Monday, May 26, 2014

Lindsey Amschler's May card class...

To sign up for Lindsey's masculine-themed card class on Saturday, May 31 at 11 am, just give us a call at 417-886-0440. The class fee is $15. (Sorry, no kits are available.)

Sunday, May 25, 2014

time for markdown monday!

Click here to shop for Markdown Monday deals:
good from midnight Sunday through midnight Monday.
Click here to shop the Allison Davis "free sketch with May download purchase" deals.
There are six new sketch products that qualify, ranging from individual sketches to two new mini-bundles!

new items at scrapbookgeneration.com and at the springfield store




The Springfield store will be closed Monday

Scrapbook Generation's Springfield store will be closed Monday, May 26 for Memorial Day. 

As always, online shopping never sleeps...we'll be announcing the scrapbookgeneration.com Markdown Monday offers later today!

Friday, May 23, 2014

Local customers -- choose your own deal!

Local customers, if you haven't been in for a while, we miss you! We recently sent out an email newsletter with a "choose your own deal" coupon offer. Print the coupon...or just show it to us on your phone! (You can join our mailing list on here on the blog (top right) or on our Facebook page.

The offer runs through Saturday, May 24. You choose your reward...

• $5 off a $25 purchase
OR
• $10 page kit free with a $25 purchase
OR
• $10 goodie bag with a $25 purchase


Take advantage both remaining days if you can...
One offer per customer per day!

(Springfield store only. Excludes gift card, class, and club kit purchases.)

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

As promised...new Simple Stories!

From the May issue of CREATE magazine: layout by Allison Davis using the Good Day Sunshine collection

From the May issue of CREATE magazine: layout by Sue Kendall using the Story of Us collection
All five new Simple Stories collections are here! Every beautiful item is out on the shelves, ready and waiting, and online orders placed earlier in the week have already started shipping!

Both the layouts shown above were featured in the May issue of Scrapbook Generation's CREATE magazine, which showcased Simple Stories, the company. To check out the magazine, click here.

Remember that we have contests going on locally and online -- you can be entered in a drawing for a free Simple Stories collection kit by spending $25, including some Simple Stories items.

And local customers, don't forget the great incentive we have going on through Saturday -- your choice of $5 off a purchase of $25, a free page kit with a purchase of $25, or a free goodie bag with a purchase of $25. Just show us the coupon (either in print or on your phone) from the email newsletter we sent out earlier this week.

To shop online, click here.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Four new kits by Debbie Sanders





All four have been added to the collection of kits at scrapbookgeneration.com. Click here to shop.

Friday, May 16, 2014

new products in springfield and at scrapbookgeneration.com



Two new collections by Authentique -- available in the Springfield store and at scrapbookgeneration.com.
Click here to shop online.

Local customers...choose a deal!

Local customers, if you haven't been in for a while, we miss you!

We just sent out an email newsletter with a "choose your own deal" coupon offer. Print the coupon...or just show it to us on your phone!

 (You can join our mailing list on here on the blog (top right) or on our Facebook page.

The offer starts tomorrow, Saturday, May 17 and runs through Saturday, May 24. You choose your reward...
• $5 off a $25 purchase
OR
• $10 page kit free with a $25 purchase
OR
• $10 goodie bag with a $25 purchase


Take advantage as many of the seven days as you can...
One offer per customer per day!

(Springfield store only. Excludes gift card, class, and club kit purchases.)

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

New products in Springfield and at scrapbookgeneration.com




Click here to shop online.

Sketch Day Two for May, plus crop possibilities


LOCAL CUSTOMERS:
Please join us Saturday, May 17 for Saturday sketch sessions by Allison Davis (top layout) and Debbie Sanders (bottom layout).

How it works:
• Pre-register for sessions at 10am or 2pm by calling 417-886-0440 or emailing karin@scrapbookgeneration.com;
• Bring basic tools and adhesives;
• Receive two free computer sketches;
• Make one double-page layout, your favorite of the two choices;
• Pay for papers used -- the total usually comes to a little over $4.

Options:
• To make both layouts, order a duplicate set of paper when you register. Order must be placed prior to the Saturday class.
• To purchase the embellishment add-on (shown below), order it when you register. (This embellishment is not used on the layout samples shown above.) All embellishment add-on orders must be placed prior to the Saturday class.

