Can you tell I'm an empty nester spending my time digging through old photos when I get to missing my girl? Or maybe I was inspired by the 20th anniversary of one of my favorite childrens' books, The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. Either way, a little bit of both ended up in my latest project, "BELIEVE". This is a 6 panel display that I used for photos of our daughter when she was little and visited Santa. On the back, I included 3 of my favorite quotes from The Polar Express.

Created from 6 Cosmo Cricket Buck Naked Lacing Cards that measure about 5x7 each, this kit comes with gold bells, patterned papers, die cut chipboard and paper letters, 3 printed quotes, 2 tiny ornaments, 3 yards of twill, 2 yards of jute, burgandy pom pom trim, and a full sheet of die cut tags to make assembly easy. Visit our gallery or blog to see individual images of each panel.

Stretch your dollar and get lots of holiday photos scrapbooked with Darla Weber's Holiday Traditions kit. Darla has designed 2 double page layouts, 1 single page layout and 8 Christmas cards that can all be created with the ingredients in this kit! Kit includes 10 sheets of cardstock, 1 sheet of scalloped edge cardstock, 7 sheets of double sided patterned papers from Crate Paper's Holly Collection, 1 Crate Paper Holly Bands and Die Cuts, 2 sheets of Crate Paper Holly Crate Shapes, 1 Cosmo Cricket rubon, 2 1/2 yards of trims, 1 set of die cut "Holiday Traditions" letters, plus buttons and brads! All this for only $25.00!

"Fall Collector" is a single page layout designed by Linda Albrecht using Mustard Moon's Man in the Moon paper collection. This kit includes a full sheet of Mustard Moon's Big Honkin' Black Sketchy alpha stickers and a full sheet of of Pink Paislee black alpha stickers, so you can change and adapt the title to suit your needs.

As the holidays near, simplify your shopping with Gift Certificates from The Scrappy Gourmet. Simply purchase the desired amount and checkout. When you check out, please select STORE PICKUP - WALK IN as your shipping option if the gift certificate is the only item purchased. If you made other purchases, just select the shipping option as normal. We'll send you a Gift Certificate card in the mail with a one-time use code to be entered when redeemed. Simple and on every scrapbooker's list! And don't forget yourself. Forward this email to someone who will be shopping for YOU and include a little note of explanation that this is your gift suggestion. Who says you have to end up with something you really don't want??

Add some SPARKLE to your creations this week and save 40% off MSRP on all Pink Paislee Pixie Stix. Each Pixie Stix contains 10 grams of fine, shimmery glitter to add that special touch to your paper crafting projects. You'll find all 15 custom colors in our shopping cart! Enjoy!