Yes, i know, September's nearly over, but at least i called the post LATE September news! It's our busy time of year again in the scrapbooking industry, as all of the new releases arrive from the Summer Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) trade show in America. As a result, i have never seen the Imagination Factory so well stocked with new and exciting products. We have added some new brands to our range, as well as lots of well-loved old favorites.
The following list is nowhere near complete, but will give you just a little taste of what you will find in store now......
* hundreds of PRIMA flowers, papers, paperpads and embellishments.
* COSMO CRICKET'S two new ranges, Togetherness and Pixielicious.
* MY MIND'S EYE entire CHA release including two Christmas ranges.
* OCTOBER AFTERNOON seaside.
* All four BELLA BLVD new releases.
* BASIC GREY Christmas and Travel ranges.
* ECHO PARK, a brand new company, two Christmas ranges with fab 12 x 12 sticker sheets.
* KAISER Christmas, including wooden trees and advent calendars.
* DONNA DOWNEY canvas range, including albums and papers.
* AMERICAN CRAFTS, including Dear Lizzy Enchanted, Dear Lizzy Christmas, City Park, lots of new release Thickers, and Cardstock multipacks (which work out at 50c per sheet).
* TATTERED ANGELS, Glimmermist, glimmerglaze, glimmerglam, and chalkboard.
* COPIC MARKERS are a recent new line for us. We stock the full range of CIAO markers and SPICA pens, and can order any colors of the entire SKETCH range that you need.
* With the popularity of Copic markers, we have found the need to broaden our stamp range to now include such brands as Sugar Nellie, The Greeting Farm, CC Designs, Hero Arts, Our Craft Lounge, Darkroom Door and Prima, with Lil Lolita, and Magnolia arriving very soon.
* DEW DROPS and SPARKLY FLUFF are two fabulous new ranges that card makers especially will absolutely LOVE.
As you can see, that's a LOT of product, and the list above is far from complete! You will also find in store an abundance of Design Team and staff layouts, cards, and off the page samples, giving you plenty of creative ideas for how to use all of our products.
CLASSES
If you are in need of some creative ideas, why not attend a class at The Imagination Factory. There are a range of day and evening classes to suit both scrapbookers and cardmakers, beginners through to advanced. Class calendars for October, November and December can be viewed and downlodaed here....... OctoberDownload October 2010, November Download November 2010and December Download December 2010. Please phone the store or call in to view class samples, and book in if you wish to attend a class.
RETREAT
There's not long to go now until our 3rd annual Imagination Factory Retreat at Cave Hill Creek, near Beaufort. We will be treated to two fantastic classes, the first with Scrapbooking Memories Master Ebony Van der Starre, who will be teaching masking methods with glimmermist. You'll end up with two fab layouts from one great class. The second is a cardmaking class with the very talented Julie Miles, using beautiful Basic Grey papers and embellishments. You'll be in for a treat.
Retreat dates are FRI 22nd October until Sunday 24th October. We have had a couple of cancellations, so if you're interested and haven't yet booked, call in to the store for all the details....but be quick.
ARTIST TRADING CARDS
We are pleased to announce that The Imagination Factory has just formed our first ever Artist Trading Cards (ATC) group. There are 9 members per group, with one theme per month. Members make 9 of the same card each month, which are then swapped with each of the others to end up with 9 different cards of the one theme for their own ATC album each month.
If you think this sounds like fun, then call in to the store for more info, and register your name for a second ATC group at The Imagination Factory. Second group commencing November 2010, (dependent on numbers).
Well, that's all for now. Happy Scrapping,
Tracey and the Team.