Photo Expressions

June Club Member Special - 40% Off Picture Frames

June's Club Member special is 40% Off Picture Frames!

  

June is a big month for picture frames, what with "dads & grads" gifts, teacher gifts and the like.  Stock up now and remember, if you take a great photo, it isn't a great picture until it's a print!

Not a Club Member yet?  Please visit here for details...

40% off the regular price of in-stock frames.  Custom framing: 40% off frame only.  Digital frames and frame albums excluded.  No further discounts apply.

Photo Mug Special - Get a $10 Gift Card!

Well, if 40% off picture frames and 40% off Foto Books in June isn't enough for you, how about a special on photo mugs?  Photo mugs make great gifts for dads, grads and school teachers.

From June 1-15, receive a $10 Photo Express gift card for every photo mug you order!  Photo mugs cost $19.95 with text included, so it's like getting your mug for only $9.95!  And if you are a Club Member, photo mugs are only $17.95, so it's like getting your mug for only $7.95!

Photo Express photo mugs are beautiful "wrap-around" designs, meaning they go all around the mug (about 4x8 inches in size).

There are 3 easy ways to order your photo mugs:

1. In Foto Depot, order the "4x8" print.  You can crop, edit and add text before ordering if you want.
2. On PE's in-store kiosks, order 4x8 prints and let us know you want mugs from them.
3. Just give us your photos (prints or digital files), let us know what text you want and let us do the rest! ($5 design fee applies).

Remember, you get a $10 PE gift card with each and every mug you order from June 1 - 15th, 2009!

Please note, does not apply to RocketLife photo mug orders.

Trust us with your Memories,
Ron C

June Foto Depot Special - 40% Off Foto Books!

As if 40% off picture frames wasn't enough for you, this month Photo Express is running a special on Foto Books: 40% off!

 

No, not that type of 40% off, but 40% off the price!

This applies to any Foto Book ordered in June on Foto Depot, your one-stop online shop for:

• FREE, unlimited photo storage (ie. free backup in case your hard drive crashes)
• Sharing your photos with friends and family
• Quick and easy ordering of prints (for pick up at Photo Express or shipping)
• FREE online editing of your photos (cropping, text, special effects, etc.)
• And of course, creating your own simple-to-order, high quality "Foto Books" as mementos and gifts.

A 20-page Foto Book regularly retails for $39.99.  This month on Foto Depot your price will automatically be adjusted to only $23.99!  There is no limit, you can order 1 or 100 books.

Foto Depot makes creating Foto Books a snap, and we recently beefed up the text options to make it even easier and more powerful.  Get started on your next masterpiece today!

Please note, the 40% discount applies to books ordered through Foto Depot only.

Trust us with your Memories,
Ron C

@ P.E. May 28, 2009 - Crumpler Camera Bags, "Glue Rings" by Glue Arts

We back!  This week, Michele and Ron look at some of the coolest camera bags in the world, and a new must-have scrapbooking adhesive.  Enjoy!

Cuttlebug Dies and Embossing Folders

Cut a shape, emboss a shape, or cut then emboss shapes with the inspired designs available from Cuttlebug™! Best of all, you can use the Cuttlebug dies in leading die cutting machines such as the Big Shot and the Revolution!

Here's a sample of some of the dies and embossing folder available from Cuttlebug (and currently instock at PE)...

Is This You?

Do you know this lovely lady? If so, could you please let her know that we have a photo album of hers in the store that has probably been missing in action for quite some time :-) Let her know that it's safe and all she needs to do is drop us a line and we'll put it in the hold bin with her name on it.

