Summer Toes Project

September 3rd, 2010

The dog days of summer are here and what better way to enjoy them than with bare toes in the long green grass?  A special thanks to designer Chelsea Longworthy and BetterScrap.com for this project idea!

Since I have many favorite quotes, I narrowed mine down to my two favorite Summer Quotes. The First is: “Summer is where the girls go barefoot and their hearts are just as free as their toes.” and the second is actually a lyric from a Bob Marley song “Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.” In this LO I used a transparency and I created a wavy title! The little feet in my LO are my youngest Avery’s toesies this summer playing in the sprinkler in the front yard. She likes to run around barefoot as much as I do!!

Supplies:
Cardstock from DiscountCardstock.com: Ocean Blue, Brilliant White.

Paper: Graphic 45 “On the Boardwalk: Malt Shop, Summer Crush, Seaside Chic,” Hambly Studios: Wood grain; Alphas: American Crafts Thickers; Foam Stickers: Daydream in Black; Fabric Stickers: Dolce in Apricot

DiscountCardstock.com Sponsors Better Living Through Scrapbooking

August 21st, 2010

DiscountCardstock.com is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Better Living Through Scrapbooking (www.BetterScrap.com)! Better Living Through Scrapbooking gives unique how-to scrapbook tips, offers inspiration and weekly scrapbooking challenges to heal your soul and inspire your mind.

We encourage you to check out BetterScrap.com and see why we love them and their ideas so much!

Paper Flowers, Adhesives and More

August 18th, 2010

DiscountCardstock.com is pleased to announce it has expanded its offerings to include new embellishments, adhesives, tools and the Bazzill Lickety Split scrapbook albums!  Check out the new paper flowers & flashy fun floss sets, the chomp-o-dile, stitching templates and more in our Accessories section.

August Newsletter and Save the Date Cards Project

August 2nd, 2010
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August Newsletter and Save the Date Cards Project
Happy August everyone!  The response to our sponsored facebook fan pages, I Love Scrapbooking and  I Love My Cricut, has been overwhelming and we are so pleased to welcome you all to the DiscountCardstock.com family!

August  brings us the height of the summer wedding season, which means we are busy bees here atDiscountCardstock.com!  We recently added a great new product that is sure to please many of the brides-to-be out there:  Magnetic Paper!   We recently found this magnetic paper that is a bright white, slight gloss on one side and the other has a patented magnetic coating.  There is no gluing craft magnetic strips to the paper — it is all one piece already.  Best of all, you can print on it in your home printer! Really!  This is such an aweseome paper with so many potential applications — reminder cards, business cards, save the date cards, advertising/promotional pieces,  pictures or picture frams for your fridge and so much more.

This fab new paper is called MagneCote and we are offering it at a special introductory price of $1.25 per sheet of 8.5×11 or 10 sheets of 8.5×11 for 10.99!

MagneCote Product Details

  • Paper Size: 8-1/2  x  11 & 12 x 12 inches
  • Paper Thickness: 17 mils (.017 caliper)
  • GSM 495
  • Paper Type: Matte finish, magnetic
  • For Use With: Inkjet Printers, Permanent Markers
  • For Indoor Use Only

This month’s discount code for our newsletter subscribers is AugustNewsPromo.  Use this code in the ‘customer code’ field in the shopping cart at check out to receive 15% off your order.  : )

Now, on to our August Project, Magnetic Save the Date Cards!

Magnetic “Save the Date” Card Project

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Wedding “save the date” magnets are a great way to announce your special day to your friends and family.  The beautiful, personalized wedding keepsake gives your loved ones an easy way to keep track of the upcoming event by seeing it every day on their refrigerator.  Now you can easily and less expensively make your own magnetic save the date card at home using DiscountCardstock.com’s newly added MagneCote® paper.

MagneCote has a slightly glossy bright white side with a brightness measure of 90.  The other side is made with a proprietary magnetic coating.  It works great with ink jet printers, especially with HP and Cannon printers.  Both sides are printable, but to print on the magnetic side, you should use a light color that will contrast with the gray magnetic coating.

To make this “Save the Date” project, I opened Microsoft Word® on my computer, then went online and searched for a business card template that could be adapted to my purpose, but I was pleased to find that Word’s online template page (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT010152732.aspx ) had a number of templates for “Save the Date” cards already.  For this project, I chose the template found at (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT010117264.aspx?tl=2#pg:5|ai:TC010367978| ).

