Holiday 2002
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• Creative Handmade
Cards
• Archiver’s Holiday
Gift Guide
• Holiday Happenings
at Archiver’s
• Hot Holiday Products
• Archiver’s Coupons
• Classes
Creative
Handmade
Cards
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Giving a handmade card is a creative
way to show you care.
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othing else
captures your
thoughts and
indulges your artistic
spirit like a creative
card. Taking the time
to fashion a unique
greeting card tells the
recipient they hold a
cherished place in your
heart—and gives you
the creative satisfaction
and fun of making it.
Your original handmade card is more than
just a fast selection
from the drugstore, but
a personal and enduring gift reaffirming
your friendship, family
ties and feelings. No
commercial card will
ever convey such a
considerate, highly
personalized and creative expression—and
bring you joy, too.
Making your own
greeting card doesn’t
have to be elaborate,
time consuming or
expensive. You can create a fun card by simply fashioning two
pieces of paper together and adding a sentiment. It’s easy to get
started with card making. There is a rich
variety of papers, stickers, design elements
and adhesives that are
perfect for handmade
cards. Creating cards
is a great way to use
materials purchased
for other paper craft
projects as well. In
addition to be being
economical, card making is the perfect way
to expand your skills
and explore new techniques. Get your kids
involved! Card making
provides them with a
creative outlet and
teaches them valuable
lessons about giving.
The Perfect Message
Handmade cards allow
you to create the perfect message for each
person and occasion.
You can fashion invitaContinued on page 2
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Handmade Cards Cont.
tions to birthday parties, baby showers or
open houses. Sending
a card tailored to a
party theme sets the
tone before the gathering. Adding your own
note written inside a
hand-fashioned getwell or sympathy card
will have an impact
like no other. When
you reach out to family and friends during
the holidays, a special
handmade card makes
your expression so
much more personal.
If family photographs
are part of your holiday tradition, consider
designing your cards
around a favorite
photo. Our color
photo copier lets you
reproduce and resize
photos with amazing
quality. (Check out the
article on page 3 for
some exciting photo
ideas using the color
copier!)
No Time—Think
Again!
We’re all busier than
ever, but creating handmade cards doesn’t have
to take a lot of time.
Archiver’s card and envelope packs are the ideal
foundation for creating
quick and easy cards.
Using some quick
embellishments, stickers
or ribbons, you can create a dozen beautiful
cards in half an hour—
less time than it takes to
drive to the store, make
your selection and check
out. Making cards is an
accessible activity that
doesn’t require a studio
Fun Card-Making Classes!
Just in time for the holidays,
Archiver’s is offering two new card
classes to get your creativity flowing! Learn to make your own cards and
get some great ideas in Creative Card
Making and Holiday Card Showcase.
Both are FREE — stop by any store or
look online at www.archiversonline.com
for dates & times.
Colorful Card Books!
Bursting with creative
ideas and step-by-step
projects, these books feature cards embellished
with buttons, eyelets,
fibers and charms plus
creative techniques
using decorative papers
and cardstock.
Use rubber stamps to highlight your holiday photo,
decorate the front of your
card or spell out a seasonal
greeting. Stamped cards can
be as simple as a single
image to layers with dimension — the choice is yours!
or elaborate set up.
A sunny table in your
kitchen or a corner of
the family room will
suffice.
Stickers and Stamps
Archiver’s has a great
selection of imaginative
stickers that are perfect
for handmade cards.
The hot trend this year
- our new three-dimensional stickers - bring
Beads, buttons,
charms and
eyelets take
your holiday
cards to a new
dimension. The
latest trend,
embellishments
add detail to
your seasonal
greetings.
amazing texture to
cards. You’ll love the
wonderful snowmen,
Santa's, bells and other
holiday images. They’re
so easy to apply—and
they give cards instant
artistry. Rubber stamping is another fun
way to decorate cards.
Add holiday sparkle by
embossing a stamped
image in gold. Or,
stamp in one color,
then use chalks or colored pencils to highlight the image. What
could be more original
or more fun to create!
