Scrapbooking has been incredibly meaningful for all of us and the intrinsic benefits of all that scrapbooking has brought to our lives and the lives of our loved ones can be shared with a wider circle of people … …. ESPECIALLY those in need.

This month, we would like to invite you to join us in tapping on our scrapping and cardmaking talents to help raise funds through SOMETHINGOOD - a volunteer group chaired by youths who want to make a difference to the community which comes under the umbrella of CARE Singapore which reaches out to primary and secondary school youths at risk of academic failure, behavior problems, emotional maladjustment, self-harm or delinquency.

We really hope that you’ll be able to spare a couple of hours to be a part of our MAKE N DONATE crops. You will be taught cardmaking techniques and be given creative ideas for altered projects to complete creative projects on the spot at the crops. Your works of heART will then be collected and auctioned on eBAY under an online auction programme named Good Karma!. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of items made with love by all of us will be donated to CARE Singapore.

Here are a couple of helpful answers to questions if you’d like to be a part of this effort to give back to our society.

WHEN and WHERE will the Make N Donate Crops take place?
They are taking place from Sun 3/6 till Tues 5/6, 2pm-8pm at Made With Love.

Do I have to attend ALL the Make N Donate Crops?
No, you do not. Just spare an hour or 2 on any of the 3 days when the crops are held and join us in creating projects which we will guide you through. But you are certainly most welcome to come all 3 days and stay the full 6 hours a day to create as many projects as you can for this fund raising effort. Better yet! Gather a bunch of your usual cropping kakis (translates: friends) for a really meaningful crop session!

Do we have to pay a fee to attend these Make N Donate Crops?
No, you do not. It’s absolutely free and Made With Love will be donating scrapbook supplies and items to be altered for all participants to use for the fund-raising creative projects.

Please however remember to bring your own adhesives which should include tape glue and foam dots. You are also strongly encouraged to RAK a.k.a. Random Act of Kindness (translates: scrapbooking term for the word ‘donate’) your own scrapbooking products to further beautify your creative projects in order to fetch a higher price on eBAY in our bid to raise as much funds as possible for the at-risk youth helped by CARE Singapore. It’ll be great if all participants bring supplies that can be thrown into a common pool to be shared by one and all during the Make N Donate Crops. Any scrapbook supplies you are able to spare will be most appreciated.

Other things to note:-
A specific project will be focused on each day. You will be taught techniques and provided with creative ideas but no 2 projects will look alike as you will be given different supplies packs to work with and you can allow your creativity to take over.

DAY ONE - Sun 3/6 Make N Donate Crop - Cardmaking
You will be taught intricate precision hand-cutting techniques and tips on achieving a 3-D effect for gorgeous greeting cards that will beat any ready-made card off the shelf hands-down. Here are just some samples of what the techniques you pick up at this crop will help you create.

DAY TWO - Mon 4/6 Make N Donate Crop - Altered Picture Frame
Pick up creative ideas on how you can turn a plain old, boring wooden picture frame into a truly beautiful work of heart that anyone will be proud to display in their home or office.

DAY THREE - Tues 5/6 Make N Donate Crop - Altered Clipboard
Learn to transform a nondescript clipboard into an attractive home decor item perfect for photo display.

TO REGISTER, PLEASE CALL US AT 6837 3464. :)

To find out more about CARE Singapore, please visit their website, http://www.care.sg/.

For more information on SOMETHINGOOD, do visit their website, http://www.somethingood.org.

It’s just ONE MORE DAY before we release information on what we’ve planned for this year’s GREAT SINGAPORE SCRAPBOOKING SALE at Made With Love which starts on 1 Jun 2007!

Our phone’s been ringing of the hook and many of you have been wringing your hands in anticipation as to what we’ve planned for this great sale of the year and we really hope you’ll think “it’s the sale worth waiting for”… … borrowing a line from one of our iconic local retailers. ;)

And if you’re popping over to our place today, we thought you’d like to know that replenishments of stickers, Thickers and chipboard D-ring albums from ::AMERICAN CRAFTS:: have arrived and are ready for the taking.

Expect to see more fantastic new products and other products brought back by popular demand at Made With Love from a variety of brands like ::7 gypsies::, ::Fiskars::, ::Tinkering Ink::, ::Mustard Moon:: and from ::::Making Memories::, we have the Funky Vintage collection. We’ll be rushing to stock in all these and more in the next few days to kickstart THE GREAT SINGAPORE SCRAPBOOKING SALE at Made With Love!!!