I chose a template that is approximately the size of a business card because you use less of the MagneCote paper, but you can design your own card in whatever size you want, add pictures of you and your love; the possibilities are endless.  The look you go for is entirely up to you!

Once I downloaded the template, I tweaked it a bit.  I changed the month from November 2009 to August 2010, then I added the day of the week (Saturday) to the top of the calendar with the date.  I also italicized and enlarged the font to 14 for the phrase “Save the Date.”

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When I was done with my modifications, I was ready to print!  When printing the page of cards (1) print on a regular piece of paper first so you can eyeball it and be sure you are happy with the proportions and look before printing on the MagneCote paper; (2) when you print a sheet, be sure to take it off the printer before the next sheet comes out and let it set a minute or two to allow the ink to set.  We didn’t have smearing problems, but better safe than sorry!

In order to cut out the individual cards, I used a straight edge and an X-Acto knife.   This was a no muss, no fuss, SIMPLE project.  No gluing magnetic strips or sheets, no alignment issues between the printed sheet and the pressed on magnetic sheets, etc.

This template has 6 per page, so for 100 guests, divide 100 by 6 to determine how many sheets of theMagneCote you need.  In this case, you’d need 17 sheets (rounded up from 16.67).  The MagneCote comes in size 8.5×11 & 12×12 in packages of 10 sheets on our website.

If you have a couple of extra sheets, another fun idea is to make a “Just Married” magnetic sheet in the full 8.5×11 to put on your car door on your wedding day!

Remember, we love seeing pictures from our DCS family showing us your projects, so keep the pictures coming!  If you’d like your project to be considered for inclusion in our newsletter, please submit your materials list, measurements, instructions and good quality digital images to us atcustomerservice@discountcardstock.com.  If your project is chosen, you will get a $20.00 credit towards your next purchase!  Plus bragging rights and attribution credit in our newsletter.  Keep the ideas coming and thank you to all of our wonderful customers!


Photo Albums to the Nth Degree: The Evolution to Scrapbook

July 31st, 2010

For years, our ancestors have used photo albums to display precious memories the family holds dear.  Most were plain and simply doubled as storage for pictures, with no room for journaling to explain the origin of a photo.

The photo album has come a long way.  Now it’s evolved into a scrapbook – a memory holder that not only displays your photos, but does it in a unique way that projects a theme for the reader and tells a story for generations to come.  Many scrapbook pages are a work of art in and of themselves.  They reflect their love for their subject and their love to create beautiful objects that are inspiring to look at.

Over time, people started adding a note or two here or there on the photo album page in conjunction with an image so that those viewing the picture can understand more about it.  More recently, many are making more elaborate memory keeping scrapbooks — using stickers, designer paper, specially-cut edges and embellishments. Often, the entire scrapbook now may center around an individual theme, such as weddings, childhood, vacations, scout activities and so much more.

Instead of just looking at a page with pictures of the family at the beach, your scrapbook can include memories of that trip, with specifics like where it was taken, when, funny or sentimental stories you’d like to add.  Many scrapbookers also add extra embellishments to complement the theme — whether purchased or taken from the beach you visited itself (a sand dollar found on the beach, pinches of the sand, ticket stubs from nearby attractions).

How you design your themed pages is totally up to you. You can use pre-designed paper to display the photos or design complementary paper of one of your own using stamps, markers, stickers, distressing tools and more. You can matte the photos to make them stand out if you want or you can just add photo corner tabs to make it a simple design.  There are so many great new tools to make your scrapbook pages look more professional – cutting machines like the Cricut, paper piercing tools and patters, stickers and more.

Scrapbooking has no limitations. Photo albums are just places to keep your photos in one place without losing them. Scrapbooks are much more than that. They’re memory-making books that provide as much entertainment in making them as you had during the events in the pictures.  Don’t be afraid to tap into your creative side and see what kind of designs you can come up with on your own!

July Newsletter and Summer Fun Scrapbook Page

July 22nd, 2010
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July Newsletter and Summer Fun Scrapbook Page
July has been a busy month for us at DiscountCardstock.com and we wanted to share a couple of new facebook sites we are now sponsoring, as well as a July project.   One website is a scrapbook oriented fan page called I Love Scrapbooking and the other is for fans of the Cricut machines called I Love My Cricut.  We hare hoping to add Cricut products on our website in the next few weeks, so keep your eyes open for that!

