Oh boy, oh boy, am I excited to share with you guys our new ALPHAchips™ stickers! There are 44, count them 44!, ALPHAchips™ in 4 different fonts with different colors and specialty treatments (glitter, foil, or UV). Look for them at JoAnn and Michael's stores. If you don't see them, ask for them! With over 100 pieces in each package you'll have 5 pages of letters and numbers perfect for scrapbooking, card-making, school projects, signs/tags, etc.!! The best part is that each piece already has adhesive on the back so applying the ALPHAchips™ will be quick and easy. Continue reading

Check out these PHONEbling™ that are St. Patty's Day ready! Your phone will feel like it caught the luck o' the Irish! ;P Continue reading

Hi everyone! Hannah here for a quick tip: No-Brainer Shamrocks just in time for St. Patty's Day. Step 1: Take a scrap piece of paper Step 2: Fold the paper in half and draw half heart, cut along line. Step 3: Using your heart as a stencil draw three hearts using your desired patterned paper. **The reason why we don't want to use Step 1 and 2 to make our final hearts is because we don't want that pesky crease down the middle of our hearts. Step 4: Arrange your 3 hearts in a shamrock fashion and use your scraps... Continue reading

One thing I love about Valentine's Day is that it's still tradition to exchange a handwritten card from one person to another (underneath all the chocolates and roses). Remember those old fashioned things - letters, the post office, stamps!? In a day and age when most people email, text, tweet, and everything in between it's really nice to take a breath, grab a pen, and write a note to someone you love in your own handwriting (even if it's chicken scratch!). I remember growing up my mom would leave notes for me in my lunch bag or sometimes I'd find... Continue reading

Whooooa, long time no-post! I apologize for the interruption in blog posts! CHA came and went like a hurricane and we're still recovering from an amazing show. Can you believe it's already February?! That means love is in the air. Here are some PHONE bling™ that are perfect for Valentine's Day. Bling out your smart phone, iPad, or even a craft project with these little babies. These stickers are made to be removable from your electronic devices, so don't worry about lasting residue. Simply peel and stick and remove when you're ready for a new look! My BlackBerry never looked... Continue reading

Happy New Year, everyone! Hannah here and I'd like to share with you a Box Kit explosion from MAMBI! There are so many box kits to choose from that I had to take two pictures to show you all of them. Each Box Kit comes with an 8"x8" album containing 12 sleeves, 20- 8"x8" papers, a soft spoken™, a sticker sheet, a small talk™, 2 colored ribbon, and rhinestones or brads! Whoa! Plus each Kit is on a different theme so they'll be great as a gift too. Check them out at a Jo-Ann store near you! I used the... Continue reading

Here's a super simple and easy idea from a MAMBI employee, Anna. Take your plain ol' shiny ornaments and add a little BLING! Use our MAMBI rhinestones to peel and stick your way to updated ornaments. What a great idea! Continue reading

Hi everyone! It's Hannah, hoping you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. I know I did! But now that we're past Thanksgiving it's time to celebrate Christmas here at MAMBI-land and we're breaking in to our holiday traditions around here. Some traditions are fun like our wonderful Art Director Renée's whimsical and gold christams tree and some of our traditions are giving like participating in Operation Christmas Child and Angel Tree. These traditions reflect just some of the different facets of MAMBI and the people who work here. What are some of your family or workplace traditions? Continue reading

This week at MAMI we filled 200 Operation Christmas Child boxes that will be sent all over the world for children in need to open on Christmas. Each box was filled by a MAMBI employee with school supplies, crafts, candy, and stuffed toys for boys and girls. Even though it's before Thanksgiving we were definitely in the Christmas spirit. Big thanks to Terri and Steph for sponsoring the event and a big shout out to Anna who put organized everything with great care! Continue reading

Hi everyone! Hannah here for a Thanksgiving project for you and your family. If you're like our family we like to go around the dinner table an share something we are thankful for during Thanksgiving. Why not put those thoughts to paper and create a beautiful memory for the family? We've put a golden tree frame that is normally used to hang decorative Christmas ornaments to double duty and used it to hang our thankful reflections for Thanksgiving. Materials: Copper Willow Specialty Paper Pad with Coordinating Cardstock Copper Willow Clear Stamps Copper Willow Leaf Embellishments Fall colored rhinestone singles Ornament... Continue reading

Happy Friday everyone! Hannah here for a quick tip: >>Watch more TV!<< What I mean is, did you know that the MAMBI website has video tutorials? We do! Check out our video tutorials to get project ideas and tips on using our products. The beautiful Debbie Farinella is pictured below. Watch them directly on our website here or on our YouTube channel, mambiTV, here (don't forget to subscribe!). Continue reading

Check out this ADORABLE cake and cupcakes that our very own Annie from the Art Department made!! She's a wonderful graphic designer by day but she keeps her creativity flowing by decorating cakes on the side like a rockstar! Everything was made by hand and made from scratch...SO TALENTED! Have a wonderful Halloween and Live Creatively! Continue reading

Hi everyone! Hannah here with two birthday card ideas with an autumn flare. Both cards were made using our Copper Willow Specialty Paper Pad with Coordinating Cardstock. I hope you enjoy these cards that were made for Kristin and Tonya who work in the Art Department. What a coincidence, they share the same birthday on October 31st! Have a very safe and fun Halloween everyone! Continue reading

