Sketch 7

Ingredients needed:

4 feet of ribbon

buttons

1 scalloped Stacker circle

1 smaller circle - Stacker or chipboard

What an easy page for alot of photos...and still have room for journaling & a cute title!

Scrapbooking Cruise Online Now!

We're so excited to announce our next Scrapbooking Cruise:

• Tampa to Cozumel, Mexico
• May 15-19
• rates from just $429 per person

Stay tuned for more info. We're finalizing our class schedule & complete itinerary and will post it soon! For all the current info, go to our site, http://www.acidfree.com/ and click on Retail Shopping, then the Cruise link.

We hope you can join us in May!

Sketch 6

This cute holiday layout would be perfect to put some of the photos you receive in Christmas cards this year! We used a Stacker circle to make a fake envelope...adds dimension & interest to the page...and very easy to do.

Ingredients used in this sketch:

Largest circle from Stacker pack

Matching print paper

12x12 cardstock

ric rac

buttons

hemp

Curly Uppercase Letter Stamps (HO HO HO)

Curly Number Stamps (07)

FREE Christmas Connector Kit!

As our gift to you, we're giving away this Christmas Connector kit with every order, now thru Friday (12/14)! Just put "Merry Christmas to ME" in the Special Instructions section at checkout...no coupons necessary. (stamp not included)

Accordion Photo Board

Wow, just look how cute!! And, better yet...EASY!

This accordion photo board is made from pages from our 4x6 black board books. Just turn pages both horizontally & vertically...punch more holes (Cropadile works best)...add ribbons, pix, paper, & stamps....Voila! This would work great with our 5x7 and 6x8 board books, too....just use pix the same size as the chipboard.

Just think of the gift possibilities! Enjoy!!

Survey Results

WOW! We're blown away by the response to our questionnaire. So many of you took the time to email us your answers...and many of you included lots of suggestions & ideas for us. THANKS SO MUCH to all of you!

We'd thought we'd share the results of the questions with you:

As for the order to roll out new items this year, 35% of you voted for stamps first...and clothing items tied with 35%...20% said rub-ons and 10% said inks first.

As for the blog, you want more of all of it...more ideas & projects (with list of supplies, etc....and we've listened to this already!)...more tips & techniques (soon to follow)..more sketches ( of course...we love these!)...and for "other", many of you asked for more contests, including contests with your projects...so stay tuned!

For monthly kit pricing, we got answers from $5 - $75....so all of our kits fall right in the middle. We have monthly kits from $15 - $32...all including shipping. We hope you'll all take the time to check them out. And, that's not to say we won't be adding even more kit options! (for those of you who preferred a box of matching supplies!)

On the questions of class prices, we had responses of $10 - $675 (full weekend event). With all the comments, too, it's clear that the most important part is actually getting what you pay for....and that leads to the answers to questions about techniques or finished projects. The answers were evenly split on these, with comments saying that these are closely tied...that if you love a finished project, you usually love the techniques that you used...and would use them again.

Acrylic stamps are preferred 4 to 1...whew, glad we started our stamp line with those! (wow, has it really been 2 years?!?)

You preferred Quickuts, but only slightly over Sizzix, 48% to 41%, with 11% saying none or other systems like Cricut. So many of us started with Sizzix, and with coupons at the chain stores, it's so easy to add to. But, just in case you want to try Quickutz...and for those that already do...keep it mind that you can email Quickutz orders to us...and save 25% off retail everyday!

For online ordering, shipping costs is the most critical element to over 70% of you. You all wanted coupons, too...and items to be available...and good customer service. We definitely provide coupons to those on our newsletter group...have over 95% of our items ready to ship...and strive for the best customer service. And, as far as shipping is concerned, we've offered FREE SHIPPING on orders of just $35 or more for over a year! (and that $35 is on regular pricing...coupons bring that total down!)

When ordering online, over 90% of you want items in that come open stock and have a complete kit option. We offer this on alot of our products, but we'll work on more combo options.

You were all very honest by telling us that you advertising in the magazines is important, as well as celebrity endorsements...but most of you (62%) buy items that you've been taught to use. That's where good companies come in...if you learn to use our products, you'll use them up & need to buy more! Advertising is sooooo expensive...we'd rather spend money on new products...and more classes (in our store AND online) to share more techniques & time-saving tips. We're glad most of you prefer this route!

In making your purchasing decisions, ease of use & versatility were the most important, followed closely by price. Only a couple answered for the 'newest' product available. We work hard to make sure we provide products that make your scrappin' time more enjoyable...easy products to work with, that can be used several ways...all at a fair price...and of course, we try to come out with new things. We will continue to keep all of these aspects as priorities in our business.