Creative Corner with Kerry

Spring Time
by Kerry

Product used: A/C Craft Fair paper; Coordinating Stickers from 'Remarks' booklet; QK Dragonfly font; QK scallop border; hero arts stamp (for the tree); Glitteritz on the tree; Rub-on bird from We R Memory Makers (could easily substitute a stamp); Pop squares; Black journaling pen; Xyron

'Ahesive Woes' with Karen

Many of you have heard us say how important it is to use acid free products when you are scrapbooking. I have learned this lesson the hard way and I wanted all of you to see what can happen when you aren't careful with your supplies. When I was starting out with scrapbooking, I knew the importance of using acid free supplies, but I cringed at the price of adhesives. Someone at another scrapbooking store (not PE) told my Mom that she bought all her adhesives from the dollar store around the corner, and that they were just as good as what they were selling. I was thrilled! The package even said that it was acid free. I proceeded to use the tape on several layouts from my daughters first two years of life. Those layouts got tucked away and forgotten about until just a few months ago when I started to flip through their scrapbooks to reminisce. Imagine my horror when I saw this!

All of the layouts that I used that dollar store tape on are damaged. That so-called acid free tape most certainly wasn't. The tape is quite literally eating through my paper and photos. You can see in this sample that the paper has become translucent anywhere that it is touching the tape. I am heartbroken over this because this layout is one of my favourites and I can never reproduce it. The paper and embellishments are several years old, so I will never be able to get my hands on more of it. This layout isn't even all that old. I would have scrapbooked these photos less than three years ago. What I want to get across to you by showing you these pictures, is that you have to be very cautious with the scrapbooking supplies that you find in a dollar store. I know that we're all trying to be careful with our money these days, but scrimping on adhesives is not the way to do it. You will only end up with heartache later on.

Karen

Creative Corner with Kaylyn

Summer Fun
by Kaylyn

Product Used: cardstock (Bazzill); patterned paper (Snorkel line by Cosmo Cricket); alphabet die cuts (Rockstar & Stardust from QK); ink (Ancient Page & Staz On); brads (American Crafts); adhesives (Kokuyo & pop dots from Best Creations)

Technique: Kaylyn used her brads to highlight her favourite photos on the layout. She used a circle template to get perfect placement of her circles.

Canadian Scrapbooker Summer Edition

Canadian Scrapbooker's Summer '09 edition is in the store! This is Canada’s first and only quarterly scrapbooking magazine dedicated to Canadians. This upbeat magazine is about Canadians, for Canadians, by Canadians. Look to Canadian Scrapbooker to meet and learn from others across the country who share your passion for scrapbooking.

This summer issue is packed full of great articles and some fabulous creative inspiration. You'll find pics of some of our regular customers (check out the 'Canadians Seen' article p. 20) as well as layouts by several local scrap artists throughout the magazine.

For a full list of this issue's contents, check out the Canadian Scrapbooker website.

Shoebox Scans

Breathe new life into your old piles of memories.  Turn a shoebox full of prints into a beautiful photo book!  Make your tray full of slides into a DVD slideshow!  E-mail, print copies, do whatever you like once your old photos are scanned into digital format. 

With P.E.'s "Shoebox Scanning" program, turn this:

 

into this...

 

Got piles of photos or 35mm slides and negatives in shoeboxes? Want to get them organized, easily accessible and ready to share again? Bring them into Photo Express and have them scanned to archival gold CD’s. It’s the quick, easy, and affordable way to archive your memories.

For full details on PE's Shoebox Scan service and pricing, please visit here!

Reminder for Double Discounts

Just a quick reminder that the Double member Discounts (so 20% off ALL regular priced instock scrapbooking purchases), ends tomorrow Sunday May 24th at 5pm.

@ P.E. May 21, 2009 - Gary Fong Puffer, QuicKutz Ltd Ed. Gift Sets

This week we talk about the "Gary Fong Puffer" and the Spring 2009 QuicKutz Limited Edition Gift Sets.

Note that on our website at www.photoexpressions.ca you can now view our latest 4 videos quickly and easily on the sidebar, just below the class schedule and online store links.

You can shop for the Gary Fong Puffer here and the QuicKutz Gift Sets here.  Please remember, when you are logged into our website you will see your Club Member or QuicKutz Crew pricing reflected in the prices.

