Saturday, June 1, 2013

Last Post: Looking Ahead to Summer at Your Maine Stamper


This is my last post on this blog.  Please make sure that Lydia has correct e-mail and snail mail addresses for you so that you can continue to receive updates from her.  Your inbox for e-mail will show ROD TENNEY as the sender.  I'm sure she will send postcards for the anniversary event in July.  You can always call the store to see what's up or pick up a class and events flyer there.
HAPPY SUMMER PAPERCRAFTING!   Anne


NEW MERCHANDISE 
  • Stickles--Diamond, Yellow
  • Pint Glass Mason Jars to fill with craft supplies for organizing your workspace or for goodies for any occasion
  • Brads--deer heads. butterflies, tools
  • Fishnet cling stamps
  • Mid-Tone Hero Arts Shadow Inks
  • Graphic 45 Nevermore Steampunk 12X12s
  • Hero Arts stencils for use with inks, chalks, sprays, etc.
  • Hero Arts acrylic paint dabbers
  • Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card background stamps
  • other NEW STAMPS
  • ...and much much more!!!

Upcoming CLASSES

Thursday, June 6, 10 AM to Noon
Make 3 cards with Instructor Carol Booth
1 stairstep card using Graphic 45 French Country papers, 1 Father's Day card, and 1 mystery cards
$15


Your Maine Stamper will be closed Wednesday,             
                                                                June 12th

Saturday, June 22nd EVENT:  Beach Party
Free Make It Take It featuring sea life
SALE:  20% off sea life stamps, stickers, water and sandy papers
Special treats
Handouts


JULY Summer Picnic at Your Maine Stamper!
Watch for information about this event!
Celebrating 17 years in business

Saturday, August 17th 9:00 to 12:00
Annual Craft Yard Sale
Three spaces still available
Register soon. Deposit $10.00
Bring your own table and chair
Limited to 12 - 4 spaces still available



Monday, May 27, 2013

This Week and Looking Ahead at Your Maine Stamper


THIS WEEK:  Tuesday the 28th through Friday the 31st
                           35% OFF ALL ART RUBBER STAMPS!
This is a great time to stock up on Stamps by Judith, Memory Box, Hero Arts, our own Courtney Ricker's stamps, and many more.  There's a super selection in the store right now including lots of new stamps!!!

NEW MERCHANDISE ARRIVING THIS WEEK:
  • Stickles--Diamond, Yellow
  • Pint Glass Mason Jars to fill with craft supplies for organizing your workspace or for goodies for any occasion
  • Brads--deer heads. butterflies, tools
  • Fishnet cling stamps
  • Mid-Tone Hero Arts Shadow Inks
  • Graphic 45 Nevermore Steampunk 12X12s
  • ...and much much more!!!

Upcoming CLASSES

Thursday, June 6, 10 AM to Noon
Make 3 cards with Instructor Carol Booth
1 stairstep card using Graphic 45 French Country papers, 1 Father's Day card, and 1 mystery cards
$15

Your Maine Stamper will be closed Wednesday, June 12th

Saturday, June 22nd EVENT:  Beach Party
Free Make It Take It featuring sea life
SALE:  20% off sea life stamps, stickers, water and sandy papers
Special treats
Handouts

JULY Summer Picnic
Watch for information about this event!
Celebrating 17 years in business


Saturday, August 17th 9:00 to 12:00
Annual Craft Yard Sale
Three spaces still available
Register soon. Deposit $10.00
Bring your own table and chair
Limited to 12 - 4 spaces still available


Remember that this blog disappears after June 1st.  Make sure that Lydia has your e-mail and snail mail addresses so that you can continue to receive updates about products, classes, and events at Your Maine Stamper!

Friday, May 24, 2013

Closed Memorial Day Weekend

Your Maine Stamper is closed for the weekend, Saturday and Sunday and Monday!
Be sure to come into the store next week--new products arriving all the time!  

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Last Few Days in May @ Your Maine Stamper


Here's what's happening at Your Maine Stamper.