Really Red 80#, Discount Cardstock, Scored Cards, Custom Greeting Cards, Custom Invitations, Envelopes, Digital, Ink Jet, Art Paper, Vellum, Mulberry, Metallic, Specialty Paper, Scrapbook Supplies and moreBrilliant White 80# , Discount Cardstock, Scored Cards, Custom Greeting Cards, Custom Invitations, Envelopes, Digital, Ink Jet, Art Paper, Vellum, Mulberry, Metallic, Specialty Paper, Scrapbook Supplies and morePatriot Blue Linen 80# , Discount Cardstock, Scored Cards, Custom Greeting Cards, Custom Invitations, Envelopes, Digital, Ink Jet, Art Paper, Vellum, Mulberry, Metallic, Specialty Paper, Scrapbook Supplies and more
A quick reminder that our July Red, White and Blue sale is in full swing.  Save 15% on 3 super popular cardstocks:  our Really Red 80#, Patriot Blue Linen 80# and Brilliant White 80#.  Plus, as a subscriber to our newsletter, you get an additional 10% off on your entire order during the month of July!  Just enter the code PatriotSale2010 in the customer code section in the shopping cart to get your subcriber-only savings.  There are also ‘fan’ only savings advertised on the facebook websites mentioned above, so become a fan and keep checking for the best deals.

Now, on to our July Project, Summer Fun Scrapbook Page!

Summer Fun Scrapbook Page


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This fun scrapbook page was posted by Bazzill Basics and features the bright blue Glazed Polka Dot in the Evening Surf color.  This is the perfect paper for any water or bubble related project –  swimming, bath tub, fishing or even a glass of bubbly by the pool.  Lisa layered the the picture of the bathing cutie with theme related phrases and the raffia and blue dot ribbon.  She also echoed the dots theme with Dotted Swiss Cardstock in yellow, which picked up the yellow in the photo, round buttons and brads.

The Glazed Polka Dot in Evening Surf by Bazzill, as well as several other glazed and embossed cardstocks are available on our website by clicking here:  <click here>

Remember, we love seeing pictures from our DCS family showing us your projects, so keep the pictures coming!  If you’d like your project to be considered for inclusion in our newsletter, please submit your materials list, measurements, instructions and good quality digital images to us atcustomerservice@discountcardstock.com.  If your project is chosen, you will get a $20.00 credit towards your next purchase!  Plus bragging rights and attribution credit in our newsletter.  Keep the ideas coming and thank you to all of our wonderful customers!


Note:  Project was posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by lisa in Bazzill Blog and we have been given authorization to use projects and pictures posted on the Bazzill Basics website.

July Newsletter – Patriot Day Sale

July 17th, 2010
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Patriot Days Sale!
Red, White and Blue are the colors of savings this July at DiscountCardstock.com!  We are featuring 15% off Really RedPatriot Blue Linen and Brilliant White 80# cardstock.  All three of these popular colors come in 80# cover weight cardstock and are perfect for cards, menus, scrapbooking and crafts of all kinds.  The Patriot Blue Linen features a linen texture impressed upon the cardstock while both the Really Red and the Brilliant White feature a smooth finish.

Really Red 80#, Discount Cardstock, Scored Cards, Custom Greeting Cards, Custom Invitations, Envelopes, Digital, Ink Jet, Art Paper, Vellum, Mulberry, Metallic, Specialty Paper, Scrapbook Supplies and more Brilliant White 80# , Discount Cardstock, Scored Cards, Custom Greeting Cards, Custom Invitations, Envelopes, Digital, Ink Jet, Art Paper, Vellum, Mulberry, Metallic, Specialty Paper, Scrapbook Supplies and more Patriot Blue Linen 80# , Discount Cardstock, Scored Cards, Custom Greeting Cards, Custom Invitations, Envelopes, Digital, Ink Jet, Art Paper, Vellum, Mulberry, Metallic, Specialty Paper, Scrapbook Supplies and more

These are beautifully constructed cardstocks with a superior fiber formation made from top quality pulps and dyes. The richly saturated colors of the cardstock give you an opportunity to explore new techniques for your projects as the paper is dyed throughout and folds, scores and cuts perfectly.  Contrasting the linen finish with smooth finishes adds depth and subtle contrast to all of your projects.  Don’t miss these great savings on these three truly spectacular and popular cardstocks!

If you are looking for Wedding Invitation ideas or a quick how to, be sure to check out our new blog http://www.discountcardstock.com/blog/.

