WARNING - THIS IS A GRAPHIC INTENSIVE BLOG POST FILLED WITH PLENTY OF DROOL-WORTHY PHOTOGRAPHS.  :-)

Helllooooooo everyone!!  Jasmine here yet again!  Well I sure hope you all had a fantastic National Day weekend.  Time really flies by eh?  It’s TRENDY NEW ARRIVALS Thursday yet again!

 This week before you begin scrolling down and reading about all the yummy goodies we have for you…. go grab yourself a nice cuppa, buckle up your seatbelts coz it’s gonna be a LOoooooooong loooong update.

A whopping 18 BRANDS of goods have descended upon us the last couple of days.  It was a good thing that the shipment came staggered over the last couple of days which allowed us some breathing space in between. You should have seen the avalanche of boxes we had to plough through!  It is really amazing that everything managed to get done and will be up and ready for you by 11am Thursday morning.  Phew!!!

Without much further ado……… let’s begin with:

1.  :: KAISERCRAFTS ::

Back by popular demand… “Beyond the Page” series of Wooden albums and altered art projects for all altered art fans out there! 

Wood Flourishes - Many different designs!

Rhinestones - Circles and Flowers in a myraid of colours

Pearls in many colours

Droplets in many colours 

Rub Ons that we love so much!

Papers from Kaisercrafts - Lone Ranger Collection

 Country Grove Collection

Reminising Collection

Tudor Collection

 Vagabond Collection

Flutterby Collection

2.  :: McGILL ::

Ahhh the wonders of a perfect punch!  Who says punches are out of fashion!  I simply adore all the tab and tag punches that McGill has to offer.   Really makes jazzing up a page uber easy. 

Multi Tags Punches

File Tabs and Photo Slide Punch

Designer series punches, Perfect Petals, Long Reach Hole punch - very useful indeed!

3.  :: PINK PAISLEE ::

Now I am sooooooo excited about this new CHA SUMMER release from Pink Paislee.  I am a big fan of their products! 

Pop Fashion Collection

Yummy pinks, greys, silvers…..

Vintage Moon Collection

Their Halloween collection of papers but so versatile as well! 

8×8 Paper Pads

Fashion Script Alphabet Stickers - loooove the font!

Press Ons (rub-0ns) - I really like that the rub-ons come distressed! 

Topsiders - Cardstock stickers and matching chipboard.  So Clever!

Clear Stamps - New Designs!

4.  : DAISY BUCKET ::

NEW! CHA SUMMER Release from Daisy Bucket…

Playful Petals Collection

In The Meadow Collection

Perfect Harmony Collection

A Wondrous World Collection  (Special - limited edition) - This limited edition papers were only available when we ordered the full range of their summer release papers so grab them while you can!

Rub Ons

Check out all those yummy little clear stamps!  So many pretty designs!

5.  :: THE PAPER ELEMENT ::

NEW! CHA SUMMER Releases from The Paper Element …

 Hot! Hot! Hot! Collection

Glory Collection

Fruits Collection

6.  :: TERESA COLLINS ::

NEW CHA Summer releases from Teresa Collins

 Bon Appetit Collection

Spooktacular Collection

Tis The Season Collection

8 x 8 Papers - Tis the Season, Spooktacular, Journal It , Travel. 

Large Bracket Covers - Kraft, White, Pink, Black

Perfect Closures

Getaway Stamp

7.  :: BO BUNNY PRESS ::

NEW! CHA Summer Release.  Really pretty papers and matching stickers from Bo Bunny Press

Beau Jardin Collection

Splendour Collection

My Darling Collection

Holiday Cheer Collection

Believe Collection

Beautiful Life Collection

Cardstock Stickers

Self Adhesive Chipboard

Rub-Ons

My Word Chipboard Albums

Naked Binder and refills, Purse Board book, plain board book

Stamp & Store Clear Stamps

8.  :: PAGEFRAME DESIGNS::

NEW! CHA Summer Release! Super T’s Clear Stamps… very fun designs :)

NEW! CHA Summer Release! Mini Acrylic Shapes

NEW! CHA Summer Release! Butterfly acrylic shapes in 3 sizes, scallop and Round Tab Mini Albums, Page Border

Replenishments of favourite Picture It Frames in various sizes.

9.  :: KAREN FOSTER DESIGN ::

Countdown Calendar - fun drawers that can be altered any way you want!

 Zoo collection

 Ancestry Papers and Alphabet Stickers

Zoo collection embellishments

Ancestry Stickers

Boot Loopy Brads and Sparkle Brads

10.  :: QUICKUTZ ::

NEW CHA SUMMER Release! 

NEW Cookie Cutter dies and 4″ x 8″ Alphabet Dies ( 4×8 dies used with long platform). 

NEW 2″ Alphabet dies

11.  :: INQUE BOUTIQUE ::

NEW Clear Stamps

Rubber Stamps - new as well as replenishments of old favourites.