CLOSED ON SATURDAY, MAY 25th, Memorial Day Weekend


SALES starting Saturday May 18th and running through the 31st:

  • 20% off all patriotic stamps
  • white and dark blue cardstock reg. 40 cents for 25 cents each
  • 20% off all white embossing powder





NEW PRODUCTS ARRIVED ON THURSDAY May 16th:
12X12 Graphic 45 Secret Garden stickers
12X12 Graphic 45 French Country stickers
More Hero Arts INKS--luscious new-to-us colors!
New STAMPS from Hero Arts including a great large cling flourish!
MEMORY BOX stamps and dies are here!!!

MORE NEW PRODUCTS ON THE WAY:
KaiserCraft Enchanted Garden collection--die cuts; charms; 12X12s in Entrance, Mesmerize, Rapture, Allure, Fly, and Fairies; 6X6 pads
PaperCut cardstock in true red, white, fossil, via cream, cocoa, and kraft
Courtney's stamps from Repeat Impressions--large boot, small boot with greenery, large Maine moose, whimsical moose, quilt with three hearts, lobster, calendar grid, jam and relish, invitation
More stamps from Impression Obsession including, Wishing You a Beautiful Day, and cover-a-card stamps in Scratches and Random Lines
Stamps and dies from Memory Box


Saturday, June 22, Beach Party EVENT
FREE make It Take It featuring Sea Life
SALE:  20% off Sea Life stamps, stickers, water and sandy papers
Special Treats
Handouts

JULY Summer Picnic Anniversary Party
more information coming soon
Watch for e-mail/post card announcements!
SATURDAY, August 17th
9 AM to Noon
Annual Crafters Yard Sale
Several spaces still available for vendors; register soon; $10
Bring your own table and chair
Limited to 12 vendors in our parking lot
Should be a great opportunity for folks to buy never-used and gently-used stamps, inks, papers, and more!

Make sure that you are on the store e-mail and snail mail lists so that you can continue receiving updates about store products, classes, and events.  After June 1, there will be no more posting on this blog.

Happy Crafting!!!

Sunday, May 19, 2013

This week--and beyond--at Your Maine Stamper!


Here's what's happening at Your Maine Stamper.

NEW PRODUCTS ARRIVED ON THURSDAY May 16th:
12X12 Graphic 45 Secret Garden stickers
12X12 Graphic 45 French Country stickers
More Hero Arts INKS--luscious new-to-us colors!
New STAMPS from Hero Arts including a great large cling flourish!
MEMORY BOX stamps and dies are here!!!

Thanks to Kellie, Pam, Anita, and Donna who contributed cards for this project!!!
Cards will go out to Operation Write Home this week!!!

SALES starting Saturday May 18th and running through the 31st:

  • 20% off all patriotic stamps
  • white and dark blue cardstock reg. 40 cents for 25 cents each
  • 20% off all white embossing powder




CLASS  Wednesday, May 22, 1 to 3 PM
a repeat of the Napkin Class, a technique for using decorative paper napkins on cards, tags, and gift bags
Instructor:  Anita Legasse   Fee: $7

CLASS Thursday, May 23, 10:30 AM to Noon
Make 2 cards with Eileen Barth
$5



Saturday, June 22, Beach Party EVENT
FREE make It Take It featuring Sea Life
SALE:  20% off Sea Life stamps, stickers, water and sandy papers
Special Treats
Handouts

JULY Summer Picnic Anniversary Party
more information coming soon
Watch for e-mail/post card announcements!
SATURDAY, August 17th
9 AM to Noon
Annual Crafters Yard Sale
Several spaces still available for vendors; register soon; $10
Bring your own table and chair
Limited to 12 vendors in our parking lot
Should be a great opportunity for folks to buy never-used and gently-used stamps, inks, papers, and more!

a note from Anne:  Just want to let everyone know that I am leaving Your Maine Stamper and this blog as of June 1st.  Everything's fine; I need a change and time to take classes and explore my own art-making process.  Make sure that you are on the store e-mail and snail mail lists so that you can continue receiving updates about store products, classes, and events.  After June 1, there will be no more posting on this blog.  You can continue to see what I'm up to on my personal blog at http://notesfromthewoodshed.blogspot.com or follow me and the rest of the Memory Box design team on the Outside the Box blog at http://davebrethauer.typepad.com/outsidethebox/.  Happy Crafting!!!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

NEWS from Your Maine Stamper


Here's what's happening at Your Maine Stamper.

