you a card, but this post will just have to do.  

I found the tree pattern in a craft book of my moms. Its basically a half circle folded on itself a couple times. I used prints from Crate Paper's Peppermint Collection!

I accented with red Pearl Pens from Viva Decor and tinsel from my stash of stuff!

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Much love, 

Sonja

Holiday Workshop Preview #4

I'm so excited to that Donna from Sparkle N Sprinkle  is joining us on Saturday from 10am - noon during our Holiday Workshop.  She's offering a free demo of some of their wonderful stamps and techniques as well as bringing holiday sets of their products to sell!  You definitely won't want to miss her visit! 

Holiday Workshop Preview #3

Here's another one of our Holiday Workshop projects.  Make this adorable Christmas Stocking Card featuring paper from Cosmo Cricket for only $5.  (Picture it with a candy cane...I refuse to by them until December)  (Also, picture with a jingle bell attached....if I can find them in the back room from last year)

This is also a perfect for gift cards and other tiny presents!

This project will be available drop in style on Saturday, December 3rd from 10am - 4pm.  You'll also receive a stocking pattern so you can recreate at home!

More previews to come!

Craft and Run with Amy Tangerine

The most important thing I needed to get done today, beside leaving plenty of food and water for the cat, was birthday cards for the 3 family birthdays I'm celebrating this weekend in San Francisco! Thankfully the brand new Amy Tangerine collection from American Crafts really got the juices flowing. No pun intended =)

"You are Delightful" is for my mom who celebrates her birthday today. I used paper from the Amy Tangerine collection as the base and made the accordion flower from a strip of the fabric paper. And I'm so excited to use Glubers from Cosmo Cricket for the first time. Other accents on the card are fabric stickers from Amy Tangerine and Tiny Type from Cosmo Cricket.

"Wishing You a Slice of the Good Life" is for my bother-in-law who also celebrates his birthday today. I layered two Amy Tangerine pages as the base as well as a block of her self adhesive fabric paper. The fabric sticker sentiment is pop off of the card with foam tape. And since I tend to scrapbook backwards, the jumbo brads, also from American Crafts were an afterthought. So I snipped off the metal prongs with a junk pair of scissors (never, ever use your good scissors for this) and glued them on. Another fabric sticker accents one of the brads. And again, Tiny Type from Cosmo.

And "Smiles All Around" is for my sister who's birthday is next week. I layered a stitched paper from Amy's collection with another page and cut out the accent from the fabric paper. I used a leftover strip from the fabric paper to make a mini accordion flower and a jumbo brad for the center. The fabric sticker sentiment is also layered with the foam tape.

Have fun in the heat wave. Mom reminded me to pack a sweater...San Fran's natural AC is at work!

National Craft Month Make 'n' Take

In honor of National Craft Month, I'm hosting a week long drop-in Make 'n' Take. Learn how to make this adorable mini box complete with mini cards. Once you see how easy it is to make this box, you'll want to make many more so you'll receive detailed take home instructions.

Drop In Anytime Saturday March 19th - 25th
Noon - 6pm; $10

Thanks to SRM Press for this adorable project idea! We'll use their stickers and papers from My Mind's Eye.

Christmas Cards with Alice

Alice is a super talented card maker who has moved to LA so now we get to enjoy her classes, too! Join her at Sonja's Scrapbook Spot & learn how to make these 5 awesome cards & embellishments!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

2-5pm; $35

Encore Class

Sunday December 19th, 2-5pm; $35

In addition to your basic tool kit, please bring:

score tape (1/4")

Tape Adhesive

Foam tape/dots/squares

gingerbread tsukineko ink (light brown is fine, too)

Scissors for fine detail cutting

clear liquid adhesive

paper piercer

white pen

Please reserve your space at 310-410-7272

8 down...a lot more to go....

Technically, 9 sample cards are made but for the life of me I can't find #9...a beautiful fall card. Maybe it blew away. But here are a couple more samples for our Cards Mega Class next week.