 

Lil Stamps - 96 different designs of Inque Boutique’s famous mini stamps.  They come in a variety of themes.

Isn’t It Romantic Paper Pack (24 sheets of paper and 1 chipboard) + matching cardstock stickers and felt designs

12. :: GRAPHIC 45 ::

NEW!  These collection of papers from Graphic 45 are simply too pretty for words.  Love them all!

Times Nouveau Collection  - Papers and Diecut sheets

Baby 2 Bride Collection - Papers and Diecut sheets

Botanicabella Collection - Papers and Diecut sheets

Playtime Past Collection - Papers and Diecut sheets

13.  :: SEI ::

Replenishments of 1 hour album in a box - various sizes

Replenishments of 1 hour album in a bag - various sizes

14.  :: TSUKINEKO ::

Replenishments of Versacraft, Versafine, Versacolor, Versamark, Memento, Encore, Stazon,Brilliance , Glue Pad, and more!

NEW!  Tack N Peel.  You can use them to temporarily mount your unmounted stamps to acrylic blocks!

15.  :: MAKING MEMORIES ::

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8×8″ Corduroy Albums and page protectors

16.  :: ME AND MY BIG IDEAS ::

12×12″ Scrapbook Kit - Boy, Girl, Wedding, Friends , Memories

8×8″ Scrapbook Kit - Travel, Friends, Family, Flowers. Cupcakes, Memories

Specialty Cardstock Patterned Papers - Sunshine and Black & White

Die-cut paper shapes

Soft Spoken Embellishments

Self Adhesive Embellishments

Chipboard stickers

Jelly Stickers

Glitter and flat stickers

Iron Ons

Paper Pads

Patterned Papers that are so signature Me and My Big Ideas style. 

12×12″ Album and Album refill

17.  :: NORTHRIDGE MEDIA ::

 

NEW ! Books and magazines from Northridge Media

18.  :: GLITZ DESIGN ::

NEW ! CHA SUMMER Release from Glitz Design -

Hot Mama Collection

 Gigi Collection

 Glam Collection

Angst Collection

Basic Collection

Kringle Collection

Hollow It Collection

Rub Ons

Cardstock Stickers

Roller doodles - NEW designs!

Alrighty….. are you still with me?  Hope you found something that you like this week!  Before I end off this post, here are some behind the scene photos of us getting the goods ready….

Mustafiah, Haiping and Luoying ploughing through the endless boxes and still manages to look so cheery. :)

Helda working her way through all the Kaisercrafts Rhinestones and Pearls.

poor thing… looks like she has enough and needs a break! LOL!

Henry, Chenta and Earth… looks like Chenta also has had enough of the goods already. heehee

Anita and one of our part-timers Alicia…. still managing a smile after many hours of displaying the goods.  Every week presents a new puzzle of trying to configure and ready the store for the display of all the goods.

Swee Ching and Sandra keying in as fast as their fingers can go!  Poor Sandra has been sick for the past couple of days but still made her way down to the store to help out….  REST WELL SANDRA!!!

So there we have it.. PHEW!!!!! I’m sure glad you made it with me to the end of this reeeallly lonnnng post.  I hope by now you have picked out your ‘must-have’ favourites!  I’ll see you at the store soon!  I’m just about ready to hit the sack now.  It took me about 2 hours just to load up all the photos before writing the blog.  My fingers are kinda numb now. LOL!

CHEERIOS!!! - Jas.

Now who doesn’t love a good story ? A mini album can say so many things - stories about love or pain, travels and babies.

Soo Jen is a fan of travel albums and has many stories about the countries or cities she visits. With her astounding stamp collection and the experience to use them effectively, she creates evocative pieces of art ! Featured below is the Maya Road Sheer album that has been altered to tell the story of her trip to New York.

A detailed explanation can be found in Made With Love’s Gallery so be sure to visit !! The album is in the store for viewing where scrappers who need ideas to start their own stories can browse leisurely through it.

Here is a sampling of some of the pages Soo Jen created in the album :

Drumroll please!!!!!!!!  And here are the winners for July’s SHOP FOR FREE Promo!  These 5 lucky shoppers will have their lucky receipt amount refunded!  Wow wee! 

1. Abigail Tan
(membership number: 0806748)

2. Tan Wei Leng
(membership number: 0601006)

3. Peir Juan
(membership number: 0703439)

4. Chua Tiong Seng
(membership number: 0807208)

5. Karen Bennetts
(membership number: 05120049)

We will be giving you a call within these 2 days to inform you which receipt was the lucky one chosen and your refunded amount.  Congratulations once again!

Hellooooooo everyone!   Yep yep it’s Jasmine here again! *waves*

It’s time for Trendy New Arrivals Thursday as we welcome new yummylicious goodies from CHA Summer show!  All these will be ready for you tomorrow morning at 11am!  Thanks to Kelly for the photos again :)

{STEMMA DESIGNS}

Pet Dog Collection

Summer/Fuschia Collection

Baby Collection

NEW! CHA Summer release-  Fun and colourful patterned papers from Stemma / Masterpiece Studios

{MAKING MEMORIES}

Spellbound Collection

Halloween!!!!  All NEW Making Memories Spellbound Halloween collection.  Loooove the colours of this collection!  Even if you do not celebrate Halloween, you really need to check out the yummy patterned papers and embellishments from this series.  They would make really fun pages! 