NEW PRODUCTS ARRIVED ON THURSDAY May 16th:
12X12 Graphic 45 Secret Garden stickers
12X12 Graphic 45 French Country stickers
More Hero Arts INKS--luscious new-to-us colors!
New STAMPS from Hero Arts including a great large cling flourish!
MEMORY BOX stamps and dies are here!!!


SATURDAY, MAY 18, 11 AM to 2 PM
Come help Anne make cards which will be sent to deployed service men and women for them to write notes home to loved ones.  Please bring your basic stamping kit--especially scissors and/or a small paper cutter. glue, tape.  Everything else will be provided.  We'd love to have 50 or more cards to send off to this project!
SALES starting Saturday May 18th and running through the 31st:

  • 20% off all patriotic stamps
  • white and dark blue cardstock reg. 40 cents for 25 cents each
  • 20% off all white embossing powder




CLASS  Wednesday, May 22, 1 to 3 PM
a repeat of the Napkin Class, a technique for using decorative paper napkins on cards, tags, and gift bags
Instructor:  Anita Legasse   Fee: $7

CLASS Thursday, May 23, 10:30 AM to Noon
Make 2 cards with Eileen Barth
$5



Saturday, June 22, Beach Party EVENT
FREE make It Take It featuring Sea Life
SALE:  20% off Sea Life stamps, stickers, water and sandy papers
Special Treats
Handouts

JULY Summer Picnic Anniversary Party
more information coming soon
Watch for e-mail/post card announcements!
SATURDAY, August 17th
9 AM to Noon
Annual Crafters Yard Sale
Several spaces still available for vendors; register soon; $10
Bring your own table and chair
Limited to 12 vendors in our parking lot
Should be a great opportunity for folks to buy never-used and gently-used stamps, inks, papers, and more!

a note from Anne:  Just want to let everyone know that I am leaving Your Maine Stamper and this blog as of June 1st.  Everything's fine; I need a change and time to take classes and explore my own art-making process.  Make sure that you are on the store e-mail and snail mail lists so that you can continue receiving updates about store products, classes, and events.  After June 1, there will be no more posting on this blog.  You can continue to see what I'm up to on my personal blog at http://notesfromthewoodshed.blogspot.com or follow me and the rest of the Memory Box design team on the Outside the Box blog at http://davebrethauer.typepad.com/outsidethebox/.  Happy Crafting!!!

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Events and Classes at Your Maine Stamper...SAVE THE DATES!!!





UPCOMING EVENTS/CLASSES at Your Maine Stamper




OPERATION WRITE HOME EVENT
Armed Forces Day
SATURDAY MAY 18

Come help us make cards to send to deployed troops that they can then send home to their loved ones.  Please bring a basic stamping kit with you (glue, tape, scissors, small paper trimmer, etc.); all other supplies will be provided.  Anne Thompson will be organizing this task from 11 to 2 in the classroom area of the store.  FREE.


PAPER NAPKINS as Embellishments
Wednesday, May 22, 1 to 3 PM
This is a repeat class with Anita Legasse using a neat technique for repurposing paper napkins for cards, tags, gift bags, etc.  Fee:  $7

A DAY AT THE BEACH
Saturday, June 22nd
A day-long event celebrating SUMMER!
FREE make and take 
SALE:  20% off beach-y themed stamps, stickers, embellishments; 20% off water and sandy papers
Special treats, door prizes, gifts!!!