Mr. Snowman featuring various scraps and of couse a sticker from SRM

Bloom featuring new American Crafts paper from the 2nd Dear Lizzy Collection, Hambly overlay and sticker from SRM.

Another spring card featuring paper from My Mind's Eye, Crepe Paper from Melissa France and...you guessed it sticker from SRM

Trick or Treat featuring paper from American Crafts, trim from Bazzill and SRM Stickers

I'll be hard at work on more samples this weekend. The Cards Mega class is Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday next week...25 cards for $50 or 2 of any 12 designs. Drop in anytime at your leisure, but please call ahead to reserve a kit so I can prepare one for you!

Sonja

Cards Mega Class...25 Seasonal Cards

I don't even want to talk about how fast September is going. The 15th? Really? Next you know we'll be trick or treating, stuffing our faces with turkey and handing out holiday gifts. Ack!

Take a time out this month and come in for our Cards Mega Class. This time we'll focus on a card for all seasons and I'm busy working on 25 different seasonal designs. You can choose to make all 25 cards or 2 of any 12 designs. Here are just a few...

Back to School / Teacher Appreciation featuring Sassafras Lass & SRM Press

Halloween featuring American Crafts, Hambly & SRM Press

Holiday wishes featuring Real Wood from CI and stickers from SRM Press.

Happy New Year featuring stamps from Glitz Design.

Reserve your kit and come in anytime

Tuesday September 21st - Thursday September 23rd

$50 for 25 cards...that's just $2 a cards. Beat that Hallmark!

Scrap in the City - Part 3!

Whoo Hoo! Shop Hop 2010 is less than 1 week away! We kicked off Shop Hop last night with Mocktails and Make 'n' Takes at the Shop last night. So much fun!

If you're planning to come to Sonja's Scrapbook Spot during Shop Hop I wanted to let you know about some really cool things we have going on during the Shop. Also, I've included info about the best places to park at our mall and updates on store hours!

Special Events During Shop Hop

FREE Quick Cards Make N Take
With Susan McShirley, owner of SRM Stickers

Susan will be joing us Saturday, August 7th from 10am - noon for a special bonus make 'n' take, free for Shop Hoppers ($5 for everyone else)! You'll also recieve a free Hollywood Sticker from Susan. I'll have coffee and muffins available. What a great way to kick off Shop Hop!


Tattered Traveler Class with Monika Thomas
Thursday, August 19th 2-5pm or 6-9pm; $45


Monika is coming to the shop to teach this popular summer classes. It will be one of her last teaching stop so if you've missed the class at other stores, come by and take it at ours! Sorry, I can't discount the cost of the class, but it will count towards your Shop Hop purchases, qualifying you for the make n take and store charm! Reservations must be made in advance!



Special Products at Sonja's Scrapbook Spot

We're pleased to offer one of the widest selections of My Mind's Eye collections at our Shop, including Breaking Free, Abbey Road, Quite Contrary, So Sophie and the extremely popular Lush collection! Plus a fresh selection of papers from Dove of the East just arrived! And we couldn't do Sex and the City without bling! A new order from ZVA Creative just arrived, our largest selection yet and it's going quickly! Last but not least, I just recieved the latest releases from Fiskars, awesome punches and stamp rollers! You won't want to miss these!

Also....

Scrap in the City T-Shirts! $15.00
Our theme, Sex in the City inspired these shirts and we're celebrating being the only scrapbook store for the City of LA! T-shirts are available for purchase during Shop Hop. Once again, I can't offer a discount on them, but I will count it towards your Shop Hop purchases!


My Mini Memories - Mini Photo Album $15
These nifty photo albums are truly unique! Check out our website for more details. If you're insterested in ordering one you can email me your photos and I'll have the book ready for you when you arrive for Shop Hop. Or if you order 3 or more books during Shop Hop, I will ship them to you for FREE! Once again, I'm not able to offer the Shop Hop discount on these items, but I will count it towards your Shop Hop purchases!