So please make our place a must-drop-by haven for some serious scrapbook retail therapy!! It’s certainly the best time since the start of the year to stock up on much needed supplies and expand your treasure trove of scrapbooking must-haves!!

In the meantime, till we meet again, keep on lovin’ and keep up the scrappin’!!!:)

It’s WOW WOW WEE WEDNESDAY today once again and today’s promo offer is simple but unbelievably fantastic!

Purchase any QUICKUTZ BUNDLE and receive a QuicKutz TOTE BAG valued at $69.90 absolutely FREE!!!!

This offer is good for ONE DAY only cos it’s on Wednesdays at Made With Love that everyone goes WOW WOW WEE!!!

Our place was beginning to look a tad empty but our week-long dry spell has lifted and the store has been flooded with a tidal wave of BRAND NEW scrappin’ supplies!!! It’s been quite a while since we’ve been this excited and we’re just brimming with anticipation to welcome you with open arms as it’s Trendy New Arrivals Thursday once again TODAY!!!

::LOVE, ELSIE::

BETTY COLLECTION >>>

ROXIE COLLECTION >>>

TOBY COLLECTION >>>

FABRIC & EMBOSSED PAPERS >>>

Be the first scrappers outside of the U.S. to get your scrappin’ hands on the quirky and totally cool scrap products designed by Elsie Flannigan - one of our fave designers this year!! Take your creative skills to a different level. Be bold and adventurous as you experiment with her unconventional style that is embodied in EVERYTHING from her *Betty*, *Toby* and *Roxie* collections. We’ve got her fab patterned papers, embossed cardstock, self-adhesive fabric paper/canvas, rub-ons, chipboard buttons, soft charms, gel stickers, cardstock stickers, stamps, epoxy bellies….Ooooo..your scrap projects will just ooze with oodles of fun, fun, fun!!!

Also do not miss the LOVE, ELSIE Make & Take Promo
FREE Make & Take inspired by Elsie Flannigan’s super yummy collection: Love, Elsie!

We had loads of fun creating them at CHA Winter 07 and we hope you have fun making them too!

To receive your free Make & Take Kit, simply purchase:

- Any 6 Patterned Papers from the SAME Collection
- 1 Fabric Patterned Paper
- 3 Embellishments from the SAME Collection

Patterned Papers and Embellishments cannot be repeated designs.

::EK SUCCESS::

So many of you have been asking for more EK Success products and we hope that this hefty shipment of bellies, tools and more will satisfy your insatiable scrapping appetites!!!.. … And check out all the foam dots you love to bits!!! :)  We have in stock the ever popular Cutterpede, both in Teal and the all new PINK as well as the much sought after HONEY BEE Scissors! Also some other cool tools that have hit our store eg:  Cutterfly and Cutterbug - cute yet functional tools for your scrappin’ needs.

::MAKING MEMORIES::ALL NEW Travel Collection and other absolutely pretty must-haves.  From luggage tags, postage stamps to drool-a-licious flocked albums.. it’s really time to take out those travel photos and SCRAP THEM!!! :)

::WE R MEMORY KEEPERS::

These sold out quite a while ago … Good news for many of you who’ve been waiting for the Crop-A-Diles to arrive! They finally made it after numerous delays, along with plenty of their recent releases!!

::MAYA ROAD::

Tons of all-time fave Maya Road products have been replenished. The popular tin box bundles in 4 sizes (Tea, Coffee, Lunch, Dinner) are back and we have also brought in just the raw albums sold separately for those of you who have bought the tins the last time around.  Also new from Maya Road - chipboard albums in super fun sizes (4×4, 5×7, 6×6) Oh and did we mention, the tab book albums that were used for ‘Book of Love’ workshop are also IN!  We hope it’s every altered artist’s, chipboard lover’s and clear stamps fanatic’s paradise now at our place! ;)

::BASIC GREY::

It’s quite a tool fest this time round!!! Check out this newest tool from Basic Grey - the Precision File Set. Tiny grooves and spaces become reachable with this precision file set. Distress chipboard, plastic, paper and metal - all with shapening results. Each file features a rubber-coated grip for comfort and ease-of-use.

With this very varied shipment, we hope we’ve got just about everything that will satisfy each and everyone of our scrapping needs.

So come celebrate Trendy New Arrivals Thursday and hang out with us today! Apart from chatting and munching as always … … ;) there’s also loads more stuff to go gaga over together!!! :)

Check out what’s installed for today’s WOW WOW WEE WEDNESDAY!!