A SUMMER PICNIC EVENT
JULY
Your Maine Stamper Anniversary Party
Info coming soon

Will also be celebrating CHRISTMAS IN JULY with the newest stamps and dies for the holidays from Memory Box

ANNUAL CRAFTERS YARD SALE
Saturday, August 17th
9 AM to Noon
$10 will reserve your space in the parking area
Bring your own table and chair
Limited to 12 participants





Thursday, May 9, 2013

This "weekend" at Your Maine Stamper



The weekend starts early today with Eileen's class.


WELCOME BACK, EILEEN!!!
Make two cards with Eileen Barth
Thursday, May 9th, 10:30 AM to Noon
$5; two spots left!
Call to reserve your space!



Please come to Saturday's Free Make and Take with Anne.



FREE MAKE IT/TAKE IT
Butterflies and Swirls in a Leafy Background on a Gate-Fold Card
Saturday, May 11, 11 AM to 2 PM
Make a gatefold card with Anne Thompson
using dies and a cover-the-card stamp from Impression Obsession


WHAT'S NEW!

We now have gate-fold cards at the shop in white and cream!!!  These are cards that fold in from the ends to make "doors" that open in the center of the card.  The final size is the regular A2 card.

Don't forget that Mother's Day is this weekend.  We have the perfect stamps and embellishments for cards, tags, and gift bags.  Lots of pretty florals--new stickers, 3-D flowers, floral ribbon, butterfly ribbon, pearl-encrusted lacy trim, pearl embellishments...so much to choose from!

If you have children in school, consider a gift certificate in any amount at the shop for your children's teachers.  Gift certificates are available anytime and make great gifts for birthdays, graduations, thank yous, and other special occasions.


Friday, May 3, 2013

UPCOMING EVENTS/CLASSES at Your Maine Stamper




UPCOMING EVENTS/CLASSES at Your Maine Stamper

WELCOME BACK, EILEEN!!!
Make two cards with Eileen Barth
Thursday, May 9th, 10:30 AM to Noon
$5; two spots left!
Call to reserve your space!





FREE MAKE IT/TAKE IT
Saturday, May 11, 11 AM to 2 PM
Make a gatefold card with Anne Thompson
using dies and a cover-the-card stamp from Impression Obsession
Anne can work with up to six people every half-hour.




OPERATION WRITE HOME EVENT
Armed Forces Day
SATURDAY MAY 18

Come help us make cards to send to deployed troops that they can then send home to their loved ones.  Please bring a basic stamping kit with you (glue, tape, scissors, small paper trimmer, etc.); all other supplies will be provided.  Anne Thompson will be organizing this task from 11 to 2 in the classroom area of the store.  FREE.


PAPER NAPKINS as Embellishments
Wednesday, May 22, 1 to 3 PM
This is a repeat class with Anita Legasse using a neat technique for repurposing paper napkins for cards, tags, gift bags, etc.  Fee:  $7


A DAY AT THE BEACH
Saturday, June 22nd
A day-long event celebrating SUMMER!
FREE make and take 11 to 2 with Anne Thompson
SALE:  20% off beach-y themed stamps, stickers, embellishments; 20% off water and sandy papers
Special treats, door prizes, gifts!!!



A SUMMER PICNIC EVENT
JULY
Your Maine Stamper Anniversary Party
Info coming soon


Will also be celebrating CHRISTMAS IN JULY with the newest stamps and dies for the holidays from Memory Box


ANNUAL CRAFTERS YARD SALE
Saturday, August 17th
9 AM to Noon
$10 will reserve your space in the parking area
Bring your own table and chair
Limited to 12 participants





Monday, April 29, 2013

NEW DIES and NEW STAMPS at Your Maine Stamper this week!


Lots of new dies from Memory Box are now on a spinner rack right next to the shelves and table displays.  The table has a few of the newest dies along with some samples; and there are new stamps on the shelves!  So many have flown right out the door since they arrived on Saturday morning and I'm getting another order ready to send Tuesday evening.  If there's anything you want from Memory Box, be sure to call Lydia at the store during the day on Tuesday so your items get added to this order.  There are still a few Memory Box stamps left that have been marked with a green dot and reduced to 50% off--these are stamps that have been discontinued and once they are gone, they are gone.


