28/03/2007

Scrapbooking Rub Ons

Rub ons are a great element to add to any scrapbook page. There are a variety of types of rub ons from solid to multi coloured - words to pictures. There are rub ons that will suit your needs.

We carry Black, White, Silver and Coloured Alphabet rub ons from American Traditions, Making Memories, Basic Grey and Doodlebug.

Silver, Black, White and Multi Coloured Image/Picture Rub Ons from Basic Grey, Carolee's Creations, Die Cuts with a View, and Junkitz.

Black, White, Silver and Multi Coloured Sayings Rub Ons from My Mind's Eye, Junkitz, Basic Grey, All My Memories and Making Memories.

Personally, I find the best and easiest way to use the rub ons is to cut out the image/word/letter that you need to use. This way you won't accidentally rub off one you didn't want to use. Remember to burnish the rub on after you have rubbed over it. I like using a pencil instead of the Popsicle stick for rub ons because then I can see where I have rubbed but that is all in personal preference.

25/03/2007

Stamping Supplies

ScrapbookingOasis.com carries a range of stamping supplies.

We carry unmounted Rubber Stamps and Mounted Rubber Stamps, Band Stamps, Self inking stamps, Acrylic Stamps and Foam Stamps. From Letters to words to pictures - we have stamps for you!

For mounting supplies we carry Acrylic Blocks and EZ mount for those who want a unmounted stamp system. EZ mount can be used with Rubber stamps and you just store the rubber and keep acrylic blocks separate. This saves space for you to be able to store more stamps.

We carry Clearsnap, Colorbox, Top Boss, Tsukineko and Marvy Uchida inks. With over one hundred different ink pads to choose from you are sure to find the colour you need!

We carry Walnut Ink, Diamond Dust, Pearl Ex, Embossing Powder, Blender Pens, Stamp cleaner, Aqua Pens, Sponges, Foam Brush all to suit your different stamping needs!

24/03/2007

Coming Soon to ScrapbookingOasis.com

  • A few more colours of Bazzill Cardstock.

  • Prima Frosty Flowers
The petals on these double layered flowers have a dimensional touch of frost - like icing on a cake! All they need is a pretty brad for a middle to attach them. Approximate size is 1.25".

  • Around the Block Antiquing tool kits
Ink on one end and a sanding disk on the other. Great for adding a worn look to chipboard pieces, cards and paper crafts.

  • Avery Printable Tags
Personalize these heavyweight die-cut tags with names, dates, journaling and even digital photos! It's easy using your computer and printer. Acid free. Includes CD that features more than 100 images, templates, clip-art and elements.

  • Avery Journaling Sticker paper
Specially designed die-cut stickers are ideal for personalizing your scrapbook titles, captions and journaling. Add names quotes, phrases, dates and even digital photos, then print and apply right to your scrapbook page. Repositionable feature lets you position your stickers perfectly. |Acid free, ideal for scrapbooks, paper crafts and decorating. The included CD features more than 100 images, templates, clip-art and elements.

  • Grafix 12x12 chipboard sheets - Acid Free

  • Memories in the Making Sticker Booklets
School, Alphabet, Pets, Baby, Friend. 750-950 stickers in a booklet!

  • Hopefully!!!!! (as they are hard to get!) Marvy Mega and Giga Scallop punches in Oval, Circle, and Square.
Clever Lever punches are available in six sizes and several shapes. The lever design now makes punching easier than ever, even on heavy cardstock. The bottom of each punch has a sliding cover at the cutting edge. Clever Lever Mega Craft Punch 2-3/8" To 2-1/2" Shapes, Clever Lever Giga Craft Punch 2-7/8" To 3" Shapes

These will all hopefully be arriving Next Week!

22/03/2007

New Products Coming Soon


We have ordered Cropperware Pages In Progress.
From the Cropperware Website:
Yes! You can leave that crop when the clock strikes midnight! No matter what stage your scrapbook page or craft project is in, lift it into the Page in Progress Box and secure loose elements with the super-powerful magnets. Put on the lid and voila! Your page is dust-free and portable (slide it into your supply tote--it's only 3/4" wide), and you didn't have to use any adhesive!
PIP can buy you:
1. More sleep!
Rather than pushing yourself to late-night bleary-eyed scrapbook page completion, you can stop cropping whenever you like with the confidence of knowing that when you are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed again everything will be right where you left it on your page--and you didn't have to leave it out to collect dust!