(Psst. Since subscribers like you are extra special to us, you also qualify to get an additional 10% off on your entire order during the month of July!  Yes, this month it includes 10% off your shipping, too!  Just enter the code PatriotSale2010 in the customer code section in the shopping cart to get your subcriber-only savings.)

June 2010 Prismatic Cardstock Sale

July 17th, 2010
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Prismatic Cardstock Close Out Sale
Prism went out of business and many of the Prismatic Cardstocks are no longer being made.  While some of the Prismatics line was purchased by another manufacturer and are still available on our website, those that are no longer being made are clearance priced and grouped together for easy shopping.

For those of you that love the Prismatic line, you can’t beat these prices and you should take advantage of this opportunity while you still can.

The Prismatic Cardstock line came in 70# cover weight and in 111 different colors. One side of the sheet presents a fine art watercolor texture (almost a ‘dimpled’ look). The other side is smooth, giving you great versatility in your scrapbooking, card making and craft projects.  Colors and size availability vary.

Once they are gone, they’re gone, so don’t wait.  Buy now before it is too late!

Don’t forget to checkout our special deals and clearance section, perfect for the budget minded amoung us.  We look forward to seeing you on our website soon!


Remember, we love seeing pictures from our DCS family showing us your projects, so keep the pictures coming!  I
f you’d like your project to be considered for inclusion in our newsletter, please submit your materials list, measurements, instructions and good quality digital images to us at customerservice@discountcardstock.com.  If your project is chosen, you will get a $20.00 credit towards your next purchase!  Plus bragging rights and attribution credit in our newsletter.  Keep the ideas coming and thank you to all of our wonderful customers!


May 2010 Newsletter with Origami Sunflower Video Link

July 17th, 2010
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The wonderful showers of April are bearing fruit with even more changes at DiscountCardstock.com for May!   We have even more new products to tell you about and, in keeping with our May Sunflowers Flowers theme, we are running special pricing on our Sunflower Cardstock.  May also brings us Mother’s Day and while we can’t get you a bouquet of flowers for you Mom, we are ready to help you give her an e-gift certificate by email with a personalized message for her from you.  Don’t miss the fun video at the end of the newsletter on how to make an origami sunflower.

First, our flower theme for May practically demands that we have a special deal on our Sunflower Cardstock, so here it is!  For the month of May, get 20% off our Sunflowercardstock.  It is a beautiful, earthy yellow in 80# weight with a smooth finish on both sides.   Perfect for spring and summer craft projects, scrapbooking and party invitations!

Second, let’s talk about our newest addition to our product line-up!  We are so excited to now offer DoubleMates two colored cardstocks!  TheDoubleMates lines feature two colors in the same tone,  one color on each side, in lighter shade on one  side and a darker shade on the other.  Both sides feature a slightly textured surface to add depth and dimension to your project.  And this 2 toned cardstock is two pieces of cardstock, the color is vibrant thoughout, so there is no unslightly white core when trimming or creating deckled edges!

We offer 13 color combinations to chose from such as Berry RedPeaches & Cream,Meri-GoldLuscious LimeEmerald IsleBelgium BlueOcean BlueGroovy Grape,Lovely LilacRacy RaspberryPretty PinkTerra-Cotta and Heritgage Family.

Since it’s May, we can’t forget our Moms and Mother’s Day!  We now offer E-Gift Certificates that you can buy for your Mom, sister, friend or any other special creative person in your life.  A special message can be included so you can personalize the certificate to the receipient and a separate receipt will be sent to you via email.  These E-Gift Certificates never expire and retain their value.  If the recipient orders more than the value of the E-Gift Certificate, they are able to apply the value of the E-Gift Certificate in full and pay for the remainder via credit card or paypal at their option, without starting a new transaction.   Easy, it always fits and is always appreciated!  Order an E-Gift Certificate today!

For a fun video on how to make an origami sunflower, checkout this video on WonderHowTo.com: Origami Sunflower Video.

April 2010 Newsletter with Easter Scrapbook Project

July 17th, 2010
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April 2010 Newsletter
April has been a time of exciting changes at DiscountCardstock.com.  We have a bunch of new products to tell you about and a fun Easter scrapbooking project to share with you.  Read on for special deals for our subscribers and to view the charming scrapbook page ideas submitted by one of our customers.

First, let’s talk about our newest additions!  We are now sell selected Bazzill Embossed and Glazed Cardstock such as the African Daisy Flower BoxEvening Surf Polka Dots,Raven Stripe, as well as the full DenimRibbon and Ice Dust lines of cardstock from WorldWin/CTI!

