Tuesday, June 28, 2011

SAVE THESE DATES!!! Anniversary Celebration July 23; Crafters Yard Sale August 20; lots of new classes this summer!!!


SAVE THESE DATES!!!  
Anniversary Celebration July 23
   prizes...make&takes...sales...refreshments

Crafters Yard Sale August 20
   tables are $10 (only 4 spaces left!)
    if you have items to sell

    COME AND SHOP!!!  REAL DEALS!!! 
    
Reminder:  Your Maine Stamper 
will be closed 
Saturday July 2 and Monday July 4.  
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! 
UPCOMING CLASSES THIS SUMMER 
  
Tuesday, July 12th – 10:30 to 12:00 
Stamp Carving 
Learn to carve your own stamp using simple carving tools. 
All materials provided. 
Easy and fun – join us. 
Instructor: Peggy Pennebere – Fee: $12.00     
Limit 5 
  
  
Tuesday, July 19th – 10:30 to 12:00 
Fun with foil, sticky 2’s and Twinkling H20’s 
Make 2 cards and tags – bring scissors 
and double stick tape 
Instructor: Peggy Pennebere – Fee: 12:00    
Limit 5 
  
  
  
Tuesday, July 26th – 10:30 to 12:30 
Image Transfer Class 
Learn several techniques to transfer 
magazine photos on to paper. 
Images can be used
on cards, collage or journals. 
Instructor: Peggy Pennebere – Fee: $15.00    
Limit 5 
  
Saturday, July 30th – 10:00 to 12:00 
Kissing Cards 
Samples on display. 
Bring scissors and your favorite adhesive. 
Instructor: Penny Bennington – Fee: $15.00   
Limit 6/7   
Only 4 spaces left. 
Sign up soon!
  
Saturday, August 13th – 10:00 to 12:00 
Ceramic Tile Piano Hinge Book 
Instructor: Penny Bennington – Fee: 15.00    
Limit 5/6 
  
  
  

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Get in the Swing of Things at Your Maine Stamper!!!

GET IN THE SWING OF THINGS
THIS SUMMER AT
YOUR MAINE STAMPER!!!

Bo Bunny Flourish papers in 18 colors!
Firefly paper from Little Yellow Bicycle
Items for the Fourth!

NEW from Signify Pink/Fight Like a Girl
breast cancer awareness papers, stamps, stickers, brads, etc.

the new home for HOUSE MOUSE
stamps and samples
We'll gladly make color copies of shop samples for you!

Silicone stamps from La Blanche
Fiskars Stamp Presses in 2 sizes
new dabber tools in the floor basket
tons of embellishments on the rack--
flowers, butterflies, fabric trims, music notes and more!

Clear and Cling stamps--StacyStamps, Heartfelt Creations,
Magenta, Hero Arts (with matching paper!)
Flip Cards; Funky Fold Accordion Cards
papers and embellishments from graphic 45, Bo Bunny, Tim Holtz and others

lots of 6X6 paper pads to choose from!

a close-up of what we have for the FOURTH

Sweet Summertime--new from Little Yellow Bicycle
LOVE LOVE LOVE the little bottles of beads and glitters!

the new home for STAMPS BY JUDITH
expecting another order in next week

inks--inks--inks
dimensional Pearl Pens--make your own pearl embellishments
in yummy colors
Faith's Clear Embossing Powder
Envelopes
Spray Paints for creating textured backgrounds

punches--punches--punches
CREAM CHALKS!!!
mineral spirits for colored pencil blending

Flocking
Pearl powders (make your own sprays by adding a little to water)
Glimmer Glam
Chalkboard Glimmer Mists
Regular Glimmer Mists in lots of colors

yards and yards of ribbons

tools
sticky back canvas
pleated paper borders
metal foil
leather coasters
red rubber stamping mats
Glue Glider Pro and refills
lots of different adhesives; Glossy Accents

Memory Box
stamps, papers, notecards, envelopes, pearls and jewel stickers
Anxiously waiting for July's What's in the Box surprises!!!

