Way to go Deputy Hawes...

If you were here on Monday night, you know what a great detective we have in house. Our very own, Sherri, proved herself quite helpful as the police were swarming the building. She went right outside and asked one of the officers "is there something going on that we should know about"? Of course his response was "Yes, get back in the building, lock the doors, and don't let anyone in". As she turned to head back in the building she realized she was locked out! Thank goodness Allison was brave enough to open the door and let her back in. As it turned out, the bank right behind our store had been robbed at gunpoint and the police and their dogs were out looking for him. At this point they haven't caught the suspect yet...perhaps they need to sign Sherri up on the police force!!!!

Happy New Year!!

Just wanted to get a head start on wishing everyone a Happy New Year!! Don't forget to come to the store for our specials...20% off albums and refills, 30% off bags and totes, 40% off all cardstock. We also have a huge half off table with new things
added daily. We hope to see you there. Also, if your'e not too tired, come in on New Year's Day and crop with us from 10 am to 10 pm. The cost is $10 and snacks and food are included.

Do we have Tim Holtz addicts out there?

If you know me at all, you know I love all things Tim Holtz. I was lucky enough to help him at CKU this summer and I haven't been the same since. I convinced Mary to order a bunch of his product. Well right now he is doing his annual 12 Days of Christmas tags. He shows you step by step how to make them and he uses tons of techniques and products. Some of the products are hard to find local, so once again I have convinced Mary to order the stuff he is using. Keep your fingers crossed because we might be getting the Stampers Anonymous stamps too. Please show your support and come in and get your supplies.This tag is my version of day one. In case you don't know it. Tim's blog is www.timholtz.typepad.com.

Lee

Let's Count the days down to Christmas

Come and join Lee in making this fun Countdown to Christmas chipboard and acrylic album. This book is a great mini album to record your pictures and memories for the 25 days of Christmas. You will be using some of the new great Hero Arts and Just Rite Christmas stamps. December 1 at 10 am and at 6pm. Click here to see all the pictures on our website. Please bring basic supplies - trimmer, scissors, adhesive - wet and dry, pop dots, glue pen or xyron, brayer, Distress Stickles - Rock Candy and Antique Linen, Copic markers - reds and greens, Crop-a-dile, Tiny Attacher, green ink pad, black Memento ink pad, dew drops.

Santa's Workshop at Sassy

It's that time of year and Sassy is up to the occasion! Come join us Friday, Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving for three days of incredible classes... Just in time for Holiday and Gift Giving!! Spend the day or come and go as your schedule permits... But don't miss these great classes and sales!! Click here to go to the classes descriptions and pictures. You can also pay for them online. ****Payment for three or more classes during the weekend will get 10% off class fees. Participation will also get you an additional 10% off your purchase (does not include already marked down items).

What a fun day with Lauren Ferguson

We had such a blast with Lauren Ferguson on Saturday November 14. She came in and taught us all there is to know about distress inks and glimmermist. Here are a few of the pictures.

Lauren Ferguson

Hello Girls, Sorry about this, but pictures just came in. Sometimes they can be worth a thousand words :) These are the samples for Lauren's class on Saturday, begins @9am. STILL SPOTS AVAILABLE!! Call us!! On November 14, Lauren Ferguson will be joining us for a full day of workshops!! Lauren has designed for Ranger, Prima and Tattered Angels and we are very fortunate to have someone of this caliber joining us here in the Boro!! These classes will be CK comparable, ladies (and no charge to get in the door :) . . . you may take one or spend the day (we will even feed you if you spend the day!!) just please don't miss this opportunity!! For more details, please click here or go to Lauren's website www.everythingaltered.com.

You need a Hero!!

Who does not love Hero Arts? Mary got in some of the new clings that they just released. She got several Christmas sets and backgrounds. We have 3 different catalog/idea books available to purchase. I will be using one of the stamps in my Christmas card class next Wednesday. Come on in and check them out!!

Bling it up Girls!!

I think Mary ordered one of everything Prima carries!! I hung it all up today and almost ran out of hooks. We got new flowers, flower centers, leaves and 3 different sprays. This picture does not do it justice, so you need to come on in and check it out.

Spooky!!

Here is a picture of our version of spooky!! I case you can't tell, the poodle skirt girl is Brenda, the witch is Bettye and the clown is Mary.

You DO NOT want to miss this!!

It's that time of year again. Our semi annual yardsale. Check out this stuff. Come on down and get some good stuff!! It opens Saturday October 24 at 8 am and ends on Tuesday October 27 (half price day). Hope to see you there!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

...Just the new layout I did. Graphic 45 has a fabulous Christmas line out that looks very vintage. I love it! I made this layout from a couple of sheets from the line and put it on a solid piece of cardstock. You can't tell in the picture, but the strip of stamps is covered in the new Rock Candy stickles and it makes it look even more vintage, if that is possible. Come into the store to check out this layout and several others I have been working on.

Have you seen them?