Here’s a page idea… go ask your friends/family members the following Halloween jokes and scrapbook about how much fun you all had laughing about the answers. 

You try them first… I’ll provide the answers at the end of this blog entry.  Hookays??

1. What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?

2. What kind of streets to zombies love best?

3. What is a vampire’s favorite mode of transportation?

4. Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends?

5. Why did the Vampire subscribe to the Wall Street Journal?
    
   Heee…….

{MY TATTERED ANGELS}

All NEW CHA Summer colours of Glimmer Mist!  Very Pretty!

{TONIC STUDIOS}

Replenishments of good old favourite tools by Tonic Studios endorsed by the man himself, Mr Tim Holtz!

{JENNI BOWLIN STUDIO}

Victoria Collection

All NEW! CHA Summer release - Victoria Collection, mini bingo cards, crepe paper ribbons, vintage labels, chipboard books from Jenni Bowlin Studio.  Also included in this shipment are replenishments of our favourite die-cut ledger patterend papers in a variety of colours from Jenni Bowlin’s past collections.

{NORTHRIDGE MEDIA}

NEW! Magazines from Northridge Media

{SCRAPWORKS}

Replenishments of Scrapworks Exposed Acrylic albums in different shapes and sizes as well as various vinyl stickers. 

Did you know that vinyl stickers are much more sturdier than rub-ons?  They do not break easily and you can also use these stickers as decoration on mirrors or even your walls at home!  Now ain’t that value for your buck!

{7 GYPSIES}

All NEW! Savannah collection.  Also in this shipment are replenishments of our much loved 97% complete stickers.  These stickers have become a quick favourite among us scrappers as they are so easy to use on layouts !  I really love adding those words and phrases to my own layouts.  There are 2 new ones released during the summer show (DIET and YEAR).

{FLAIR DESIGNS}

Hit the Beach

Seaside Collection

Family Ties Collection

Keep On Cooking Collection

New! CHA Summer releases from Flair Designs in their signature style.

{CHATTERBOX}

NEW! CHA Summer release - TOGETHER collection from Chatterbox.

{ART DECLASSIFIED}

All NEW! Unmounted rubber stamps designed by Donna Downey for Art Declassified.  Love them loads.

New! unmounted stamps from Art Declassified.  Do not forget to use them with ezmounts.  If you are unfamiliar with how to use unmounted stamps, you may approach any of us at the store for more information.  They are really easy to use and such storage space savers too!

Sooo….. that’s the releases for this week. I hope to see you soon at the store.  The month has just begun but some of you have already dropped by the store, armed with your song sheets and choir to participate in our August activities listed in our August Loveletter. 

If you’ve not read the loveletter yet to find out about our activities and promotions this month… it’s still not too late!  Grab a copy at the store or surf on to http://www.madewithlove.com.sg and download your copy now.

Also , stay tuned for the next blog entry as we reveal who the lucky winners are for last month’s SHOP FOR FREE Promo! (ooooooooohhhhh…..)

And…….. I did not forget..  hee hee!  Here are the answers to the Halloween jokes I posted earlier.

1. “What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?  - FROSTBITE

2. What kind of streets to zombies love best? - DEAD ENDS

3. What is a vampire’s favorite mode of transportation? - BLOOD VESSELS

4. Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends?
   - COZ THEY ARE SO WRAPPED UP IN THEMSELVES.

5. Why did the Vampire subscribe to the Wall Street Journal?
   - HE HEARD IT HAD GREAT CIRCULATION…

There you go! :)  Have a nice day and a great National Day weekend!

Hello everyone, it’s Aida here ! This week the Design Team worked with a mixed series of brands and you will see our styles shinning through.

Leena used curved edged papers which are still a winner with scrappers here and she jazzed up serene coloured Autumn Leaves papers with bright embellishments to fit the personality of her son. This layout feels fun, with the details adding immense appeal.

Merdrey is at whizz at adding texture to the layout and this time the casually pleated green ribbons and the apples on the papers added a playfulness to the layout. October Afternoon is one of Merdrey’s favourite brands and working with distracting fruit motif is not always easy, yet she does a great job of drawing the eye to the photo, notice the journaling on the photo.

My cat is a favourite subject and even though he is a boy cat, I feel it’s ok to use little bits of pink in the October Afternoon and MM 5th Avenue papers, not overwhelmingly sweet and nicely balanced with the other browns in the page. The layout is stepped and layered from the top left down to the right.

You don’t have to wait till next week for another edition of layouts from the Design Team. We invite you to come on over and browse the Made With Love Gallery featuring amazing layouts by Singapore scrappers for more ideas !!!