Some of Our 2008 Highlights...

Old Poway Village & Old Poway Park Grand Re-Opening Street Fair - Saturday December 13

Old Poway celebrated its new look and the end of construction on Midland Road with a Grand Re-Opening Street Fair! Activities included Old Poway Village Shops and 30+ vendors setting up in the parking lot with sales and specials on Saturday December 13th 2008, Farmer's Market, train rides, Craft Market on the Hamburger Factory boardwalk, and Christmas in the Park featuring the lighting of the tree and Santa Claus.

Joanne's Holiday Candle Make & Take

Joanne's Holiday Candle Make and Take was Sunday December 7th 2008. This is the candle project that had everybody asking "when is this class?" Well, it wasn't a class - it was a quick and fun Make and Take! And we had a huge turnout that came to make this candle with the adorable snowman, or other designs!

Donna Salazar Here Again!

Donna Salazar, an Endorsed Educator for Prima and My Mind's Eye, visited us again to teach two classes. She was back here November 29th 2008 teaching Christmas Mini-Mini Book and a holiday-themed do-over of her Make a Prima "stuff" box... for your special "stuff" class, Christmas Box". Take a wooden Prima box, paint it inside and out, do some special techniques on the lid, and add some cool embellishments, glitter, paint, bling, and of course... Prima flowers!

Holiday Make and Takes

November 22nd-23rd, 2008

We had a weekend that go everybody into the holiday spirit! It was filled with fun holiday-themed and inspiring Make and Takes and classes. On Saturday November 22nd 2008 there was Pat's Christmas Ornament Glitz Make and Take, plus Leila's Stickerbilities and Evie's Metallic Paste with Gold Leafing classes. On Sunday there was Marilyn's Season's Greetings and Evie's Ornament Make and Takes, plus Deborah's Basic Soldering with Angels and a Christmas Flair. And the weekend started Friday evening with Michael Strong's Triple Triangle Tricks class! Ho! Ho! Ho!

Annual Halloween Party and Sale

October 31 - November 2, 2008

We did it again... another fun and wild Halloween Party and Sale! Although the store decorations might scare and spook, what's on sale had our shoppers screaming with delight! We had tables and racks out front with tons of great stuff on sale. And on Friday, inside our store, everything on the left wall was 20% off. And on Saturday everything on the back wall was 25% off (except for the charms - the thought of trying to ring them up was even too scary for us!). And on Sunday everything on the right wall was 30% off!!! Plus, as before, shoppers wearing a costume and got a special prize. And of course there were other devilish surprises in store for our stampers?! Freebies? Boo!

Clay Wall Art Class

Carla Funk taught her Wild at Heart class again. The two-part class was Sunday October 26nd and Monday November 3rd 2008. Students created wall art out of clay, putting their favorite words, sayings, images and whatever their imagination came up with, on it. Carla supplied all the materials and clay tools. The pieces were kiln-fired by Carla, and students glazed them in the second class meeting. Carla then fired them a second time, and pieces were ready to be picked up that week.

Susan Mostek Classes Added!

We opened up a second Double Slider Card class because Susan's Saturday class was packed - and it filled up too! And following the new Friday October 17th 2008 class we added a Free Cuttlebug demo where Susan taught creative techniques to use with Cuttlebug dies and embossing folders. But wait! There was more! Following Susan's Pop-up Shaker Card class on Saturday we added a Tag Gift Bag mini-class. Those who attended were some of the first to work with B Line Designs' new Holiday line of stamps! Susan not only showed students how to create this darling gift bag, but also provided instructions for adjusting the pattern to any size tag!

DeNami Classes

On October 11th 2008 we again had a visit from Wendy, our favorite DeNami Designs instructor, for another set of fun DeNami classes. Saturday started with the Cool Concepts class. And the afternoon was another card-making blitz with the ten-card DeNami Fall Holiday Blitz class.

Old Poway Village's Fall Festival

Stamping Details Craft Show

Saturday October 4th 2008 in the Old Poway Village parking lot was the Old Poway Village's Fall Festival and Stamping Details' First Annual Arts and Crafts Fair! The Fall Festival was a Celebration of one season ending and another beginning with Arts, Crafts, Music, Clothes, Jewelry, Hair & Salon Care, and much much more. There were many local artists and vendors at our Arts and Crafts Fair with handmade one-of-a-kind items to purchase. We hope everybody had a great time starting your holiday shopping with unique locally made hand-crafted items! And the rain didn't come until afterwards!

2008 So Cal Shop Hop

We hope everybody who participated in The 2nd Annual So Cal Shop Hop had a great time and found tons of hidden treasure! We had a fantastic time meeting all the treasure hunters that followed their maps to our store and shared chocolate treats and tales of pirate-crafter lore with us! Thank you to all of you for visiting, and to the band of pirates that gave us a treasure chest of Pirates's Booty, an extra special thank you!

Christmas (In July) Time!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Calling all of Santa's elves - July was again that time of year to break out your Christmas cards lists and start stamping, folding, and sprinkling cheerful holiday cards! In Leila's Let It Snow class students were as inspired as she was by Shara Reiner's latest snowman design. For those who love iris folding, or who wanted to learn this fun paper-folding technique, Candy had a Christmas in July class that fit the bill. Making an impression will be easy for those who give cards they made using Lasting Impressions stencils from Suzie Q's Christmas in July class. And there were many who decided to Add That Sparkle to Christmas with Joanne's fun holiday-themed class. It's time to make some snowmen!