Die Cuts
Making your own cards
and envelopes using
Archiver’s paper and
die cuts is also simple,
fast and fun. At every
Archiver’s, you’ll find a
wide assortment of die
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New products arrive daily at
Archiver’s and we’re making room
for holiday-inspired paper, stickers, stamps, embellishments and
card crafting supplies.
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dimensions, from trees to snow
skis, we’ve got them for this holiday season. New 3-dimensional
stickers, crafted from felt, textured paper, vellum, wire, beads
and more, are finely detailed and
make quite the impression on the
front of a card or frame. We have
brand new 3-D stickers from
Paper Bliss and Jolee’s Boutique.
You’ll find roll after roll of traditional peel and stick stickers too,
with laser cut angels, glittery
snowflakes, jingle bells, and
snowmen, to name a few!
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Combine an Archiver’s card pack
with one of our stamps for beautiful and easy handmade cards!
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EMBELLISHMENTS
Embellishments are taking the
crafting world by storm – a blizzard of buttons, beads, fibers, and
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PAPER & STICKERS
With over two thousand styles
and growing, our paper collection
is stocked with new patterns and
classic colors for the holidays.
Our specialty papers and cardstocks are available in a variety of
reds, greens, gold, silver and
shimmery white. From snowflakes
and holly to ho, ho, ho, our new
patterns include designs from
Anna Griffin, EK Success and
Magenta. Use our papers to hand
craft your holiday greetings, create colorful newsletters and frame
your holiday photos.
Stickers are branching out in new
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RUBBER STAMPS
We are proud to announce the
arrival of our new holiday stamps!
We have over 100 new designs
from PSX, Stampendous,
Northwoods and Hero Arts.
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eyelets has landed at Archiver’s.
Use embellishments from Making
Memories and Magic Scraps to:
• Top off a holiday tag with a row
of buttons.
• Embellish your card with word
snaps.
• Title a winter scrapbook page
with eyelet charms.
The possibilities are endless with
holiday embellishments!
ARCHIVER’S
ALL THAT GLITTERS
Create cards, gift tags and gifts
that shine! We’ve got the supplies
to add silver sparkles and golden
glitter to your holiday projects.
• Use new gold stickers from
Printworks to decorate the
front of a holiday card.
• Tie ringlettes of sparkling ribbon around your gift-wrapped
packages.
• Apply beads of glitter to cards,
tags and shopping bags.
Combine our glittery materials
with our new shimmery card
packs and paper for eye-catching,
elegant projects.
Our huge selection of paper,
stickers, rubber stamps, and
embellishments makes Archiver’s
your store for holiday cards
and gifts.
VA L U A B L E
OFFER
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Archiver’s
Gift
Certificates
A gift certificate is a
quick and easy gift
that is sure to please
just about everyone
on your holiday shopping list. Wrap up an
Archiver’s gift certificate and inspire a
friend to start scrapbooking or a family
member to preserve
their photos. Gift
Certificates make
great gifts and
stocking stuffers for:
• Coworkers &
Employees
• Friends
• Teachers
• Young crafters
• Gift Exchanges
• The Family Archivist
• The Scrapbooker
Who Has Everything
Get inspired with
one of our FREE
holiday classes!
Great ideas for gifts, cards,
projects & more online at
www.archiversonline.com
Create these make & takes
at our Holiday Open House,
November 16-17.
The Holidays Are Happening At Archiver’s
Our stores are decked out in their
holiday finest and we are ready
to celebrate, inspire, and create
with you this holiday season!
How will we do it? Archiver’s
style, of course, with one-of-akind cards, hand-made gift tags
and packages, and gifts from
the heart!
Celebrate the Season
with Archiver’s
Mark your calendars – this is one
event you won’t want to miss.
Join us on Saturday, November
16th and Sunday, November 17th
for a weekend of holiday-inspired
Make & Take projects. Follow us
step-by-step to create an embellished picture frame, a winter
card and a holiday bag. All 3
projects are FREE as our gift to
you (while supplies last). Plus,
we’ll have demonstrations and
treats for you to enjoy as you
walk through the store and check
out all of our new holiday ideas
on display.