2. More crop time!
No more spilling an envelope full of page elements out on the table to spend 20-30 minutes recreating a layout you had started. As soon as you're ready to scrap, lift the lid off the P.i.P. Box and--voila! Look at what a genius you were when you started that page!

3. Confidence to act on creative inspiration when it strikes!
No longer will you have to brush aside a great scrapbook page idea when it strikes you because you don't have a large block of time to follow through. Feel like tinkering with some newly printed photos? Get your P.i.P. Box off the shelf, and even if you only have five minutes, every minute counts because that page in progress is going to be kept in place! Put on the lid and slide it back onto your bookshelf--no one even has to know you were just scrapbooking!

We also ordered templates from Crafters Workshop. These are really awesome doodling templates that I am sure you will love!

21/03/2007

uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen

The uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen is a Great Pen! It's a must have for scrapbookers and card makers to use when writing on dark colored paper, unlike other white pens that skip or don't really show up, the uni-ball Signo White Gel pen works really well.

When writing on dark paper, after the ink dries, it stays white (the dark colour doesn't show through the ink). The uni-ball Signo White Gel pen also writes clearly and the ink is silky white.

The uni-ball Signo White Gel pen has a continuous writing flow. You can also write on photos with this pen. The uni-ball Signo White Gel pen is definitely a must have for any scrapbooker or card maker or any other kind of craft where you're using pens on a regular basis.

This is an acid free pen.

16/03/2007

Sketches, Blueprints, Scrap Maps - a scrapbooker's best friend!

Sketches or Blueprints or Scrap Maps have got to be a scrapbooker's best friend! So many times when I am stuck on a Layout I pull out a sketch book and find something I can do! If you have a lot of pictures that you want to put on a page; sketches will give you help as to what to do. I love my sketch books! If you haven't started using sketches for your layouts maybe consider trying it. They are a great resource to end scrapper's block.

Sketches are not pages you copy - they are templates that work with you. You can change the template by rotating the page you are looking at. There are no "out of style" papers in the sketch since it's a black and white sketch! There are no trends to follow. A sketch book is a timeless piece you can add to your scrapbook stash since it won't go out of style.

When using a sketch book you should be able to complete more pages than usual since the layout is planned for you. All you need to do it pick out the sketch you want to work with, the papers and embellishments.

15/03/2007

Dollar and Under Bargains

Who said scrapbooking and stamping can't be affordable? We offer a selection of $1 and under bargains everyday online. This section features items that are marked down as well as regular priced merchandise. Papers listed in this section are all $0.50 or under. You can pick up paper, embellishments and more in the dollar and under bargains! While supplies last there are products from American Crafts, Basic Grey, Beary Patch, and cherryArte to name a few.

Don't want to buy the whole bottle of Primas? Looking for some affordable ribbon and don't want to buy an entire roll. Go to the Dollar and under bargains and buy them.

Check it out today to save a lot of cash on some great buys! Over 350 products are listed in this section.

14/03/2007

Making Memories 8" Chipboard


Making Memories 8" Chipboard
Can be used for wall decoration or scrapbooking. Paint it, chalk it, ink it, cover it with paper or leave it white. Easy to embellish with metal, fiber, ribbon or even some bling! Use the first letter of a name for a monogram page. Buy a few to put up a word on your wall. Have a child? Put your child's name on their bedroom wall. This chipboard is sure to impress! Also available are chipboard flowers, & sign, and brackets.

13/03/2007

Bazzill Basics Cardstock


Bazzill Basics Cardstock is premium acid and lignin free buffered cardstock. Bazzill Basics cardstock is textured on one side and smooth on the other. Bazzill offers a few styles of textures namely corduroy, washboard, canvas, criss cross, orange peel and weave. Bazzill offers a heavy weight cardstock adding to the high quality of the cardstock. Bazzill cardstock is available in 8 1/2 x11 and 12x12 sizes. With hundreds of colour options to choose from Bazzill offers a great selection of cardstock for any scrapbooker or stamper.

Bazzill has monochromatic colours which makes matching a breeze. It tears easily for those who like torn edges in their scrapbook. The texture can lend a unique look to inking or chalking (or even stamping).

