patternhappy
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Post by patternhappy on Feb 1, 2018 0:28:22 GMT
Hi everyone! This is Kim Sabel, one of the original founders of KI Memories, a scrapbook and paper craft manufacturer. I’ve been following along here from time to time, over the years. I’ve noticed occasional posts that pop up regarding “what do you miss”, etc. and whenever the KI Memories name comes up, it always makes me smile. A lot has changed in the paper craft world since we left, but it’s rewarding to see KI being mentioned so many years later! Thank you. My husband and I were only 26 years old when we started KI, out of our small home, in 2001. It grew very rapidly and we ran it for nearly 12 years before selling the business in 2012, so we could focus on our family and take a much-needed break. Fast forward 6 years ~ and after that nice long break (and a lot of coffee-filled discussions) we decided to start a NEW paper craft brand, “Pattern Happy”. You can read more about our story here.We're very excited about Pattern Happy®, and we are just getting started! To kick things off, we created a small line of clear stamps, metal dies and 6x6 paper pads. You can see our new products on our website, where they’re currently on pre-order. They are also coming soon to retailers near you! We’re grateful to have received some wonderful, welcoming emails and orders from store owners around the country already. ALSO ~ I can’t forget to share with you - that we are holding a DESIGN TEAM CALL right now! Applications are welcome until Mon Feb. 12th. Please visit this page on our website to get all of the info on our DT Call! We’d love to have you follow us on social media, as we ramp up our communication and sharing about starting this new venture, our new products as they are released, and fun new projects using our products. We hope you will happily follow along with us on our new journey! Cheers, Kim Sabel Pattern Happy® Instagram | Facebook | Website | Email
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Post by Skellinton on Feb 1, 2018 0:34:43 GMT
So glad you guys are back! I just looked at your site, I love all the paper lines, but the robot one is my favorite! I love the colors you guys use and how versatile the papers are. They have a nice theme, but are not so themey that they can’t be used lots of different ways.
So glad to see you guys back, I hope to see a lot more of your lines in the future, especially 12x12 papers!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 0:46:24 GMT
Yayyyyyy!!! Loved your designs way back when and so happy you’re able to jumpstart your business!!
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Post by QueSeraSera on Feb 1, 2018 1:12:35 GMT
So exciting!! Welcome back! We've definitely missed you.
If you re-released the Love Elsie lines and Color me Happy, and Painter's Palette collection, I would die! Shimelle has been using some of these products in her layouts recently. It made me wish I had bought 10 of everything I still love it so much.
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Post by AmandaA on Feb 1, 2018 2:11:13 GMT
I love the color me paper pad! I can see lots of fun ways to use that in my PL spreads (and for my kids to use it for fillers or background cards too).
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Post by BSideCrafter on Feb 1, 2018 2:26:24 GMT
So exciting!! Welcome back! We've definitely missed you. If you re-released the Love Elsie lines and Color me Happy, and Painter's Palette collection, I would die! Shimelle has been using some of these products in her layouts recently. It made me wish I had bought 10 of everything I still love it so much. I'm down to my last sheet of the Click Click paper from Elsie. I would <3 to have more.
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Post by andreasmom on Feb 1, 2018 2:30:44 GMT
This makes me sooooooo happy!! Ki was always one of my favorites
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Post by cbscrapper on Feb 1, 2018 2:31:38 GMT
So glad you are back! I love the colors and patterns! (I still have some KI in my stash and still love it!)
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Post by infochick on Feb 1, 2018 2:46:13 GMT
This is so exciting! I still have some of your papers hoarded and I love them as much today as I did when I bought them. Another vote for 12x12 paper!
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Post by FurryP on Feb 1, 2018 3:11:37 GMT
Oh my...I love that Rainbows paper pad! Yup, definitely got the KI Memories touch in there. It's like reuniting with a long lost love!
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Post by kitbop on Feb 1, 2018 3:15:19 GMT
The flowers and the clouds and the very KI feel...please, 12x12 papers when you can??? And letter stickers. We're all dying for nice colours of tile letter stickers you know! Oh, and KI flowers...in puffy??? would be TDF!
So glad to see your products!