Kits:
• Purchase kits through SG's online store. (Not available for shipping or pick-up at SG until Monday, May 12.)
• The fee for a kit is $6. Shipping is an additional $6.99.
The best deal for our long-distance customers? Join the monthly Super Sketch Club and get the Super-Saver three layout kit, the Sketch Day One layout kit, and the Sketch Day Two layout kit (materials and sketches for five double-page layouts plus two bonus sketches -- a $24 value) for $20 plus $6.99 shipping.

SUPER SKETCH CLUB MEMBERS:
Options:
• To occasionally make both layouts, order a duplicate set of paper from SG's online store.
 
• To always make both layouts, enroll in "Super Sketch Club Double Up." For an additional $10 per month, receive a duplicate set of materials for the Sketch Day One and Sketch Day Two portions of the club. (You will be able to make both Allison layouts and both Debbie layouts.)

• You can order an embellishment that coordinates with the layouts. The embellishment this week is a $1.99 sheet of 6x12 cardstock stickers. This embellishment is not used on the layout samples. (Add-on does not increase your shipping fee!)

Ordering kits and add-on embellishments or enrolling the Super Sketch Club and/or Super Sketch Club Double Up is done at scrapbookgeneration.com. 
Saturday crops for May...
Scrapbook Generation hosts Saturday crops on the first, second, and third Saturdays of the month.

The crops are the same days as the Super-Saver, Sketch Day One, and Sketch Day Two sessions, so you can attend both crop and class if you want! We have room for both activities at the same time!

Remaining crop dates for May:
* Saturday, May 17 (10 am - 5 pm)
* Saturday, May 24 (10 am - 5 pm)

Location:
* The classroom in the SG store. We have room for 16 people.
Price:
* $10 per person

Crop fee will include:
* Half of an 8-foot table or a full 6-foot table
* Access to electricity and wireless internet
Crop fee will not include:
* Meals, snacks or drinks

Registration:
* Call 417-886-0440 to register and pre-pay. (Cancellations prior to the day of the crop will be transferred to store credit. No fees refunded for cancellations the day of the crop.)

Announcing the Create kit -- a new monthly product


Starting with the May issue, Scrapbook Generation is offering a kit based on the four sketches for that month, and using products from that issue's featured manufacture.

The new monthly kit is limited edition -- once it is sold out it won't be restocked -- and is available exclusively at scrapbookgeneration.com. We think you'll love this kit, which doesn't require a club membership!

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

the May issue of Create is live!


We hope that you enjoy the May issue of CREATE.

It's free!
It's huge...245 pages, the biggest one yet!
Have fun, and share with your friends!

Click here to read and/or download CREATE.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Markdown Monday - May 12

It's time for Markdown Monday at scrapbookgeneration.com and at SG's Springfield store!

• Online shopping for the deals above runs from midnight Sunday (May 11) through midnight Monday (May 12) -- Central Standard Time. (We've even created a new category with all the Markdown Monday deals!)

• Local shopping at SG's Springfield store is 10 am - 6 pm, Monday, May 12.

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

May Sketch Day One layouts...


LOCAL CUSTOMERS:
Please join us Saturday, May 10 for Saturday sketch sessions by Allison Davis (top layout) and Debbie Sanders (bottom layout).

How it works:
• Pre-register for sessions at 10am or 2pm by calling 417-886-0440 or emailing karin@scrapbookgeneration.com;
• Bring basic tools and adhesives;
• Receive two free computer sketches;
• Make one double-page layout, your favorite of the two choices;
• Pay for papers used -- the total usually comes to a little over $4.

Options:
• To make both layouts, order a duplicate set of paper when you register. Order must be placed prior to the Saturday class.
• To purchase the embellishment add-on (shown below), order it when you register. (This embellishment is not used on the layout samples shown above.) All embellishment add-on orders must be placed prior to the Saturday class.

Kits:
• Purchase kits through SG's online store. (Not available for shipping or pick-up at SG until Monday, May 12.)
• The fee for a kit is $6. Shipping is an additional $6.99.
The best deal for our long-distance customers? Join the monthly Super Sketch Club and get the Super-Saver three layout kit, the Sketch Day One layout kit, and the Sketch Day Two layout kit (materials and sketches for five double-page layouts plus two bonus sketches -- a $24 value) for $20 plus $6.99 shipping.

