For Part 1 of this series on CHA Summer ’08 Trendwatch for scrapbooking product themes, please click here. Again, some repeats of themes we saw from the last CHA, but still continuing in popularity along with some new things. Cupcakes: 1, 3, & 4. – Maya Road, 2. Pink Paislee 5. American Crafts Animal Prints: [...]
Virigina Nebel, Design Team Coordinator for Scrapalicious, is our Guest Poster for today’s article. Virginia’s work can be seen at The Cupcake Blog which she authors as well as in many upcoming publications, the list of which is shown in the sidebar of her blog. (Note: click any of the photos of Virginia’s projects to [...]
Lots of trends were noticed from the new scrapbook product releases at CHA Summer in Chicago. Some of these trends are making a first appearance, while others aren’t exactly new ,but are still gaining momentum. (You’ll remember some from CHA Winter in Anaheim back in February.) This is part one of a look at trends [...]
Beatriz (Bety) Jennings inspires us today. Take a look at a few of her cards shown in this post. They have a sort of shabby chic feel to them, but at the same time bring something new by the addition of retro elements. Take a look at the strawberries card, "Sweet," for example. The realistic-looking [...]
Those of us not at CHA, may enjoy looking at some manufacturer booth photos from the show. Here are some links to have a look: Claudine Hellmuth has photos of the Ranger booth here. Luxe Designs also is showing booth photos. Take a look here to see them all, plus one photo is shown at [...]
Making Memories for You – Contest Dt will NOT be eligible to participate since they get kits already, this is a contest for board members. Do you suffer from Simplicity Syndrome or are you an Embellishment over loader? This is the contest for you at Making Memories for You. What you do is decide if [...]
Even though CHA is now underway, I’m still calling this post, "Sneak Peeks," because I’m not there, so… feels like it’s still a sneak peek for me! More new products that we haven’t previously shown you are linked up below: Claudine Hellmuth‘s new line with Ranger is called, "Claudine Hellmuth Studio." This line includes [...]
The Creative Cafe blog will be posting a different story and Creative Cafe store from all over the world each Saturday. Watch for the first one which will be on a store in Singapore. Sandie Downey has opened up an Etsy shop to sell her handmade paper string daisies. One photo is shown above. Aren’t they [...]
CHA opens today! Here are more new products that are being released as we speak! (er… I mean… write!). First we will show you some products from NEW scrapbook manufacturers displaying at CHA. Darkroom Door – this new company, out of Australia, will be debuting some beautiful stamps, papers and embellishments from their debut [...]
Paula’s Kit Club The "Fruit Stand" kit, the July kit ,was sold out to only kit members…maybe you should join the club or clubs!! This kit has elements from 15 different companies and countless eBay/flea market finds: 8 sheets of paper from 4 different companies, 6 vintage fruit labels, a sheet of German fruit scrap, [...]
