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Featured New Products In Our Stores

Pebbles Inc.

Soft & easy to blend Pebbles chalk sets feature beautiful colors (28+) presented in a secure metal case. Applicator & reusable pom poms included.

This little piggy went to market . . . . . Market Tags are ready to attach plastic and paper tags. Each package contains six tags.

Craft Mates

Craft Mates canvas craft organizers features 2 sturdy snaps and a beautifully embroidered logo on the front cover. The spine features a labeling sleeve so you know at a glance what the contents are! Inside the Petite Double Organizer are 2LX Caddies (56 compartments) and inside the Mega Double Organizer are 12 Locking Caddies (84 compartments).

Finally, a solution for every tiny eyelet, seed bead, button and all other embellishments! The Pop 'N Lock Mega can solve all of your organizational problems. Each of the 7 sections features 4 locking compartments - each one pops out of the tray for easy filling & embellishing! The 28 compartments open and lock individually and each compartment is contoured for the perfect "scoop." The sections lock into the tray securely, which makes the Pop 'N Lock perfect for travel and rough handling. Fill to your hearts content and stack them high.

Chatterbox

Chatterbox is always searching for better ways to help scrapbookers get the desired results with minimal strain! To better organize and coordinate your scrapbook pages their products are divided into different collection mimicking rooms of a home. In each room collection you will find coordinating papers and accessories including Fibers, Frames, Stickers and more.

Check out the new
- 77 12x12 papers from the Den, Powder Room, Rec Room, Billiard Room, Great Room, Cottage, Gallery, and Dorm.
- Descriptives are words, quotes and phrases printed cardstock stickers.
- Love Tiles are two sheets of themed, die-cut embossed cardstock tags.
- Jumbo Alphabet Stickers feature more than 140 over-sized letter stickers per sheet.
- New wooden embellishments include Tags and Frames.
- Fiber Packs

Creative Imaginations

You're going to love the new Foam Stamps from Creative Imaginations. Two new designs are sure to be a hit. Stylish on the outside and functional on the inside these stamps are made from high quality durable foam! Use them with paint, stamp pads or embossing powder to create your own designs, from your scrapbook pages to your home and special projects.

Papers are the canvas for each scrapbook page. Creative Imaginations offers a wide variety of printed patterned and specialty papers. Twenty-eight new 12x12 paper styles have arrived this month.

Creative Imaginations Stickers and Embellishments come in many varieties and styles. Each brand has a unique style to enhance your scrapbook pages. Twenty new items feature themes including Pregnancy, Pirate, and Lawn!

Hot Off The Press

Fabric Stickers are printed on real fabric so you get subtle texture and dimension plus detail and rich color. Two dozen styles in 6x12 or 4x12 sizes.

Want help with journaling? Hot Off The Press Scrapbook Journaling book is the resource for you! They cooked up 51 “recipes” for journaling your pages—just open the book to any section and you will find tried-and-true formulas for preserving your memories. Learn about recording similarities and differences, creating a calendar style, recording “firsts”, documenting the Official Report and borrowing journaling. This book shares tips on how to make a page about you, how to scrapbook the bad stuff and how to journal those annual photos. You will have 159 layouts to inspire you!

The Hot Off The Press Bright 8x8 Album is perfect for just about any scrapbook theme, from kids and teens to family or vacation. The Baby 8x8 Album is ideal for capturing the sweet memories of talcum powder, tiny booties and sleepless nights. Both mini albums are post-bound, lightly padded and shaded around the edges. Comes with 10 sheet protectors and will accept more. A clear, removable plastic cover protects this album from fingerprints or dust. Hint: The Baby Album makes a perfect gift for the mommy-to-be!

New Hot Off The Press 12x12 paper books include a Sarapaper, 4 Seasons and Ephemera collections. New 8x8 paper books highlight Baby and Disney albums and coordinate with the Hot Off The Press 8x8 Albums.

My Sentiments Exactly

New Stamp Sets include Romantic and Retro alphabet styles and Baby and Birthday Sentiment sets.

SEI

New SEI Ribbons are here for the Aunt Gerti's Garden and Grandpa's Attic collections.

 Check our website at www.scrapbookersparadise.com today
to see pictures of these and other great scrapbooking items.

News From The Store

Don't forget to check out our sale section! Hundreds of great items are reduced each week.

Watch for new lower pricing on some of our "staple" products. This week, look for new pricing on EK Success Square and Circle Whale Punches, Karen Foster Charms and Hot Off The Press White Envelopes.

Spring Sale

Join us from April 18th - 22nd, 2005 to celebrate the arrival of SPRING (we hope!)
Receive 10% off your entire purchase of regular priced merchandise during this event (no coupon is necessary!) Be sure to check out all the new products that have arrived from the CHA show.