SUPER SKETCH CLUB MEMBERS:
Options:
• To occasionally make both layouts, order a duplicate set of paper from SG's online store.
 
• To always make both layouts, enroll in "Super Sketch Club Double Up." For an additional $10 per month, receive a duplicate set of materials for the Sketch Day One and Sketch Day Two portions of the club. (You will be able to make both Allison layouts and both Debbie layouts.)

• You can order an embellishment that coordinates with the layouts. The embellishment this week is a $2.99 sheet of 12x12 cardstock stickers. This embellishment is not used on the layout samples. (Add-on does not increase your shipping fee!)

Ordering kits and add-on embellishments or enrolling the Super Sketch Club and/or Super Sketch Club Double Up is done at scrapbookgeneration.com.

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Saturday crops for May...

Starting now, Scrapbook Generation will be hosting Saturday crops on the first, second, and third Saturdays of the month.

The crops are the same days as the Super-Saver, Sketch Day One, and Sketch Day Two sessions, so you can attend both crop and class if you want! We have room for both activities at the same time!

Crop dates for May:
* Saturday, May 10 (10 am - 5 pm)
* Saturday, May 17 (10 am - 5 pm)
* Saturday, May 24 (10 am - 5 pm)

Location:
* The classroom in the SG store. We have room for 16 people.

Price:
* $10 per person

Crop fee will include:
* Half of an 8-foot table or a full 6-foot table
* Access to electricity and wireless internet

Crop fee will not include:
* Meals, snacks or drinks

Registration:
* Call 417-886-0440 to register and pre-pay. (Cancellations prior to the day of the crop will be transferred to store credit. No fees refunded for cancellations the day of the crop.)
  

Monday, May 05, 2014

Thanks for celebrating with us

We hope you enjoyed SG's National Scrapbooking Week festivities as much as we did! Thanks so much to all of you who helped us celebrate here in Springfield, or by joining in on our Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram contests, or by shopping online during our week-long sale.

Saturday was a blur of goodie bags, golden tickets, and lots of chocolate. We appreciate all your support, and hope you had a fantastic day, whether you shared it with us locally or from afar!

Lining up at 8 am for goodie bag tickets.
Chocolate buffet and $100 gift baskets.
Golden ticket winner
Golden ticket winner
Golden ticket winner
Golden ticket winner
Pinterest Contest
• Corbi Beshears is the winner of the Pinterest challenge and a prize package valued at over $100.
• Scrapbook Generation definitely has a presence on Pinterest. There are literally hundreds of boards, and thousands of pins of SG layouts, kits, and sketches. Thanks so much for pinning us, and for helping spread the word about SG.

Instagram Contest (runs April 28 - May 3)
• Penny Grimsley is the winner of the Instagram challenge and a prize package valued at over $100.
• We're just getting started on Instagram, and this weekend was a great beginning. Thanks to everyone who entered the challenge. Please keep those #scrapbookgeneration posts coming...we love to see what you share about us!

Facebook Contest (takes place May 3)
• Maria Castro was the winner of the Facebook challenge and a prize package valued at over $100.
• With nearly 300 comments and shares, the Facebook contest was awesome! There were so many sweet comments that we've decided to incorporate some of them in the June issue of CREATE. It is so nice to read what you like about SG, and the things you love most include superior online and local customer service, beautiful kits, inspirational sketches, and our wide variety of products. All of those make us proud as we continue to try to bring you the best products and best service possible.

Layout Challenges Contests
• Remember to email your entries to nsd2014@scrapbookgeneration.com by Saturday, May 10.
• Names and layouts of random winners will be posted on the blog.
• Selected layouts from each of the challenges will be published in the June issue of CREATE.
 

Saturday, May 03, 2014

national scrapbooking day layout challenges

Heart challenge
Layout Challenge: Involves creating handmade embellishments

PROMPT:
Hearts are such versatile embellishments. We use them on layouts about holidays (Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day), people (sweetheart, friend, child), and events (concerts, parties, birthdays). For this challenge, use your creative talents to make one or more special heart embellishments for a one- or two-page layout. Materials you might try: felt, fabric, chipboard, corrugated cardstock, floss, twine, ribbon, bling, and more...have a heart!

