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Boredom Busters – #15!

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Cindy Higgins

Updated 4/27/2021 The Z-Fold Multi-Occasion Card Kit has arrived in the store! It took a bit of work to finally get these completed for the kits. (Forgetting something at home or at work delayed progress.) Each kit makes one complete … Continue reading →

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Working on our new look!

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Cindy Higgins

We are happy to do our best to help you find what you need. Just give us a call and set a time. Meanwhile, we are busy painting, building and rearranging. NOTE : We will be CLOSED Saturday, March 13 and … Continue reading →

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 10

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Cindy Higgins

New kits added – 12/31/2020 We thought we would put together some #boredombuster kits for Christmas that were multiples of the same card at a discounted price. The first two kits are Angels Among Us and Angels Among Us 2. … Continue reading →

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 9

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Cindy Higgins

New Kit added – 10/28/2020 There is another beautiful napkin we carry at The Mercantile that just needed to be made into a card kit. $3.00/kit with complete instructions included. 10/7 – One sleepless night, Cindy had an idea… … Continue reading →

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 6

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Cindy Higgins

W KITS ADDED: 7/22/2020 Meet Rocky the Crab! This card is created with a now retired die set from Karen Burniston & Elizabeth Craft Designs. He is here to celebrate whatever happy place you can enjoy. The kits are $3.00 … Continue reading →

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 5

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Cindy Higgins

New kit added – June 17, 2020 Here is a kit to make a holder for a 3″ x 3″ sticky-note pad. The colors did not photograph well. 71 is a mix of aquas, lavender, and periwinkle, 72 is a … Continue reading →

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 4

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Cindy Higgins

New Kit Added – 5/26/2020 We are now gearing up a few kits that could be perfect for the father, dad, pops, deeda, grandpa, grand-dad, poppy… in your life. The first kit is for those men who love to dig … Continue reading →

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 3

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Cindy Higgins

New Kit added 5/18/2020. We have not forgotten the 2020 graduates! Our newest kit is a custom order kit (so we can get together the school color for the tassel and the colored layer). Like our other single card kits, … Continue reading →

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Boredom Buster Kits – part two

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Cindy Higgins

New kits added on 4/24. Hello everyone, we are still creating kits to help bide the time while in isolation mode. We started with some basic Iris Fold cards (see previous post) and added in some easy doodle and assembly … Continue reading →

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Boredom Buster Card Kits #1: Step-by-step photos and more…

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Cindy Higgins

We are selling card kits to help kick the virus isolation boredom to the curb. The next photo is of the color combinations available at the time of posting this (limited quantities) The next photo is a step-by step, following … Continue reading →

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