Happy Friday everyone! Hannah here for a quick tip: >>Chill Out!<< Here's what a mean: have you ever had to use hot glue but had to wait for the gule to cool down and set before you could let go? This can definitely take a while; it's called HOT glue for a reason! Next time use a can of compressed air. Turn the can upside-down and direct the straw to the hot glue to instantly chill the glue. You might have seen pastry chefs on Food Network use this trick when creating sugar sculptures. Be careful not to get your... Continue reading

Thank you to everyone who came out to the MAMBI Warehouse Sale over the weekend! It was really great seeing everyone have a great time finding killer deals on all kinds of great MAMBI products. We hope you were able to find great holiday gifts for your loved ones and that you enjoy making memorial projects for your friends and family with our products! Here are some pictures from the sale and we'll see you next time! Continue reading

MAMBI Warehouse Sale – Open to the Public Date: October 8th-9th Location: 20321 Valencia Circle Lake Forest, CA Time: Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday 9-3pm Why: To get a killer deal on scrapbook and crafting supplies!!! Continue reading

Hannah here for a no-fuss, no-carve pumpkin extravaganza! A big shout out to Rachel and her roommate for inspriation for these projects. If haven't got the time to carve your own pumpkins this year don't worry we've got you covered. Stop by your local market and grab some pumpkins and let us do the rest. If you can find white pumpkins grab a whole cartful because they're so pretty and fun to work with. Here are some no-carve pumpkin ideas for Halloween and Thanksgiving. (Left to Right) [1] White pumpkin decorated with Leaf Embellishements. Gather leaves in small groups and... Continue reading

Product used for this project: Copper Willow Specialty Paper Pad with Coordinating Cardstock, Holiday Clear Stamp Kit, Copper Willow Leaf Embellishments Happy Friday! Hannah here for a project for you. Recently my friend Albert had a birthday and our group of friends wanted to get him some gift cards. Some may think that gift cards are impersonal but I don't think so. There's no reason why it doesn't have to feel personal and from the heart if it's delivered thoughtfully. I made a gift card book for all of us to include the gift card or our choosing and a... Continue reading

Happy Friday everyone, Hannah here for a quick tip! Recently I've had to venture behind my computer to unplug a specific cable. Have you ever peeked behind there? It's a mess! Once I got on the floor and behind my computer tower I couldn't figure out which cable was the right one to unplug! If you were to take out all your computer cables it might look a little something like this: I'd consider myself computer savvy but I don't know what each cable looks like on both ends. Do you?! Our tip today is: >>Cable Management<< using our paper... Continue reading

The weather is changing and the air is getting cooler...it's fall! Hannah here for a project and I love fall; it's one of my favorite seasons. I'm so envious of anyone who gets to see the leaves change to beautiful warm colors. Here in Southern California we don't get much of a fall BUT I will be traveling to Chicago to see my wonderful boyfriend next weekend so I hope to see some early fall colors there. I HOPE! Our Copper Willow collection in Jo-Ann stores definitely puts me in the mood for fall and I'd like to share some... Continue reading

Happy Friday everyone! Hannah here for a quick tip: >>Simple Scoring<< Here at MAMBI we're always using our Scor-it Boards to score paper for projects or mockups. It's a really helpful tool to crease paper cleanly and easily. I've found it super helpful when card-making or doing paper crafts. The rulers at the top of the board make it very easy to measure where I want my crease to go and the rubber surface (black area) keeps the paper from slipping. If you don't have a Scor-it Board, fear not! Today's quick tip will show you a way to crease... Continue reading

Happy Friday everyone! Hannah here for a project and holy cow it's gonna be a long weekend and I think we all deserve it! For many of us it's the last fling before the kids hit the books in full gear and it's a good-bye to summer. If you're staying local it means hosting a picnic or attending a friend's picnic. Whether you're the host or the attendee we have a project for you! All the papers in this post are from our Animal Kingdom Specialty Paper Pad. You can find this pad at Jo-Ann stores! Happy Labor Day everyone!... Continue reading

Yes! It's the weekend you've all been waiting for, the MAMBI Warehouse Sale! If you find yourself in the Orange County area in October please stop by and say hello and find yourself a great deal on scrapbook and crafting supplies. Don't forget to let your friends know too! See you there! MAMBI Warehouse Sale – Open to the Public Date: October 8th-9th Location: 20321 Valencia Circle Lake Forest, CA Time: Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday 9-3pm Why: To get a killer deal on scrapbook and crafting supplies!!! Continue reading

Happy Friday, everyone! Hannah here for a quick tip: >>Music<< Sometimes I need some inspiration for a good scrapbook page title....my tip is to check out the track names of a favorite CD. Let's take a look at some summer/beach ideas from glancing over some song names from The Beach Boys: Surfer Girl Catch a Wave Rocking Surfer Summer Dream Fun, Fun, Fun Warmth of the Sun Those are some pretty cool ideas for titles or even just for inspiration for a summer project. Here are some wonderful summer/beach theme scrapbook pages to also inspire you! Continue reading

Hi everyone! Hannah here for a quick mid-week post. I was surfing the usual blogs that I keep tabs on when I happened upon something that looked so very familiar to me. Check out MAMBI's Fashion District paper being used so beautifully for a wedding!! I literally LOLed and called Rachel over, my work roommate, and we both giggled as we saw Fashion District in action. Fashion District is one of my most fav collections so it was a pleasure to see it being used for such a sweet occasion. Both images were taken from the FABULOUS blog of Sarah... Continue reading