• Random winner prize: assortment of heart themed products
• Selected layouts will be published in the June issue of CREATE, Scrapbook Generation's free monthly digital magazine
• Send entries to nsd2014@scrapbookgeneration.com by Saturday, May 10.

Two-page sketch challenge
Layout Challenge: Involves downloading a special (free) sketch here

PROMPT:
Allison Davis sketches always keep the focus on your photos. Her sketches also provide exact dimensions and placements of photos and other page items. She has created an exclusive two-page sketch for SG’s National Scrapbooking Day event. For this challenge, you will download the free sketch (titled NSD challenge sketch 2014) at scrapbookgeneration.com and then create a two-page layout based on the sketch...grab your favorite papers and embellishments and get busy!

• Random winner prize: an SG sketch e-book
• Selected layouts will be published in the June issue of CREATE, Scrapbook Generation's free monthly digital magazine
• Send entries to nsd2014@scrapbookgeneration.com by Saturday, May 10.

Product and tool challenge
Layout Challenge: Involves using specific products

PROMPT:
We all have our favorite go-to items when it’s time to create a layout. Sometimes we even get in a rut, and need a creative jolt to use products that we haven’t used for a while...or ever. For this challenge, choose at least five products AND two tools from the following lists and use them (as well as other items) to create a one- or two-page layout.

Choose five products from this list: sequins, washi tape, chipboard, misting product, paint, metal charm, baker’s twine, brads, glitter glue, enamel dots, wood veneer, jewels, bingo card, flair.

And...choose two tools from this list: stencil, border punch, regular punch, piercing/stitching template, scoring board, distressing/sanding block, eyelet setter, decorative scissors, circle cutter, template.

...Then make a creation using the five products and the two tools!

• Random winner prize: assortment of challenge products
• Selected layouts will be published in the June issue of CREATE, Scrapbook Generation's free monthly digital magazine
• Send entries to nsd2014@scrapbookgeneration.com by Saturday, May 10.

Color challenge
Layout Challenge: Involves designing with color 

PROMPT:
Color makes life a little brighter...and it can do magical things for a scrapbook layout, too. Most of us love to mix colors and come up with unique combinations. However, it's not as common to choose a single color and work within those boundaries. For this challenge, choose one color and use different shades for a monochromatic look through papers, embellishments, or both, on a one- or two-page layout. It doesn’t matter if you make it bright or make it soft...just make it colorful!

• Random winner prize: assortment of colorful products
• Selected layouts will be published in the June issue of CREATE, Scrapbook Generation's free monthly digital magazine
• Send entries to nsd2014@scrapbookgeneration.com by Saturday, May 10.

Manufacturer challenge
Layout Challenge: Involves showcasing a favorite manufacturer

PROMPT:
We all have a favorite manufacturer. Well, truth be told, more than one. But Simple Stories is red hot right now, and we love the relationship we have with this company through our collaboration on two sketch books! For this challenge, choose your favorite Simple Stories papers and embellishments (and other items/brands you want to add in) and create a one- or two-page layout. Break out that favorite collection you’ve been hoarding, or use a newer group...show us why you love this brand!

• Random winner prize: assortment of Simple Stories products
• Selected layouts will be published in the June issue of CREATE, Scrapbook Generation's free monthly digital magazine
• Send entries to nsd2014@scrapbookgeneration.com by Saturday, May 10.

Friday, May 02, 2014

golden tickets are ready and waiting

On Saturday, if your goodie bag contains one of the five of these...

 
 ...you'll be going home with one of these!


Five gift baskets, each containing well over $125 in supplies by your favorite companies, are ready and waiting for a good home.

We'll be giving away goodie bags (filled with $20 worth of scrapbooking fun, including a layout kit) to the first 200 people on Saturday, May 3 who make a purchase of at least $25. Five of the goodie bags will contain Golden Tickets, redeemable for the gift baskets. And 10 more of the goodie bags will contain $25 gift cards.

We'll use the number system that has worked smoothly before, so that everyone doesn't have to come in and try to shop first thing in the morning. Starting at 8 am, we'll hand out numbers outside the entrance. If you take a number, you can come back at any time during the day and shop at your leisure, with the guarantee that you'll get one of the goodie bags.

See you then!

Thursday, May 01, 2014

everything you need to know...



...to be a jackpot winner on Friday, May 2!

