Monday, November 30, 2009 | By: Not Just Scrap

New In Store

Our Demo with Frankie Fioretti was great!  She did such a wonderful job showing us how to use USArtquest products.  She showed us so many techniques that my head is still spinning! Their Mica Delights are beautiful.  They make glitter look like old tinsel.  It gives a project such a rich sophisticated look rather than a glitzy look. I've always loved to gild things and she showed us so many ways to use their gilding products, from just using flecks of it to covering chipboard to writing/drawing with their duo glue and putting gilding over that.

They also have a product called Studio Paper(which I have to re-order because we sold out) that you can use in your ink jet printer and then transfer to other mediums.  I can't wait to get my hands on that.  Their water color palettes are so easy to use.  They get creamy real fast and there are 10 colors in each palette.  Their Perfect Paper Adhesive comes in Matte and Glossy.  She used the matte to coat a real leaf, which will preserve it, then she gilded the leaf and used it on a card.  OMG! it was beautiful.  She used the glossy to cover a mosaic of papers and created a paper enameling.

She will be holding a class using the Dicrofibers on December 8.  That stuff is pretty cool.  You layer different colors and can encapsulate items within it, then you iron it to make sheets which can then be diecut or punched out or used as is.

We have some of the items that we didn't sell out of and we will be ordering the items that we did sell out of.  You can have way too much fun with their products!

We also got in Flower-Soft in 13 colors along with some of their card toppers and sayings.  Yvonne Pineiro made a beautiful sample for the store so you can see how it looks.  Check out the New in Store Nov 30 on the left for pictures of the products.
Thursday, November 26, 2009 | By: Not Just Scrap

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is the time to give thanks for all the good things life brings.  I am so thankful for the family I have, who have supported me in my endeavors and are always there for me and never judge.  For my friends who keep me sane when I'm about to flip.  For all the children that have been in my life that can brighten my day by just smiling.  For all the wonderful people I have met since I opened Not Just Scrap.  For all the women who have helped me by teaching or designing for Not Just Scrap. For without you, I wouldn't be who I am today.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Diana
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | By: Not Just Scrap

Epic 6 Machines

Well they finally arrived. The Epic 6 machines from QuicKutz are in!

Monday, November 23, 2009 | By: Not Just Scrap

BLACK FRIDAY SALE & EVENT

Black Friday Weekend Sales & Events
SALE

This year we are doing it a bit different. This year our sales will start at 10am on Black Friday and continue throughout the weekend. Of course the best is the first.

Come in on Black Friday and get 30% off what is not on sale already from 10am-12pm Black Friday only. From 12:15pm-2pm Black Friday get 25% off then get 15% off the rest of the weekend. DOUBLE POINTS ALL WEEKEND!

We will have different items on sale throughout the weekend.


EVENT

Frankie Fioretti will be demoing products from USArtquest starting at 3:00pm on Friday, November 27. Place an order during the demo and get 10% USArtquest products.

Nationally known stamp artist, Frankie Fioretti, has been a part of the rubberstamping and paper arts industry for the last 20 years. Her creative journeys as a quilter lead her to rubberstamps as a means to create her own textile designs. In 1992, Frankie opened her own rubber stamp store, Integrated Images. After closing her store in 1997, Frankie began working with Penny Black Rubberstamps and USArtQuest, as well as other manufacturers -- doing research and development, creating samples for catalog photography, demonstrating at trade and consumer shows and teaching classes.

Frankie's work has been featured in numerous books and magazines, such as Somerset Studio, The Rubber Stamper and Expressions; you may have even seen her on reruns of the "Carol Duval Show". She has contributed work to Design Originals' "Magical Mica", "The Encyclopedia of Scrapbooking Tools and Techniques" and most recently "The Encyclopedia of Greeting Card Tools and Techniques" by Susan Pickering Rothomel of USArtQuest.

Frankie has dual residency in Florida and New York and continues to enjoy sharing her love of rubberstamps and art materials with creative souls around the country.