Endless Weekend June 28-29, 2008

Michael Strong Premiere, Lisa Bebi "Artfest" Workshop, Leila Steineckert Make & Take, Clare Howell, and Inque Boutique Sale!

Stampers started off an endless weekend of stamping fun with Michael Strong in his Endless Possibilities class. In this class Michael premiered his brand new and ultra-versatile Cloisonné Mosaic Frame stamp with five fun projects. Also on Saturday June 28 was a Make & Take with Leila Steineckert. On Sunday students joined Lisa Bebi in her Paintover Technique workshop. For those who have wanted to attend Artfest and haven't been able to, this was a fantastic opportunity - Lisa taught Paintover Technique at this year's Artfest! And Saturday was the "Everything Inque Day" sale with 20% off all Inque Boutique products in-stock when presenting a coupon from Inque Boutique. And if you missed Michael Strong's class, you can watch his Endless Possibilities video which debuted Friday the 27th on The Scrapbook Lounge.

Memorial Weekend with Lynell Harlow of Dreamweaver

Lynell Harlow of Dreamweaver Stencils again made her annual Memorial Weekend visit to Stamping Details to teach the latest embossing and paste stenciling techniques. On Saturday May 24th 2008 she taught All About Pearlescent and White Glossy Embossing Pastes and Black Magic with Polished Pigments. Students joined Lynell on Sunday to learn The Latest Techniques at Dreamweaver Stencils.

Make an Impression with Golden Artists' Chris Cozen

Chris Cozen is visited us again from May 16th to 18th 2008 for another fun, educational, and creative weekend of workshops. The weekend started Friday with the first half of a two-part workshop, Making an Impression: Stamping, Marking, and Impressing into Golden Pastes and Gels. On Saturday there was It's True: GRIT! The Wonders of Micaceous Iron Oxide, Garnet Gel, Coarse Alumina, and Pumice Gel and Putting "Black" to Work: Creating Depth and Interest in Painted Backgrounds. Sunday started with Fast & Furious: Quick Background Techniques for Paper Projects and ended with Part 2 of Making an Impression.

Our 4th Anniversay Celebration Sale!

Thursday May 1 - Sunday May 4, 2008

On May 1st through 4th 2008 we celebrated our 4th Anniversary, and we hope everyone had as much fun during the weekend as we did! There were free demonstrations, door prizes, freebies, a 50¢ bin, and more. Also that weekend was the ATC Sampler class with Robin Knutson, Creative Design Specialist for Altered Arts Magazine and Certified Ranger Ink and Embossing Powder Instructor.

Linda Bradbury Classes

Linda Bradbury, designer and publisher of four Rubber Stamp Art Ideas books, visited us from Minnesota to teach three classes of colorful and fun projects. Besides incorporating unique color and textures into her designs to create balance, interest and harmony, many of her projects include fun "extra" elements like mini notecards and flaps. Classes she taught this visit were: Springtime Blossoms Cards, Soft and Feminine Cards and Everything's Coming Up Daisies. And, she will be visiting us January 2009 to teach more classes!

Gypsy Junk Jewelry

Several of our customers spent Sunday April 20th 2008 exploring the endless possibilities designing Gypsy Junk Jewelry with Lisa Guerin. This unique style of jewelry design combines art stamps, shrink film and lots of little bits of junk, of course!! Students learned the tricks and techniques of working with shrink film, while making lots of gypsy trinkets.

Chris Cozen Book Signing

Chris Cozen was here Saturday March 8th 2008 to sign copies of Altered Surfaces, her recently published first book! Her book is a colorful journey of discovery of acrylic paints, fluids, gels, mediums, grounds, and pastes, and how they work as a "system", allowing them to be fully compatible with each other. Many of the sample projects in Altered Surfaces come from the workshops Chris has taught here as a Golden Artist Working Artist. Chris also taught two workshops that weekend: Collage-Mixed Media: Accordion "Book in a Box", and Vintage Paperweights: Mini Collages Under Glass.

See Green, Save Green SALE!

This Saint Patrick's Day DiAnn showed her "Irish" again with another "See Green, Save Green" Sale from Friday March 14th through Monday March 17th 2008. All products with green on it were on sale for 20% off. Lucky shamrocks! And for those who like scavenger hunts, or just like free prizes, we gave away a prize to everyone who found a green coin in our scavenger hunt! Blarney Stones galore!

See Michael Strong's Internet Video!

We are again proudly sponsoring an internet video with Michael Strong! On Divide & Conquer Michael shows you the versatility in his Cloisonne Pot stamp as well as a clever way to use the Scor-It Mini tool to make interesting patterns. Check out these easy but dramatic techniques online anytime on The Scrapbook Lounge at TVWeekly.com!

Leslie Altman Workshops
January 24-28, 2008

Leslie Altman returned from Chicago to teach four new workshops in January 2008. Many of our customers again enjoyed the full set of workshops she offered, which included: The Midas Touch, Dreamscape, Off-Color Expressions, and Go With The Flow: II.

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