Bazzill Basics cardstock is matched up to many popular brands of paper and many people have compiled additional lists of Bazzill colours to match different patterned papers. Some of the patterned paper matches for Bazzill include Basic Grey, and 3 bugs in a rug.

Bazzill also offers brads, eyelets, fibers, ribbon, buttons, blossoms and inks to match their paper line. In addition to this there are also Bazzill chipboard and chip toppers.

Bazzill is definitely hands down my favourite of all the cardstock available on the market today. They offer exceptional quality at an affordable price.

12/03/2007

Jaquard Pearl Ex Powder

Description: Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments are our most versatile product! They can be mixed into any media and applied to any surface! And the variety of finishes Pearl Ex can produce is nearly endless—from metallic sheens to pearlescent shimmers to all manner of faux finishes.

Mix Into:

  • Pearl Ex Varnish
  • Oil
  • Acrylic
  • Gouache
  • Varnish
  • Clay
  • Melted wax
  • Almost any medium!
Apply to:
  • Clay
  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Wood
  • Paper
  • Fabric
  • Almost anything!

Pearl Ex creates a metallic look without being a metal. The particles are flat platelets with two surfaces, therefore it lays down beautifully like a thin coating of metal. The different particle sizes produce different looks — from a fine, smooth, pearly luster to a highly metallic sheen.

It is a safe, non-toxic, inert powdered pigment with a neutral pH. It is extremely color fast and stable — it will not tarnish or fade and is therefore ideal for archival applications.

From the Jacquard website.

Pearl Ex is definitely a unique product to work with. Recently, I was at a class where we made cards using Pearl Ex and glue. White school glue. We took the school glue and spread it on the sheet of paper (with a stipple brush) then sprinkled a little pearl ex powder onto the glue - stippled that also. Finally used an embossing gun to heat it up (melt it). It created a very unique look. We also added some shimmer to our stamped image by taking a blender pen and dipping the tip on the lid of the pearl ex and colouring a little in the image.

We offer the Pearl Ex powders to be purchased individually so you can buy just the colours you like or just one or two to see if you like it. At only $2.45 CAD each it's a great buy for a great product.


11/03/2007

Linda's Custom Yarns


Custom Yarns by Linda
Custom Yarns by Linda are custom made fibers perfect for a unique touch in your scrapbook. Styles of yarns vary from eyelash, metallic, slubbed, multiple fibers combined, mohair, pon pon and ladder. This is not any old fiber that you can find at any box store or even scrapbook store. This is really cool unique fiber! At only $0.39 a yard CAD this fiber offers a unique look to your scrapbook pages.

10/03/2007

Aqua Flo Brush

Aqua Flo Brush - Description: "Works like a marker. Perfect for use with watercolor sets. Fill the barrel with water and gently squeeze to start the flow. The barrel is made of durable yet easy to squeeze plastic with taklon bristles. Also great for watercolor books. Size sm, med, lg"

These brushes are similar to the "more expensive" brands you can purchase. So far I have not had a chance to test them out with my water colour crayons but I did use them in a water colour book with my dd. They brush smoothly and work the same way as the others. I used the largest of the brushes and it was still able to “paint” well in the smaller areas (although a smaller brush would have given better control). Give the pen a little squeeze for some water to come out and brush away. To clean just squeeze more water out and brush on scrap paper until clear. These are filled with regular tap water. These brushes are great for kids to use when painting in the water colour books or even with the little paint trays. These brushes can be used with water colour crayons, water colour paints and even mulberry paper for your tear bears! No more spills, no carrying water, each brush has its own lid to prevent leaking. What an affordable package of three for only $6.19 CAD. A great buy for a great tool to have in your scrapbooking or stamping collection. A must have for any artist!

06/03/2007

Great Deals on Now!

We have more marked down Patterned Paper in our Specials section. Get the Great Deals while they last!

05/03/2007

Special For Blog Readers!

Special for Blog Readers! First 2 Orders of $50 or more* that have in the comment box "saw the blog" will receive the Becky Higgins Sketch book for FREE!

*Before taxes and shipping. This applies only for orders that are completed correctly through PayPal, or paid within the required time frame with Cheque/MO or interac.

Valid from March 5, 2007 until March 9, 2007

03/03/2007

Weekly Specials

We know have a section for weekly specials on our website. Check it out for some great savings!