VIP Newsletter March 23, 2009: VIP Welcomes Spring!
Best Creations Kite papersVIP Welcomes Spring!
Spring QuicKutz New Releases are Here!
Check these DARLING dies just out from QuicKutz with adorable Spring looks! These are terrific for allkinds of child pages and projects! Make your own layered accents, flowers, borders and more! Create your own layered embellies for all your paper-crafting and home decor needs with these amazing dies and borders in all sizes.
It's Officially SPRING!
From kites to bunnies to flowers to sports, we have what you need for your spring time pages! Come in and see what's new! Boy, are we happy here at VIP for Spring! We have been re-decorating, spring cleaning, re-arranging racks, re-ordering and receiving lots of spring themed products! Come in and scrap on Free Scrap days too and enjoy our nice BIG windows in the Creative Zone that let in lots of that natural sunlight! It's a wonderful spot to scrap!
Dozens of Great Products just Came
Check out all the newest goodies from Bazzill, Best Creations, Rusty Pickle, KI Memories, Reminisce, It Takes 2, and more! WOW! We got so much new stuff that we had to rearrange the store! Spring has sprung --and we are enjoying the new look at VIP!
Check out the NEW Core'dination solid cardstocks in a WHOPPING 160 colors! Check out the many papers in the Black Magic, Chocolate Box, and Vintage Collections.
Get Your Scrap On Crop Dr. Seuss Style March 28
Get Your Scrap On with Dr. Seuss style! Join us for our Get Your Scrap On Crop March 28th. Attend the crop and donate one new or used Dr. Seuss book --and receive 30% off any one item!
Join your friends at VIP for the Get Your Scrap On Crop. In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday this month, bring any Dr. Seuss book and it will be donated to a children's reading program. Schedule time to scrapbook with us. You need some dedicated time to work. You deserve some FUN! You know the atmosphere will be creative! Join us Saturday March 28th from 9am-12pm for $25. Fabulous lunch, supper and snacks included. You know it will all be delish! Sign up now!
Note: Offer excludes 30% off die cutting machines and value priced items.
Silhouette Machines for $149.99!
The Quickutz Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter is an excellent tool to have in your work space. The Silhouette connects through a USB port to your computer. It uses any downloaded True Type fonts, TTF dingbats, or QuicKutz software designs along with your computer to digitally transfer information to the machine and cut them out. You open a program, select the QK design, ttf dingbat, or ANY ttf font that you have in your computer. You edit it on screen and the Silhouette cuts it for you. The possibilities are endless. The Silhouette comes with software, cables, blades, and a cutting mat. 50 image design downloads are also already included.
Normally these cutting machines are $369.99 but we bring you the deals here at VIP! You can have your Silhouette machine for less than half price at $149.99! Hurry though, these $149.99 machines are going FAST! There are NO MORE of the $149 models left in the factory so this deal will be ending SOON! Get it while you can. What a steal!
IN STOCK: The NEW SilhouetteSD machines are here!
This machine includes an LCD screen, new design portability, software upgrades and 6 months worth of free downloads! Only $299.99 at VIP!
Funtastic Fridays in March and April--Come to the Funtastic Friday Crops!
- March 27, 2009 from 5pm to 12 midnight Dinner included $8
April 3, 2009 from 5pm to 12 midnight $5
April 10, 2009 from 5pm to 12 midnight Dinner included $8
April 17, 2009 from 5pm to 12 midnight $5
April 24, 2009 from 5pm to 12 midnight Dinner included $8
Earn a Funtastic Friday Bonus Crop! Prepay for your Funtastic Friday crop when you call to sign up and we will keep track for you. Earn a bonus crop FREE after only SIX prepaid signups!
Silhouette Updates and New Online Store for QuicKutz Digital Designs
VIP and QuicKutz is happy to announce the opening of a brand new online QuicKutz store for digital designs. With faster browsing, enhanced searching, sleeker design and more compatibility, this store is better than ever. It offers thousands of digital designs to choose from, with new shapes added all the time, that you can download directly onto your computer at any time! In order to access the new store you will need to download a small update found here:
http://www.quickutz.com/qk2/silhouette/support.aspx
Do you have an older Silhouette? Silhouette offers a free 2009 download of updates at the same link for your standard Cricut of new drivers, software and store helps.
http://www.quickutz.com/qk2/silhouette/support.aspx
Silhouette Digital Subscriptions
For the first time, VIP is also offering subscriptions to download digital designs for your Silhouette.
Free Account: Download digital designs anytime and pay as you go; each design is around $1.99 each (new lower price!).
Limited Subscription: $19.99/ month. Download up to $30 worth of digital designs a month; 1 year subscription.
Unlimited Subscription: $29.99/ month. Download as many digital designs as you want with no monthly limit; 1 year subscription.
USE your VIP Scrapbook retailer code and get 50% Off Subscriptions!
We have partnered with Quickutz to offer our customers a 50% off discount to either subscription program above. Just follow these directions!
- 1. Go to the online store and sign into your account.
2. Choose a subscription plan by clicking on the button.
3. Fill out the required information.
4. When prompted, type in the promotion code: VIP
New Ideas are Blooming this Week at VIP!