Impression Obsession sent some new stamps last week, too.  There's a beautiful gazebo scene--it looks like the one on the Common in Gardiner.  Great for those of you who like to add color with pencils or markers to your stamped images.  DRS stamps also arrived. There are a few stamps that would be perfect for guy cards, especially the jumping fish and Fishing Rules.


Check out all of the decorative brads on the pegboard next to the front door!  And all of the flowers on the other front peg board!  Quite a few new items there as well.

More items have been added to the red dot specials cart and to the off-season shelves in the second part of the shop.  Some good bargains to be had there!


Remember that we're collecting handmade cards for Operation Write Home until May 18th.  Join us that day, Armed Forces Day, to create cards for this project!  Card-making starts at 11 AM that Saturday until 2 PM.  Let's see how many cards we can make in three hours!!!


Saturday, April 27, 2013

MEMORY BOX is here! Ready for pick-up this afternoon!

I'm heading into the shop shortly to help unpack, price, and display the newest stamps and dies from Memory Box!  They arrived just a few minutes ago and I'm soooo excited to see it all!

If you placed an advance order, your items will be ready for pick-up after 1 o'clock today for sure!

I'm also working up a new order this weekend--if there's anything you'd like to special order, call the shop today!

Anne

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Operation Write Home @ Your Maine Stamper










Anne here.  I've signed up to participate in OPERATION WRITE HOME.  Operation Write Home's mission:  To support our nation's armed forces by sending blank greeting cards to write home on.

Our Remember the Troops event at Your Maine Stamper on May 18th, Armed Forces Day, will include an all-day make it session with me to create cards to be sent to Operation Write Home for distribution.  I will collect the handmade cards made that day as well as any received at Your Maine Stamper by May 18th and will prepare them for shipment and send them out for processing.  Won't you help families receive happy mail from their loved ones serving in the armed forces?

Here are the basic guidelines for creating cards for this project.

  • NO GLITTER.  Seriously, it is a safety hazard for our heroes.  If it flakes off, it can't go.
  • A2 SIZED CARDS.  4.25" X 5.5" -- pre-made cards or half a sheet of card stock.
  • NO STOREBOUGHT CARDS.  Do not repurpose parts of old cards into handmade ones either.
  • LIMIT MULTIPLES.  Maximum quantity for any one design is 30 cards.
  • DO NOT VIOLATE COPYRIGHT LAWS.  It is illegal to use photography, cartoons, or illustrations, art from magazines, catalogs or books on cards with Operation Write Home on the back.  (I have a special stamp from them and will mark each card,)  Purchased papercrafting items are okay to use.
  • LINE DARK CARDS.  If your card base is not white on the inside, please add light paper.  If you can't see pencil on it, add a liner.
  • DO NOT HANDWRITE SENTIMENTS.  If you don't have a sentiment stamp to go with your card, let it be a blank card.  Blank cards are the most useful anyway!
  • INCLUDE AN ENVELOPE FOR EACH CARD.  But do not put the card in the envelope.  There is a special way these need to be packaged.
Theme ideas:  Love/miss you; thanks, birthday, general all-occasion blank cards
Remember that both men and women serve in the armed forces and will be using the cards we make to write messages to loved ones at home.  Think about cards appropriate to send to spouses, parents, children, friends.

Staying out of the Card Hospital
The Card Hospital hosts problem cards until the shipper has time for triage.  Check your cards for these common issues before donating them to me.
  • Glitter.  If it rubs off at all, it can't be sent.
  • Dark card bases without liners OR with so much design that there is no place to write
  • Orphan embellishments or die cuts falling off--not enough or bad adhesive
  • Inappropriate themes (new baby announcement, invitation, etc.); stick with more general themes listed above.
I will stamp each card with the Operation Write Home logo, tuck it correctly into the envelope (they actually have a specific way to put these in envelopes called "The Tuck"), sort them by theme, and mail them to the shipper for processing. 

