New Kit- Baby's First Year

This kit is 26 pages of fantastic and cute babyness. It is a kit to make Baby's First Year in a scrapbook, two 12 x 12 pages for each month with a few spots to do some quick journaling, plus a birth page and a 1st birthday page.

We used the Snugglebug paperline by Little Yellow Bicycle, the patterns are just perfect for all kinds of baby photos. The boy papers have glazing, the girl papers have glitter.

Lots of fun stickers and embellishments, buttons, brads, ribbon, custom die cuts, pre cut photo mats and so much more! This is going on our website in the morning. Updated- Click HERE for more information about this fantastic kit.

$65 for the kit, includes everything to complete all 26 pages, except adhesive.

More Changes for the Scrap Yard Chicks

Visit Kerry's Blog to read about the change in her teaching schedule at The Mad Scrapper. I also posted some photos of my latest class layouts from July and August.

I hope you are enjoying this gorgeous summer day!

And then there were two. . .

Ooh that sounds very ominous doesn't it? Maybe because I have been looking at too much cool Halloween paper lately.

Well, as we all know our world is always a changing, and we have a change here at Scrap Yard Chicks too. Some of you might already know, but our good friend and fellow Chick Kathy is no longer working with us. We wish her well with her future endeavors and will miss her fun personality at our events.

So that just leaves two original Chicks left, Darcie and Kerry. It is funny since we have known each other the longest, we figure we have been scrapbooking together for 10+ years. We met scrapbooking at our friend Serena's library crop in Issaquah. Wow, there has certainly been lots of scrapbooking and photographs along the way.

What does this change mean for our upcoming events and classes? Its all good for our customers. We will be bringing in some outside teachers to develop projects and teach classes at our upcoming events- be on the look out for the samples for our Fall Workshop Weekend very soon. Darcie and I have been talking to a few different ladies- we are lucky to have so many talented paper crafters in our area. It is really inspiring to see some of the amazing work that people have put together. So our customers get a wider range of project styles, but with the same Scrap Yard Chicks attention to every detail, TONS of new products, and all of the extra touches that set us apart.

If you have any questions about the changes at Scrap Yard Chicks, or have an amazing paper crafter that you would like to introduce us to- please send us an email at mailto:scrapyardchicks@hotmail.com.

Thanks Chicks!

Christmas Page Kits Available in our Kit Shop!

Yes, we are really putting out Christmas kits in August-what better time to get caught up on those hundreds of Christmas photos! The pages pictured are from the 10 Pages of Christmas-Basic Grey- Wassail collection.

We have a new kit- 10 Pages of Christmas- Basic Grey- Wassail, and a kit back in stock for a limited time- 10 pages of Christmas- Basic Grey- Figgy Pudding.

With the 10 Pages of Christmas kits you get EVERYTHING to create 10 complete 12 x 12 layouts, beautiful patterned papers, Bazzill cardstock, sticker letters, pre cut cardstock mats, custom die cuts, stamped and punched pieces, jewels, tags, brads, May Arts ribbon and Trim, plus step by step color instructions. These are all great designs that you can use over and over again.

So get your Merry On and finish those Christmas pages!

Fun Fun Fun at Scrapbook Expo

We had such a good time last weekend at The Scrapbook Expo in Puyallup. We met a bunch of new fun scrapbookers, got to see friends from all over Washington, we did a super cute make and take, sold some of our kits, ate some really delicious food from Don's Drive In just across the street from the fair grounds, and came home exhausted.

These are a few new kits that we sold at the EXPO, they will be online in our kit shop later this week as soon as we do an inventory.

Great Escape Travel Book Kit Online

My goal for the summer was to blog more, but here it is almost a month after my last post, and I am just now getting around to posting a new project. Yikes!

This is a fun kit based on a project class that I (Kerry) taught in spring 2009. It is a book entirely made of cardstock, with lots of fold out flaps, pockets, tags and other fun stuff. I ramped up the embellishments, and added a lot more details and photo spots with this version. Visit our KIT SHOP for more details and to purchase this fun kit.

We are using a lot of Making Memories fantastic embellishments, their metal and epoxy clips, rub on set (there are actually 2 sheets of run ons), their coordinating ribbon and trim and one of my favorite things is the Wordfetti by Making Memories that comes with the kit. It is such a fun way to personalize a mini book with phrases, words and funny sentences. It reminds me of the magnetic refrigerator poetry sets.

To make the construction of this project easy, the cardstock pieces are all pre-cut, pre-scored and actually numbered to coordinate with the directions. So fantastic. That way you can concentrate on the fun stuff-embellishing and adding your photos.

Have fun!

Summer Retreat Registration is Now Open

All Inclusive Summer Retreat with

Scrap Yard Chicks

The Chicks are mixing it up this summer with an All Inclusive Retreat Weekend

Icicle Village Resort-Leavenworth, Washington

Friday July 30th - Sunday August 1st
Noon on Friday until 3 pm on Sunday
$275* per person (includes all taxes)

A Relaxing and Fun Weekend Full of Scrapbooking with Friends New and Old! You bring your own projects, photos, and layouts for a weekend that is all about YOU! Stay up all night or sleep in-you deserve a weekend of rejuvenation!

Summer Retreat Includes:
¨ 6 foot table for a weekend of cropping goodness- hey chicks- everyone gets their own stinkin’ table!
¨ 24 Hour Crop Room Access-51 hours of scrapbooking deliciousness! Safe and secure-we will staff the Crop Room all weekend long.
¨ Sleeping Accomodations in the Luxurious and Comfortable Icicle Inn (rooms contain 2 Queen sized beds and rate is based on double occupancy-see registration page for other options)-rooms include fridge and microwave.
¨ Hot Breakfast Buffet Saturday and Sunday
¨ Delicious Lunch Saturday and Sunday plus Snacks
¨ Electrical Access at Every Table
¨ Tool Station- Including 3 Cricuts with Lots of Cartridges (you provide your own cutting mat), Design Studio and Sure Cuts A Lot, Computer and Wide Format Printer, Compact Photo Printer (small per print charge), Punches, Stamps, Paint, Scor Pal, Cropadile, Corner Chomper, Cinch Book Binder, Bind it All Book Binder, Sewing Machine, Heat Tools and more things that we will think of as we start packing!
¨ Onsite retail store with some of our favorite new scrapbooking stuff, great basics and lots of fun Scrap Yard Chicks project and page kits
¨ Plus lots of extras-prizes, goodie bags, maybe some contests and other fun treats.


*Rate is based on Double Occupancy-Rooms have 2 Queen Beds

Double Occupancy $275.00
Other Options:
Triple Occupancy $225.00
Quad Occupancy $200.00
Single Occupancy $425.00

Choose your own option on our Registration Page.

But Wait- What would a Scrap Yard Chicks weekend be without some of our fantastic classes?
Of course we will be offering a few classes on Saturday-class descriptions, times, and prices to be determined (class fees are not included with registration fees)


Just in case you are looking for something other than scrapbooking to do. . .

The Icicle Village Resort also offers-
Year round pool and spa and professional massage facility.Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel-hey we know that there are Farmville Farms that need to be tended during the weekend!
Spa Treatments in one of the resorts soothing treatment rooms

Visit our Registration Page for all of the payment options, or Coming Events Page for more information (scroll down to the bottom and read all of the q & a's)

We can't wait until our retreat- we hope to see lots of our favorite Chick Friends there!