- Monday March 23rd All Day Free Scrap. 10am-9pm
Tuesday Mar. 24th Free Scrap 10am-9pm
Tuesday Mar. 24th Just the Basics 6:30pm $5
Wed. Mar 25th All Day Free Scrap 10am-9pm
Wed. Mar. 25th Rocking Wednesday -Bring your Infants! 9:30am-12 noon Free!
Wed. Mar. 25th Beyond the Basics 1:00pm $12.50
Wed. Mar. 25th Card Class 6:30pm $15 1pm $5.00
Thur Mar. 26th All Day Free Scrap. 10 am-9pm
Thur Mar. 26th Basic Grey Club 6:30pm $20
Friday Mar. 27th Free Scrap 10am-5pm
Friday Mar. 27th Funtastic Friday Crop 5pm-12 midnight with Dinner $8
Saturday March 28th Get your Scrap On Dr Seuss Crop- 9 am-12 midnight Join Us! (see above)
Sat. Mar 28th FREE Tim Holtz Make N Take while supplies last
Sunday Mar. 29th All Day Free Scrap 12 noon-5pm
Monday March 30th All Day Free Scrap 10am-9pm
Spring Garage Sale at VIP!
Join in our Spring Garage Sale here at VIP!! Want to get rid of some of your excess papercrafting supplies? Would you love some NEW supplies instead? Start clearing out your supplies and set them aside for April 25th. Details of how to participate will follow in next week's email newsletter.
VIP Spring Retreat was a Blast!
What a great time we had! From Friday's 50's themed bash at the Dream Garage to the last prize winner announced on Sunday, we really rocked the Ramada! Meals were fantastic and the fun time spent with all our scrappin' friends was even better! And the PRIZES! Ohh laa laa! We had dozens and dozens of prizes through the event. Could you hear us cheering and clapping?
Here are a few of our wonderful winners:
iPod player- Karen Manthey
$100 gift certificate for QuicKutz from VIP- Kathy Colvin
BoBunny tote- Meg McCamish
A QK Silhouette die cutting machine- Shea Anderson
Jody Bower- QK Flower die
Heidi Haroldson- QK Bird die
Sue Panzer- QK 4x4 flower die
Mary Wahlstrom- QK 4x4 flourish
Char Reese- QK France Collection dies
Karen Dion- QK 12 inch Border Flourish die
Brenda Mandt- QK 4x8 Storybook Alphabet
Retreat-goers can see ALL the photos taken at the entire retreat on the CUT A RUG RETREAT CD at the front desk in the store. Use the SONY Photo Station to choose the ones you love --and make your own copies!
Marvelous Mondays! Use that 40% off Coupon at VIP
That means you can use your current Michael's 40% off craft supply coupon HERE at VIP!!! Now that's exciting news! Get 40% off the price of one craft item when you turn in your original newspaper Michael's coupon at our store. 1 coupon per family per day. Note: excludes Cricut machine, Silhouette machine, QuicKutz handles, Slice machine, and other value priced items. Marvelous Mondays were made just for YOU! Use your current Michael's coupon at VIP every Monday!
Plan your High School Albums early!
NOW IN!! Scrapbook those high school memories.
Look at this album set! It includes 3 embellishment sheets, school colors album, custom glossy chipboard frame, and 24 sheets of custom 12x12 paper! Get them while supplies last. Custom school album sets in stock include John Marshall, Century, Stewartville and Mayo. Any other school albums can be easily ordered by request. Get your high school albums NOW before the big 'graduation open house' scrapbook frenzy begins in a few weeks! Look at all the custom papers and embellishments you get in ONE album! These coordinated sets make your high school scrapbooking FAST and EASY!
Don't forget we also have high school papers and embellishments for other local schools now in stock too! High school custom papers in stock include 15 local high schools:
Albert Lea, Austin, Byron, Century, Chatfield, Dover Eyota, John Marshall, Kasson Mantorville, Lourdes, Mayo, Owatonna, Pine Island, Plainview Elgin Millville, Stewartville, and Winona.
VIP also offers a great monthly series of high school layout classes so that you can get your teen's school album done in record time! See our Calendar for all our class offerings on the website: http://www.vipscrapbook.com/event
Sign up Now for April Genealogy Classes!
Make your personal heritage come to life. “Grandmother and Grandfather” is the March genealogy theme in our year-long series. Sign up for ONE of the following April dates for the class. Choose either April 5, 19th, or 26th. Class begins at 1pm. FREE WIRELESS allows you to research on the laptop FREE! Come in and see the page sample up in the store and sign up for the year long series with us here at VIP.
We do have a few past month's class kits available as TO GO kits again now. Learn genealogy research skills and how to research your own family tree with us each month. Cost $12.50
Tuck a Gift Certificate in your Treat Basket!
Ask the Easter bunny to stop at VIP and get you a treat! Gift Certificates always fit!
Gift Certificates are sure to please anyone and they tuck nicely into an Easter basket!
VIP Gift Certificates are the perfect present. One size fits all. Everyone loves them! Give your scrapbooking friends the memory-keeping gift that keeps on giving. Buy VIP gift certificates!
Thank you! Thank you!
A big THANK YOU to all out retreat-goers who joined us for our "Come Cut a Rug" retreat. We sure had fun --and it's all because of YOU scrapbookers. Be sure to join us again in the Fall for our next fantastic weekend retreat! Keep those layouts rockin' ladies!