Holiday Classes
What is more meaningful than a
hand crafted card and a gift
designed from the heart? Our
special (and free!) holiday classes are designed to give you
oodles of ideas for adding handmade touches to the season and
the knowledge to get started. We
all know how hectic the season
can become, so treat yourself to
an hour of inspiration on us.
Holiday Card Showcase:
Our creative ideas and useful
tips will motivate you to add a
personal touch to your holiday
cards. We’ll showcase our best
card ideas, from simple to elaborate, teach you how to use basic
card crafting tools and send you
home with a card you create in
class.
Holiday Bags & Tags:
Creative touches can transform
even the simplest of gifts into a
treasure. And with all of the
pretty papers, ribbon, and tools
available, why not create a package they’ll remember? Join us as
we explore ideas for prettying
your packages and topping them
off with hand crafted gift tags.
Handmade Holiday Gifts:
Frames, journals, albums, keepsake boxes, mousepads and
more, our Handmade Holiday Gift
class is packed full of ideas for
creating personalized gifts. You’ll
discover ideas with our favorite
focus - photos - that are perfect
for gift giving year-round. Call or
stop by any store for dates and
times and to sign up!
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Turn to our website as a time
saving resource during your busy
season. You’ll find a calendar
of events posted for each store
on our site so you can keep
track of our holiday classes
and events. Discover shopping
inspiration with our gift ideas
listed online. Plus, you can
browse our online library of
ideas for festive cards, scrapbook pages and handmade gifts.
Wish Lists
Help your family and friends
shop for you this holiday season.
Print an Archiver’s Wish List
from our website and fill in all
of the great items you want
from Archiver’s. When your
shoppers bring in your list,
we’ll help them find exactly
what you’re wishing for!
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A handmade card shows your
creativity — and that you care.
cuts, which are like
cookie cutters for
paper, free for our
customers’ use.
Experiment with different die cut cards.
Make a shape highlighting a family
photo. Or line a die
cut window with vellum to give your card
a glowing wintry
tone. Your only
expense is the price
of paper!
set your imagination
free. Punches, for
example, allow you to
create fun shapes. Use
a new square punch to
make a window. Then
decorate the inside of
the card—you’ll create
a masterpiece!
Holiday Card
Headquarters
A handmade card is
a thoughtful and personal gift that will be
treasured long after
Creative Card Classes
This year Archiver’s is
offering two classes to
help you get started.
Our Creative Card
Making and our
Holiday Card Showcase
each show you how to
add handmade touches
to your cards. You’ll
learn how to use the
basic tools to create a
variety of cards, from
simple to elegant. Plus,
we’ll tell you about
exciting new tech-
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ARCHIVER
’S!
Sometimes you want to add a photo
to a card. Archiver’s makes it easy!
Our color copier offers stunning,
archival quality reproductions at an
economical price — only $149 for as
many as you can fit on an 81⁄2”x11”
sheet, or $299 for an 11”x17”. And
there’s no hassle of sending your negatives out to get lost or damaged
while waiting for reprints. Batching
many photos on one sheet lets you
produce multiple images for less
than reprints at a photo lab—with
a lot more flexibility.
Our color copier provides these
options — from locket to life size —
with the look and feel of a real
photograph.
Playful, elegant and detailed handmade cards are only a peel
& stick away with stickers! New 3-dimensional stickers add
an element of “wow” without all the work and no one will
guess it was so easy when you use an invisible background
sticker to send your holiday message!
Unleash Your
Imagination
Embellishments open
the door to new techniques and materials
for decorating cards.
You are free to use
stencils, watercolors,
buttons, fiber, or
whatever you desire.
Our new creative
projects and tools also
the holiday season.
Archiver’s makes it
simple and easy to
show the special people
in your life how much
you care. Our stores
and website,
www.archiversonline.com
are full of creative and
artistic ideas to inspire
your imagination.
niques and ideas to
create the perfect card
for your family and
friends. Our Holiday
Card Showcase class
will also offer lots of
ideas specifically for
holiday cards. Call the
Archiver’s nearest you
to sign up for these
free classes today.