National Scrapbook Day

Come celebrate National Scrapbook Day with us on Saturday, May 7th, 2005. Sign up after April 1st for one or both of our Frenzy's. Our all day Frenzy goes from 11am until 5pm, and our evening Frenzy goes from 6pm until midnight. Treat yourself and sign up for both! Imagine all the pages you could get done!
Cost: $30/non member or $15.00 for members per Frenzy.
We have goodies, draws and more!

Due to popular demand, our south Calgary store will be running an additional National Scrapbook Day celebration on Friday, May 8th from 6pm - midnight.

Did you KNOW???????????

At Scrapbooker's Paradise we offer the following:

Birthday Discount
Just show your drivers license or birth certificate on your birthday and automatically receive 20% off the total of all your regular priced merchandise!

Double Stamp Days
Every Thursday is double stamp days on your purchase of regular priced merchandise. Fill your discount card more quickly by shopping on Thursdays!

PRICE GUARANTEE

We will match any retail competitor’s regular price on in stock, identical items. Scrapbooker's Paradise has the best selection of scrapbooking products in Canada. Why shop anywhere else?

EVERY WEDNESDAY we have open workshop time

Mark your calendars now to come into our workshops on Wednesday nights, with your friends to work together to get your albums up to date. Book early as the workshops fill quickly on the open evening. Also, the workshop is open all day and every evening that there is not a class or Foto Frenzy. Cost to use the workshop area is $5/hr or FREE with a Scrapbook Club Membership.

Mothers Day Gift Certificates

We all love our Mothers and want to get her the perfect gift, but sometimes don't know what she needs or wants. Solve your problem this year with our Scrapbooker's Paradise Gift Certificates, available in $10 and $25. From April 1st - May 8th, 2005 receive a FREE $5.00 Gift Certificate for every $50 worth of gift certificates purchased. Give it as a gift, or use it yourself to get what you have always wanted!

Scrapbook Club Members

We LOVE our Scrapbook Club Members!

If you are not already a member of our Scrapbook Club, be sure to join today. For only $25/yr you receive bi monthly specials, FREE use of the workshop and Die Cut machines and Quickutz, 50% off Classes and Frenzy's, 30% off your entire purchase of regular priced merchandise on the day you renew, special coupons and NOW our Scrapbook Club Members Only Night!

YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR FIRST ANNUAL SCRAPBOOK CLUB MEMBERS NIGHT

What: A fun evening to see all the new CHA products. We provide make and takes, munchies, coupons demos, special discounts and more.
When: Saturday April 23rd, 2005 from 6:30 - 11:30 pm
Where: At each of our four Scrapbooker's Paradise locations
Who: Only Scrapbook Club Members with a Valid membership card and an invitation

Please note that space is limited for this event and admission is by invitation only which are given out on a first come basis. To obtain an invitation, simply show your valid Scrapbook Club Membership to our staff after March 15th. Your invitation must be presented to gain entrance to this special event.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Remember: Between April 1st - 15th Club Members can receive 15% off Stickers and between April 16th - 30th Club Members can receiver 15% off Embossing Templates!!

Scrapbooking Techniques

How to Print on Twill or Ribbon

by Laura Williams

Do you like the look of printed twill and ribbons, but unsure of how to print on such using your home computer and printer? This article will help you create those one of a kind printed twills or ribbons at home.

Supplies Needed:

* computer
* text editing software (such as Microsoft Word, etc)
* printer
* fonts and/or images of choice
* twill and/or ribbon in width and color of choice
* a sheet of white cardstock
* double-sided tape

Step One:
Using your text editing software, create the desired document using any fonts or images you desire to print onto the twill or ribbon. Be sure to save your work in case you need to edit the size of print, etc.

Step Two:
Once you have your document created, do a draft printing onto the cardstock. This will enable you to see if your twill or ribbon is wide enough for what you want to print on it. If the printing is too wide for the twill or ribbon, go back into your saved document and edit the size of the font/images until it will fit onto your twill or ribbon.

Step Three:
Once you have the printing the correct size to fit onto the twill or ribbon, adhere a strip of the double-sided tape directly over the printed words or images on the cardstock.

Step Four:
Adhere your twill or ribbon to the cardstock by placing it directly on top of the double-sided tape.

Step Five:
You are now ready to print on your twill or ribbon. Simply put your cardstock that now how the twill or ribbon taped to it back into your printer tray and click print in your word document. Allow to ink to dry and then peel the twill or ribbon off the cardstock. You can now use it on your layout, card or other creation by attaching it with double-sided tape, staples, brads, etc.

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