I hope that you will participate in this project, either by mailing to or dropping off cards with their envelopes at Your Maine Stamper or by participating in the card making day at the shop on May 18th.

Thanks!  For more information, you can visit their website at http://operationwritehome.org.




Tuesday, April 16, 2013

NEW Products; Getting Ready for Saturday's Event!



Mega Mount for Cover-A-Card stamps
This is a 6" x 6" slightly curved acrylic block with a handle. It is made to make stamping large stamps easier and goes with our Cover-a-Card cling background stamps. Use it with all of your unmounted rubber stamps!
Cover-A-Card stamp Greenery

Cover-A-Card Stamp Pine

Cover-A-Card Stamp Ocean

Cover-A-Card stamp Fireworks
Hydrangea
NEW DIES and STAMPS from Impression Obsession!!!  arrived on Tuesday!!!
Fancy Butterfly

Flourish

Gazebo


Beauty Roses

Frilly Forget-Me-Not

Wild Sweetheart Rose


Gentle Hummingbird

Hydrangea Plant Small

Ruffled Rooster

Seedling

Simple Lily (Lily of the Valley)

Sunny Flower Bouquet Small

Violets


APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS EVENT
SATURDAY APRIL 20TH

FREE Make & Take 10 to noon with Anne:  Tags using die cut flowers

HUGE SALE:

50% off ALL GREEN DOT stamps and dies from Memory Box!  These items have been discontinued and will no longer be available to purchase.  Get yours now!!!

50% off ALL LABLANCHE stamps!!!

PLUS a free gift from Bo Bunny--brads or flowers--with a $10 minimum purchase!

We're unpacking more new products for Saturday:  

  • Ribbon Roses in cream, black or pink
  • tiny bees brads
  • little round-top tree brads
  • palm tree brads
  • flop-flop brads
  • gold paper flowers from Bazzill
  • peg stamps from Rubber Stamp Tapestry--Pottery Garden and Posy Garland (they look like pansies; these are the chubby ones that can also be used for fabric stamping)
Other new-to-the-store items:
  • Bo Bunny 6X6s in Double Dot Designs--Soft; Bold & Bright; Natural; and Very Vintage
  • Penny Black stickers--scenes from France
  • Courtney's Rooster stamp (sample shows rooster stamped multiple times and layered for dimension)
  • a display of all the newest Hero Arts stamps
  • Zig Glue Pens
  • Nibs and nob-holders
  • thin wooden embellishments that look great painted or stained--hearts, leaves, keys, old-fashioned bicycle, Eiffel Tower, and more
  • a wooden birdhouse to decorate--Lydia has made one up in pinks!
Themed Displays:
  • Stamps by Courtney Ricker, exclusive to Your Maine Stamper
  • Stamps by Judith and Heather
  • House Mouse
  • Memory Box
  • Graphic 45 French Country Collection
  • Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection
  • Hero Arts Stamps on the front counter
  • LaBlanche Stamps on the white wire triangle rack
  • FLOWERS--including all of the new stamps and dies from Impression Obsession on the yellow papers on the main front table
  • BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES
  • MAINE
  • THE BEACH
  • CATS AND DOGS
  • seasonal stamps for Christmas and other holidays are located in the second section of the shop
  • TOOLS on the rounder and the shelves nearest the tree
  • Stickers and Other Embellishments on the other two rounders and on the pegboards
  • BAGS to decorate--both paper and canvas
  • PAPER   PAPER   PAPER  in 6X6, 8 1/2 X 11, and 12X12
And I'm sure there's more that I'm forgetting!  Please join us for a this month's event!!!

p.s.  There are still spaces left in Anne's class from 1-3 PM using the newest Memory Box stamps and eight different colors of the new Hero Arts inks.  You will make 6-8 cards.  $15.
Here's a sample or three:
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