Have you seen the new Bazzill Jewels and Jewel templates? They make adding bling to your page so easy. Now you get to choose the color and shape of the bling you add to your page.

Don't Miss Out

Don't forget the Sassy Scrapper is having their 2nd annual Scrap Pink day this Saturday. It will be from 8 am to 11 pm at the Lascassas Baptist Church on 231. The cost is $35.00 plus tax and that includes lunch and dinner. There were be some t-shirts for sale that say "Fight Like a Sassy Girl 2009". The cost is $12.99 - $15.99. Please come down for all the fun and support a good cause. Remember 1 in 8 women get breast cancer, we need a cure!!

Get Ready Girls!!

Mary and I have just finished our marathon class taking in Houston. Yes, even Mary did all the classes too and has wounds to prove it. We have so many class ideas that I think we could have a class every day until February. We saw some new great products that are coming out and ordered alot of products that are going to be new to the store. I got to take 3 Tim Holtz Ranger classes and can't wait to share with everyone what I have learned. I also took 2 Hero Arts classes from Jennifer McGuire and Shari Carroll. Yes we are going to have some of the latest and greatest from Hero Arts.

It's a Treat not a Trick!

Here it is...my Jenni Bowlin Halloween Bingo card mini album. I am teaching it at the store on Monday September 28 at 6pm. Please come and join us for this one of kind album for all you Halloween memories!! The cost is $28.50 and you get a whole bottle of one of the new great colors "Raven" with your kit.

Our whirlwind weekend at CKC...

What a blast we had.
Our weekend consisted of lots of hard work with plenty of time for laughing and acting silly (as you can see by the pictures). We had a great booth and met tons of new customers and also saw many of our faithful store customers. Lee did demos for two days straight and also taught a class using the Just Rite Stampers. We also set up at the crop both nights so we were very busy. Kim was so tired she decided to take a nap on the floor....we really worked her too hard I guess. As everyone else strolled around the Opryland Hotel, our feet hurt so bad we could only make it to the restaurant. We did manage to get in a few laughs though as Lee tried on a pink and sassy cowgirl hat. I wish you could see in the picture, but that hat actually had blinking lights on it.

Sassy Scrapper Yard Sale Time to Clean House!!

We have set the dates for our ANNUAL FALL YARD SALE for OCTOBER 24TH thru OCTOBER 22ND. You may bring your items in on Thrusday and Friday OCTOBER 22ND and 23RD. The sale will begin at 8 am on Saturday morning and run thru Tuesday 27TH when everything is marked down to 1/2 price. If you are a Vendor you may shop on Friday evening 6pm-8pm!! Vendors only PLEASE.

Fine Print!!!
You must PRE-REGISTER to participate as a Vendor. At that time, you will be given a VENDOR CODE that you must use to mark all your items. This is imparative for us to give you credit for your sales. There is a fee of $15 to participate, but all sales will be returned to you in the form of a Sassy Scrapper gift card.

Please try to put your smaller items or groups of items into plastic bags so that everything stays together. This also works better for papers. We will do our absolute best to keep everything attractive and safe, but this event is quite popular (crowded and crazy) and we cannot be held responsible for any lost or misplace items.

****More Fine Print****
All items MUST be picked up by Saturday the 31ST. Items left will be donated to local nursing homes. Gift cards will be available Monday, November 2ND. We will deduct 10% from your sales after November 30TH.

All of our previous Yard Sales have been a HUGE HUGE success with our Vendors receiving several hundred dollars in store credit. This is a great opportunity for you to clean out the supplies that you are no longer using and replace them with new, current product!! Start sorting girls and let us do all the work for you!!

We Missed You!!

In case you did not make it to CKC in Nashville this last weekend you really missed a good time. It was so fun to see so many of our customers there. They all were really excited to see us too. I loved showing so many people the Just Rite Stamps. Most people had not seen it before and several people had it but did not know what to do with it. I taught a class on Friday night and the girls really loved the cards and the box made with the ScorPal. Kim Garner from Rusty Pickle came in the store on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon to teach two super cool mini albums. In case you could not make it Mary bought some extra kits so we can have another class. Thanks to everyone for making our CKC debut such a success!!

Lee

Let's Go on Safari......

For all of you who have been asking, here are the layouts done with the new Safari Line by Reminisce. They are not only great for Animal Kingdom or an African Safari, you can also use them for zoo pictures, or just of those little monkeys in your everyday life. Have fun!!!

Hope to see you there!!

We are getting down to crunch time for CKC. Not only are we having a booth, we are teaching a class and working the crops. We are making kits, cutting out all kinds of things and packing, praying we do not forget anything. We hope to see some of our locals there to support us and are looking forward to meeting the out of towners.
Don't forget one of Rusty Pickle's designers are coming to the store on Saturday and Sunday to teach 2 different classes. Check the website for exact times and cost - www.sassyscrapper.net

Back by Popular Demand

Hello Girls!

Our guest teacher this spring, Amie Igou, has planned three more classes in her popular Product 2 Project Park for this fall. Classes will start in September and go through November. The class structure has changed slightly but the cost is the same - $12.00 per class or bundle all three for $30.00.