Looking for a vintage mood? Make
a black and white copy of your color
photo. Next, color the image with
chalks or colored pencils—the
picture will show through the tint.
Don’t worry about veering outside
the lines—these tints are erasable!
You’ll love the warm, elegant result!
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Create-a Calendar
Share memories with
family and friends each &
every month. Add favorite
photos, scrapbook pages,
or kid’s art to our blank
calendars to create oneof-a-kind gifts. Available
in 2 sizes. Great for
grandparents, aunts
& uncles, girlfriends
& more! $8.99-9.99
Holiday Albums
Display your holiday memories
in a special keepsake album.
New for this season is a deluxe
Spode™ album with the famous
Spode™ Christmas tree design
on the cover. It displays 4x6
photos and is bound with a
festive red ribbon. Susan Branch
scrapbooks are decked out in
holiday colors and come in
12 x 12 and 5 x 7 sizes.
$9.99-35.99
Daylight Lamp
Scrapbook Kits
We’ve assembled everything
a new scrapbooker needs to get
started into one handy kit.
Our kit includes decorative
scissors, adhesive, archival
pen, cardstock, instructional
book and an organizer, plus
a coupon towards a new
scrapbook. 3 Different kits are
available, at $29, $69 & $99.
Let your true colors shine in
natural light. This compact,
lightweight lamp simulates
daylight for more accurate
color matching and reduced
eyestrain. The lamp folds
together neatly when not in
use. Pamper a serious crafter
with this luxurious glow!
$49.99
Craft Organization
Photo Albums
A photo album makes a
great gift for anyone on
your list! The newest
additions to our
growing selection
include pocket page
albums from Pioneer.
They are covered in handsome suede with contrasting
stitching and display two 4 x 6
photos on each page. $14.99
Compact, durable and on
the move – we’ve got the
ultimate in craft organization! Organize your scrapbooking supplies in the
XXL, our largest model.
The Navigator, our bestselling model, is now
available with a Limited
Edition, stylish purple
trim. Our organizers are a
must-have for any serious
scrapbooker.
Starting at $79.
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Fiskars
Shape Cutter
Packaged and ready to
give, Fiskars new
Limited Edition Shape
Cutter kit is sure to be a
hit with any scrapbooker or card crafter. Just
for the holidays, this kit
includes a Shape Cutter
with replacement
blades, three holidayinspired templates,
embossing foil and an
idea book. Fill their
stockings with additional Shape Cutter templates, sold separately.
$32.99
Scrapbooking
Books
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Give a gift of ideas! Select from
our library of books on topics ranging from scrapbooking and card crafting to researching your family tree.
$14.95-29.95
Some of our favorites include:
• Memory Maker’s Scrapbook Basics
• Creative Cards
• My Creative Companion
• Scrapbooking Secrets by Becky Higgins
• Designing with Notions
12x12 Frame
Proud of your scrapbook
pages? Showcase your talents
with our scrapbook frames.
Create your own gallery of
memories with these frames
that are designed to perfectly
fit a 12 x 12 scrapbook page.
Available in black, walnut,
and maple finishes, frame
your favorite page as a oneof-a-kind gift. $19.99
Embellishments
Stuff your stockings with the latest and greatest crafting supplies – colorful embellishments! Choose from buttons, fibers,
eyelets, beads, eyelet charms & more. What’s one gift we can’t
live without? Making Memories Tool Kit! It contains all the
tools you need for embellishments and comes packaged in a
sleek metal case. $29.99
Stamp Store
Stocking Stuffers
Stuff the stockings on your list with a few of our favorite creative tools. Our new designs of snowflake punches and rubber
stamps will get any crafter through the winter! Take their tool
box to the next level with a tin of colorful chalk pencils or a
pair of non-stick scissors.
Rubber stamping bliss...
on wheels! The Stamp
Store is an organizer
designed especially with
rubber stampers in mind.
This compact organizer
features pockets for
punches and embossing
powders, loops for decorative scissors and markers
and five slide out trays
for stamps and ink. For
the stamper on-the-go, the
Stamping Station is
designed with a pull-up
handle and heavy-duty
wheels. $129.99