The newest rubber art stamps are pouring into the shop for upcoming holidays, as well as gorgeous textured, printed and smooth papers. All sure to add that very special touch to your paper arts projects. Of course, we have classes to help inspire also. Everything from jewelry and gift ideas, greeting cards (of course) and home decor projects. Take a look at the Class & Events page for all the latest.

What's New: in stock, or soon to be...

The Hero Arts 2008 Catalog just arrived, and it does indeed “inspire creativity with stamps”. Also in stock is a great selection of their new stamps and sets! If we don’t have something you want, we’re happy to special order for you - just let us know.
Our newest Free Stamp Program from Inkadinkado just arrived and they are darling images for Valentine’s Day and beyond. The collection includes several sayings, a pretty rose, kitties and some hearts, of course. Images of birds continue to be very popular and we have three of them to offer, including some adorable owls. Choose two stamps from the collection and the third one is free! Plus, we have a free Project Sheet to go with your purchase, while supplies last.
In addition to the above, lots of new stamps are on order and arrive weekly. We have new images from Rubbermoon, Lockhart Stamp Company, A Muse, River City Rubber Works and other great rubber vendors on order or on the shelves. Our stock changes quickly, so stop in often to see what’s arrived.
Dave Brethauer’s newest book, Card Design - rubber stamping with colored pencils and watercolors is back in stock and it’s quite good. Grab your copy and start coloring!
The Mini Scor-It Board is in stock, along with it’s parent, the original Scor-It Board. They’re wonderful tools and a must have for any well equipped paper artist’s work space.
Tim Holtz’ new Distress Crackle Paint has been in stock for some time and we love it! His other new products, like the Texture Hammer and fabulous Ink & Stamp Storage Cases from Tim and Cropper Hopper, are also in stock. We’re eagerly waiting the the Unmounted Stamp Case to arrive also - they just say “Coming Soon”, so we’re trying to be patient. Some cases are sold out and won’t be back in stock until mid-February.
The same is true of some of Tim Holtz’ new Grungeboard products. Some are available but many, including the Elements set, are sold out and won’t be in stock until mid-February. This is a great product -- the perfect creative surface since it’s pliable, inkable, paintable, embossable and easy to “grunge-up”. We plan on doing a Grungeboard class as soon as it’s fully available again. It’s comes in die cut alphabets, the aforementioned Elements, punctuation and plain. He’s designed so many different styles, fonts, sizes and shapes that it’ll feed your creativity endlessly. Fun stuff!

Mary, Peggy, Melanie, Diane and I look forward to seeing you in the shop soon! Our best wishes to you and yours for a warm, healthy, creative and prosperous 2008!

Melissa & Crew