1. Take 20% off new Echo Park collections Capture Life and Boys Rule, and new Carta Bella collection Summer Lovin’ at scrapbookgeneration.com.



2. Take 20% off new Doodlebug: sequins, arrow sprinkles, and collections Patriotic Parade, The Graduates, Sugar Shoppe, and Hip Hip Hooray at the Springfield store.








3. Continuing today, the first 300 people who spend $25 this week at scrapbookgeneration.com (after coupons and other discounts and including at least one shippable item) get a free layout kit.  
4. Enter the Pinterest contest for the chance to win a $100 prize package. Full details in a previous blog post.
5. Enter the Instagram contest for the chance to win a $100 prize package. Full details in a previous blog post.
5. Use SG’s exclusive “Bank It” program which allows you to earn free shipping on your orders.

and just to get you excited about Saturday...

The warehouse is overflowing! Out with the old (and some not-so-old) and in with the new at scrapbookgeneration.com. All day Saturday, May 3, for our National Scrapbooking Day hoopla, you'll find over 75 collections (over 1,700 items!) marked down 40-70%.

(And remember that local customers can choose the free "pick up" shipping option and we'll hold your order for you here at SG until you can stop by for it -- Monday or later.)

Here's the list...

• American Crafts: Project Life, Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm
• BasicGrey: 25th & Pine, Persimmon, RSVP
• Bella Blvd: Trick or Treat, Snapshots, Christmas Countdown
• Carta Bella: Giddy Up Boy, Giddy Up Girl, Rough & Tumble, Sew Lovely, So Noted, So This is Christmas, Well Played, Hello Again, Happy Haunting
• Crate Paper: Close Knit, Flea Market
• Echo Park: Beautiful Life, Dot Essentials, Head Over Heels, Ombre Essentials, Photo Freedom, Reflections, Reflections Fall, Reflections Christmas, Style Essentials, Time & Seasons 2, Tis the Season
• Fancy Pants: Be Loved, Collecting Moments, Happy Go Lucky, Memories Captured, Merry Little Christmas, Timber Grove, Trend Setter, What a Wonderful Day
• Glitz Designs: Dapper Dan, Finnley, Hello Christmas
• Heidi Swapp: Believe
• Imaginisce: Black Ice, Bushels O'Fun, Colors of Christmas
• KaiserCraft: Christmas Carol, Gingerbread, Santa's List, St. Nicholas
• Little Yellow Bicycle: Feels Like Home
• My Mind's Eye: Boy Crazy, Chalk Studio, Chalk Studio 2, Cupid's Arrow, Cut & Paste, Find Your Wings, Happy Haunting, Kate & Co, Lost & Found Record It!, Mistletoe Magic, My Girl, Now & Then, Vintage Christmas;
• Pebbles: From Me to You, Front Porch, Thirty-One
• Pink Paislee: Hey Kid, Snow Village;
• Simple Stories: December Documented, Smarty Pants
• Teresa Collins: Family Stories, Masquerade Party, Memorabilia, Santa's List, You Are My Happy
• We R Memory Keepers: For the Record, Hip Hip Hooray, North Pole, Notable
• Webster's Pages: Family Traditions

For shoppers at the Springfield store, we'll have lots and lots of collections marked down 40-70% also. We'll have those ready when you stop by on Saturday!

all ready for the golden ticket winners


Another sign that Saturday and National Scrapbooking Day are rapidly approaching. Five gift baskets, each containing well over $125 in supplies by your favorite companies, are ready and waiting for a good home.

We'll be giving away goodie bags (filled with $20 worth of scrapbooking fun, including a layout kit) to the first 200 people on Saturday who make a purchase of at least $25. Five of the goodie bags will contain Golden Tickets, redeemable for the gift baskets. And 10 more of the goodie bags will contain $25 gift cards.

We'll use the number system that has worked smoothly before, so that everyone doesn't have to come in and try to shop first thing in the morning. Starting at 8 am, we'll hand out numbers outside the entrance. If you take a number, you can come back at any time during the day and shop at your leisure, with the guarantee that you'll get one of the goodie bags.

This is always a fun day at SG, and don't forget that we also will have great sales, a free card class in the lobby with Lindsey, and more chocolate than we can all eat!

Please join us as we celebrate this hobby that we love!
 
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