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 1, 2018 3:31:46 GMT
So excited to see an entire pad of paper without pink. The robots paper is awesome. I use 12 x 12 papers and would love to see more of what you are going to create. Dog/puppy paper in bold, bright colors is always appreciated.
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Post by pelirroja on Feb 1, 2018 13:13:11 GMT
I loved KI's Christmas petite dot with pink, red, lime and kelly green so much that I baked sugar cookies in those colors just to make awesome holiday layouts! I loved all the nontraditional cheerful colors!
Please consider a re-do of KI's disco squares paper in the fog color. I loved those and used up the last of my 25-pack. So glad you're back!
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 1, 2018 14:05:25 GMT
Thanks for letting us know you are back. I look forward to more!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 16:11:44 GMT
So I was cleaning today and found some random ki! Like 10 sheets!! How crazy is that?
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Post by Linda on Feb 1, 2018 16:29:12 GMT
love the colours and designs - wishing for 12x12 or 8.5x11 paper though welcome back!
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Post by nicolep on Feb 1, 2018 16:53:30 GMT
patternhappy This is super encouraging for the industry to see a comeback! Oh how I loved your gel candy, epoxy alphas and lace cardstock! Will you be bringing any 12x12 paper back or any other size paper other than the 6x6 paper pads?
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Post by jen on Feb 1, 2018 17:17:33 GMT
I still have many amazing KI Memories paper collections from way back in the day. Good to see you back!!!
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patternhappy
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Post by patternhappy on Feb 1, 2018 17:43:12 GMT
Wow! Thank you so much for your sweet comments and enthusiasm!! What a great start to our day! While I can't promise that we would re-produce "vintage" products in physical format (KI / Love, Elsie / Pieces of Me), we may be able to release some of them in digital. Thanks for your feedback on this. I will certainly keep it in mind - and I will post here, if we make those available in any format! We have heard several requests for 12x12, not just from you, so it is definitely under consideration for the future.. Thanks again! Have a great (crafty) day! ~ Kim Sabel
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Post by tonyatoo on Feb 1, 2018 18:07:59 GMT
OMG!!! I loved KI.. I really love all the new papers too. Very bright colors something we don't see much of. I can't wait to get my hands on some of those papers.
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Post by woodysbetty on Feb 1, 2018 18:41:58 GMT
Welcome back!!! Love the new papers and hoping for 12x12!!!
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oh yvonne
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Post by oh yvonne on Feb 1, 2018 21:37:47 GMT
How cool! I wish you the best in your new venture!
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Post by Kerri W on Feb 1, 2018 23:01:05 GMT
OMG. I can't even tell you how excited I am about this! Thank you Kim and Ryan.
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Post by crystalb on Feb 2, 2018 1:41:39 GMT
Oh I am so excited! I have been CRAVING some bright and fun stuff. I just preordered all the papers and the mini bolt set! Thank you for my Vday gift to myself!
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Post by elegantsufficiency on Feb 2, 2018 12:29:07 GMT
Love your designs - hope they'll be available internationally?
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Post by mbanda on Feb 2, 2018 15:11:36 GMT
So excited!! I was just rearranging & purging my stash this past weekend and found all my KI stash - of course I kept it all - love it so much! Glad to see you're back!
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Post by cynipidae17 on Feb 2, 2018 15:15:41 GMT
I love and still have a bunch of KI! I would love to see some of your letters come back especially the ones that were little round epoxy circles!
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Post by creative*moma on Feb 2, 2018 15:34:31 GMT
I also still have quite a few sheets of KI!! It's hard not to hoard it! I love the Robot paper and the bolts stamp!! I agree with others and would love 12x12 paper!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 2, 2018 15:48:00 GMT
Glad you’re back! patternhappy quick question about the Suntiments stamp set. How wide are the little smile face stamps in that set? I’ve been looking for something just like that but it needs to be a specific size to work with my project (about 3/4” across, to stamp on a 1”-1.125” head). Thanks in advance, I’m really hoping they will work!
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patternhappy
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Post by patternhappy on Feb 2, 2018 22:38:13 GMT
Oh I am so excited! I have been CRAVING some bright and fun stuff. I just preordered all the papers and the mini bolt set! Thank you for my Vday gift to myself! Thanks so much, Crystal! We can't wait to get all the goodies here so we can send them to you. We really appreciate your support!
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