All of our new Bazzill products are on sale for 13% off.  In addition, non-stock All Bazzill Basic cardstock products, including Bling, Orange Peel and more are also available by special order in quantities as small as a single package.  Contactcustomerservice@discountcardstock.com for ordering information and pricing.

The Denim features a textures linen-like surface with random high and low relief areas on one side and comes in 105# weight.  The other side is smooth.

The Ribbon cardstock is similar to the ‘ridged’ cardstock previously carried and has evenly spaced narrow linear raised ridges with well-defined groves helping the ridged ribbon area to stand out in relief.  The other side is smooth.  This cardstock is 105# in weight.

The Ice Dust line is fun with deep, rich colors and the sparkle of mica throughout to add to the pizzazz of the cardstock.  Both sides are super smooth and silky for the utmost versatility.  This is also in 105# weight.

Also available now is our updated and expanded Swatch Book, for sale at 40% off for a limited time. With it you can see all of our new and old products in one place.  You can’t beat the price!

Check out all our new products and enjoy 10% off selected new products for a limited time!  Also, as a DCS Newsletter Subscriber, enjoy an additional 10% off your order through May 10, 2010, by entering New2010 in the ‘customer code’ box in the shopping cart at check out.

Now, on to the fun stuff – our April project!

Easter Scrapbooking Project

Instructions for Easter Memories Scrapbook Page

For our April project we are sharing a charming and easy Easter Memories Scrapbook Page.  It is very easy and much of its charm is due to the sweet little girls in their Easter finery!
You will need the following items:

Material Size
4 or 5 Easter themed pictures in various sizes. We used pictures cropped to the following sizes:  lower left corner is 5 x 3.5, lower right corner is 4.25 x 3, upper right corner is 5 x 2.25 and the overlapping pictures in the upper left corner are 3.5 x 2.75.

(All sizes are height by width.)

Classic Purple Prismatic Cardstock70# 1 piece sized 12×12
Flame Metallic Cardstock 105# 1 piece cut to 5.75 x 4.25

1 piece cut to 5.75 x 2.75

Canary Yellow Cardstock 67# 1 sheet of 12×12 cut to 2” wide
Orange Ribbon with Yellow Polka Dots – 3/8” wide. 12 inches long
Sheet of Polka Dot paper or cardstock 6.5 x 4.5
Sheet of Easter stamps (letters for the word Easter, plus lady bugs and happy Easter carrot, flop eared bunny) Part of one sheet of Easter themed stickers
Glue stick or gun.

Step 1:

Affix the 2” strip of Canary Yellow Cardstock about 3/8” in from the rightmost edge of theClassic Purple Cardstock.  The Classic Purple Cardstock should be dimpled side up when gluing the Canary Yellow Cardstock to the Classic Purple.

Step 2:

Glue the Orange Ribbon with Yellow Polka Dots along the left edge of the 2” strip ofCanary Yellow Cardstock.

Step 3:

Center the 5.75 x 4.25 piece of Flame Metallic Cardstock over the top of the Polka Dot Cardstock and glue together. Then center and glue the 5 x 3.5 picture onto the top layer of Flame Metallic Cardstock.

Step 4:

Center and glue the 5 x 2.25 picture on to the 5.75 x 2.75 piece of Flame Metallic Cardstock.

Step 5:

Arrange the pictures (both with and without affixed cardstock) onto the page by eye and glue into place onto the Classic Purple Prismatic Cardstock.

Step 6:

Affix the stickers spelling out the word Easter top to bottom along the right hand border of Canary Yellow Cardstock.  Add a few ladybugs (or other accent stickers that come with the sheet you purchase) along the border for fun accents.  Then affix additional stickers to the scrap book page to your taste.

In ours, we liked the floppy-eared bunny peering at the little girl and her Easter basket on the bottom right corner picture and the “Hoppy Easter” sticker pulling together the overlapped pictures in the top left and the layered picture with framing cardstock in the lower left.

The important thing is to have fun and have a special keepsake for years to come!

A special thanks to Michelle Jensen for sharing her scrap booking idea.  If you’d like your project to be considered for inclusion in our newsletter, please submit your materials list, measurements, instructions and good quality digital images to us atcustomerservice@discountcardstock.com.  If your project is chosen, you will get a $20.00 credit towards your next purchase!  Plus bragging rights and attribution credit in our newsletter.  Keep the ideas coming and thank you to all of our wonderful customers!