If you haven't registered yet you can do so here.  Please note there may be a delay of a few days until you see your Club pricing reflected.

Introducing the Epic Six

 

The Epic Six is the newest tabletop die-cutting system from QuicKutz.  The Epic comes with everything you need to cut and emboss all QuicKutz products as well as all other leading brand dies, making it the most versatile and truly epic die-cutting tool yet.

Key features of the Epic:

• Cuts and embosses
• Six-inch wide opening (watch for 6" dies!)
• Compatible with all QuicKutz and other leading brand dies!
  
• Ideal for scrapbooking, card making, home décor and other craft projects.
• Warranty—Lifetime service commitment
• High quality metal parts
• Light weight and portable
• $109.99

When you pre-order the Epic tool before June 30th you will receive an instant $20 rebate, making your Epic only $89.99.  Receive your club discount off of this also, making it only $71.99 for Gold Crew members!! And THAT'S NOT ALL!  If you preorder by June 30th, You will also receive a FREE 6" die by mail from Quickutz valued at over $20 US.

Pre-order yours today! Expected arrival in July.

 

The Epic Six is the newest tabletop die-cutting system from QuicKutz.  The Epic comes with everything you need to cut and emboss all QuicKutz products as well as all other leading brand dies, making it the most versatile and truly epic die-cutting tool yet.

Key features of the Epic:

• Cuts and embosses
• Six-inch wide opening (watch for 6" dies!)
• Compatible with all QuicKutz and other leading brand dies!
  
• Ideal for scrapbooking, card making, home décor and other craft projects.
• Warranty—Lifetime service commitment
• High quality metal parts
• Light weight and portable
• $109.99

When you pre-order the Epic tool before June 30th you will receive an instant $20 rebate, making your Epic only $89.99.  Receive your club discount off of this also, making it only $71.99 for Gold Crew members!! And THAT'S NOT ALL!  If you preorder by June 30th, You will also receive a FREE 6" die by mail from Quickutz valued at over $20 US.

Pre-order yours today! Expected arrival in July.

I'm really not kidding - this could happen to you

I know, I know, I know, you are thinking "another post on backing up and printing my photos".  Guess what...I am going to keep on doing this because if it saves even one more person's photos, it is worth it. Read on to see the email I received from Cheryl and how glad she was that she had printed some of her photos. PLEASE don't wait until it is too late to do something with your memories - back them up and more importantly PRINT THEM!

Hi Michelle,

 I just received your newsletter and as always it contains your reminder of printing your photos as the safest way of keeping your memories.  I just thought I would tell you about a true life incident that I am currently living that illustrates how you can think you are safe but aren’t. 

 Last Sunday night, someone entered my home while I was up and around and ran off with my laptop.  I was devastated by the loss.  I had been intending to do a backup as the last one I had done was a few months ago.  I knew that I had a lot of my photos etc on the laptop but I did have them on backup.  Imagine my surprise when I went to restore the backed-up files to my new computer and realized that the software wasn’t actually backup software but synchronization software.  I sat in absolute horror as I realized that with a click of a button I had just permanently destroyed the files on my external hard drive as it set out to synchronize itself to my new computer (the one with no files on it).  I have since learned that because of the encryption and the deletion process that there is absolutely no chance that I can restore my photos.   I have lost all photos from the last 10 months.  I am however extremely grateful that when I was over to PE in November, February and April I had printed all of my favourites of the special moments .  If it wasn’t for the printed copies of my photos I would have no photographic records of  the first day of school, Halloween, Christmas, My parents return from their year long trip and other special times.  I know now that in addition to making back-ups of your back up I will always make sure that I print the photos that I take and not leave it for another day or until I have tweaked it just right or whatever excuse of the day I have.  You are right that print is the safest way of saving your photos.  If this story helps just one person realize how vulnerable we truly are to loss, even when we think we are safe, it will be worth sharing.

 Thank you for all you do and all you teach.

 Cheryl Morrison

Nanaimo, BC