Featuring stamps by Courtney Ricker
exclusively sold at Your Maine Stamper
There's lots more in the shop :  Flower Soft; tiny stamps, Maine-themed stamps, words stamps for all occasions, gold and silver and white pens, glitter, etc.  Everything you need for summer cards and BBQ invitations!

There's always a Stamp-of-the-Month at 40% off.


SCRAPBOOK YOUR SUMMER!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

MY LITTLE YELLOW BICYCLE HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!


NEW   NEW   NEW     NEW     NEW     NEW     NEW     NEW     


Summer Garden/Lime Stripe




Diagonal Collage  Stripe/Watermelon Slice






Lemonade Stand/Lemon Drop

Firefly Glitter






















Watermelon Hopscotch/Blue Skies

When Life Gives you Lemons/Aqua Dot

cardstock favorite pieces stickers

Fresh Verses Stickers

Dimensional Pop-Up Stickers

Fabric Favorites

Envelope Album Kit

Tear Out Ticket Book
12X12s































































































































…Aaaaah…Sweet Summertime, bursting with bold, sun-kissed, beach-blanket colors, life's simple pleasures and sweet juicy treats.
It’s as much fun as catching fireflies on a hot summer night!
HOT OFF THE PRESS!

JUST RELEASED FROM

MY LITTLE YELLOW BICYCLE!!!

and available at

Your Maine Stamper!!!


































Sample

scrapbook

page


Friday, June 3, 2011

FEATURING COURTNEY RICKER'S STAMPS ALL MONTH!!!

The Large Maine Boot
artist:  Courtney Ricker

We are featuring our own Courtney Ricker's stamps during the month of June at Your Maine Stamper!  We are so fortunate to have such a talented artist designing stamps exclusive to Your Maine Stamper.  You cannot buy her stamps anywhere else!  We got a HUGE box of her stamps in today.  Lydia and Rod spent the morning unpacking, pricing, and placing the newest stamps on the Courtney Shelves.

THREE of Courtney's stamps are being featured as Stamps-of-the-Month:  the Calendar Grid, the Three Hearts Quilt, and the Large Rectangular Frame.  A couple of weeks ago Connie and I went through all of the stamps in the shop catalog and made sure to order enough so that we have two each of almost every design in the shop now.  That's a LOT of stamps!!!  If you haven't looked at Courtney's stamps in awhile, you may find some on the shelves that you've never seen as well as the shop favorites!

It's not too early to start thinking about making calendars for 2012 using the Calendar Grid stamp.  Just stamp the image twelve times, add in the numbers (handwritten or stamped) for the dates each month and stamp an image that fits each month in the large blank area at the top of the grid.  Mount each one on some seasonally appropriate paper and you've got a neat gift handmade by you!

The Three Hearts Quilt is a lovely backdrop for adding multiple images and sentiments and even cropped photographs to create a card for any occasion.  It's the perfect thing to welcome a new baby, celebrate a wedding, acknowledge an anniversary, mark a birthday, or to send a thinking of you note.

I love using the Large Rectangular Frame to highlight and frame another stamped image or a cropped photograph.  This might be just the stamp you need for an altered book project, a recipe collection, or to use a gift coupons or to frame a gift card.


 It's so much fun to work with Courtney's largest stamps--there are so many other stamped images you can add to them and lots of ways to glam them up.  I'll be teaching a class next Monday afternoon using several of Courtney's stamps... It's in the Bag (featuring the large brown paper bag stamp), Too Much on My Plate (featuring the Dresden Plate stamp), and A Tisket, A Tasket...(featuring the large Handled Woven Basket).  I'm thinking we may also make a Maine Boot or two.

If you need ideas for using Courtney's stamps, check out the expanded catalog that Rod created which includes many many colored samples made by Courtney.  There are also many of the templates she designed available for purchase and some samples of those on the black shelving units.

Please take another look at the Courtney Ricker Collection the next time you visit Your Maine Stamper.  I think you'll find some stamps that you just have to purchase!  And the featured three stamps are 40% off!!!                                               
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