Shop Hop Parking Tips & Tricks

We're located in a shopping mall, the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center. Parking is available in our parking structure. There are great places to eat here, making it an excellent pit stop on your Shop Hop.


Depending on the day & time you arrive you will be asked to pay before leaving or upon entering the structure. During the day, your first half hour is free, your first hour is $1 and 2-4 hours is $2. After 4pm and during the weekend, parking is a flat rate of $2. However, if you ask the parking attendant to note the time on your parking ticket and you leave within a short time they will offer you a refund! Please note, I cannot validate and these are only general observations for our parking stucture.

Public restrooms are located at Center Court. I don't have a restroom at the shop. If you come during the day and you see a sign that says be back in five...you'll know where I am =).

If you're on your way to the shop and don't think you can make it on time, feel free to call me. I'll make every effort to stay open later for you!

Also, I have 3 crops planned during Shop Hop which means later shopping hours for you!

Friday, August 6th...open until Midnight!
Saturday, August 14th....open until 10pm!
Saturday, August 21st....open until 10pm!


Phew! I think that covers it! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call!
Sonja
310-410-7272

Cards, Cards, Cards, Pt 4

Here are some ideas for babies....Baby Showers and Baby Birthdays!

This first set features paper and embellishments from the Quite Contrary Line from My Mind's Eye. I samped and hand wrote on the umbrella and pop dotted it on the invitation. It's also backed with coordinating paper so you don't see the upc code. To clean up the edges, sand first with your precision filing set, then ink.

The inside of the card is accented with coordinating cardstock and ivory photo corners. The vellum insert with information on the shower overlays on the polka dots, fitting into the corners.

The invite and the matching place card is finished off with tulle from Bazzill Basics!

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Linda T. made this adorable card for a friends' daughter's first birthday. She modified the design of our Father's Day Card, also using paper from Quite Contrary. Inside, she mounted a photo collage of the cutie and added vellum with the event details. The card is finished with a rose from the fabulous Flower ribbon from American Crafts!

If you're looking for something simple & sweet, this will do the trick. It's a paper from GCD Studios Chic Bebe collection, folded over at the top and mounted on Bazzill Bling Cardstock. Imagine a vellum overlay. The the whole thing is held together with the tulle.

Happy Crafting,

Sonja

Cards, Cards, Cards, pt 3

Are you getting ready for all of your rah! rah! 4th celebrations.

Here are some card/invitaion ideas for you.

Irene was in the shop last week and hit a creative wall so I asked her to come up with a 4th of July sample and this is her amazing creation! She made the grill out of simple shapes...circle, rectangle & strips. Buttons for wheels, stickles for embers and tinsel for flair...I mean smoke! Plus, did you know you can add rub-ons to ribbon? We used the giant yellow ric rac for the base of our greeting! The plaid paper is from Love Me Do by My Mind's Eye!

Here's my creation. I used a base from Breaking Free from My Mind's Eye and created a flag with ric rac on a white card. Run your ribbon through your Xyron X for easy adhesive!

Here's another fun one from Irene...but I messed up the stickles....oopps, sorry!

Cards, Cards, Cards, Pt 2

The So Sophie Line "Savvy" from My Mind's Eye has some great

hues for any of your summer parties!

This card has a simple "double door" design with a handmade flower a it's accent (remember the May flowers class?) The inside of the card, aka the other side of the paper has a ledger design making it easy to add your invited details. I accented key words in the invite with Mini Alphas from My Little Shoebox and hand wrote the rest. Don't be afraid of your own writing!

I found this stamp while I was cleaning and while I'm on slightly less caffeine these days thanks to my pesky doctor ;-) I still love the stuff! The card is also accented with ribbon from American Crafts. Love it!

More simple invites and color combos. Did you know with the single card style you can make 6 invites from a single sheet of 12x12 paper.

Last, but not least, here's another card featuring the Savvy collection. I think I made this one around Mother's Day. These prints show off the more elegant side to Savvy.

Patriotic Cards tomorrow for your 4th Celebrations!