Finally, we LOVED the extra comments & suggestions! (especially the praise & good wishes for me & my son, Keller!!) Yes, we will work on more contests...we will continue offering great coupons...we will consider a "bonus bucks" or similar program...we will work on more pictures on our site...etc, etc, etc. I have saved all the responses to our survey, and will refer to them often...not just the tallied results....our customers are individuals, not just one of a percentage. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for your answers...and for your continued support in this industry.

Kim


Oh, I almost forgot...you want to know who won the 25 shopping sprees?!? Ok, but first, if your name is on this list, email us at kellerscreations@acidfree.com for your coupon code to shop all thru December at 50% off regular prices! If you're not listed, check your email (or sign up for our newsletter if you don't get it already...sign up on the front page of our site) for a great coupon for you, too. So, drum roll, please....the winners are:

Cathy Nelson
Rustie Dimitriadis
Angela Hood
Selena Alvar
Amy Biddison
Andrea Grant
Danniell Slocumb
Sue Vassallo
Kelly Austin
Geneva Whitmire
Jana Robinson
Shawna Kermott
Sherri Simons
Shelly Berg
Jennifer Roeder
Amy Watson
Candy McSween
Kimberly Cramer
Denise Ross
Kim Hackworth
Jamie Harris
Mary Ann Jenkins
Erin Koirtyohann
Sonia Pitts
Nancy Finnerty


Congratulations to each of you! Remember, email us for your code to shop at 50% off all month!

Another holiday card idea...

Ingredients:


kraft cardstock for card

chipboard tree

scalloped circle & red circle from Distressed Christmas Stacker pack

slide mount

Slanted Bricks XL Background stamp (on slide)

cranberry ink (CTMH)

Christmas Cards slide spot

ribbon

WooHoo! Check this out...

Look what we found! We made the list of 'must haves' in RubberStamper magazine (Nov/Dec 07 issue)....check us out at #6. Just thought we'd share!

A simple holiday card...

Stamp slide mount (small round) with snowflakes background stamp (Winter set); put Slide Spot of choice inside mount (Time & Dates used for '2007'); tie ribbon around top side of slide mount before adhering closed.

Use 2 of the 6 small circles in the Distressed Christmas Stacker pack to overlap towards the center of card; adhere in place then cut off outside edges.

Add title...JOY letters shown cut from Vixen alphabet by Quickutz. You could also stamp letters.

We need your input!

We want to know what you think! Help us out by copying & pasting the following questions into an email to us...along with your answers...and you'll be entered into our biggest prize giveway yet. We will draw not 3 winners, not 5 winners...but 25 winners!!!!!!! 25 lucky customers will win 50% off shopping sprees for the entire month of December! If you win, you can shop online or at our retail store or BOTH. Good luck! (email answers to kellerscreations@acidfree.com with 'my answers' in the subject line)


Tell us what you think...

1. Rank these products in the order you’d like to see us roll them out:
a. more stamps
b. inks
c. rub-ons
d. more clothing items – t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc.

2. Rank these in order of importance to you on our blog:
a. ideas & project samples
b. tips & techniques
c. sketches
d. other?

3. Do you subscribe to any monthly kits? If so, which ones?

4. What is the most you’d pay for a monthly kit?

5. Rank these in order of importance to you in a monthly kit:
a. techniques learned
b. finished project
c. prefer a box of matching supplies

6. What is the most you’ve paid for a class at a scrapbook convention?

7. What is the most you’ve paid for a class at a LSS?

8. Rank these in order of importance to you in a class:
a. techniques learned
b. finished project

9. Which do you prefer: acrylic stamps or wood-mounted stamps?

10. Which do you prefer: Sizzix or Quickutz?

11. Rank these in order of importance to you when ordering online:
a. shipping cost
b. coupon or special offer
c. other?

12. Which do you prefer when ordering items:
a. in complete kits
b. open stock, ordering piece by piece
c. want both options

13. What is the most important factor influencing your likes & dislikes in scrapbooking & cardmaking:
a. products advertised in major magazines
b. products featured by a ‘celebrity’ in the industry
c. products you’ve been taught to use (in a class, at a LSS, at an expo, etc)

14. What is the most important factor in making a purchase, either online or at a LSS or at a show:
a. price
b. ‘newest’ item available
c. ease of use
d. versatility of product

15. What are the top 3 sites you order online from?

16. Where do you purchase more:
a. LSS
b. online
c. convention or expo
d. chain stores (Michael’s, Target, WalMart, etc)

17. Any other comments, ideas, suggestions, criticisms???

Thank you for taking the time to complete our questionnaire! We value your opinion and want to involve our customers in the direction of our company. Good luck in our drawing of 25 lucky winners! We'll announce them here on Saturday night, December 8th...so get your answers to us by midnight Friday to qualify for the drawing.