The lineup includes Creative Titles, Jump Start your Journaling, and Rubons to the Rescue. This is another round of classes based on sketches; you will also complete two challenges in class. The format is slightly different in that you need to bring photos to each class, enough for two challenges. They can be originals as they are for inspiration only. You will leave class with three sketches from Amie's projects, a very detailed handout on the subject and two challenges completed in class.

Creative Titles will concentrate on creating titles, title placement for most impact, and where to find creative title. Titles can really make a big impact and help support the theme of your photo's. Learn to use creative phrases instead of citing the obvious! For instance, working on a new driver? I am, two in fact. One niece will get her license in a few weeks and for her birthday we bought her a custom license plate. The other niece just earned her driver's' permit today and she sill be the first one to drive even though her brother is two years older. I'm working on both layouts and one will be titled "Designs on Driving" and the other one will be "Designated Driver".

Jump Start Your Journaling by getting away from just the who, what, where and when. Grab hold and take your journaling to the next level using stamps, premade products like journaling spots and cards, and a host of other products. You will leave with a handout where you'll find lots of different journaling prompts to get your mojo moving!

Rubons to the Rescue will have you mixing, coloring and decorating them to create one of a kind designs. They aren't all created equally and you'll get a run down on the easiest to use. Come and see how to use them on layouts, cards and photos!

This is going to be a fun, interactive class lineup! Don't miss out on the fun, call and reserve your spot now!!

It's Done, Finally!!

Here it is finally!! I have been working on a pet board book that were are making into a kit and here it is. It using some great Cloud 9 dog paper. I am teaching the class on Saturday August 29 at 10. The cost is $19.50. After the class we will have the kits available to purchase. If you come to class please bring basic supplies - trimmer, scissors, adhesive - wet and dry, glue dots, brayer, craft knife with cutting mat, apron lace, leave it to weaver, and effervescence border punch, 1/2 circle punch, 1/2 inch dog paw punch, 1 1/4 square punch, chipboard corner rounder, brown ink and ink applicator, espresso alcohol ink and applicator, and a crop a dile.

Ch Ch Check it out!!!

We finally have the new website up and running!! You have no idea how much work goes into keeping a website up and running and current. We have many new features on this website. You can now look at the calendar and click on a class you like and it will take you to the description and picture. From there you can click to buy that class and pay for it online. How awesome is that!! You can also buy and print gift certificates. So just let me know if I need to contact your husbands:) Please let us know what you think of the website and any requests that you might have.

Cricut Class August 2009

Here is the Cricut layout for August. It is a two page layout and the cost is $12.50. It is offered on August 13 Thursday at 6:00 and August 23 Sunday at 2:00. Picture mats are not provided for the layout. Tools needed for class: paper trimmer, scissors, wet & dry adhesive, pop dots, tweezers, black and red pen, brown ink pad, ruler to make journaling lines. You will need to bring your Cricut machine, Cricut mat and if you have these cartridges: Baseball and George.

Sports Book with Lee

You know you have a ton of sports pictures. Come on down and get them in this cool sports themed album. Mine is soccer but you can make yours any sport just let us know when you sign up what sport you want so I can cut out the right ball for you. You will learn lots of fun techniques using alcohol ink, glimmer mist, Adirondack paints, grunge paper, distress embossing powder, edge distresser The class is being offered twice August 8 Saturday at 10:00 and Monday August 24 at 6:00. The cost is only $19.50. Please bring basic supplies - trimmer, scissors, adhesive - wet and dry, glue dots, pop dots, glimmer mist, black ink, alcohol ink, black fun flock, Adirondack paint - terra cotta, black and silver, stickles - gun metal, edge distresser, and sports stickers to your specific sport

Beyond Basics with Lee

Here is my Beyond Basics. It is Tuesday August 25 at 6 pm. One page is $12.50 and two pages is $15. Please bring basic supplies - trimmer, scissors, adhesive - wet and dry, glue dots, Basic Grey precision magnetic mat, red ink, black ink, alcohol ink - cranberry and meadow, and black embroidery floss.

Quickutz and Beyond Basic by Kim

Here are Kim's quickutz layout which is Thursday Aug 3 at 6:00 and her Beyond Basic Technique which is August 11 at 6:00. Quickutz is $10 and the Beyond Basic is $12.50.

August LOTM

Here is the Having Fun in the summer sun lotm layout. Hope you enjoy all the techniques I have incorporated. Please bring basic supplies - trimmer, scissors, adhesive, glue dots, paper piercer, white pen, black ink, spiced marmelade distress ink, ink applicator, yellow paint, foam paint brush, dew drops.

Be sure to VOTE for Sassy Scrapper

It is time once again to start voting for the Annual Ruthie Awards. Don't forget to vote daily for the Sassy Scrapper...your hometown scrapbook store. Just click on the following link to vote for us. It just takes a minute so "just do it"...once a day, every day!