Kim

Sketch 5 - Enjoy!

This sketch is so versatile. On first look, it didn't make me think holiday...but it worked! You could change the theme easily on this one. And, you could use 2 colors for background, with one under the ribbon border...or use 2 different prints & solid ribbon to divide them. We'd love to see what you come up with!

You'll need:

1 scalloped stacker & 1 round stacker

3 XL tags

4 mats cut to 3x3

ribbon

die cut (flower...2 on this layout)

buttons

title (Quickutz Vixen letters on this one)

"Believe" Word stamp

More Memory Trends Pix...finally!

Even though these should have been up weeks ago, I still wanted to post them. We (I) had some technical difficulties with my digital camera, but I finally got the pix out!!

We had a blast chatting with Ali, Stacy, and Lisa...so much fun!

Kim

Orlando Memories Expo Winners!

Congratulations to these lucky winners from the Orlando show:

Kerri Dowdell
Jennifer Seminara
Patti Sue Torres

Just email us at kellerscreations@acidfree.com for details on claiming your $25 gift certificate!

Sketch 4

Here is the 4th sketch!

You will need:

1 sheet of Reminisce paper

1/3 sheet of Reminisce stripe

Scalloped and round stacker

Cardstock Tag

Buttons

Curly Uppercase Alphabet Stamps

Smile Stamp

Ribbons

Replace the photos in the round slide mounts with journaling or patterned paper. Try using these themes of photos with this too...Zoo, Toddlers, Bad Hair Days, Cats or Dogs, Playground, Bikes or Motorcycles....the possibilities are endless!!! Don't forget to join the Sketch Club where you will receive all four monthly sketches and the products to make them! Check it out at www.acidfree.com

Happy Scraplifting!

Memories Expo, Orlando...here we come!

Isn't this a fun Connector kit?? We're taking it to the Memories Expo Convention this weekend in Orlando...and if it's a hit, we'll offer it online. We love going to the FLA shows, as we see so many customers who have become friends. If you're near Orlando, we hope you'll stop by & say hello!

Sketch #3

What you need:

12X12 light blue cardstock

6 X 12 red cardstock

1 inch strip of striped paper

4 inch strip of red distressed Christmas paper

3 distressed Christmas stackers

3 large square slide mounts

2 small square slide mounts

12 inches of red dot ribbon

2 red buttons

4 green buttons

Swirl XL Background Stamp

EMAIL DISASTER!

As of an hour ago, we've suffered a HUGE email crash! We've lost over 1,200 emails that we needed to reply to. We've got our technical guys looking for possible ways to recover the lost emails, but so far, no luck. If you've emailed us as a winner of a contest, checking on an order, needing a donation for an event, asking questions about products, or any other reason...please re-email us again. We're so sorry for the inconvenience, but we want our customers to know that we're not ignoring you!!!

And, even if you haven't emailed us lately, pray for a technical miracle for us!

Thanks so much,
Kim
Keller's Creations, owner

Recipe Book WINNERS!

Congratulations to these 3 lucky winners of our Recipe Book Kits:

Karen Kelly
Candy McSween
Ann Kelley

(Please email us at kellerscreations@acidfree.com with your mailing address & phone number.)

Thanks to each of you who sent us your answers to our multiple choice questions. For the record, the answer was "D", "all of the above" to both questions!!

New Sketch, More Giveaways, Weekly Specials, etc.

What you need:



12X12 tan cardstock



4 inch strip of striped paper



Connector (Red from Christmas Distressed Liners pack)



Fall Stackers pack



Slate, yellow and tan slide mounts



Fall Slide Spot



Playtime Alphabet Stamps



Swirls Background Stamp



Silly Circles Background Stamp



Flowers Background Stamp



Reverse Donuts Background Stamp



Ric-Rac, ribbon, buttons


Change this layout to highlight any holiday you want by simply changing out the papers, Stackers, slide mount colors and Slide Spots.




And, if you're wondering where our updates have been...well, it's been a busy few weeks! We went to CKC in Kansas City & had a blast meeting so many of you. And, for those of you who signed up for our email list & gift certificate giveways, here are our lucky winners:


Bon Marie Gardner
Gretchen Wiley
Patty McGovern


Congratulations to each of you on your $25 gift certificates!! Just email us for details on redeeming your prize.


Just 3 days after returning from Kansas City, we departed from Port Canaveral, FL for our Scrapbooking Cruise! The Bahamas were warm & sunny, and the time on board was so fun!

(stay tuned, as we'll be posting pix of these trips)


As always, our travels are adventurous....so we came up with another contest! If you're not one of those lucky winners listed above, how about a chance to win on of our Recipe Book Class Kits?? (Have you seen how adorable these are?! Just think of those on your holiday gift-giving lists that would love one!) Ok, to enter the drawing for 1 of 3 of these great kits, email us your answers to the following 2 questions:


Question 1:
On our trip to Kansas City, which of the following happened to us:
a. We got a speeding ticket.
b. We had to be towed.
c. We found the giant Superman statue & took silly pix.
d. all of the above

Question 2:
On our cruise, which of the following happened to us:
a. We played slip & slide on the pool deck...although not a planned activity.
b. We discovered we like Appletinis.
c. We discovered we don't like Roulette.
d. all of the above.

Ok, email us your answers to BOTH questions to kellerscreations@acidfree.com by Saturday, Nov 3rd at midnight EST, to be entered to win 1 of 3 class kits! Winners will be posted on our blog on Monday, Nov 5th.


Lastly, be sure to check out our Weekly Specials link on our site. This week, we have all of our Acrylic Background Stamps and Word Sets on sale BUY 1, GET 1 FREE!! (as well as many other specials)

Until next time,

Kim

Sketch 1

WHAT YOU NEED:

2 sheets patterned paper

3 coordinating Stackers - (1 lg circle, 1 sm circle, 1 scalloped circle)

2 cardstock Scalloped Tags

1 small square Slide Mount

Playtime alphabet and numbers acrylic stamps

1 chipboard flower

Twill, ribbon, buttons

Hint for making this sketch your own:Want a look that is a little less feminine? Try tying the ribbons in knots instead of bows. Skip punching the holes in the scalloped circle and replace the chipboard flower with the oh so cute chipboard frog from Keller's Creations.

Halloween Connector Ideas

Check out these spooky Halloween Connectors that our head designer, Kathy Fesmire, created. They are just too cute! She used our chipboard connectors, solid liners, chipboard & cardstock letters, stamps, etc. We're working on getting these added as complete projects on our website, so you can print out detailed directions. And, isn't the spider the best? His legs are made from our black square slide mounts! Enjoy!!

And, the winners are....

Congratulations to the winners of our Bubble Gum Flavor Contest! Thanks to all of you who emailed your answer to us. If you didn't win this time, check our blog often for more fun giveways like this.

10 Winners:

Amy Saucer
Julie Swaim
Lynn Williams
Valara Rhodes
Deb Stratemeyer
Stacy Garland
Joanie Garramone
Michelle Hansen
Sara Ancic
Christy Shockley

If you're one of these lucky customers, email us for your coupon code for $25 in FREE products from our site. We need to hear from you by October 15th.

Congratulations, again!

The CONNECTOR Craze

We are just blown away by the popularity of our connectors! We think they're awesome, but it's always such an incredible feeling to know that others think so, too.

Just imagine all the wall hangings, accordion books, layouts, cards (yep, even cards....have fun folding them & see!), signs, door knob hangers, etc. that you can make with these chipboard Connector pieces. And, by adding our print Liners....a Stacker or two...maybe some slides & stamps...you'll be sure to love your creations with Keller's Creations!

And, if you want this "Live, Laugh, Love" kit for FREE, just go to our site(http://www.acidfree.com/) and sign up for our monthly Class Club. Put "Live, Laugh, Love" in the Special Instructions at checkout, and we'll include this $25 kit with your first club shipment for FREE! And, one of the kits shipping this month is our adorable recipe book...what a great time to join!

Just check out these other ideas with our Connectors & other great products. Please email us your projects you come up with using our Connectors!

Hi from our owner!

I just wanted to say how excited I am to have our blog up & running! It's just the first of many exciting changes taking place with our company. We've got new products coming out weekly, lots of giveaways in store, and our Class Club packs are a huge hit. And, we're having alot of fun with our new "Scrap Outside the Bubble" campaign. In fact, for all online orders over the next week, you'll get a 'surcie' of bubblegum! (a surcie is a surprise...one of my favorite childhood words that still makes me smile) You may not get any sour apple gum, though, as I may have to keep it all to myself!

Thanks for taking the time to join us here...and please come back often. We'll be adding featured products, projects to copy, sketches of the week, and so much more.

Kim

Chatting with the "Scrapbook Diva"!

Keller's Crew member Kathy Fesmire will be chatting with the Scrapbook Diva in the Lounge on Wednesday, October 3rd at 3:40 EST. Be sure to tune in at http://www.divacraftlounge.com/ to hear all about Keller's Creations!

Keller's Crew

Welcome to the Blog!

We are very excited to begin our new Keller's Creations Blog!! We just got back from Memory Trends in Las Vegas. We had a great time meeting the retailers and had a wonderful show.
We even did some shopping of our own and you will be very excited to see the new paper lines we picked up for our Stackers and Connector Covers! Be sure to check our website at www.acidfree.com regularly to see the new lines!